tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9413503096429564582024-03-19T14:51:43.384+10:30Sew & SewsTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-23104700736316228072016-08-23T09:46:00.000+09:302016-08-23T09:46:20.534+09:30The essentials shoulder bag....I've been wanting a little bag to hold the essentials when ducking out or going to a concert....you know keys, purse, glasses, phone, tissues and stuff. It was only one of those 'wanty' kind of desires so I wasn't deliberately looking for one but then it occurred to me that I could make one.<br />
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I grabbed a metal jeans zip from Spotlight, the size of the zip and my wallet determining the size of bag. Then set about setting more of my triangle binding off-cuts into 2.5" linen squares. As I was using scraps of linen I only made as many 1/2 square triangles as the squares I could cut which was 36. This gave me 18 blocks per side and I added a another linen strip to the bottom to make it a little deeper. I ended up with roughly two 9" squares. Then vertically straight line quilted each piece, set in the zip, made the bag <a href="http://flossieteacakes.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/lined-zippered-pouch-make-up-bag.html">using this method</a> (but without the tabs) and set in two little fabric loops with D-rings to take the hardware.<br />
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The hardware clasps are from Bunnings which are quite study and also available in brass to match the teeth of the zip and the D-rings. I made the strap in a similar way to how I make lanyards, joining 2.5" wide scraps, folding in towards each other and top stitching.<br />
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The lining is about the last piece I have of some fox fabric I purchased last year from Spotlight.<br />
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Of course as soon as I shared the results someone asked for one too....perhaps I should learn to make two of everything!Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-13863668121555688862016-08-22T09:23:00.000+09:302016-08-22T09:23:01.808+09:30The flying geese backpack....After creating my <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/scrappy-ittle-drawstring-bags.html">flying geese knitting bag</a> made from the triangles leftover from joining binding strips, Miss R asked if I'd make her something similar as a backpack for her laptop.<br />
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I made a 15" square of blocks, gave it a linen base and set in some tabs to thread the straps through. The top drawstring fabric is wider to also take the thicker straps.<br />
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Whilst it looks a bit like a beach bag because it's holding text books and not the intended laptop, she's delighted nonetheless.<br />
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A bit of fun sewing and playing with scraps some of which I'm completely responsible for creating and others gifted from kind sewing friends.<br />
<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-73351207809626960172016-08-15T16:17:00.001+09:302016-08-15T16:26:20.462+09:30Scrappy little drawstring bags.....Whilst working on something else recently I had an urge to make a little patchwork bag out of 2.5" squares. It turned out really sweetly, so I decided to make another....only bigger. That one turned out even better and because I had some up-cycled leather cord I finished that one off first.<br />
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Then I whizzed into the city and grabbed some cording to finish off the first one.<br />
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Then a few weeks ago, Clare gifted me some little triangle off-cuts that she'd saved for me. They were really pretty low volume pastel colours left over from a baby quilt. I couldn't get flying geese out of my head so I decided to use the triangles as scrappy flying geese. I placed a triangle onto opposite corners of a 2.5" white square lining up the edges of the triangle with the corners and stitched an extremely scant seam. Then trimmed down the middle to yield two 2" 1/2 square triangles. It wasted a little bit of fabric and some were a bit wonky. However in the main I didn't bother trimming them square and just went for it, piecing them together into two 12.5" square blocks of 4 pairs across by 7 down.<br />
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Then during the night I decided I needed a new knitting bag for a girl's knitting weekend. I got up super early the next morning (after dreaming about how I was going to do it all night!) and quickly made another drawstring bag out of the scrappy flying geese blocks. I placed a piece of left over batting in between a calico backing and straight line quilted vertical lines then finished it off with lining and striped casing.<br />
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I love how it turned out and so does my daughter who has asked for one of her very own but bigger for her laptop. Lucky I save all my own binding corners and have other sewing friends who give me theirs. The zip-lock bags are about to be upturned again!<br />
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The original pattern I used for the drawstring bags is a tutorial by Ayumi on her <a href="http://ayumills.blogspot.com.au/2008/09/tutorial-reversible-patchwork-bag.html">Pink Penguin</a> blog. It gives instructions for the small sized bag I made and I've just re-sized it from there.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-26407176356598844042016-07-14T10:16:00.000+09:302016-07-14T10:32:55.998+09:30Baby it's cold outside....I am very lucky to have a group of extremely creative and crafty girlfriends with whom I catch up with most Thursday evenings. We began as a quilting group and then as invitations extended to a few who are more inclined to knit, crochet and spin I began to understand the world of wool that currently exists. Up until a few years ago I only knew about wool purchased from a department store, that which is found in balls, matching dye-lots in a range of ply and is either pure or poly. And in so far as needles....well they certainly didn't screw off to become interchangeable and had nothing to do with 'magic'.<br />
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So after lugging my machine over most weeks for a bit of sewing I decided it was probably easier to yield to the masses and reignite my knitting skills.<br />
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A year ago I was lucky enough to accompany a few of the girls to the Bendigo <a href="http://www.sheepshow.com/">Sheep and Wool Show</a> and with my spending money in hand purchased my first skein of indie dyed sock wool, Rose Gardens by <a href="http://www.kathysfibres.com/">Kathy's Fibres</a>.<br />
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And now, after weeks of sitting at drum lessons (which causes me to miss some Thursdays) and just shy of this year's Bendigo show I'm celebrating a pair of finished socks, an item of clothing that two years ago I wouldn't have dreamed I could have attempted. And, I'm so glad I now have a beautiful warm pair of hand knitted socks to wear in the middle of this bitter winter we're currently experiencing!<br />
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So thank you crafty friends for inspiring, coaching and above all, sharing. <br />
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<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-71645286204941229172016-07-07T16:04:00.001+09:302016-07-12T10:28:28.135+09:30Out of the blue....Well ...um....I haven't been blogging. It seems life, the universe and everything has been conspiring to use up every second I have to put a stop to anything more than an instagram post every now and then. I'm not saying that's going to change very much any time soon but I've noticed a few blogs I read have also surfaced to say they're back...but no promises. So I thought, well perhaps I should make an effort at least. So here I am.<br />
