Wednesday, July 1, 2009
signing off....
Thursday, June 11, 2009
New life
Saturday, May 16, 2009
What I am doing now that I have spare time......
Friday, April 17, 2009
Some rainy day fun.....
From your large scale print, batting, and backing, cut a piece 3 inches taller and wider than your binder. It will shrink up a bit when quilted. (My binder measures 11 1/2 x 24. Yours may vary!)
Sew your first two 1 1/2 x 5 inch pieces together as shown in the photo.
Continue to add 1 1/2 strips until your braid piece is longer than the width of your large scale print piece.
Trim the uneven edges as shown
Cut both ends of your braid piece straight, leaving them a little longer than needed.
Sew the ric rac on the long sides, 1/4 inch from the edge.
Press, turning raw edges under.
Pin the bottom edge of the braid piece 2 inches from the bottom edge of the large scale print.
Topstitch both long edges to the large print piece.
Layer your backing, batting, and top and quilt as desired. I just did a quick meander, and left the braid section unquilted.
Carefully measure your binder and cut your quilted piece 1 inch taller and 1 inch wider than the binder.
You now have a cute little mini quilt!
Cut your pockets the height of your quilted piece by 16 inches. Fold in half so the piece is 8 inches wide and press. Pin the pockets to the back of your quilted piece as shown.
The fold should be to the center
Stitch the pockets down a scant 1/4 inch on three sides, leaving one side open for the binder.
Slide the binder into the pockets. At this point, you can adjust the size if the quilted piece is too loose. The binding will tighten it up just a bit, so don’t make it too tight. (Ask me how I know this!!!)
Cut your binding 2 1/4 wide and press. Sew binding to the quilt cover. Hand stitch your binding to the back side.
Slide your binder into your cover. Sit back and marvel at how cool it is!!!
I dare you to make just one! Maria at passingdowncrazy
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Water Bottle Carrier
Cut one piece of fabric for the exterior and one piece for the interior each 10 3/4 wide x 8 inches tall. I’ve pieced my exterior fabric with two coordinating prints in the tutorial pictures.
Cut 2 circles of your lining fabric, the circle should have a 3 3/4 inch diameter. The diameter of the circle stitching line is 3 inches. Add an additional 3/8 inch seam allowance making the cut circle diameter 3 3/4 inches.
Cut one piece of Insul-Brite 9 x 7 inches. Cut one Insul-Brite circle with a diameter of 3 inches.
For strap, cut one length of twill tape and one length of ribbon, both 42 inches long. This fits my 8 and 11 year old daughters. When I sized it for myself I cut it 50 inches long.
Sew exterior to lining along the top edge only, right sides together using a 3/8 inch seam.
Press open seam.
The Insul-Brite is going to get sandwiched between the exterior and the lining. Pin Insul-Brite to the wrong side of exterior fabric, aligning and centering top of batting with the joined seam line. Pin in place about an inch down to keep batting from sliding around. Fold over the the lining fabric and pin some more. Top stitch 1/4 inch along the top edge. This provides a baseline anchoring of the batting.
Pin entire sandwich like a quilt, securing as needed to keep layers from puckering when stitched. Stitch all layers as you please. Repeat this for the bottom circle. Finish bottom edge of top and edges of circle with a zigzag stitch or serger.
I used a French seam to join the side edges of the carrier. A French seam is two steps which result in the raw edge being trapped inside the second seam. Use some scraps and do a practice seam if this is the first time trying this. This seam is great for fairy skirts too!
Step One: Pin WRONG sides of sides together and stitch a 1/4 inch seam. Don’t press seam open, you want them to lay flat together.
Step Two: Turn tube wrong side out. Pin again along the edge, RIGHT sides together and stitch a 3/8 inch seam. This seam will ‘trap’ the previous seam inside. This gives you a nice clean finished edge for the inside of your carrier
7. Leave tube with lining turned to the outside. Pin bottom circle to tube’s raw edge, right sides together. Clip edges of the tube to make fitting easier. Only clip about 1/4 inch into seamline
Stitch using a 3/8 inch seam.
9. Turn carrier right side out.
10. Attach twill tape to ribbon with a single stitch down the center.
11. Turn up 1 inch of strap raw edge and attach to inside edge of tube, centering ends on either side of the carrier side seam. (After making this I think it would have been easier to attach the strap before creating the tube.)
12. Enjoy watching your kids carry their own water bottle.
Thanks to Pink Chalk Studio for this awesome pattern!!
Monday, March 16, 2009
"I just cut out pieces for a Puss in the Corner pattern, crib size. Strips slightly wider than 4.5 inches were folded back and forth over the 4.5 square die. 2.5 wide strips of two fabrics were also die cut. They were stitched together in sets of two. After that, they were cross cut on the strip die into 2.5 segments. Quite a timesaver!" -Judy