Deborah
28, Mom, Married, Weird.
Start Quilting 5 - Binding. This is the fastest and easiest way to sew on bindings, and the way I personally prefer, for those very reasons. Patience is not my long suit :o) For a quilt that was to be in a show, or for a special gift, I would go the extra mile, and do mitered binding, other-wise, this is my favorite method! With your quilt all set to bind, line up the side bindings with the edge of the quilt top (I use DBL Fold Bindings...Single Fold is very acceptable for this type of binding), and stitch, using a 1/4" seam, all the way down the side. Repeat with another binding strip on the other side. Now turn these to the back, over the 1/4" of backing and batting you left on the edges, and stitch down by hand, using thread to match the binding and a very neat blind stitch. Cut the excess ends off even with the raw edges of the quilt. How to Quilt: spool quilt block, journal quilting. "Will work for FABRIC! " Greetings Quilter - Happy Quilting!
A Quilt Idea – Journal Quilting Have you done any journal quilting? Journal quilting really takes the craft to an art form. With journal quilting, you let your emotions inspire your project. Just because your journal quilt is inspired by emotion does not mean it cannot be made of a traditional pattern. If you’ve been reminiscing about the stories your grandmother once told of life growing up on the farm, piece a “Corn and Beans” quilt in colors that remind you of her. Maybe even incorporate photos of your grandmother into the quilt. Just like writing in a daily journal, the more you journal quilt, the easier it becomes. Maybe some day you will even feel comfortable enough to design your own quilts with either pieced blocks or appliqué. And however you can record your emotions is fine. Maybe you’ll leave a panel empty to write out your emotions with a water-proof, fine tip pen. Spool Quilt Block Diane Malaznik 14215 Westmore St.
Enjoy! Cookie Dough Dip. Go put on your stretchy pants. Seriously. Do it now. Some days, I find that certain recipes speak to me. Better-Than-Crack-Brownies, Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles, Cake Batter Bark… those things excite me. This only has happened a handful of times and when I find or create a delicious recipe that I am so passionate about, I can hardly wait to share it with all of you. After all, these recipes wouldn’t be as much fun without you. This is the situation I found myself in late Monday evening. Or the couch from which I was laying on after eating 16 snickerdoodles.
You can only imagine what I did first thing yesterday morning. So let’s hit all the major points: 1. 2. 3. Or you can do dirty things like eat it with a spoon. Cookie Dough Dip makes about 1 1/2 cups 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cups chocolate chips Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Garnish with additional chopped chocolate. We could all learn something from this guy.avi. The Split Nine Patch Quilt Block. The split nine patch quilt block is an old creative twist to the basic nine patch block. The split nine patch quilt block uses the basic square and half square triangles while sticking with the basic nine patch grid. Your choice of color can make some big variations in this quilt block.
You can use the split to create a dark and light variation. To complete one block for a sampler quilt: Block size: 6 inches Materials: Fat quarter fabric in five colors (purple, pink, dark purple, light purple and burgundy) Batting Backing Step 1 - Use the rotary cutting techniques. Cut 1 patch 2 ½” square from the purple fabric. Step 2 - Use the half square triangle method. Place one 3 ½” square of purple and one 3 ½” square of dark purple fabric, right sides together. Cut on the drawn line with your rotary cutter or scissors to separate the square into triangles.
Fold open the square and press the seam allowances toward the darker fabric. Complete 4 purple/dark purple half square units. P.s. i quilt: pinwheel sampler quilt along. Welcome to the pinwheel sampler quilt along yall. my pinwheel sampler quilt is my all time fav quilt.i really, really love it.apparently i'm not the only one though.i get emails about that quilt all. the. time. so to celebrate today being my 400th post...i'm gonna teach yall how to make your very own pinwheel sampler quilt.
{we'll spend the next 12ish weeks making it.} note: we are not making my exact pinwheel sampler quilt.it will be equally as awesome. promise. this week we will focus on our starting materials. materials needed:1 layer cake of your choice {feel free to use fat quarters.}3 yards light solid for those inquring minds, i will be using:a simple abundance layer cake& moda bella solids in natural {sku #9900-12} i have started a pinwheel sampler quilt along flickr group.i can't wait to see everyone's quilts come to life. grab a button, join in the fun & spread the word.i hope yall are as excited as i am. so who's in???