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Quilty efforts of late have been sporadic and I've found myself assembling tops and not getting much further. However I have had two babies arrive (both on the same day actually!) and that gave me the opportunity to enjoy the scaled down, fast finishing that comes with cot sized quilts.<br />
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Foolishly I didn't get a photo of the first finish which was a scrappy 16 patch using 2.5" squares beyond the instagram layout on the floor. I'm hoping that as this one was gifted to Joe's nephew's brand new daughter we'll get to see it again. This quilt was pot luck and I was very much relieved that the baby was a little girl as many of the colours from my scrap bucket tend to be pinks and reds.<br />
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The other was for a dear friend's first grandchild which I patiently waited until I learned that he was indeed a little boy. This gave me the opportunity to play with blue fabric and everything either side which I pulled out of the cupboard and put back in (and took out again and put back in!) trying to decide what I could possibly make. I ended up settling on solids and isosceles triangles using up some fabrics that I had just enough to cut out a 6" strip.<br />
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For the back I used the absolute last of the strips and the corners of the triangles. I can honestly say I used absolutely all of the turquoise, grey, ochre and green and ended up with a back that looks like a front. Not my usual style but so pleased with how it turned out.<br />
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And then I bound it all with the indigo which turned out rather smart.<br />
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And whilst we're talking about blue, a message popped up on my email a few weeks ago which was totally out of the blue. I received an email from Artsy asking me to link back to a blog post I had made <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/ill-tumble-for-ya.html">way back in 2013</a>. I had mentioned in that post how I thought a piece of fabric (which was in fact an up-cycled shirt of Joe's that I couldn't bear to part with) looked like the work of Yayoi Kusama. Artsy strive to make all the world's art accessible to anyone online and as part of their site feature the work of Yayoi Kusama and asked if I would be kind enough to make a link from my site to theirs. How they found me from my one little mention I'll never understand but seeing as they had gone to so much effort and were so nice about it (I did email back to make sure it was a real request!) I thought, why not. So if you have a moment check out their site and of course <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/yayoi-kusama">Yayoi Kusama</a>. Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-22039659894156517712015-10-10T14:56:00.001+10:302015-10-10T15:02:31.456+10:30Plus One....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the year of the '18th' in our household with R seemingly at an 18th party just about every second week. R requested a Plus Quilt for a special friend's birthday which is coming up mid month.<br />
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Even though she actually asked way back in July....I still managed to only find time for it these past two weeks. Whilst it was a bit of a rush to the finish line which reduced due to booking in a machine service, I still managed it in good time and to actually take some photos before it leaves. (I made another quilt earlier this year and it left before I could get any photos and I'm still kicking myself.)<br />
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R and I discussed favourite colours and I could see her staring at my lovely stash of DS Quilts Picadilly which was released through Spotlight. It has the perfect amount of vibrant green, blue and pink which were all requested and even though based on traditional fabric designs has a modern edge perfect for an 18 year old.<br />
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I reluctantly agreed, dreading the prospect of cutting into much loved and hoarded fabric. But to my absolute delight it was being discontinued and discounted at Spotlight and I subsequently ran around to the four that span my area and picked up all bar one of the designs.<br />
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And because the prices were so cheap I managed to get two lots of yardage for a back...I had options even! I opted for the tiny blue flower and bound it the blue mosaic (my name for it!).<br />
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The plus quilt pattern is by <a href="http://www.incolororder.com/2012/08/new-pattern-simple-addition.html">Jeni Baker</a> and is perfect for featuring a whole fabric line. I was a little short on the specified quantity in the range so I added in a bright yellow and orange micro gingham.<br />
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Now that the photos are taken, the quilt is ready for wrapping, and the blog written, I'm linking up with <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/ladder-leap-in-konas.html">Crazy Mom's Finish it up Friday</a>.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-71227024875475899092015-09-30T14:26:00.000+09:302015-10-10T15:03:12.281+10:30Scrappy pineapple....Blogging is rare these days but this quilt finish is so lovely I just had to share....or at least record it so I can review in years to come!<br />
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This is my scrappy pineapple quilt that I started to make blocks for last January.<br />
After falling madly in love with <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/plenty-of-pineapples-quilt.html">Crazy Mom's Plenty of Pineapples</a> version that capped off her 2014 year and her 101 scrap finishes, I had to have one.<br />
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It was the perfect sewing project to take away to our shack last summer where I have limited sewing facilities. I set myself up for sewing all of my 20 blocks at once, each growing at the same level of intensity, row by row. It allowed me to balance my colours matching each strip opposite each other. I guess this ensured a little bit of colour continuity for me. I managed to get to 11" sized blocks before having to come home. And once we did, we all went back to work and school and those blocks have sat in their unfinished state for the last 8 months or so.<br />
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I rifled past them in the storage box every now and then and funnily enough started to like the blocks less. I was using scraps, many of which had been turned over in the scrap pile for some time so I was probably a little sick of them. Other fabrics had been gifted, thrown into the blocks because they weren't really my usual choices. So the whole idea of a pineapple quilt of my own loomed less and less on the near horizon.<br />
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That is until L invited us to her 'Girls Night In' fundraiser for cancer research which also came with a request for raffle items. Naturally, I thought I could easily make a quilt and set about sorting through the cupboard. My first instinct was to make a kitchen sink quilt out my orphan blocks. (Which I did make but fell soooo in love with it couldn't bear to part with it...but that's another story.) Another sort through bits and pieces and I chanced upon the now very buried pineapple blocks. Bingo, these only needed corners and they'd be finished! That done, multiplied by 20 blocks and a 5" border delivered a lovely little lap size quilt of 52" x 64".<br />
