Friday Night saw me sewing the binding onto a quilt...This is my Sunday Stitchers Challenge for October... it's a very old UFO - originally started around 2011...but will be finished this month. There are numerous 'doo dads" (embellishments)....to add.
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Monday, October 7, 2024
FNWF - October
Friday Night saw me sewing the binding onto a quilt...This is my Sunday Stitchers Challenge for October... it's a very old UFO - originally started around 2011...but will be finished this month. There are numerous 'doo dads" (embellishments)....to add.
Sunday, September 29, 2024
RSC - August & September
Confused??
So here is August
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - #7 - Placemats for Meals on Wheels
I did need to finish off these 4 that were started in a LQS workshop - giving us 4 ways to add binding. I picked up a few tips - shared a tip with the instructor (LOL) and finally finished them.
I had done the poped/flanged binding before...but I make the contrast narrower. (Kits were provided with strip cut etc). The one I had not tried before was the blue one - where you bring the backing over to the front to form a frame. Good for placemats and wall hangings. Not sure I would do it for a quilt...but at least I have the technique now.
In the "Placemats' box, I also found some blocks that came from a lady who had passed away. There was no pattern or additional fabric with these blocks, so I put them aside for placemats. I lost some of the points, but the colours are good - especially for men.
If we do the Challenge again in 2025, I will make "Placemats for Meals on Wheels" one of my items. I still have a bit in that box!
Thanks Deana for suggesting this challenge - it has really helped move some things along the line....one project to go...guess we don't need to "wonder" what that will be . . . .LOL😁
Saturday, September 21, 2024
FNSI - September
I settled down on the lounge, watching Better Homes & Gardens and started a cross stitch. I was expecting to vacate my chair so the other half could watch the AFL game. But he was happy to watch on the other TV, so I stayed put and watched some "Escape to the Country".
It's an easy stitch....not too much counting and one shop a month - so it can easily be slotted in between all the other projects.
Hope all the FNSI'ers had a good night and got some / a lot of crafting done.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
SS Mini Quilts - Winter and Spring
My Sunday Stitchers Group decided we would make Seasonal things (mini quilts etc.) in 2024.
I posted my Autumn one in March.
And I finished my Winter one by the Due Date, but neglected to post about it
So, here is Winter.
Now its Spring (though we had a short burst of summer at the end of Autumn).
My plan at the beginning of the year was to do my house in the different seasons . . .but ...(1) I am a bit bored by the idea now and (2) I seem to be short of time!!!
So, I opted for a machine embroidery design called "Signs of Spring Tree" by Urban Threads.
I found a Quiet Play fabric in white with clouds and raindrops, dyed it with some blue paint and food colouring and added some green for the grass.
I was finished enough...but I did run out of time....I plan to add a sun and some more bits to it.
At least I have a good plan in mind for my Summer one.
Friday, September 13, 2024
Salt Dyeing
I am no expert on this....just listened to a lady explaining & demo-ing it and had a play at home. This is really about the use of salt - not to explain anything about dyeing fabric.
Soak the fabric in the solution. Leave for as long as you need to to get the colour you want. Remove - squeeze out the excess liquid and lay out - I put mine on baking (parchment) paper.
Sprinkle salt over the fabric....
I used Rock salt on the bottom area - ground rock salt on the top area
You can also use cooking salt, or Epsom salts. I am sure salt flakes would be interesting too - I was just using what I had in my pantry for my test piece...but might buy some salt flakes for another time. I also added Bicarb of Soda on the top...I wonder if it made a difference?
Because the salt draws in the colour - you get bigger "bubbles" from the rock salt than from table or cooking salt. (Hence thinking that flakes would be good.)
Here is the side I put the salt on
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - #1 - July - Finished
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Milo's Quilt - RSC 2023
Luka's is here and Peyton's is here
Now it's Milo's turn.
Making the blocks was relatively easy - though I had to 'beg" a few fabrics in some colours. Then I had to add 144 3.5" squares!!! I have a fairly large collection of novelty fabrics, a friend gave me all of her collection....but I was still struggling to get enough...(remember I was making 2 quilts....)...and I found a lady on Facebook who was selling pre-cut squares, so I purchased a bunch from her. As I was finishing the quilt, I found a few repeats, so swapped them out....but I stopped looking closely in case I found more!
For the backing, I chose an alphabet panel showing various fish and sea creatures (Milo's dad is a keen fisherman) and an indigenous-inspired pattern that looks a bit like waves...(well, in my mind)
Quillback rockfish. I googled them and they really do exist!
(Fortunately)
The backing:
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - #3 - an EPP project
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Sunday Stitchers - July - UFO Challenge #4 - My Kinda Town top
By November 2023 (again at a retreat) I had all the blocks made.
I know...we should read each pattern thoroughly before we start....but do we?
Not always & not in this case
When we decided to do the Challenge at SS - My Kinda Town had to be included. I have "filled the gaps" and the top is complete.