tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34893763497985187682024-02-20T05:55:20.013-08:00Cotton 'n CoffeeCatrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-70782750388516798082015-07-29T19:51:00.000-07:002015-07-29T19:51:22.580-07:007 hours<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wonder what you can accomplish in seven hours on a longarm? </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what I managed to finish on my second rental. TWO quilts! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tumbler is just a small one, maybe between a baby size and a lap size, but the other one will fit a double bed. No small feat for a beginner longarm user. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the same pantograph pattern on both. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This top was completed about five or six years ago, and it has been patiently waiting for the day it would become a quilt. There are many more where that came from, with the same dream. </span></div>
Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-42809978787324524372015-07-24T20:37:00.001-07:002015-07-24T20:37:35.750-07:00Pattern testing<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Someone had written a pattern for a table runner and put a call out for testers. I was one of the lucky ones selected. I received the pattern on a Thursday, and it was to be finished by Monday. I had suggestions right off the hop, just from reading the pattern. I emailed questions, and offered my opinions, even before I'd cut anything or sewn a single stitch. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday I made the top out of fabric that I already had on hand, just bits and scraps. I must admit, the concept of the pattern was wonderful, even if the pattern itself needed a bit of tweaking (in my opinion). And I really like how mine turned out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was on to finishing. I tried to just stitch in the ditch, but I didn't like it. It was too plain. I wanted to play with some stitching. So I ripped out my ditch stitching, and watched some free motion videos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pebbles! Better than I could have hoped for! But I had no idea the amount of time and thread this design would use up... I'm better educated now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quilted, bound, and pictures taken. I edited the pattern in areas that I thought needed clarification, or found were not necessary, or some areas were just too "wordy" and submitted it all by the deadline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoyed being a pattern tester. I would like to do another, if the opportunity arises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took a longarm certification course! Eeek! I'm so excited! Three hours of instruction at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/WonderFil-Threaducation-Centre/692072047503048?fref=ts" target="_blank">Wonderfil Threaducation Centre</a> in Calgary, AB, followed by two hours of "do it". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may recognize this top from a <a href="http://cottonncoffee.blogspot.ca/2014/05/stash-busting-tumblers-and-runner.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> about using up my stash. I chose this top as my first to work on because it was small in size and made from scraps, so if I messed up, no harm done. But I didn't mess up! And I did wonderfully for a first time free motion meander.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've already booked my next rental session and am planning on doing the other tumbler quilt top much like this one, only this time trying a pantograph. I can hardly wait!</span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-81281247140807551732015-07-19T10:00:00.000-07:002015-07-19T10:00:02.976-07:00Jelly roll race 2 ... 2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My second jelly roll race quilt top. Greys and blacks with pops of color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't have a decent picture of the whole thing, so all you get is this sneak peak, for now. You'll get to see it better in it's entirety when I have it quilted.</span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-70547611505071358302015-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:002015-07-18T10:00:01.391-07:00Mondo bag<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This bag was a pattern that people were raving about a couple years ago, so I bought the pattern then, but just finally made it this week when the need arose for a bag big enough to take toddler toys to the park for outings. I used a charm pack and a few scraps, plus leftover grey from a backing on a quilt for the lining.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a huge bag, constructed in modern neutral colors, so either mom or dad can carry it along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The project took all day to sew. It was easy with well written instructions, but very time consuming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A close up of the individual blocks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've never heard of ten minute blocks, there is a great <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/44754590021957539/" target="_blank">tutorial</a> on you tube. I used this tutorial, along with a layer cake of fabric to whip up some blocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used sticky notes to design my layout, but the math for piecing the setting triangles was above my ability so I ended up just "winging it" and eventually it came together as I'd hoped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The completed top. </span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-48204596861622977922015-06-02T06:10:00.000-07:002015-06-02T06:10:12.882-07:00Plus Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric line is an older one called Sweet Serenade from Sweetwater fabrics. I used charm squares and pieced it in less than a day. I love quick projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was how it looked on the design wall. There was lots of rearranging to get all the blocks to stand out individually, but I'm happy with the final layout. The colors are truer in this picture. </span><br />