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And guess what? I love it again. Isn't it funny how that happens? But I had the good sense after my first about-face to tell L that it was for her straight away, that way I couldn't change my mind again!<br />
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The binding is scrappy, cobbled together from left over ends of quilt bindings. The backing fabric was gifted by M. Add that to the gifted scraps that appear in the blocks I feel so many of my sewing friends have made this quilt come to life for L's fundraiser. I'm almost wishing I might be able to win it back!<br />
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And to celebrate this finish, I'm linking up to this quilt's inspiration, none other than Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/finish-it-up-friday-10215.html">Finish it up Friday</a>! Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-58675585841081392692015-05-13T09:38:00.002+09:302015-05-13T18:36:03.745+09:30One for the school and one for the .....cat!Our family were firmly in the 'we're not cat people' camp. That is until we found a kitten abandoned in our outside laundry back in December. I'm not sure who adopted who, but in that short amount of time George* has become the fifth member of the household. So much so, after a little health problem recently I decided he needed a little quilt of his own to snuggle. (I've clearly run out of babies to make quilts for at the moment!)<br />
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I had a block in my head based on a quilt I had seen in the <a href="http://www.lots4u.nl/">b&b</a> we had stayed at in Culemborg in Holland a couple of years ago. I searched all of my block books and found that it could be made several ways, depending on how you placed your fabrics. Additionally, the block came with a plethora of different names! The one I opted for was Father's Choice and set about making George's quilt in a scrappy fashion.<br />
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I've used 9 blocks and I really love how the joining of the blocks makes for another star appear in the centre.The binding is also a combination of scrappy blacks...all bits of binding that I end up having left over from other bindings. My only problem with using these binding bits is that I bind by hand at 2.5" width and by machine at 2.25". Luckily I was machine binding this one as I figured that it would be in the wash more often than usual, so was able to trim down the wider bits.<br />
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There's been a bit more quilt action happening in between life as we currently know it...my studies, R's year 12 studies, L joining the rowing team....all of which cuts into my sewing time!<br />
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This past Easter, <a href="http://sewandsewstoo.blogspot.com.au/">Clare</a> invited the girls around for a sewing day and to catch the last rays of warm autumn sunshine before the chill set in. I used the time to cut up a bunch of solids from the stash and ended my day with a pile of lovely triangles.<br />
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The autumn weather was obviously influencing the selection as I had initially intended something with a bit more of a pastel outlook.<br />
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But I love this colour scheme nonetheless and whilst the photos seem a little dull due to late afternoon photography, it's really quite vibrant.<br />
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The back is the last of some Ikea fabric I purchased way back when Ikea first opened here in Adelaide. I think it was part of the Cecilia range that also included the 'birds'.<br />
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The orange and pink co-ordinate beautifully with the front. This one will go to school as a fundraiser.<br />
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Oh...and here is George checking out the quilt action....cheeky orange cat!<br />
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* George is George because he has quite a definite cross across his back, a little like the St George Cross in the Union Jack.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-45927466036358641082014-12-27T12:02:00.001+10:302014-12-27T12:02:24.605+10:30Modern Maples.....Way back in October my sister commissioned me to make a birthday quilt for her friend. I suggested the Modern Maples pattern which is a free pattern that has been floating around for some time. The recipient lives in the Adelaide Hills which is the city's home to autumnal foliage....even when it's not Autumn. (It was actually Spring time when she received her quilt in late October!)<br />
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I loved making this quilt. The blocks are really straight forward and is a great way to feature individual fabrics in a large-sh way. I chose to make my maple leaves traditionally autumnal so I got to use quite a few fabrics that were languishing in the cupboard because they don't usually go with my other fabric pulls. But together in this quilt....they were awesome.<br />
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The back features the last of my Ikea bird fabric in the brown. In fact, it was several long strip pieces that I jigsawed together in Kona Snow frames. My photos don't show this but it merged together really well.<br />
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<br />If you'd like to make this quilt you can find the <a href="http://larkcrafts.com/needlearts/free-project-friday-modern-maples-throw-quilt/">free download here</a>!<br />
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Linking up to Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/quiet-christmas-quilt-top.html">Finish it up Friday</a>....even if I did finish it a few Friday's ago!Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-70852632457959577192014-12-19T13:36:00.003+10:302014-12-20T16:16:31.806+10:30Strips from the scrap bag....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've often said how I don't throw away any of my fabric off-cuts. These are stored ...ahem...hoarded...in various storage systems around my sewing space. I have zip-lock bags of triangles from bindings and selvages. Bigger pieces are 'filed' in other receptacles. But my best bits are the strips that get cut from backing sides or rectangles left over from cutting out blocks. These are all filed in my strip scrap bag which is one of those study studded plastic bags that you get when you buy a set of sheets.<br />
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The strip scrap bag has been bursting at the seams for some time now and needed a little urgent attention. So with one of my client's baby due date drawing closer, I thought I'd merge the two situations to my quilt making advantage. I love a small baby quilt finish. It delivers such satisfaction.<br />
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Ready made strips are ideal for scrappy log cabins. Very little preparation aside from straightening an edge or two...unless you're purposefully going for wonky....! I chose a range of centre squares of varying sizes and rainbow colours to start me off and worked out from there. I was aiming for 12 blocks around 14" right from the start, so it was a really simple process of chain piecing each one. I had the whole cot sized top done in a day.<br />
