Friday 31 August 2012

Baby Florence Quilt

I watched a tutorial video on how to sew a disappearing nine patch. Now I'd never heard of this method before and I wish I had! It is so easy, I've even taught this method to my newly established sewing club. My mum has made a table cloth, I have made plenty of cushions and this quilt, Val made a cushion too, and Patricia made a quilted nine patch cushion, with fantastic results. One method created so many variations in the finished products.

This jungle quilt started with a jolly jungle panel (no longer available to buy!) and jolly jungle orange coordinating fabric. Hey presto the quilt. I used yellow spot fabric to border and back it, though its polycotton and not as nice as 100% cotton. I also used bamboo wadding as its really soft.



Instead of binding it instead I used a tab method on the border, then stitched a double hem around the border.

Monday 13 August 2012

Baby Autumn Quilt

This is the earliest project I have made. With lots of support from my sewing mentor - Elaine - we created this gorgeous quilt for baby Autumn's (my niece) cot. I found this lovely rubber duck pattern fabric which sprung from the baby's sister and brother's love for ducks!


It was a bit tricky as it had 45 degree angles and trying to figure out the fabric cuts was time consuming but I eventually finished it. Using the same fabric for the binding as the backing is a technique I rather like. We didn't know Autumn was going to be a girl or boy, therefore the colours are gender neutral. It was tied together using embroidery thread.

Sunday 12 August 2012

Sewing Club

My mum and a couple of friends wanted to learn some of the tricks to patchwork and sewing crafts. So we made arrangements for an evening and we began by learning the basics of our machines, and ironing fabric and seams.










First project - pot stand. Using a basic four square, and using contrasting stitching. All appeared to enjoy it!