tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41829234592555990522024-03-08T11:32:24.760+00:00Patchwork AlleyPatchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-19537527427290473262023-07-11T14:07:00.003+00:002023-07-11T14:08:44.600+00:00 A fruitful week .... patchwork apples<p>I remember first being introduced to making pincushions and needle cases at school in the 1970s. Each week we had a crafting session with Mrs Webster for a full afternoon. I always looked forward to it and the time seemed to whiz by so quickly! I remember making marionettes out of Suffolk Puffs - what we would now call Yo-Yos, as well as cross-stitching and making patchwork pincushions.</p><p>In an effort to reduce my enormous scrap pile I have been making some traditional patchwork shapes other than hexagons and have been reviving my love for quick and easy makes with practical uses. Last week it was the turn of the Patchwork Apple - which can be used as a pincushion or for decoration.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mFvOVpSRnuuZoMKOC2T7FZlXOCzz5uv3AhDrJBMv-eWf4dO75Cr-ZlLS2lcPnEpjnAmDYQ_unTGviO_Mj2ipy2588AY4vj-rePigrx-3qPrMXlC4478RS5YM2Qa3xQRXZYuS4XmALY95HIYOnflzyYD8VDB_S3bkl2qZmbjD2xJ6UhHT8BB2jjNl73I/s2880/Apple005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="2880" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mFvOVpSRnuuZoMKOC2T7FZlXOCzz5uv3AhDrJBMv-eWf4dO75Cr-ZlLS2lcPnEpjnAmDYQ_unTGviO_Mj2ipy2588AY4vj-rePigrx-3qPrMXlC4478RS5YM2Qa3xQRXZYuS4XmALY95HIYOnflzyYD8VDB_S3bkl2qZmbjD2xJ6UhHT8BB2jjNl73I/s320/Apple005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here are some of my apples ... these are simply made from pentagon shapes and I chose to loosely colour coordinate each apple. They are stitched together by hand and completed with the addition of a felt stalk, a leaf and a button at the base to pull it into shape and make it sit nicely. <p></p><div>I found some fun flower-shaped buttons for the bottom - which I have now learned is called a 'calyx'. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNbwMoo1mm1qQH9SBM-khcQIjPPCyN3MLyivB-_McDDONrDLZTtdeHnrZx6YndUKjm0J2_-Eifqabytw4YA5yjvpaXApKybOUbreRxAey46CS73-ZPlDByBD0_Teh99Dh3R_1I7yUwkOhPcPCRESiPSwAt5F0i6Rn_nhMxcg5_KZ2uC_guAcR_xUCF7I/s3785/Apple006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2524" data-original-width="3785" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNbwMoo1mm1qQH9SBM-khcQIjPPCyN3MLyivB-_McDDONrDLZTtdeHnrZx6YndUKjm0J2_-Eifqabytw4YA5yjvpaXApKybOUbreRxAey46CS73-ZPlDByBD0_Teh99Dh3R_1I7yUwkOhPcPCRESiPSwAt5F0i6Rn_nhMxcg5_KZ2uC_guAcR_xUCF7I/s320/Apple006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It's a great project for using all the cherished scraps of your favourite fabrics, or as an on-the-go project as it's super portable and easy to pick up and put down wherever you are. </p><p>I've created a downloadable pattern too so if you feel you need a little help all the instructions and the templates can easily be printed at home using this link: <a href="https://payhip.com/b/xlBpd" target="_blank">Patchwork Apples PDF</a> or by visiting my Etsy Shop here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PatchworkAlley" target="_blank">Patchwork Alley's Etsy Shop</a></p><p>I've also been making needle cases - but I'll save that for another post!</p><p> </p></div>Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-30278034698026491462021-10-20T15:44:00.009+00:002021-10-20T16:57:25.024+00:00Knitting fun ... 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Long sleeves and a wrapped neck with a plain front" border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="2442" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbh-wO7osuMit-HJPTVwdHl9j_BllehuxsqLYhy7UMu8OfkH7LAXZeL_R-yQdFZZJ4D8oUUS6O4SIEwseDsTnMiNX13Gb-Oa9nkSqQSPWI8mB0cKRdRhdHUz7SOX885IwOL9l4qdQZT9c/w320-h279/20211016_112926.jpg" title="Sweater from Pattern 2491" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I knitted this in a self striping wool which was very similar to the recommended Sirdar Crofter - which is a Fair Isle patterned wool and is super soft. I used the <a href="https://amzn.to/3C1McMb" target="_blank">Sirdar Crofter Pattern 2491</a> which is a really easy knit and has instructions from ages 2 up to 13 years.</p><p>The wrap over neck is one of my favourite collars - no buttons or baggy bands, and it knitted up quite quickly too. It's always sewing it up that takes me ages ...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3C1McMb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1063" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkuebqumqyrofLe1cNulZS3Osr9MVPwD11D8glDthq_3LH9plS_D84zzi2ogb35vO4W0yZKgNOmEHuGuEgJjN66SP-QSIV7EgAjvqiO3xVV2abcqrL7SXZvUR3_AH2EjyVxwJPQr4od4/s320/SIRDAR+Crofter+2491.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><p>I've started another jumper that's much smaller in the same wool but this time with an owl pattern on the front ... hopefully this will also be another quick knit!</p><p>Please note: Patchwork Alley is reader supported. When you buy through links on my site I may earn commission.</p>Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-77401781589911179662020-10-08T10:08:00.000+00:002020-10-08T10:08:46.925+00:00A Posey Supply Case sew-along<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been a fan of Jennie (of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cloverandviolet/" target="_blank">Clover and Violet</a> on Instagram) for quite some time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">She has a lovely feed full of pretty patchwork and Liberty fabrics and has written a variety of quilting and sewing patterns which get great reviews.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just recently Jennie released a pattern for a 'Posey Supply Case' which looks like a perfect accessory for carrying my hand sewing patchwork pieces along with me or for keeping my other projects together in one place.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've bought the pattern - you can find a link here: <a href="https://www.cloverandviolet.com/shop/the-posey-supply-case" target="_blank">Posey Supply Case</a> and I've signed up for the sew-along on Instagram. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">We're using the hashtag #poseysewalong if you want to follow the fun.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIBBqN-EYGk1WYVF4LGfztAenVen6Qj2nAow_3TGKYLN1kjwvHOutceNGkKVJHKBPfPY50l1UdKy25Y5WVkO6b1_Hz8oPFwILdAaJLy7Gj2Xw3GU_6reT2jXKQbGbRXpu_COpOkvWdio/s1080/Posey+SAL.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIBBqN-EYGk1WYVF4LGfztAenVen6Qj2nAow_3TGKYLN1kjwvHOutceNGkKVJHKBPfPY50l1UdKy25Y5WVkO6b1_Hz8oPFwILdAaJLy7Gj2Xw3GU_6reT2jXKQbGbRXpu_COpOkvWdio/s320/Posey+SAL.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5fxO3hW2j66VmuLZakO3PpCKnEROJwDFoTblziHr2EMRdHr5NJxqDn_Vx8qa4tAix8Ao9M6n9jSvvA9zFQKZVrMxbcCYRbU0Nombl2bp84X-Mfni2rwjB1EbPJ6aLCCYA8-jajYWI5c/s1642/Posey-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1642" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5fxO3hW2j66VmuLZakO3PpCKnEROJwDFoTblziHr2EMRdHr5NJxqDn_Vx8qa4tAix8Ao9M6n9jSvvA9zFQKZVrMxbcCYRbU0Nombl2bp84X-Mfni2rwjB1EbPJ6aLCCYA8-jajYWI5c/w400-h254/Posey-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p>The case has a large zipped mesh pocket and smaller open pockets covered with a flap to stop things falling out. It also has a zipped pouch in the centre. This pink one above was made by Jennie.</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our schedule for the Posey Supply Case Sew-along is:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">October 5-11 - Gather supplies and make the cover</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">October 12-18 - Make the inside and the pockets</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">October 19-26 - Assemble the case</span></li></ul><p></p><p>I'm not sure if I'm going to make just the one or stretch myself and make two. I've been busy sewing some 'spare' hexagons together (see picture below) which came from another project using Cool Britannia fabric from Benartex. I'm not sure I have any fabric left over for the rest of the case, most of it was scraps I picked up from The Skep and they were used up making a blanket for Ehsan (which you can read about in my post <a href="https://patchworkalley.blogspot.com/2014/05/for-baby-kazmi.html" target="_blank">here</a>). I'll need to raid my FQ boxes and scrap bins to find anything left that matches, so the jury is out on that one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdZjKo3b6Jjcbi2ZYgQN3QjoR-cSVzNesGCsfRVJgLjE2bR5-3y-gOKpkOMlWFPXpQoCL0H0uojJ4qB6lvnR01oHQD3s7Lt1qD9__eRf3GLo3Xq2cmn5JrjfTFCI8IR1y5wfW3-bFwIw/s3793/20201008_095626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2331" data-original-width="3793" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdZjKo3b6Jjcbi2ZYgQN3QjoR-cSVzNesGCsfRVJgLjE2bR5-3y-gOKpkOMlWFPXpQoCL0H0uojJ4qB6lvnR01oHQD3s7Lt1qD9__eRf3GLo3Xq2cmn5JrjfTFCI8IR1y5wfW3-bFwIw/w400-h245/20201008_095626.