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The binding is a Sarah Fielke black and white from Spotlight that I had in the cupboard...I've cut the selvedge...for storage of course...so can't remember the name but Mondiali rings a bell. The back is a piece of Ikea's Cecilia bird fabric in green that my sister gave me recently. (But not shown.)<br />
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All in all...something lovely from seemingly not much at all! A cot sized quilt (41" x 54") that was gifted today and received with overwhelming delight. Yay!<br />
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I'm linking up to <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/not-finish-in-sight.html">Crazy Mom's Finish it up Friday</a>. <br />
<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-48698294969969004422014-09-26T13:50:00.003+09:302014-09-27T08:42:39.666+09:30At a crossroads....Literally...and figuratively!<br />
I haven't blogged in months. And I've never not blogged for this long. Blogging this year seems to have been hijacked by the 'in the moment' opportunities of Instagram (I'm @sewandsews) and the mundane-ness of having to connect my Nikon to the laptop because it doesn't play nicely with the desktop computer and the laptop is invariably in someones bedroom because they've been watching a movie....and so on, and so on! It's such a shame. I mostly blog for me as a record of what I've created quilt wise with a smattering of family life, but I also know our far flung friends like to check in every now and then to see what we're all up to...so I'm doing it. Here's a collection of this past winter gone.<br />
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Most of my quilting friends know of my love for Denyse Schmidt fabrics. Over the years I've amassed a rather substantial collection of fabrics, both international releases and those released through our local Spotlight store under the DS Quilts brands. I decided they needed to be let loose from the cupboard and whilst cutting one very large project (which is now bundled up in a plastic tub!), decided on another. Using a plethora of 2.5" strips and squares is my Arkansas Crossroads quilt. I used the free download pattern by another Adelaide quilter, <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5shkCRirc5SWmdubGlibDhiaXc/edit?pli=1">England Street Quilts</a>.<br />
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To say I'm thrilled with it is an understatement. Right now, it's my favourite.<br />
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The back and binding continue with the DS Quilts theme and cobbles together some of my larger pieces of Hope Valley and some Spotlight editions in the pinks, purples and oranges.<br />
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The binding uses more...and after a little miscalculation oopsie I had to improvise and added in a tiny odd bit of the blue flower from Picnics & Fairgrounds which I've used over and over in so many quilts these past couple of years. It's a nice reminder.<br />
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I've often said how I keep all my scraps. It's a problem but so far a nice one to have. It expands creativity in my opinion. Sometimes this manifests as a sleepless night...but hey, at least there's a positive outcome. This little baby quilt was built using the triangle offcuts from the 'X' blocks in the above quilt and a few lone 2.5" squares to make the little scrappy stars. And because I love the fabric so much, I set it all in scraps of solids. I loved that I had enough solids big enough to cobble out a little baby quilt.<br />
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The backing is brown gingham that was gifted from my boss who was purging her linen press. It's perfectly plain and a little bit old fashioned and is the perfect foil for a back to let the front speak for itself.<br />
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Another quilt that was a long time in the making was adapted from the Modern Log Cabin book by Susan Beal. It was the cross quilt quilt on the front that inspired me to purchase the book. This is my version of the cross quilt, adapted using 2.5" strips. It gives a slightly different dimension but sweet nonetheless. Here it is finally finished on my clothes line and looking at this picture, taken in the depths of our very cold winter just gone. It's lovely to have spring arrive!<br />
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On the back I made a giant log cabin cross, set in white.<br />
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And finally, what I'm working on right now. It is scaring the pants off me because it's so big. The biggest quilt I've ever made. Here it is at basting stage. The challenge was to find floorspace big enough and I ended up using my office. You can see my shoes to the side where I had to remove them to accommodate walking over the top of it because it spanned the whole width of the foyer!<br />
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This is for my SIL in Perth. She loves everything Sugar Skulls and asked me to make her a quilt featuring them. Typically, I was at the end of the sugar skull fabric releases but did manage to get some locally from <a href="http://www.voodoorabbit.com.au/about-us">Voodoo Rabbit</a> in Brisbane who specialise in rockabilly, tattoo, retro and punk fabrics and picked up some fantastic Alexander Henry day of the dead fabrics. There was also a release from Spotlight and I managed to score (yes, score but a long story of a frenzied woman who had visited every store within a 20km radius!) some of their coloured skulls. There had been a black and white release but alas, not for me!<br />
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The pattern is the Kismet medallion quilt by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession fame in Sydney from the Material Obsession Two book by Kathy and Sarah Fielke.<br />
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There have been others in between all of these quilts but are currently laying dormant in the 'to be processed pile'. Here's to more quilting and blogging in the very near future! And to celebrate all of these finishes, I'm linking up with <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/patterns.html">Crazy Mom's Finish it up Friday</a>!<br />
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<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-27746185460655604992014-05-06T16:59:00.000+09:302014-05-06T16:59:05.541+09:30There's a Granny on my gate....Well that made you look didn't it!<br />
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Here's a little Granny Square quilt that I made for my sister in law for a friend of her's who is having a baby. As soon as she saw <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/sharing-granny-love.html">mine</a>, she said "I want one like that....only smaller and for a boy." So that's what she got.<br />
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Like my larger version, I've added some little cornerstones to each of the blocks. It's a lovely way to use some 2.5" squares, albiet 4 in this instance! <br />
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The back is an argyle from DS Quilts, Denyse Schmidt's range through Spotlight in Australia. I don't know what it's called or from which range but I just love, love, love it as a back for a baby quilt. Without any fancy joining, it looks really smart. And, because of the busy-ness of the back, I went with the last of my Kona charcoal to frame both the front and the back.<br />