<br />Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-85476080660018333382015-05-26T15:36:00.003-07:002015-05-26T15:36:58.059-07:00Shimmer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's called <i>Shimmering Triangles</i>, and it's a pattern available on <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/" target="_blank">Craftsy</a> with support from a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/344166742432047/" target="_blank">facebook group</a> called Shimmering Quilts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This project came about simply because I saw a picture posted of one that someone else had made and I was <i>in love. </i>I did a search, found the facebook support group, and joined. I was in awe of the projects other people were making with this pattern... each so different, depending on the fabric chosen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought the pattern that very same morning, and my brainstorming began. There were so many choices. Different fabrics/patterns/colors each gave a different feel to the look of the quilt. It was overwhelming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to use fabric that I have, sort of to "test drive" the pattern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These were the fat quarters I pulled from my stash. Oh how I love Amy Butler fabric! I was going to use them for a pineapple quilt once upon a time, but that never happened and they've been waiting patiently for me ever since. I decided to go against the suggestion of the pattern to have every block a "color", and instead I made every other block a background 4-patch with 2 different shades of brown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did a test piece, and decided I liked it, so onward I went, making half square triangles and 4-patches and laying them out on my flannel covered styrofoam boards as I went (do you like the backside of the dinosaur flannel? lol).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It didn't take long before it grew upwards and outwards, and then outgrew my little flannel boards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, from this point, I started assembling the pieces into blocks, and the blocks into rows, and sewed the first half of the quilt top together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The remainder was assembled a row at a time, and it was attached before I assembled the next row... I was unprepared for just how time consuming it was to assemble, but that won't detract from making another. </span><br />
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<br />Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-69637977094286565512015-05-01T15:25:00.001-07:002015-05-01T15:25:27.303-07:00Lunch Bag<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seemed like a good day to make a new lunch bag. My daughter picked the fabrics from my stash, and it turned out wonderful! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my favorite go-to <a href="http://ayumills.blogspot.ca/2010/08/tutorial-lunch-bag.html" target="_blank">pattern</a> for a quick, easy project, and I have not yet found a better design for holding stacked square sandwich containers, plus a bottle of water. It has that handy-dandy drawstring top that keeps everything where it belongs, too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been fascinated by curves in a quilt for a long time, but the challenge scared me. I remember back in the day when I used to make clothing, I hated doing sleeves on shirts, as it was hard to get a nice seam that didn't pucker or ruffle or pleat... The seam ripper was often my friend back when I used to set in sleeves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I discovered this website called <a href="http://sewkindofwonderful.com/" target="_blank">Sew Kind of Wonderful</a>. It had this <a href="http://sewkindofwonderful.com/products/quick-curve-ruler" target="_blank">ruler</a> that guaranteed easy piecing of curves in quilts. I watched many videos and browsed many photos of completed projects. It did seem easy. So, I bought the ruler, a jelly roll, a coordinating solid and a pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I didn't want to use my newly purchased fabric just yet. I wanted to test the ruler first. I found a free pattern for a block called Spring Fling and thought I would give it a go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The test block turned out wonderful, just as it was supposed to, and, much to my surprise, the curves were not difficult at all. This block hooked me and made me want to make more of these... "make a whole quilt" it said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I assembled four blocks out of strips that I had, but I wasn't in love with the fabric placement I had chosen once they were put together (the greens and yellows kind of got lost with the background, and the prints really jumped out). They were alright, but not as lovely as that first one. I am also not a fan of square quilts, so I used the leftover bits and made two scrappy blocks, so it was large enough to be a couch quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With sashing in between and all around, I am calling it done as a top. I debated adding a border, but opted not to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the ruler, and now feel confident enough to tackle the pattern I bought, <a href="http://sewkindofwonderful.com/products/metro-hoops-pdf-pattern" target="_blank">Metro Hoops</a>, without worrying about wasting my "good" fabric. </span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-12750400372377412622015-04-01T06:20:00.001-07:002015-04-01T06:20:49.155-07:00And... It's Finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not the best angle or lighting, but I sent this quilt off without taking a picture of it first. Oops! All I can say is Thanks, cell phone makers, for making decent cameras on your phones so I can still get a picture (from the recipient) when I need one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose this lovely bright orange fabric for the binding and it turned out lovely. It is attached by machine and hand sewn on the back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been so long since I've made a whole quilt, start to finish, by myself on my machine, without the use of a longarm service. Maybe it's not as bad as I remember, trying to do my own quilting, as long as it's simple like this one was. Perhaps it's time to do some more...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finished is better than perfect. </span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-66653243731645437132015-03-24T14:14:00.001-07:002015-03-24T14:14:38.951-07:00Tackling Quilting at Home<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the work longarmers do. I wish I had a long arm machine of my own (and somewhere to put it). But since I don't, and I have no more space for random "tops" waiting to be quilted, <i>and </i>my daughter's boyfriend wants a quilt, I dug in and put a quilt sandwich together myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just did a basic stitch in the ditch with my walking foot, then added a few lines the other way too, for more security. I didn't want it to scrunch funny after washing. It's not fabulous, but it's functional, and finished is better than perfect. </span><br />