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I also love the idea of some colourful crayons done with foundation paper piecing (FPP). I could use a variety of fabrics I have to match the crayon colours and pick something plain for the main body of the case, like linen or denim. It would probably look similar to this pouch I made a while ago. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VvnPI3E0Qk3sbI4jAtbZ-ll_fMhiTFgG73PJSZcSUxqmizVMGCNAiERUxqImg3pN5F9OA4Rr51giRWZVaV0ZsOPlWqCMPSZJ3iWo27CBKIR_t2SHeW972D9JXmyAJCM3Rc8ryCeF8SY/s3456/20190507_085745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VvnPI3E0Qk3sbI4jAtbZ-ll_fMhiTFgG73PJSZcSUxqmizVMGCNAiERUxqImg3pN5F9OA4Rr51giRWZVaV0ZsOPlWqCMPSZJ3iWo27CBKIR_t2SHeW972D9JXmyAJCM3Rc8ryCeF8SY/w400-h300/20190507_085745.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm looking forward to seeing other people's makes too ... </p>Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-34833780915694062862020-04-13T14:12:00.001+00:002022-02-03T15:59:33.184+00:00Ferris Wheel PatchworkI've recently been spending time doing some traditional hand sewn patchwork (known to the English as paper-piecing and to our friends across the pond as English Paper Piecing or EPP).<br />
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Along with a Tilda quilt for my daughter (which I have been piecing on holiday and haven't taken any pictures of yet), I have picked up some patchwork I started many moons ago.<br />
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The Ferris Wheel pattern is simple as it is made up of hexagons, squares and triangles. (I've seen lots of tutorials on blogs so I'm not going to go into details of how to sew it here). However, it's really effective and it is fun to put together while I'm watching TV or catching up with friends during the 'social distancing' currently in place.<br />
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My bedroom is mainly pink and grey and eventually this will be a runner for the foot end of the bed. I've been sewing this on and off for years as I gather left over fragments of grey fabric and then run out again!<br />
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This shows a completed section of the front of the patchwork:<br />
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This shows the back - it's the section with the paper removed:<br />
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For anyone interested in the pattern, there is a downloadable copy of the instruction file available <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VK5--eNlG5bjR-yekjH4fz_RNyHOfMtZ?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> in a shared folder on my GoogleDrive: The <i>Ferris Wheel Instructions</i> has the overall information and calculations for the numbers of pieces to use. <div>You can buy a copy of the <i>Ferris Wheel Printable Template</i> <a href="https://payhip.com/b/kfybH" target="_blank">here</a> which has both a colouring page to help with designing your layout and the shapes to cut out (sized at 1 inch).<br />
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This is a screenshot I took from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennyrach/?hl=en" target="_blank">@JennyRach</a> on Instagram of the cushion I made for her in a swap back in 2015 using the same pattern. It looks very different in black/white and rainbow prints ...<br />
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This is a close up of the stitching, just a simple blanket stitch done on my sewing machine to match the colour around the wheels:<br />
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Let me know if you tried this out, or shout if you have any questions!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My partner is an English lady living in Europe and I stalked her blog and Instagram photos to find out a little more about her. She had been clear about what she doesn't like and it wasn't difficult to see where she was coming from!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a fantastic excuse to purchase some Kate Spain fabric as she lists that among her likes, along with colour references of blues, greens and greys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little while ago I came across this <a href="https://oliverands.com/free-patterns/reversible-bucket-hat/">pattern for a reversible bucket hat</a> from Liesl at Oliver + S. I think it came from her book Little Things To Sew originally but is now available as a downloadable PDF.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At first I thought I would just make 2, for my friend Emma's two young boys, but I found I couldn't stop once I started! I've made loads now and I'm really pleased with how easily they come together!</span></div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-66395598901035194502015-02-28T02:16:00.001+00:002015-02-28T02:16:36.960+00:00One Project a Month (OPAM)<div dir="ltr">
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It's being hosted by Kris of <a href="http://tagalongteddies.blogspot.co.uk/">Tag Along Teddies</a> and Peg of <a href="http://happyinquilting.blogspot.co.uk/">Happy in Quilting</a> who have been running the OPAM challenge for a few years, although I have only just come across it.</div>
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At least this photo shows up the sparkly fabric but I haven't added the ice cloak! Unfortunately the very pretty silver lace started to detatch from its own edging within minutes of being tried on. I have now located something a little more robust but with a similar theme ... the job now will be to get the dress back!</div>
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Kids had half term during which we went to a medieval 'Skill Share' event and caught up with some more 'distant' relatives which was lovely along with visiting grandparents and hosting copious numbers of teenage girls.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I have started a new job (working with the team I worked for before the Improvement Academy) which is going to be interesting. We're housed in a newly refurbished building, which has some very pretty architectural elements. </span></div>
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I have helped my lovely SIL Jo with the beginning of a pinwheel baby quilt for her niece's baby due in late spring. She's using some of a charm pack called Sophie by Chez Moi which is a lovely choice of fabric. </div>
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And Alex has had her first orthodontic appliance fitted on the start of what is going to be a 2 year journey! She can't currently bite a sandwich as her front teeth don't meet in the middle which makes her quite self conscious at times (it gives her a little bit of a lisp as a result) but her teeth are all perfect otherwise. Obviously the lisp has got much worse with the brace but she's coped with the first few days quite well and is positive, despite needing to keep topped up with painkillers.</div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-69565115732508652572015-01-28T15:44:00.000+00:002015-01-28T15:44:37.599+00:00I'm Queen Bee again!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Believe it or not, I am Queen Bee for both January (the Modern Bee Instabee) and for February as part of the Little Blogs Quilt Bee.</span></span><br />
