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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Sew, a needle pulling thread
I've been back at sewing again. Some people might think I'm crazy, but along with other small projects, I have actually started making some Christmas gifts. Last year, I gave each of Gareth's six (preschool) teachers a homemade apron (also made one for myself... still need to make a couple more). This year, I'm sticking with the "kitchen" theme, and I am giving them each two homemade pot holders. I am also using this as an opportunity to begin quilting. I've been meaning to for some time, but just haven't gotten around to it. I am basically making a single quilt block into a pot holder. That way I can try making different blocks and not worry about lining them up into one big quilt.
So today a friend had a quilting session at her house. I was there from about 12:30 to 5. There was definitely some chattiness going on. And my sewing machine wasn't working, so we only had two machines for four people. So we traded off cutting ironing and sewing. But it was fantastic. I finished two blocks.
Now I just need to cut my heat resistant batting and my back fabric, sew that on, and bind the edge. I am very very pleased with how these blocks turned out. They are my first two quilt blocks ever.
Earlier this week I did some pseudo quilt block pot holders. These were made simply with strips of fabric sewn together.
Then I stitched a rectangle inside each piece of fabric. This is the back where you can see the rectangle stitching.
I am please with how they turned out. I think these we'll keep at home.
My last craft was kind of out of the blue. I ran across this tutorial on making cloth pumpkins. So, I did. I still need to cut out and hand-sew the felt pumpkin stem, but this is the bulk of the pumpkin. I would like to make at least one more, but I have to budget my sewing time!
Overall, I am happy with all I've been able to get done in the past couple of weeks. I would like to make a total of 14 pot holders (actually 20 in a perfect world). So I'm going with a "slow and steady" approach.
Sew, a needle pulling thread
I've been back at sewing again. Some people might think I'm crazy, but along with other small projects, I have actually started making some Christmas gifts. Last year, I gave each of Gareth's six (preschool) teachers a homemade apron (also made one for myself... still need to make a couple more). This year, I'm sticking with the "kitchen" theme, and I am giving them each two homemade pot holders. I am also using this as an opportunity to begin quilting. I've been meaning to for some time, but just haven't gotten around to it. I am basically making a single quilt block into a pot holder. That way I can try making different blocks and not worry about lining them up into one big quilt.
So today a friend had a quilting session at her house. I was there from about 12:30 to 5. There was definitely some chattiness going on. And my sewing machine wasn't working, so we only had two machines for four people. So we traded off cutting ironing and sewing. But it was fantastic. I finished two blocks.
Now I just need to cut my heat resistant batting and my back fabric, sew that on, and bind the edge. I am very very pleased with how these blocks turned out. They are my first two quilt blocks ever.
Earlier this week I did some pseudo quilt block pot holders. These were made simply with strips of fabric sewn together.
Then I stitched a rectangle inside each piece of fabric. This is the back where you can see the rectangle stitching.
I am please with how they turned out. I think these we'll keep at home.
My last craft was kind of out of the blue. I ran across this tutorial on making cloth pumpkins. So, I did. I still need to cut out and hand-sew the felt pumpkin stem, but this is the bulk of the pumpkin. I would like to make at least one more, but I have to budget my sewing time!
Overall, I am happy with all I've been able to get done in the past couple of weeks. I would like to make a total of 14 pot holders (actually 20 in a perfect world). So I'm going with a "slow and steady" approach.
Do you have the link for the pumpkin tutorial?
http://schlosserdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/tutorial-f...
The links to the pattern and directions are there. Happy sewing!