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<br />Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-73482006238926261212015-03-13T03:52:00.000-07:002015-03-13T03:52:27.492-07:00Using up the Scraps<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A while back, I bought a book called <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Sunday-Morning-Quilts-Amanda-Jean-Nyberg/9781607054276" target="_blank">Sunday Morning Quilts</a>, which is a great resource for using up fabric scraps. The article that intrigued me the most was re-making fabric using a single color of scraps. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I pulled out my scrap drawer and started sorting and managed to put together some new pieces of fabric. These blocks are each sewn together using various sized strips. But I didn't love them, and couldn't figure out how to arrange them in an eye pleasing manner, so I tucked them into a box in the closet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recently, I discovered them again, and pulled them out and decided to use them. I have always been attracted to traditional blocks, and when I saw a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/44754590023661350/" target="_blank">video tutorial</a> for a quick and easy churn dash, I knew I had found my pattern!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the perfect mix of color and solid background. It tones down the busyness but still leaves each block bright and happy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I even took some of my smallest scraps that couldn't be sewn in strips, ironed them onto fusible interfacing, and sewed around the edges of each piece. Then I cut it up and made a block out of it. (I think this one is actually my favorite)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lots of scraps mean lots of blocks, so this will be an ongoing project, one that will be there in the background to give me a break from other projects I'm working on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is it just me, or does it seem like quilters always have multiple projects on the go at the same time? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(I realize it's not the greatest picture, and please forgive me, but I'm home by myself today, so I have nobody to hold it up for a better shot.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am pleased as punch at how it turned out! I'm thinking I may add a border or two yet, but I also love it just as it is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric line is "Mixed Bag" by Moda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This project was much easier <strike>in my head</strike> on paper. I struggled with maneuvering it around on my little table, and trying to squish the pillows enough that it would go between the presser foot and the feed dogs. In the end, when I was trying to attach the binding, I actually moved my table against the bed and used the bed to support the weight of most of the quilt. There should be a course out there, "Quilt Wrestling 101", just for doing things like this. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The original idea came from a magazine many, many years ago (like maybe 18 years), but that pattern was a baby quilt with much smaller pillows and the pillows were not nearly as stuffed. I thought a bigger quilt for a bigger bed needed bigger pillows proportionately, so that's how this one was resized by me, to fit across a queen size. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It became a never ending project... I would see it in the closet, take it out, wrestle with it trying to do a row or two, remember why I wasn't working on it, put it away again... But as it grew, I couldn't fit it in the closet anymore and then it was on my dresser, overspilling the laundry basket that was trying to contain it, taking up valuable space... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After putting out a poll about whether applique should be hand stitched or machine sewn, and observing the debate among friends and strangers, I've opted to go with hand stitching the orange peels to the background squares. I've found that a blanket stitch is fairly quick and not at all difficult. (This short <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-x7mZabHo0" target="_blank">video tutorial</a> on you tube by Alex Anderson was the only help I needed.) I do not have an aversion to hand stitching like some quilters do, and actually enjoy the relaxation of it when I'm watching TV. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also, after much debate on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloan/" target="_blank">favorite Facebook quilting group</a> about seeing the stitches or blending the colors, this was my decision. I like the traditional look of seeing the applique stitches, but want this quilt to have a little modern flair, so I'm stitching each peel with a color that matches the fabric, but not necessarily <i>that</i> peel. There will be some blocks where the thread will be the same color as the peel, but for most of them, they will be in a contrasting thread. Does that make sense? These six were all stitched today with the pink floss that matched the middle peel on the bottom row. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am <i>loving</i> how this looks... But it will take a few <strike>days</strike> weeks to get these all stitched down, so prepare for another project popping up in the meantime while I do this in the evening... Not sure just what yet, but something. </span></span>Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-47855491926231515242015-02-09T04:58:00.000-08:002015-02-09T04:58:15.517-08:00Orange peel <br />
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I had some lovely coordinated fat quarters given to me and just couldn't decide what to do with them... I scoured <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/catrinamac/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, auditioned a few different patterns, and finally settled on the orange peel. I was worried about the reds bleeding, so I did a test.<br />
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Exactly what I thought might happen! I let each piece soak in it's own bowl with vinegar/salt water, rinsed and repeated as necessary. Now, I was ready to begin.<br />
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I rounded up all my neutral backgrounds that I had kicking around, and decided that the best use of fabric would be to cut 4.5" background squares. Then I drew and cut my own leaf shape template to fit inside my square.<br />
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I used <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/44754590023795163/" target="_blank">this technique</a>, where you sew the leaf shape fabric to the fusible interfacing, right sides together, then turn it right side out, and iron it down onto the background, creating the effect of needle turn applique. <br />
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I have to admit, this project is much more time intensive than I anticipated. It took several episodes of Friends on Netflix to turn all 146 of the leaf shapes right sides out, and about two hours to press them all onto the background squares.<br />
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Testing the layout... Loving how it looks! But now comes the dilemma of how to stitch down the peels.<br />
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This one is done on my sewing machine, applique stitch, with thread that matches the background piece.<br />
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This one, also by machine, but with thread that matches the peel. Maybe not the best example, as the fabric is busy, so the stitches seem invisible... Or is that the idea?<br />