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-6367912028069203522015-01-13T21:41:00.001+00:002015-01-13T21:41:35.435+00:00Finish Along 2015 Quarter 1<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last year I joined in the 2014 Finish Along hosted by Katy at The Littlest Thistle, although I missed the sign up for a few of the quarters it did make me list and complete some of my works in progress (WIPs).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The idea is to list your WIPs (proposed finishes) at the beginning of the quarter and link to Adrianne's 'linky party'. Then, during the quarter as you complete your projects you can blog about them or post photos on Instagram or Flickr linking back to the 'finish linky party' at the end of the quarter.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">So without further a do here is my list (some of which have rolled over from previous WIP lists):</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">1) Alex's hexie quilt: Some of these hexagons were started nearly 40 years ago by my hubby's mum. She died too young in early '82 and I was given the unfinished hexagons and cardboard templates during a clearing out session a few years ago. It is a finished top now (which is progress from 2014) we have chosen a backing fabric but I have not bought the batting yet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">2) Pa</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">letina pillow: This shouldn't be too difficult, the front is finished, everything is cut out. I have the zip and just need to sew it all together .... not sure where it is hiding at the moment!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">3) Alex's curtains: Because I broke my elbow last year we managed without these and I sort of forgot they needed doing until recently. I love the material from Laura Ashley. It is called Bacall and is in the apple </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">colour way. Not a good photo, it's all in a plastic bag. I need a whole weekend to spread out on the kitchen table so this won't get finished anytime soon!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">4) Maddie's Cardigan: Knitted and partly sewn up, the project isn't finished as I'm not happy with the edge of the hood, so I've had to pull it out and need to reknit it on smaller needles. I need a couple of evenings to get this finished ... and some motivation which has escaped me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">5) Maddie's 'Frozen' costume. I have the fabric and a pattern ... just need to get started.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">7 - 11 are based on a design from Kellie at <a href="http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/" style="color: #7ca19c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Don't Look Now</a> called <a href="http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fd5365588340133f185c58b970b-popup" style="color: #7ca19c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Worry Dolls</a> I have cut out all the little people resembling my nieces and nephews to make them cushions:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">7) Stanley's cushion: A footballer to go in his bedroom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">9) Georgiana's cushion: A girl (looks like her).</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">10) Maddie's cushion: A girl (made from fabric from her baby clothes).</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">11) Thomas's cushion: A footballer - Thomas is my colleagues little boy, he's nearly 4.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">12) Georgiana's cardigan: Started about 8 years ago this will no longer fit my daughter so it's heading for my niece. It just needs a ribbon and some appliqué flowers. I hope it doesn't take me another 8 years to finish! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">13) Puddlejumper 1: Started last year, I was really happy with this - until my niece tried it on. She's long in the body and it was clear this was going to be too small for her to wear over warm clothes, so it got abandoned. This photo was taken at the cutting out phase:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">15) Daisy Kingdom coat: This Simplicity </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">pattern </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">(2778 on the left) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">was one I fell in love with and bought several years ago but I could never find double sided fleece. When pink/orange reversible fabric turned up in a local store (The Shuttle) I bought it and then couldn't locate where I had kept the pattern! I think the design is the same as pattern 4515 (on the right) which is shown in the type of fleece I have bought. I know a couple of folks have made it already and it looked great (some Flickr photos of <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/CharityAK/finalcoat2.jpg" style="color: #7ca19c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Charity's coat</a>).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">17) My contribution to the UK Mini Quilt Swap, one of a couple of swaps I am in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">18) My contribution to the Rainbow Mini Quilt Swap, another one of my current swaps. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">19) Wigwam: I must get round to making a few of these for the summer. I have some fabric and plans in my head but have not yet drafted the pattern. I feel excited about this but I know it will take up a fair bit of space to 'manufacture' them. This photo came from a Laura Ashley photo shoot and was in the 2009 catalogue .... doesn't it make you feel like packing up for a picnic? </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">20) Georgiana's cape: Alex has one that she loves and would like her cousin to have one to dress up with her in when they go 'adventuring' in the garden. The Vogue pattern needs adapting slightly for size but the fabric and trimmings are ready.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">22) William's quilt: This was started over two years ago with the intention of it being ready for my son's new room. I did not have a studio at the time and it came out in the bedroom occasionally if I could set up a space to work in, or I would take it on holiday. It has been stored away waiting for me to get back to it, I have a ton of excuses as to why it has not been first on my list however it is denim and heavy so since I broke my elbow last year I have done very little with it. He was away for the summer months of 2014 in Michigan at Indian Trails Camp and I had hope to complete it for his return - it didn't happen! I'll have to attempt it soon.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #222222;">23) Baby </span>quilt 1: I heard a while ago that one of my neighbours has adopted a baby boy. This baby quilt has now been cut out in some cute Urban Patch fabrics and strung together but I still need to complete the piecing of the top and make it into a quilt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">24) Baby quilt 2: A month or so ago I also found out that an old colleague of mine, now living in Cyprus, had a baby girl. She sent me a picture and I couldn't believe how much I missed her. Don't you just love an excuse to make a baby gift? I have not yet completed the top but it's a girly version of the one above!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">25) My 'afternoon tea' quilt. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">similar to the one I made for my Schnitzel & Boo mini quilt swap partner, but in brighter colours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">26) Some pot mitts for friends and family - including our special folks in the USA and I need to make a tutorial too and post it here.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12 people from the UK made up the second 'hive' through Instagram and I ended up connecting again with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nessa </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who I already knew, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of </span><a href="http://nessahux.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Nessa's Place</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">@nessahux on Instagram)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> along with some new Instagram-ers ....