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I've said it before and I'll say it again....oh how I wish I'd quilted when my babies were little. But then again, we may not be able to get out of the front door for them all being stacked against it!Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-79506173212836905762014-04-16T14:56:00.000+09:302014-04-16T15:03:20.220+09:30Vintage vibe....I can't believe I missed a whole month of blogging. Needless to say, this post will be picture heavy to catch up on all the quilt finishes this past month.<br />
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First off, way back when it was still hot and feeling like it was still summer, a pink pinwheel quilt. I started this quilt back in September but missed my deadline of taking it overseas. Then when I realised that our friends were going to be here in February it was a last minute dash to finish it before they returned home to the UK....typical.<br />
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I used a whole bunch of low volume squares that were left over from <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/turning-down-volume.html">this quilt</a> and turned them into pinwheels using this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekYpJzHoW6E">method</a>. Then I set them in a framework of really pale pink solid background.<br />
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The quilt is for a little girl, so lots of pink was in order. It turned out rather sweet and with the pink polka dot binding has quite a vintage look about it.<br />
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After I gifted <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/tinker-taylor.html">this quilt</a>, my sister in law requested a couple of quilts for babies in her circle of friends. Margaret quite liked the scrappy swoon block but wanted a cot size for a little boy, the first grandchild of one of their dearest friends.<br />
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I stuck with the scrappy swoon but off-set it in turquoise and backed it with a piece of Salt Air by Moda. Funnily enough, this one has quite a vintage look about it as well!<br />
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For my birthday recently, Spotlight sent me a $10 gift voucher which I promptly redeemed on a copy of Camille Roskelley's Simply Retro book. Inside there's a lovely little Churn Dash quilt that I was itching to try.<br />
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make no secret of the fact that I'm always on the look/listen out for baby news
so I have a chance to try something new. When I realised that one
of R's teachers was just about to head off on maternity leave, I hopped
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Her teacher was keeping baby's gender a secret which made fabric choice difficult.<br />
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I don't mind red and navy on girls but some people have a problem with
florals for boys. I went with a selection of red, navy, lime Picnics & Fairgrounds by Denyse Schmidt (the queen of vintage looking fabric in my eyes.<br />
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This combo has yeilded quite a few florals and to tempt fate, I've used the last of some other DS green and blue floral on the back, paired with a strip of lime solid. But.... you never know, Ms T might trump us all and baby
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Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-5879394821107346832014-02-26T10:50:00.000+10:302014-02-26T15:10:00.242+10:30Tinker Taylor....I've have finished my Scrappy Summer quilt and just in time for Joe's great nephew's first birthday party this weekend.<br />
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The pattern is Scrappy Summer by Alison of Cluck Cluck Sew using the <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2013/06/finished-scrappy-summer-and-pattern.html">free tutorial</a> on the blog.<br />
This quilt was so lovely to work on. I loved the colours I chose and the easy piecing, much of it chained which helped it come together like a dream. The way the white blocks run through the quilt gives it a really crisp summer look.<br />
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Everything I used in this quilt I had, so it truly is a scrappy quilt. The backing came off another that I had got as far as basting but it just wasn't doing it for me on that one. So a bit of an un-pin and re-pin and voila, backing ready to go. It's a Denyse Schmidt floral in blue and green from Spotlight, from the range after Picnics & Fairgrounds....Sugar Creek.<br />
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The binding is a fabric I bought from Fabric Shack from their cheapy discounted section. It's a perfect zingy stripe (and dot) in red and aqua which picks up the reds and blues in the quilt. Unfortunately, I cut off the selvedge and didn't have time to go back and investigate the name.<br />
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This time I decided to machine stitch the binding. I know a lot of quilters claim that it's more durable and an expedient way to attach a binding...which it is, but....I don't know, I don't love it. It's got stitching through it. I honestly prefer the neat finish of a hand stitched binding. This is probably only about the second or third time I've attempted machine stitched binding and I respect the fact that practice makes perfect, but those little oopsies when the stitches come off the rails on the back drive me nuts. All that being said, I'm not undoing it! It will be fine and no-one else cares except me!<br />
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Now that's two little whinges I've had in this post so we'll leave it there for now. I do love this quilt, it's perfect for a little boy and I hope he gets lots of use out of it, at least as much as his <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/feeling-little-blueand-red.html">big brother</a> got from his a few years back. Happy birthday Taylor!<br />
<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-48902838357645320542014-02-05T08:57:00.003+10:302014-02-08T10:44:32.316+10:30Favourite colours.....I'm on a bit of a bandwagon for orange, green, yellow, blue, grey and red lately with them popping up in at least two quilt projects in a row. Both of which are quilts for little boys.<br />
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The first is a quilt for a little man who's turning one shortly. I've used <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/">Cluck Cluck Sew's</a> free tutorial for the <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2013/06/finished-scrappy-summer-and-pattern.html">Scrappy Summer Quil</a>t. This pattern is so easy and comes together so neatly. Currently it's basted and waiting for the Adelaide weather to move on from its never-ending 40 degree plus heat waves (we've had two already!). I love how crisp these colours look.<br />
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Then because I was loving the colours so much and am always on the hunt for an excuse to make a quilt, I made a scrappy swoon for a work colleague who's son has had his first baby, and Liz's first grandchild. The pattern is by <a href="http://www.camilleroskelley.typepad.com/">Camille Roskelley</a> and once I got my head around it, it is pretty easy to turn scrappy....although I could have contrasted the colours against the centre square a bit better. (Must try harder next time!) It's one single Swoon block, set inside 8" of solid borders which makes a 40" square quilt.<br />
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The back is a single metre piece of Spotlight fabric picked up for a song last year. It's the perfect turquoise for a little boy.<br />
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Actually, this whole quilt didn't require one cent of expenditure....I had it all. Scraps, enough solid, enough binding and enough batting to frankenpiece! I love a gift from 'nothing'! <br />