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This one I hand stitched with embroidery floss, in the only color I had, which just happened to match. I think I like this best, but would like to try using the background color with this method, just to compare. I like the traditional look of the hand stitching showing, especially since the orange peel quilt is such a traditional pattern. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Twenty four squares wide by thirty two squares long, each cut at 2.5 inches. Nice lap size throw. I may even try my hand at free motion quilting this one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This puff quilt has all the pillows sewn and stuffed, and I've begun the task of tying on a backing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And I've started working on some orange peel blocks. Stay tuned for details to come on that one. </span></span><br />
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Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-2493954081773998412015-01-20T16:57:00.000-08:002015-01-20T16:57:16.373-08:00Scrap challenge<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.patsloan.com/2015/01/pat-sloan-hip-to-be-square-challenge.html" target="_blank">Hip to Be Square</a>. That is the name of the challenge that I am working on. The basic rules are: cut scrap fabric into 2.5" squares and sew them into blocks (size of block is my choice), and then piece the blocks into a top that is crib size or larger. Sashing or no sashing, my choice. On point if I want. Color coordinated, or scrappy. Again, my choice. Have the <i>top</i> together by February 6. That's it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I found that the more blocks I added to the layout, the more pleasing it was to my eye. Maybe because the camera is farther away, so the individual pieces are less distinct, or maybe because I've added more fabrics that are less "novelty" or "juvenile" or "I spy". </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">randomly pick up two squares to sew together, and then chain piece all 32 pairs </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">put pairs of fours together </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It looks old fashioned to me now, something someone's grandmother would have made, back in the day. But it's not big enough yet, so I have some more work to do (she says while tapping her watch). </span></span><br />
Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-28516770127695839692015-01-07T15:31:00.000-08:002015-01-07T15:31:22.699-08:00I Spy and Mardi Gras<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A year and a half after it began, the I Spy quilt is finished. No room for a decent photo shoot, and the weather was too blustery to go outside, so a simple picture was taken.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, it was packaged up and shipped out, due to arrive tomorrow to the recipient (squeal!). I think I am more excited to be sending it than she will be in getting it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are eighteen of these twelve inch blocks, pieced with half square triangles, cut with my <a href="http://www.accuquilt.com/" target="_blank">Accuquilt Go</a>. Some of the fabrics shown are leftovers from other quilts, and some were cut from fat quarters. This was a "use whatever I have" project.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I set the blocks on point and used this fun Mardi Gras fabric for the setting triangles. This fabric has been in my stash for many years, as I bought it to do a stack n whack quilt, then lost interest in making it after doing four other stack n whacks in a row. After that, it was just too pretty to cut up, until now. The colors suit this scrappy quilt. </span></span><br />
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Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-31539805853486074012014-12-15T15:30:00.001-08:002014-12-15T15:30:14.288-08:00Table runner and placemats<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using up scraps seems to just make more scraps... First there was a quilt (made by someone else), and the leftover fabric was given to me to "make some pillow covers" to go with it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(You may remember these from earlier this year.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, now what else to do with the bits of fabric that are still leftover? Well, I used my <a href="http://www.accuquilt.com/fabric-cutters-compared.html" target="_blank">accuquilt</a> and cut up as much as I could into chisels, as that was a die I had that hadn't been used yet. I'm sure in my head it was going to be a quilt, but there weren't enough for that, it turns out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/catrinamac/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> to the rescue. Found <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/44754590023497665/" target="_blank">this pattern</a> and decided <i>I could do that!</i> (with an additional purchase of border fabric).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ta Da! A table runner! ... But it didn't use very many of my chisels... And there were so many cut out... Now what else could I make? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried various arrangements and came up with a new way to lay out two chisels with a triangle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was my test piece. It's not pretty, but it was just random fabric that I had (and it doesn't matter if it's pretty if it's just a test). It seemed to work!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let's try it with my actual fabric pieces that I would use together, I said to myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's not fabulous, but it'll do for a placemat. So I made six of them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pretend you haven't noticed that they are just tops and still need to be sandwiched and quilted. It'll get done, eventually. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, there are still more scraps... </span></span><br />
Catrina MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559749053761567220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489376349798518768.post-32212523102284340862014-12-11T15:34:00.001-08:002014-12-11T15:34:27.305-08:00Tree skirt<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This was made with scraps and stash. I've been wanting a tree skirt for six years, and now I have one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was constructed using the ten degree wedge ruler. I simply cut 36 wedges, four each of nine different fabrics, sewed them together, and bound it all in a cute little red/white pinstripe. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Easy project. I don't know why I waited so long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Farmer's Wife lesson two from Craftsy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Swoon block number two. </span></div>
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