</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amie (@</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sew_much_havoc)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Becca (@bexbriscoe)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brenda (@brendaclough)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carol (@muckerbee)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kerry (@kezstar4)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sian (@sian1505)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sonja (@sonjap74)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toni (@tonileggate1)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tracey (@tracym2433)</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">started in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">June 2014 with the intention of putting some of the easier blocks in the book at the beginning of the swap.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amie who blogs over at <a href="http://sewmuchhavoc.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sew Much Havoc</a> (@sew_muc_havoc) went first in June and this is the mosaic tile block I made for her:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a nightfall blue background which she posted out to us all for continuity with red, yellow and turquoise colours in the different sections.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carol requested the Bluebell's cabin block in July, this was made out of scraps in different colours with white as a base:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toni sent us all her fabric for the Come Together block for August and her fabric selection included 'Patio Lights' by Kayajoy for Michael Miller which I adore!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This block was huge and differs slightly from the shape in the book as well.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly I think the bold solid colours overpower the delicate watercolour details of the patterned fabric. </span></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In September it was Victoria's turn and she opted for Stacked Windmills, in pink, purple or lilac and requested we added butterflies into the design using our fabric choices. You can't see the butterflies very well her but they are there I promise!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In October Cordelia's Garden block was requested by Kerry. With a colour palette of navy blue, lemon and turquoise/aqua based on a light grey background (which she sent to us all) she got an interesting mixture of different looks to the blocks she received. Here's the one I made with navy as the main colour:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nessa also sent us background fabric for her Cordelia's Garden block in November. It was a light green Oakshott fabric and she asked us all to choose one colour or tone (in floral prints) to make our block so that each would look like a flower. I saw a number of 'flowers' created before I made Nessa's block so that I could avoid duplicating her colours. I decided to go for green and to fussy cut it to try to make it slightly less angular, this is how it turned out:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">December is always a really busy month and Sonja was well organised and sent her white background fabric out in plenty of time for the Triple Star she had chosen. We were each allowed to choose a colour, I was happy to do any colour and I was allocated pale pink (insert *mini squeal* of joy here).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having made the Triple Star block a few times I have decided this is by far my favourite! I polished this off in next to no time and loved breaking out all my Tilda fabrics for Sonja:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some reason I had always consulted an </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">older version of the spreadsheet which had months missing from the plan ... so January crept up on me without me realising it was my turn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have shared my request for the Trellis Crossroads block: I would love this block to be made with pale or mid-tone greys and pale pinks. The fabrics can be made of any patterns - floral, plain, striped but I have asked people to refrain from the novelty type fabric prints like clowns or dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also promised to send the background fabric out .... oops ... this will have to go in the post on Monday! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the Trellis Crossroad block one of my Quilty Sisters, Cassie (@hillcass) has written an excellent tutorial for the block on her website <a href="http://www.cassandramadge.com/" target="_blank">www.cassandramadge.com</a>. It is not an easy block and these instructions and her great photos along with details as to how to mark your ruler with washi tape (to help you get the angles correct) are marvellous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The direct link to Cassie's tutorial is here: <a href="http://www.cassandramadge.com/2014/09/10/trellis-crossroads-modern-bee-block-tutorial/" target="_blank">Trellis Crossroads block tutorial</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another one of my Quilty Sisters, Fiona (@bendigolioness) has lots of these and wrote a post about them with some great photos of blocks made by and for her. Check out her post here: <a href="http://www.bendigolioness.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/fionas-block-swap.html" target="_blank">Fiona's Block Swap</a></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the new swaps I have joined is the <b><span style="background-color: white;">UK Mini Swap</span></b>. It is hosted by the lovely Nina (@BossyOz on Instagram) and I am linked up with <a href="https://handmadesomethings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Heidee</a> once again as she is my 'swap mamma'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was inspired </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to go for a Ferris Wheel pattern for this swap,</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by something one of my swap buddies said about patchworking (English Paper Piecing). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's made up of 3 shapes: hexagons, triangles and squares. These can be used to create 'wheels' - here I have used brightly coloured fabrics to highlight the pattern with a black/white background and outer edge. I have a few more edging pieces to add in this photo and then I'm on the the next step. It's a work in progress but I'm pleased with it so far: </span></span></div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-31025842646895904212014-12-28T23:54:00.000+00:002014-12-28T23:54:03.163+00:00LBQB Third Quarter Finishes<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">We've already seen one or two quilts taking shape now in the Little Blog Quilting Bee ... and quarter four is in progress! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><a href="http://www.espritpatch.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Celine</a> also known as Espritpatch is a prolific seamstress! She introduced a few of the group to a pineapple block. These are generally Foundation pieced (or some refer to them a paper pieced but it's not the same as traditional English paper piecing). She gave us a link to </span></span><a href="http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/pineapple-quilt-patterns.html" style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;" target="_blank">Generation Quilts</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> which gives measurements for 6" and 8" sizes. We all made 8" blocks in the 'Dark X' option which looks like the photo below with a mixture of </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">bright</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> sections to keep it </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">scrappy</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><a href="http://nessahux.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Vanessa</a> provided us with a link to </span><a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2014/06/trifle-dish-posies.html" style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;" target="_blank">instructions</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"> for the Posies block which </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">is part of the <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2014/07/trifle-dish-quilt.html" target="_blank">Trifle Dish Quilt</a> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">at the Moda Bakeshop. (Just a note: If you follow this pattern from the website the instructions in Step 4 needed a little adjustment to ensure all the leaves were the correct way round.) Vanessa sent us some lovely Oakshott fabric for the background.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> We chose our own colours for </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> rest and she now has a beautiful fabric flower garden so </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">I'm sure she'll be thrilled!</span><br />