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Last Christmas the Sew & Sew's girls decided to give an end-of-year gift of our scraps to each other. Just reporting in girls....but I have managed to use gifted scraps in both of these quilts and another so far this year. (Red pin dot - M, Grey mice - K, Green floral - C) It's a lot of fun to use other people's fabrics, that's for sure.<br />
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I've linked to Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/just-one-more.html">Finish it up Friday</a>! Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-78385828125384507532013-12-31T19:50:00.000+10:302013-12-31T19:50:02.945+10:30Made to Measure....I wanted to post one of those fancy pants mosaics featuring all the things I'd worked on this year. Surprisingly, there was quite a bit of sewing even if my blog posts have been rather thin on the ground. But alas, I haven't kept up with my flickr posting and this has made the mosaic difficult to capture. So I'll leave you with my latest project, Made to Measure, a medallion quilt designed my <a href="http://www.sarahfielke.com/">Sarah Fielke</a> and featured in her latest book, Hand Quilted With Love.<br />
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I've opted to follow Sarah's colour scheme as I'm not that brave selecting my own. Mind you, seeing as it's the quilt featured on the cover and the one I fell in love with, why not follow the prescribed colours?<br />
I've two more borders to go and I'm really enjoying the process....even if it does mean trimming down lots (did I say lots, I meant LOTS) of half square triangles. But that's my own doing, as I've chosen to make them over sized and trim them down for accuracy.<br />
My piecing is obviously also a little out as the specified measurements are about 1/2" inch smaller than where I'm at. So I'm currently cutting a little longer and so far, that's working out. This however is a far cry from my first round of piecing for the centre star. I religiously followed the pattern for the centre star I couldn't believe how tight the placement was and how nothing aligned. To say I cried was an understatement. I had after all, cut into some wonderful fabric that I'd just bought back from Paris and hardly able to whip around the corner to buy some more!<br />
So after a sleepless night, made worse by jetlag, trying to re-invent some measurements to make it work, I decided I'd google 'problems with Made to Measure measurements'. Guess what? An errata page! I get that mistakes are made, afterall I've spent a lifetime in advertising and communications and I know that when it comes to pressing that 'publish' button, there's a lot of stress on the publisher side. But....who would have thought it? Not me!<br />
So the next night I unpicked what I'd done, re-cut the middle and set off again. So far, so good.<br />
Here's hoping 2014 is filled with less errata for everyone and more plain sailing into the seas of fabric that we love!<br />
Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-91751805177420897742013-11-22T19:44:00.001+10:302013-11-29T10:09:02.079+10:30It's all a bit scrappy.....When I came home from my recent overseas journey, I was completely committed to the prospect of regular blogging and sharing many of my wonderful experiences.....except the reality of work, catching kids up at school, end of year school exams (and all that that brings in terms of the tone of family life) and R's new first ever part time job, started to cut into any spare time that I might of had for crafting and blogging. Cut a long story short, once again, I've been very lax about posting anything in this little space. Mind you, even my instagramming has suffered because if you're not making it, you're not insta-photographing it, let alone posting it....even in a micro form.<br />
However, the Sew & Sews girls are on notice for the next <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GuerrillaCraftMarket">Guerrilla Market</a> which has been scheduled for early December. Based on last <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/selling-out.html">year's market</a>, this is the fun one and this is the one that people go to with Christmas in mind.<br />
So, once again, I've dived into my scrap bin, woven some magic and managed to cobble together some items that I'm hoping don't look like the small bits of fabric they once were. <br />
First up, Christmas Stockings.<br />
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We learned from last year's market that festive is the way to go. So I thought stockings would be a good idea.<br />
These stockings feature 2.5" squares cut from a variety of fabrics, some of which were generously co-opted from the Sew & Sews girls. The batting is cobbled together from all the strips that get cut off the sides of quilts and, in my case, shoved into a very large plastic bag for later...!<br />
I know, I know! I have a problem with throwing bits of fabric and batting away and I know the bigger problem is about where and how to store it...but eventually, I get there. I do use these bits in some shape or form and I actually love the thrill of using it...what a dare-devil! My next post will be a killer surprise showing how I've used the bits of these stockings that were cut off the patch-worked pieces that I just couldn't bear to throw away! Mmmmwwwwaahhh!<br />
Second up, scrappy lanyards. I made a few of these for a recent market, posted a pic or two on instagram and they went off like crackers at Guy Fawkes Night!<br />
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Lanyards are often compulsory for many employees these days, so it's really nice to have something pretty, or something that just stands out so you don't leave it behind.<br />
My lanyards are all made with 2.5" width scraps joined to make a long strip. Then they're folded and folded....sounds a bit like Sara Lee...to make a strip of scrappy fabric ribbon happiness. I kind of wish I needed to wear one to work!<br />
I'm linking up with Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/scrap-vortex.html">Finish it up Friday</a> because I know she would love any finishes that feature scraps!Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-56004562676305731002013-10-27T16:36:00.000+10:302013-10-30T14:53:14.312+10:30Tour de force...There has been an absence from this blog space for some time now and that's because we've been traveling for the past month, spending time in the UK, France, Brussels and Holland. I wouldn't have called it a holiday as these kinds of trips tend to be exhausting with all the sightseeing and jammed packed adventure that gets crammed into virtually every waking moment so as not to miss out one single thing. Coupled with the fact that for Australian's to visit these countries we have to travel to the other side of the world making regular visiting difficult and seeing as it's been a long time between our last trip and this one, we're probably not going to get back again for some time to come, so we were certainly making the most of it.<br />
We've been back a week now and I'm still digesting most of it but there were many highlights and a few dramas that I still shake my head over and wonder how we got through it. One of the things I came to realise is how resilient our kids are and how well they coped with what was being thrown at us.<br />
I spent much of the trip instagraming and sending daily updates on Facebook, so in order to write a recap here, I'll have to review those posts to refresh my memory. However, the clearest was being able to catch up with dear friends. I took three quilts which would become a welcome, a thank you and hello again gifts. (This was also my method of overloading my suitcase to make room for purchases!)<br />
