p.s. i quilt Handmade by Alissa | Modern Quilting Thelongthread's Top 100 Tutorials of 2008 :: Etsy Blog Here are the Top 100 Tutorials of 2008 as impressively compiled and posted on thelongthread’s blog. Happy New Year! Here’s a list of free tutorials and craft projects from 2008 to inspire you to create something in 2009. Projects pictured above noted with asterisks in the list below. I’ve sorted the tutorials by category to help make some sense of this list, but otherwise they are in no particular order. I’ve tried to include all of my favorite blogs and tutorials from the past year, but I’m sure that I’ve made some omissions. Thanks to Craft, Whip Up, Design Sponge, Sew Mama Sew and TipNut for pointing me to some of these great projects. For Baby: Baby Bib, Chickpea Sewing Studio Fabric Beach Balls, The Purl Bee Bias Tape Bib, The Purl Bee Quick Cozy Blankie, The Purl Bee Reversible Baby Shoes, Maked For Kids: For the Home: Clothing & Accessories: For Sewing: For the Holidays: *pictured above. Watch more how-to videos and check out these how-to projects too.
How to Quilt: Scrap Quilts How to Quilt>Scrap Quilts Bonnie Hunter is a quilter who specializes in scrap quilts using fabric from thrift shops or donations from friends' closets. Recently she visited with us for our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation, and the specific topic was how to choose the garments at a thrift shop that will make great fabric for a quilt. Here is a sampling of her answers: Penny: How do you know whether a particular garment would make a good fabric for a quilt? Bonnie: I look for garments the same way I look for fabric. If it says 100% cotton, then that’s the first thing I’ll look for. The next thing I check is how the fabric feels in my hand. I look for the same kinds of things when I look for articles of clothing to cut up for fabric. Penny: You don’t use polyester? Bonnie: No, I don’t. Men’s shirts, so far, have not incorporated spandex. Penny: How do you estimate how much fabric you’ll be able to get from a particular garment? Bonnie: The size of the garment will give you an idea.
Lazy Gal Quilting Diary of a Quilter - a quilt blog Red Pepper Quilts crazy mom quilts Cathedral Windows - Part TWO!! Well now... if there is anything you can count on with kids... it's delays! LOL Luckily, this weekend I bribed them with a lot of new legos and video games to keep them busy while I finished some much needed sewing! ( and no, I'm not above bribing! ) LOL So... let's get this cathedral window block party started! Here's my stack of the nine folded blocks ( from part ONE ) needed to make the front of my pillow... ( for The Pillow Talk { Swap } ) This may be a silly tip, but... you should use thread that matches the base fabric ( as you'll see it )! I also took a quick shot of my machine settings incase you were interested in my stitch position or length... it's just centered and at a 3.0 in length.... very normal... no tricks! Okay... to the sewing! Then, carefully sew those two back to back triangles together following your ironed lines as a guide. Just keep adding your blocks together until you have 3 rows of 3 squares... Always... back stitching!! As you can see... or.... XO, Heather
Ideas for Quilting Finished Paintbox Quilt The Paintbox Quilt is finished! This quilt is made with 64 - 6.5" blocks in 32 color combinations (8 by 8 blocks with 1.5" sashing). Each combination is a Kona cotton solid and a monochromatic quilting print. One of the blocks in each combination is made with a printed center and outer ring and the other is made with a solid center and outer ring. I had a hard time deciding how to lay out the blocks for the quilt. I alternated the orientation of the squares so the "pulled" corners were going in opposite directions. On the back, I made a pieced panel with a little rectangle of each of the Kona cottons. The letters on the back are just simple Kona cotton appliques, made using this technique. The washed and quilted linen is so incredibly soft, which makes this a very comfy quilt too! I originally had a black and white binding on this quilt, but it was a little "too much" so I ended up going with this gold and white stripe from Kaufman's Pimatex Basics, which I really like.
Two More Seconds: mug rug madness Last time I talked about the WHAT of Mug Rugs .... today I wanted to show you WHEN exactly a Mug Rug can be used in your house. To do that, I get to show off my fun little collection of Mug Rug's I've amassed and tell you where they live in my house - some of the ways I use them might surprise you! I made myself this one. Katie Jump Rope is my very favorite fabric line and it makes me happy every time I look at it. It currently lives with my laptop, because I use it as a traveling mousepad for my wireless mouse. This cute puppy was made for me by John / Quilt Dad for a private Twitter Mug Rug swap. This awesome one was made for me by Brooke / April Two Eighty in the Spicing Up The Kitchen swap on Flickr. I also made myself this one. Brenda made me this one in a swap on Flickr. This one was made for me by Ryan / I'm Just a Guy Who Quilts also from a Twitter swap. Sue made me this one, again from a private swap set up on Twitter.
I'm actually getting it done... I'm following Vicki's lead and quilting for an hour first thing in the morning. I have been making a lot of progress on my Scrappy String and I'm enjoying it immensely. If I keep up at this pace, this quilt will be done in no time. Since I've decided to make it a tall, narrow wall-hanging I think it will be easy for me to quilt too. In this bottom photo it's possible to see at what stage I'm working. I'm planning on using a black/white polka dot for binding and no borders. Take care,
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