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-81443152410064825002014-11-05T15:30:00.000+00:002014-11-05T15:30:01.174+00:00LBQB Second Quarter Finishes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Little Blogs Quilting Bee is well into its third quarter so I thought I would post a photo or two of the second quarter blocks I have made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For </span><a href="http://handmadesomethings.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Heidi</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we made a friendship star block. We were given a variety of options with this one and she linked to this tutorial from <a href="http://delawarequilts.com/BOMs/FriendshipStar/" target="_blank">Delaware Quilts</a> which gives measurements for lots of different sizes. We all made a 12.5" block but they were quite a few versions. You can see some of them on <a href="http://instagram.com/p/pZeGhviQoZ/?modal=true" target="_blank">Heidi's Instagram</a> feed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I opted for 4 individual friendship stars and I snuck in a H for Heidi and a Bee!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This was my resulting star: again made from the Curiosities range of fabric by Nancy Halvorsen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claire provided a colour scheme </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(bright pinks, purples or aqua blue with low volume for the background) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for her</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> single wedding ring block. All her <a href="http://corblimeyclaireepoppins.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/you-can-call-me-queen-bee.html" target="_blank">instructions</a> for the block are on her blog. It was one of my first adventures for a while with low volume prints too,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I think it worked well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Natalie said she would like a 'ric rac' block </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and her instructions came from Issue 10 of <a href="http://www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com/" target="_blank">Love Patchwork and Quilting</a> magazine. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've made these chevron blocks before and they are really effective! Her colour choice was red on white (which I think was a white on white print)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> here's the result:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to seeing how all these blocks look when they are put together ... and Heidi's friendship star gets the trophy this quarter for being the most fun! Here you are Heidi: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still having fun adding into the packages some of my own goodies and trying to choose something to include that I think the Queen bee for the month might like. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Among other stuff I sent a cactus pin cushion to Heidi, which I think I blogged about before, and Natalie really loved the pot mitts so perhaps I should do a tutorial?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the third quarter well underway and my October block wending it's way as I type, I suggest you check out some of these little blogs and see what we've been up to!</span></div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-16898937367012347342014-07-04T20:33:00.000+00:002014-11-04T17:33:07.377+00:00The linky party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So over at The Littlest Thistle the <a href="http://www.the-littlest-thistle.com/2014/06/finish-along-quarter-2-finish-party.html" target="_blank">linky party</a> has started and all the folks who bravely shared their works in progress (WIPs) have been busying themselves to finish some of their projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went a bit mad and listed far more WIPs than I could possibly manage to complete here in this <a href="http://patchworkalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014_04_01_archive.html" target="_blank">post</a>. I have managed to complete a few of them but the rest will have to roll over to Quarter 3 of the Finish Along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13) Alex's skirt - the link is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152904768691632&set=o.119503508093160&type=1&theater">here</a> on Facebook.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22) New conservatory cushions - we love them! I wrote a post about them <a href="http://patchworkalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/don-worry-i-have-it-covered.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23) Baby quilt - for my gorgeous little Ehsan the post is <a href="http://patchworkalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/for-baby-kazmi.html" target="_blank">here</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and also </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25) Scrappy Floor Cushion - which I finished just the other day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was fun to make! I used up lots of scraps, just sewing them together in random strips and then piecing the strips together to make larger ones until I had quite a large piece of patchwork. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a round plastic lid to draw two circles for the top and bottom and quilted them to an old flannelette blanket for a bit more stability! The side gusset was a strip cut to the length of the circumference of the circle which I backed with medium weight iron-on interfacing to stiffen it a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is heading to my friend Laura's house - for her lovely cat Xeno!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also been busy with my Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt ... but more about that in another post.</span></div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-76081934076781227232014-06-16T22:47:00.001+00:002014-06-16T22:47:30.239+00:00LBQB First Quarter Finishes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the Little Blogs Quilting Bee is well under way with the first quarter blocks all having a 'wonky' theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I know these have all arrived safely I can show you my wonky wonders!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can honestly say this has pushed me away from my comfort zone ... anyone who knows me will tell you I am a perfectionist and don't do miss-match! I discovered that I wasn't the only one who cringed at the idea of not matching corners and making things symmetrical ... but in the spirit of embracing the challenge we all gave it a go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saying that, I think the challenges allowed some room for manoeuvre and the whole idea was that we would get an opportunity to do something that was someone else's style or colour choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the blocks requested by </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lou</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (March), </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenny </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(April) and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joanna</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (May). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For </span><a href="http://imstudiolou.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/seeing-wonky-stars" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Lou</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who had requested a 'Wonky' star, we were pointed in the direction of this </span><a href="http://owensolivia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/wonky-star-block-tutorial.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">tutorial</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by Owen's Olivia. This was my resulting star: made from the Curiosities range of fabric by Nancy Halvorsen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to seeing how all these blocks look when they are put together ... and Lou's Wonky star gets the trophy this quarter for being the most fun! Here you are Lou: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the second quarter underway and my June block wending it's way as I type it will be interesting to see all the other new ideas our Little Blog Quilting Bee members will come up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also had fun adding into the packages some of my own goodies and trying to choose something I could include that I thought the Queen bee for the month might like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sent heart shaped coasters I made to Lou, here's her Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/p/lcZJELAJIR/" target="_blank">post</a>, brown paper packages to our lovely Jenny containing a few of <u>my</u> favourite things and some allotment themed goodies to our green fingered Joanna, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here's her Instagram </span><a href="http://instagram.com/p/oN1aDrvpF0/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">post</a>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been such fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We'll just get new cushions," he said, which got me thinking. There was nothing wrong with the cushion pads themselves, it was just the fabric that looked like it had seen better days. It had been repaired a few times and wasn't exactly what I would have chosen for style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have made loose covers before. For a few different items: suites, chairs armchairs and chaise lounges. I knew that although I needed lots of fabric it wasn't difficult,especially if you had an existing set of covers or a shape to follow. I also knew that I had in my stash some canvas weight furnishing cotton. It was the remainders of a roll of fabric I bought called Mintern, from Laura Ashley. It was left from curtains I made for my Kitchen in my previous house. I still have the cups and the table mats to match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My SIL got roped in to help me salvage the zips from the old covers and cut off the seams to prepare the old covers as pattern pieces. It was good to have some company as it was a rather monotonous task. I think it also demonstrated to her that if you start somewhere it isn't too difficult!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sewed for a few evenings ... taking up the kitchen table as the fabric was heavy and I needed extra space. I also lined the cushion back pads, to allow me to take the covers off without disturbing the padding again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made about 15 meters of red piping </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(from some Laura Ashley Bacall in Raspberry) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and am really pleased that I decided to pipe the cushions. This is the finished suite:</span></div>
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I am linking up this finish with <a href="http://www.the-littlest-thistle.com/2014/04/finish-along-quarter-2-now-open.html" target="_blank">Kate's Finish Along</a> as this is on my Q2 list of things I hoped to complete! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to have a little 'thank you' giveaway and made some <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">cafetière</span> jackets and a couple of pincushions. One was for the winner of the giveaway and one for my 200th follower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a quick screenshot from Instagram:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The winner was chosen via the random number generator I found on line ... amazing what you can find to do the work for you ...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and the winner is Janice Thomson (aka </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">@</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">janithom) who was 6th on my list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will have another giveaway soon, it was such fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katie who blogs over at <a href="http://www.stvital.com/" target="_blank">StVital</a> was my 200th visitor so along with holding a giveaway I made contact with her and arranged to send her some goodies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has 4 adorable kiddies and lives with her hubby in Canada. I love her quilting and her cakes but this has to be my favourite quilt on her blog:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a present, present! I hope she doesn't mind me sharing her picture with you, it was such a bright and fun photo, here's a link to the <a href="http://www.stvital.com/2013/01/christmas-package-quilt.html" target="_blank">post</a> where she has some more photos in lovely high definition. The binding has little white snowflakes all over, it's beautiful!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a busy week at work and yesterday I was briefly at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RAWDON-SUMMER-FUN-DAY/220882956202" target="_blank">Rawdon Summer Fun Day</a> with the local Community Library Craft Group which due to torrential rain and 4 inches of mud across the whole of the field was bit of a catastrophe:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My daughter, Alex, has been off school with a virus and I think I have had a mild version of the same,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> although I wasn't feeling very well today I'm much better this evening.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It does look like she might have recovered, she was out in the garden dressed as a blonde elvish princess:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been busy with my planning & layout ... decided to go with a central appliqué panel and some happy Kate Spain "Summertime" ... this might take longer than I expected! </span></div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-79913511677926115742014-05-31T23:39:00.000+00:002014-05-31T23:39:45.923+00:00Schnitzel & Boo Mini Quilt swap<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came across the <a href="http://www.schnitzelandboo.com/2014/05/schnitzel-boo-mini-quilt-swap-round-two.html" target="_blank">Schnitzel & Boo Mini Quilt Swap</a> on Instagram and was persuaded to join in - not that I took much convincing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now I have been matched up with my partner ... whose identity shall remain a secret, I have been doing a little stalking through </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">their </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">profile, Instagram and blog to see what they like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently NOT batiks or bright colours ... preferring blues, greys and greens. Kate Spain and Denyse Schmidt are favourite designers and I can see why, they have some lovely collections! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I would give you a sneak peak at what has been under my machine tonight ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have had a bit of fun getting this to work how I want it to ... only a little glueing needed to finish it off! </span>Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-65318047072469448592014-05-19T17:18:00.000+00:002014-05-19T17:18:22.250+00:00For Baby Kazmi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I was delighted to hear that one of my previous colleagues, Tahier, had been blessed with a little baby boy a few weeks ago. They called him Ehsan meaning "perfection" or "excellence".</div>