P.s. i quilt: block o' strings tutorial. As promised...a string block tutorial. {the SUPER easy way.} gather some strips from your stash. any length, any width, any color, any pattern. i think i took out about 60ish, just to have a nice variety. you're gonna want 4 of those strips to be a solid white or a white print. you will want to make sure that your white strips are all the same size. {mine were about 1 1/2".} take some regular printer paper and make four 6 1/2" squares. on the wrong side of your white strip...spray a thin coat of quilt basting spray.quickly adhere it to the middle of your 6 1/2" square. this is optional...trim down the white strips.it doesn't have to be exact, as you can see on mine. now it's audition time.play around with your strips until you are happy with them. i can get 4 to 5 strips on each side of the white strip.you won't know exactly how many until you start sewing. lay your first strip right side down onto your white strip. turn your stitch length down to about 1.5{just trust me!!!}
Audition time again!!! Twist And Shout Batik Swap Bonus Quilt Pattern. P.s. i quilt: disappearing 9-patch tutorial. {the SUPER easy way.} So what makes it SUPER easy??? Well it's made with a charm pack.so all the precutting hassle is not there.yayyy!!! Note to add: for those that don't know...a charm pack consist of 5" x 5" precut squares of moda fabric.you CAN follow this tutorial using your own fabrics cut at 5" x 5" squares. i'm using hartfield by barbara brackman. {it has 30 charms.} lay out 9 different charms that you like together. sew the 1st row. pressing seams to the right.sew the 2nd row. pressing seams to the left.and then sew the 3rd row. pressing seams to the right again. join row 1 & row 2. press.join rows 1 & 2 with row 3. press again. congratulations...you have a completed 9-patch block!!!
Make sure that your block is nice and square. spray your block with a light spray starch {like magic sizing} & press.then cut your block in half longways. Cut in half tallways. Now you have 4 different sections.simply turn the sections to create a new pattern, like so... sew top and bottom together and press. tada...you are done!!! Disappearing Nine Patch - Quilts (beginners) The Disappearing Nine Patch is a simple variation on the traditional nine-patch block.
It is very easy to make, and looks impressive when finished. Designed, made, and kindly shared by Brenda Dean. Photographs by Peter Dean. © Quilters Pty. Ltd. 2009 Materials See fabric requirement instructions, block size is variable. Finished Size As Required Skill Level Beginner You can download a pdf copy of the original instructions for this project here, Disappearing Nine Patch This is an ideal pattern for a scrap quilt and great way to use those charm square packs.
You can use any size squares to make any size quilt it’s so versatile. Fabric Requirements You can use any number of like sized squares as long as the number of squares you use is divisible by nine. Each group of nine squares will yield four disappearing blocks. To calculate the size of the finished block you need to multiply the size of your original squares by three, divide by two, then take off one. 5 x 3 = 15, ÷ 2 = 7½ - 1 = 6½ inches.
Sewing/Crafting Blogs. Nienie. :: Meet Me At Mikes. The Pioneer Woman | Ree Drummond. Petit main sauvage. Gatsby and Me. Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing. Disdressed. Effortless Anthropologie. THE SEWING DORK. Fully lined zippered box pouch - pattern and tutorial - it's a Pretty Modern life. I love the look of a zippered box pouch...so incredibly cute. I found many tutorials on the internet, but was disappointed after making pouches following these tutorials to find that they were not fully lined; looks so much nicer when you open your pouch and there are no seams. It took me a long time to figure it out and I thought and thought and thought...then I got it♥ I don't want to keep this knowledge to myself, so here it is.
I'd like to thank Jane at Projects by Jane (the only other tutorial like this that I was able to find on the internet - wish I'd found it sooner). Her photos may help you out too if mine fail to communicate properly. If you like what you see and this tutorial was helpful, please help me by making a small donation to my site (click mauve button on top right on homepage). ♥♥♥Thanks so much!
♥♥♥ The finished pouch is 3 high x 4 wide x 7 long (inches) Here's what you need: 1 twelve inch zipper 2 10x7 inch panels for the lining (my lining fabric is the green one) Craft hope - {spreading seeds of hope one stitch at a time} Bolt Neighborhood. Amanda's Adventures in Sewing. Craftleftovers. Heatherross - blog. When I first drew these designs, five or six years ago, I didn't have a daughter, much less a lot of Princess paraphenalia hanging around for inspiration.
But this time, as I was sorting through these designs and printing them all out to study their colors in preparation for their re-release by Windham Fabrics, and hanging them up on my studio wall, I had an actual Princess castle, almost three feet tall and just as wide, right behind me the whole time. Then, I remembered that Liesl had made a beautiful little Bubble Dress from one of these prints, also before I had a daughter, and that now, just in time, after hanging in her closet since before she was born, it fits.
My princess-freindly household is also currently consumed with the idea of sleepovers, big girl beds, making friends, and playdates (which we are getting very good at, in a two-almost-three sort of way), and also, unfortunately, in resisting naps and bedtimes with the ardour of a certain royal and her obnoxious pea. Betz white. Fehr Trade. Elsie marley. Free Quilt Pattern: Irish Chain Quilt from EZ Quilting at Simplicity.com. Instructions Making the Quilt Top Step 1: Sew five 2 1/2" light fabric strips and ten 2 1/2" dark fabric strips together into five strip sets of dark-light-dark. Press the seams carefully, keeping the strip set straight.