I have previously blogged about my <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/yee-ha.html">Happy Trails</a> quilt which was a welcome gift for baby E who is now 6 months old, and my <a href="http://sewandsews.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/turning-down-volume.html">low volume quilt</a> was a thank you present to E & P for putting us up for 10 days in London. It was lovely to see it instantly put to use in E's lounge room and I'm thrilled it co-ordinated so well with her decor.<br />
The third quilt was gifted to our dear friends who have been in the UK for two years now. They headed over to run a country pub. The process of getting the pub into shape nearly killed them and they eventually sold and are now based close to M's family and working in London. Luckily, L was between jobs and M took a few days off and they were able to spend time with us and act as tour guides whilst we were there.<br />
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Their quilt is my '<i>This way and That way</i>' quilt. I haven't shared it before but I did post a snippet on instagram which went off for 'likes' and even had a request for a tutorial. (!) It's made from the triangles that are created when making pennants for bunting. There's always one (or two if fabric is doubled) at the beginning of the strip and one at the end and given that I was making bunting out of some of my most precious fabrics there was no way I was going to chuck them so they were filed into a ziplock for safe keeping. I realised that I had quite a few, so I set them into white vertical rectangles a'la Gwen Marston style. The block is actually known as a dog-tooth block. I managed three rows of dog-teeth, and laid them in alternate directions floating in the bottom third of the front. <br />
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The back is the red floral from Denyse Schmidt's Picnics & Fairgrounds range which I've used over and over....and never tire! Binding is a black and white stripe which I picked up from Fabric Shack for a song. (I've become quite partial to exploring their 'sale' page and seeing how much I'm not spending! You can get a lot of fabric for not much in that section!)<br />
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Needless to say, M & L loved their quilt and started to use it straight away. I hope they think of us whenever they do and when we'll next see them home because whilst it was the best thing ever to say hello again, saying goodbye is too, too hard.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-49280701829656194152013-09-14T15:51:00.002+09:302013-10-30T14:52:53.119+10:30Bibs & Bobs....Lately I've been on the hunt for ideas that will purge my ever growing pile of scraps. I seriously don't know where these scraps come from as I seem to be forever making scrappy quilts and rarely cutting into stash. How are they forming? Baffling to say the least...or denial, one or the other! Nonetheless, I think this scrap busting idea is a winner.....bibs that are made not only from scrap fabric but scrap strips of batting as well.<br />
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A couple of Thursday's ago I spent a '<i>Sew & Sew's</i>' evening with the girls zigzagging together strips of batting to make pieces that were roughly 14" x 8". I was staggered to see how quickly I could cobble together some reasonable sized pieces. Then I built the fronts of the bibs using the quilt as you go method!<br />
I always love going through my fabric bin and discovering little bits of fabric that has been lying dormant from quilts past. And then I hit the solids scrap bag! Solids scraps are just as adorable as prints.<br />
The backs are solids and I've used really bright orange and lime. <br />
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My next adventure came in the form of snap buttons. These little things are tricky. I wasted a few along the way and had to buy another pack but it was really worth it I think as they finish the bibs off wonderfully.<br />
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my last foray into the scrap bin has come in the form of a little
covered note book that we will use on our forthcoming travels. Needless
to say, it has been purloined by R who promptly made a cover page and
has begun the note taking. Excellent.<br />
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A couple of lovely scrap finishes to link up to <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/re-runs.html">Crazy Mom's Finish it Up Friday</a>. <br />
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I have been suffering from incurable 'low volume' quilt love and the only way to get it out of my system was to make one of my own. <br />
Pulling the fabric was tricky.I'm not completely convinced I nailed it but I did get to play with some of my favourite pretties. I left them sitting around for a while and found myself agonising over what to do with them. I've always loved <a href="http://naptimequilter.blogspot.com.au/">Cheryl's</a> original from her Sunday Morning Quilts book but I wasn't feeling the scrappy strip. In the end I settled on 4.5" squares. Plain and simple.<br />
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Night after night or whenever there was a spare moment I would cut into this beautiful pile of fabrics remembering when and where I had bought it or from whom it had been gifted. I obviously got so into the cutting that I ended up with enough squares for the back and for another little number I'm currently working on.<br />
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Some of my colours are a little deep but through a lens they're not so bad. They're muted and add interest.<br />
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I love this quilt. It's so pretty. And, I was lucky enough to enjoy a little break in our very rainy weather to sneak in a few shots last Tuesday.<br />
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I know low volume is not out of my system yet. They're just too darn nice! <br />
Seeing as I shot this quilt on Tuesday, I'm going to link it up with <a href="http://quiltstory.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/fabric-tuesday-what-have-you-been-making.html">Quilt Story Fabric Tuesday</a>.<br />
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<br />Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-30546868583047611532013-08-20T13:48:00.001+09:302013-08-20T13:52:12.860+09:30Quilts 1700-1945...<a href="http://sewandsewstoo.blogspot.com.au/">Clare</a> and I were very lucky to fly to Brisbane last weekend and immerse ourselves in the<a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/quilts_1700-1945"> Quilts 1700-1945</a> exhibition, a smaller version of the V&A's very successful exhibition from recent years. And, although reduced in quilt quantity, no less inspiring!<br />
We rose spectacularly early to board a 6.05am flight out of Adelaide, made a beeline for the train into the City, alighting at the Cultural Centre's doorstep. A small brain snap from both of us as we found ourselves in the GOMA first up. Both of us feeling very silly when the security guard pointed out that this was a 'contemporary gallery for modern artwork'. Yeh, yeh, yeh, he didn't have to labour the 'modern' point ! So, we turned on our heels and laughed at how we had both misread the website, reading what we wanted to read and interpreting it as such because we were both familiar with that part of the gallery complex. Back on track we unchecked our luggage from the GOMA, headed on over to the Art Gallery across the courtyard, and re-checked in our bags for an early tour.<br />