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Both mum and baby were recovering nicely when I popped into the Maternity Ward late one night to see them. I was made very welcome and treated to dates and Gulab Jamun, a small syrupy doughnut ball which is a traditional type of sweet pastry served to guests. </div>
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Knowing that he will no doubt be swamped with gifts and that there are strong links with Pakistan and patchworking I decided to make Baby Ehsan a more traditionally British patchwork quilt.</div>
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I started with lots of 2" squares cut from the Benartex Cool Britannia range of fabric (some of which had been happily 'rescued' from the scrap bin in <a href="http://theskepknittingandquiltingshop.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Skep</a>). I had bought some of the Crowns fabric in dark blue in their sale and so I decided that this would make a great border, with white dot minky fabric for the backing. </div>
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As it's a fairly easy design didn't take any photos of the piecing. I sewed the 2" squares together in a random order and placed them together to form rows, taking care not to place any two squares of the same print together. Normally it would take me a while to order the placement of squares on each row ensuring an even distribution of colours and prints. However as I didn't have lots of spare squares to play with, I didn't worry if there was not an order to the pattern on this occasion. </div>
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I then sewed the rows together trimming the edges to ensure a crisp finish adding a small trim to the top and bottom of the squares before completing it with the outer border. Some of my squares were a little narrow, I had 'help' cutting them at the time! This means that the piecing does not join accurately at the corner of each square along the rows. </div>
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When the borders were added I was amazed how quickly I had a quilt top! Generally I have not added chunky borders before, but this time I wanted room to quilt them with a free-motion pattern. Having added a fairly light batting, I basted the top and stitched in lines over the squared centre. This was not quite in the ditch at the points the squares didn't align, I suppose it helps to highlight the stitching which contrasts with the fabric. Hopefully it will add to the 'handcrafted' feel. This photo gives you an idea of the central panel although the colours are a little distorted:<br />
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I then drew a few bus outlines as templates on squared paper and, having had a quick practice run on a 5" square of fabric with batting to ensure tension was up to scratch, I pinned the bus templates to the outer border in various places.<br />
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I have now had lovely cuddles with little Ehsan, isn't he just adorable! Tahier and Umal not only loved the gift but they have promised me lots more cuddles and have already sent me photos of him with the quilt in use!<br />
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Baby quilts are not just for bedtime ... I think they are so handy for tummy time, additional warmth in the car or buggy and as additional comfort & padding for a shopping trolley, swing or highchair!<br />
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I am linking up this finish with <a href="http://www.the-littlest-thistle.com/2014/04/finish-along-quarter-2-now-open.html" target="_blank">Kate's Finish Along</a> as this is on my Q2 list of things I hoped to complete! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I have read with keen interest some of the fabulous blogs that are joining in with this years Finish Along 2014 hosted by </span><a href="http://www.the-littlest-thistle.com/p/about-me.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Katy at The Littlest Thistle</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">. I missed the first quarter, so I have had a few weeks to prepare to share </span><strike style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">all</strike><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> some of my unfinished works in progress (WIPs) and to sort out which I think I might be able to finish .... at some point soon.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">5) Alex's curtains: The material is Bacall, purchased from Laura Ashley in the apple </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">colour way, ready for a newly decorated bedroom that without these isn't quite finished yet. Not a good photo, it's all in a plastic bag.</span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">8 - 12 are based on a design from Kellie at <a href="http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Don't Look Now</a> called <a href="http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fd5365588340133f185c58b970b-popup" target="_blank">Worry Dolls</a> I have cut out all the little people resembling my nieces and nephews to make them cushions:</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">10) Georgiana's cushion: A girl (looks like her).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">11) Maddie's cushion: A girl (made from fabric from her baby clothes).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">17) Daisy Kingdom coat: This Simplicity </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">pattern </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">(2778 on the left) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">was one I fell in love with and bought several years ago but I could never find double sided fleece. When pink/orange reversible fabric turned up in a local store (The Shuttle) I bought it and then couldn't locate where I had kept the pattern! I think the design is the same as pattern 4515 (on the right) which is shown in the type of fleece I have bought. I know a couple of folks have made it already and it looked great (some Flickr photos of <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/CharityAK/finalcoat2.jpg" target="_blank">Charity's coat</a>).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">20) Postage stamp quilt: for years I have been 'salvaging' 2" squares from scraps of material that are left from other projects or are simply not big enough to make anything else from. I'd love to turn these into a quilt similar to Red Pepper's quilt in this link <a href="http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2012/04/postage-stamp-quilt-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Postage Stamp Quilt Tutorial</a>. She made hers from strips.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">21) William's quilt: This was started over a year ago with the intention of it being ready for my son's new room. I did not have a studio at the time and it came out in the bedroom occasionally if I could set up a space to work in, or I would take it on holiday. It has been stored away waiting for me to get back to it, I have a ton of excuses as to why it has not been first on my list however it is denim and heavy so since I broke my elbow earlier this year I haven't even attempted to do any more with it. He has now been in his room a good 3 months ... I will have to attempt it once I feel I can manage. (Maybe a little at a time.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">23) Baby </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">quilt: I was delighted to hear yesterday that a former colleague of mine has had a baby boy. He sent me a picture and I popped into the Maternity unit tonight for a little peak. Don't you just love an excuse to make a baby gift? I have pulled some fabric tonight ... as if I haven't got enough to complete!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">24) Embellished washcloths: I bought some Krama washcloths from Ikea the other weekend after I came across a great post from Probably Actually here: <a href="http://probablyactually.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/divided-baskets/" target="_blank">Divided baskets</a>. I think <a href="http://acuppaandacatchup.com/2012/02/small-scale-ikea-hack/" target="_blank">Nova Flitter</a> is actually responsible for the inspiration, although I can't find any elephant fabric which seems to be a must.</span></span><br />