Step 2: Cross-cut the dark-light-dark sets at 2 1/2" intervals to yield 72 units. First, trim the beginning edge square, then cut units by keeping the seam lines and edges parallel with markings on the ruler. Step 3: Sew six 2 1/2" light fabric strips and three 2 1/2" dark fabric strips together into three strip sets of light-dark-light. Press the seams carefully, keeping the strip set straight.
Stitch the four remaining 2 1/2" strips of light green print fabric on both sides of the two remaining 2 1/2" background strips. Step 4: Cross-cut the light-dark-light sets at 2 1/2" intervals to yield 36 units. Step 5: Sew two dark-light-dark units on both sides of one light-dark-light unit to make a nine-patch block. Step 6: From the 6 1/2" strips, cut 31 squares. Blog. Heaps of Laundry. Sparkle Power! Sew Liberated. Knits for baby girl - Korrigan on the left and the Retro Baby Smock on the right. The newborn-sized Korrigan was knit with unlabeled yarn from my stash, and the Retro Baby Smock is an unabashed copy of Alicia Paulson's darling version - info here.
It was such a huge leap to decide to have another baby. Back and forth we went, between not wanting to upset the (currently) calm waters of parenting two, to thinking about what it might be like as our children grow into adults and Lachlan's half a heart begins to grow weary. What will our family look like in twenty years? And yet. I find “expecting” to be such an odd way of describing pregnancy. With my second pregnancy, the shit hit the fan at the halfway point. You think you're alone in your sorrow, but then you look around and see other islands close by.
So here I am. All that to say that I don't really know what to “expect” anymore, but not in an exasperated, hopeless way. Pink picket fence. Have you heard about it yet? Stitch Fix? It's the online service I've been waiting for all my life because, well, I hate shopping. I don't have time. And I don't like the mall. Or the lighting in dressing rooms. Or masses of people. Or ALL of the choices. And my taste is all over the place. So when Kristen (of DineandDish) instagrammed about receiving boxes of specially selected clothing and accessories from Stitch Fix, I was curious.
Imagine: A personal shopper that sends you clothes. And of course it's not free. So what was in my first Fix? Item #1: This chambray shirt. Item #2: This darling tunic-y navy blouse. Items #3 + #4 : cobalt statement necklace and teal twist wrap tee. I liked both of these a lot. Item #5: Navy Blue Zipper Detail Dress. Sarah knocked this one out of the park. Evidently, I am apparently using WHAMMO now as an adjective. I included some of the outfit cards because they are fun. So. 2 out of 5. For what it's worth, this review is entirely voluntary.
Xo, miss chris. Ruby star rising. How About Orange. June at noon: making happy. Quilt as you go |quilt-along| part one. I'm soooo excited you all are so excited to do this quilt with me! I'm also very excited to make a queen sized quilt! I never thought I'd be able to start and complete a quilt larger than a lap-size on my own, since quilting a monster quilt is not what I would consider fun.
With this method, not only can you make a monster quilt top, but, you will be able to quilt is as you go and not have to send it out to the long arm quilter. I originally came across this idea in the Patchwork Style book. Before we begin, I want to touch on how the quilt will be assembled since I've had soooooooo many questions about that aspect. The books' directions of sewing the blocks together through both the fabric and batting layers, pressing the seams open, then once all the blocks are together and the quilt sandwich is made, stitching in the ditch around each block, *and then using some wool fibre for ties in the middle and corners of each block. Ok, so all that being said, are you ready? Yay! ~Penny.
Quilting Blogs. ~Ruffles And Stuff~ Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » diy wednesdays: tea shelf. Recently, we’ve been exploring the amazing selection of loose leaf teas at our local hippie coop grocery store (oh, san francisco….). We’ve been collecting little samples of calming herbals, invigorating blacks, and exotic mixes of every plant and herb you can imagine. taking a cue from grandpa’s garage workshop, we put together a simple organized shelf where we can hang and display our current selection of teas and the cute accoutrements that go along with them. happy tea time!
Derek & lauren CLICK HERE for the full instructions after the jump! Here’s what you’ll need: a thin shelf (we used a white “ribba” art shelf from ikea that is about 21” long) 3 small glass jars 3 short screws spray paint for painting jar lids (optional) 2 cup hooks cordless drill or screwdriver. Other people's chicken. The Hasty Quilter Blogs. Thelongthread.com. I have to say...: On the Road to Spring quilt-along (week one: choosing and preparing your fabrics) Handmade children's products community for retailers, parents. Ric-Rac. No big dill. MADE. The Best of DIY.
Miss Celie's Pants. Makeshift. Made By Rae. My Fabrication. Clever Nesting » Invisible Zipper Tutorial from Whipstitch. Stitch by Stitch | Whipstitch. Anna Maria Horner. "a little help from my friends" scrappy string quilt tutorial. Katie did - katie did journal.