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The exhibition is not extensive, only about 30 or so quilts but each one gob-smackingly amazing in it's own right. Perfectly preserved silk and wool quilts from 1648, paper-pieced blocks with the backs exposed so you could read the papers that were used in the piecing, miniature hexagons made from military uniform wool just 1.5cm wide, silk ribbons converted to pinwheels and hourglass blocks, gifts of comfort from Canada to war-torn London and hexagons made from the clothes women and girls were left standing in having been captured and imprisoned in Changi Prison during the second world war. And then off course, the jewel in Australia's crown, the Rajah quilt made by convict women sent to Australia for petty crimes to give them something meaningful to do with their idle hands whilst making the treacherous journey from the UK to Tasmania in the colonial days of settlement.<br />
I could say that many of the quilts weren't my style and won't be put on my to-do list in the near future but that sounds like I didn't like the exhibition. Far from it, each one told a story, made me gasp in awe, or made me incredibly sad or happy as I tried to imagine what life must have been like for each of the individuals who had played a role in the birth of these quilts. From the genteel crafts-woman showcasing her needlework skill to the gathering of remnants from the woollen mills or pyjama factory in the village. I felt an affinity with each person who stitched a bit of their soul into every one of the quilts that were on display.<br />
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I also felt very proud to be a part of a community that was present as an audience on the day. Lots of women who like us had their sensible shoes on and talked in hushed excitement as they pointed out fabric combinations, block patterns, colours used, humility patches and sheer skill involved. It was electric and we felt connected. And to top it off? The playlist in the toilet. Well done curators. What a lovely fun way to finish off the day!<br />
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Mind you. We didn't completely leave the gallery there because we came back again the next day before our flight home to enjoy a gorgeous little maker fair in the form of a suitcase rummage
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stitch away at the sit and sew session.<br />
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Oh...and there was a bit of fabric shopping squeezed in too from a very lovely little shop in East Brisbane, <a href="http://www.voodoorabbit.com.au/fabric.html">Voodoo Rabbit</a>. It has a great collection of goth, rockabilly and Halloween fabrics, along with some pretties.<br />
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If you're near Brisbane, I urge you to get yourself to Quilts 1700 to 1945. You won't be disappointed.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-6839663386985271372013-08-16T09:38:00.000+09:302013-08-17T04:57:16.267+09:30Yee ha....!Well howdy! Seems like I've been missing from these here parts for some time. Yep, off chasing, herding and rounding up life every which way, I'd say. Leaving not enough time for quilting...let alone taking photos and blogging about it. However, a couple of weekends ago I found myself in between things and spent a whole day basting. It nearly killed my knees, elbows and the fingernail on my right hand pointer finger but I managed to completely baste three quilts that day. Since then I've quilted two, bound two and finished one. And this is it. My Maverick Star Cowboy quilt!<br />
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It's a beauty. I love the simplicity of the design which highlights the retro colours. Essentially it's either a nine patch block of 3.5" squares or a 9 patch with a maverick star embedded.<br />
I really like the back which features two single rows made from some left over squares trailing out of one left over star block and set into a plain stone colour background. It was a real challenge to make sure the back was lined up well with the top but I guess, that's what floorboard joins are for aren't they!<br />
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I think I've mentioned before that the foundation fabrics are from a really old range by Benartex called Happy Trails. I've added in some Denyse Schmidt who always manages the right balance of 'old-style' without being 'old fashioned' and various other reds and blues from the stash. The binding is also a DS quilts that features in the blocks. I can't remember what it's called but I managed to pick up a little from Spotlight when it was out. I wouldn't mind getting a little more as it's lovely for binding.<br />
This quilt is heading to the UK as a gift for a friend's new baby boy and will be a nice cot or floor mat size at 45" x 54".<br />
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I should also add that I managed to take these photos early this morning before heading off to work and before the rain rolls in around lunchtime today. As I was running around setting up shots on my front gate I was being watched by two council workers trimming the trees on the streets. I'm sure most people who spy a quilter blogger at work must wonder "what the heck is she doing...?". But we smiled, said howdy, commented on the weather making our work difficult and went about our separate tasks.<br />
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It's a funny old world we live in, isn't it but I guess that's what makes life interesting!<br />
I'm delighted to have such a lovely finish this week for Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/sweet-and-low.html">Finish it up Friday</a> and I'll be feeling less guilty about things as I head off to Brisbane (very early) tomorrow morning with <a href="http://sewandsewstoo.blogspot.com.au/">Clare</a> to see the <a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/quilts_1700-1945">Quilts 1700-1945</a> exhibition at the GOMA. More on that when we return.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-54714873547603711232013-07-23T15:16:00.003+09:302013-07-27T20:16:19.804+09:30A special request....I was recently asked if I could make a cushion that looked like a US flag. This is what I came up with. A crazy pieced star section out a my blue scraps and strip pieced red and white solids to make the stripes. I'm quietly pleased with the result.<br />
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The finished cushion ends up around 11" high x 14" wide. A very gratifying finish for this week which I'm linking up with Crazy Mom's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/relinquishing-control.html">Finish it up Friday.</a>Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941350309642956458.post-73159056483636883492013-07-07T11:22:00.001+09:302013-07-07T11:22:18.398+09:30A little bit cross....Recently I acquired a piece of vintage grey wool blanket. It was milled in South Australia's Onkaparinga Woolen Mills which is now long gone but its reputation for good quality wool products was second to none.<br />
I have several pieces of wool stashed for baby blankets that I used to embroider....but I rarely find time to sit around these days, so when I came across the grey, I remembered a bit of red and had a thought.....<br />
That thought turned into these little cushions with a red cross.<br />
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I cut the red cross out of a 5" square which was as much about need rather than heavy duty mathematics! From each corner I cut out a 1.5" square to make the cross which I then top-stitched direct to the grey.<br />
The cushions are rectangle finishing at 14" x 11". I cut these inserts from a 23" x 14"....tricky but worth it to get the perfect inner.<br />
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And whilst I was at it I made a few extra for the Vitalstatistix market next weekend.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616801169912337579noreply@blogger.com1