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I have had some great parcels arrive this week that have really cheered me up. I ordered a few books on-line which I have been wanting for a while.<br />
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2 books are fabulous classics from Ed Emberley showing how fantastic pictures can be made from circles.<br />
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I noticed that Ed Emberley has also got a fabric collection, some of those designs are great ...<br />
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The other books I got were more directly quilting related:<br />
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Brioni Greenberg, AKA <a href="http://flossyblossy.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">FlossyBossy</a> (who wrote 25 Ways to Sew Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes and Charm Packs) is a 'local gal' and I often bump into her at my local knitting and quilting shop <a href="http://theskepknittingandquiltingshop.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Skep</a> where she runs a few classes. It has been nice to flick through some of her projects ... but I'm not sure whether I will make any of them just yet as some are quite involved!<br />
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The Quick and Easy Quilting Patterns are exactly that and, definitely a plus, I noted that all the templates are full size. I hate books with mini versions of the patterns squashed on one page with instructions to photocopy at 150%. I think I will take this book and some stash supplies with me along with a me when I'm on holiday in April. Fingers crossed for a trip to the Chalet!<br />
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I must have a thing for lifesavers at the moment! I noticed I bought cards and fabric with them on this week. This pretty little nautical number came from South Korea courtesy of eBay, the cards were from the Cancer Research charity shop in Horsforth.<br />
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-9017455036642332012014-02-10T01:18:00.000+00:002015-07-13T23:06:01.703+00:00A Quilting Bee challengeAfter some time looking at amazing photos on Instagram and following my heart through delightful blog links I came across <a href="http://imstudiolou.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Lou at I'm Studio Lou</a> and a new challenge!<br />
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Lou was proposing a Little Blogs Quilting Bee, which sounded fun. The idea was simple: if you were a little blog (less than 50 followers) and in the UK, interested in enjoying some quilting fun and sharing ideas leave Lou a comment .... next thing I knew I was in ... yippee!<br />
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I have now a few new friends to get to know. It looks like they each have their own quilting styles, with a variety of experience, I had a sneak peak at their blog pages and I am amazed this talent has remained hidden!<br />
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Celine at <a href="http://espritpatch.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Espritpatch</a>, Claire at <a href="http://corblimeyclaireepoppins.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">cor blimey Claire E Poppins</a>, Gina at <a href="http://www.occasionalquilter.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Occasional Quilter</a>, Heidee at <a href="http://handmadesomethings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Handmade Somethings</a>, Jenny at <a href="http://notetofollowsew.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Note to Follow Sew</a>, Joanna at <a href="http://www.myquiltsetal.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">My Quilts and Other Stories</a>, I have mentioned our host Lou at <a href="http://imstudiolou@wordpress.com/" target="_blank">I'm Studio Lou</a> (who is also to be found on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/imstudiolou/" target="_blank">imstudiolou</a>), Natalie at <a href="http://lovenatalieuk.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Love Natalie...</a> , Nessa at <a href="http://www.nessahux.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Nessa's Place</a>, Rosanne at <a href="http://notafloralgirl.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Not a Floral Girl</a> and Sheila at <a href="http://www.mindfulquilter.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mindful Quilter</a>. </div>
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Patchworkalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385263770967943379noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182923459255599052.post-31558918190320143272014-02-04T23:27:00.000+00:002014-02-05T09:25:07.715+00:00A new beginning ..Well a lot has happened since I posted last! I have a great Studio in our garden and have been very busy!<br />
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This was a baby blanket for a friend's baby. I used some lovely Moda fabric called Cape Ann and a crazy nine patch block, backed with a minky fabric (you can see it more clearly in the above image). It was really easy!<br />
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I also turned some lovely quilted fabric into twin size throws for some friends that live in a big cold house. I made bias binding in silk and put my little camper van on them.<br />
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I appliquéd some tea towels to match some pretty mugs for a friend who has just got engaged...<br />
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As a new blogger I thought I would add a few photos of what I have been up to at the crafting end of the kitchen. My fabric and general 'spread' is my long-suffering dear hubby's pet hate and it has been agreed that the kitchen will only be a temporary home for my creativity. The photo on the right shows where I intend to be in a few months ... watch this space!</div>
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I made this cushion cover from a pattern by Kellie Wolfson, you can see her fabulous post about her pattern at <a href="http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/dont_look_now/2009/03/ta-da.html" target="_blank">Don't Look Now!</a> I love her modern twist on applique, and with some bright colours I think it turned out quite well. I need to find - or make - a small cushion pad now to go inside it.<br />
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During my recent trip to visit my dear sister-in-law J we went on a quilting shop hunt. We found a great little place in the middle of no-where called the <a href="http://www.quilterstradingpost.com/index.html" target="_blank">Quilters Trading Post</a>. I bought some wonderful striped fabrics (I just love stripes) and these oven mitts are one of the things I made with some Riley Blake 'Sweet Cakes' fabric that I got at the same time.<br />
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My dear sister-in-law H has just welcomed a new nephew to their family. I couldn't help but feel inspired to get creative and I came up with these creations for the big & little brothers. I used a cute font and some scraps of cotton fabrics ... I hope they come in handy!<br />
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It has certainly been a busy week, with more in the pipeline!<br />
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