Embroidery Project – - – faux hand bound notebook cover tutorial by kirsty.
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July 2010
Its been a while since I have done a refashion roundup – so here’s five days of refashioning – yay!
Prairie skirt refashion [see pic above]
t-shirt to anthro inspired halter top
Sweetheart bow t-shirt from 2 t-shirts
Make a dress from a man’s shirt
lacy anthro inspired top – using doilies
and for the kids
Jumper to toddler soaker pants tutorial
Shirred toddler dress from shirt refashion
Rock n roll embroidered boys t-shirts
90 minute boys muscle shirt
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looks like fun – Lizzy house is hosting a summer camp to celebrate her castle peeps fabric – here is the schedule and the first post is how to make these fun finger puppets.
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For more kids craft, creative ideas and activities go to the Action Pack website
Annekata has a tutorial to make these hand stitched ornaments – she says: It looks much more complicated than it is and with a little practice, you can make a few and join them together for necklaces, or use them as christmas tree ornaments. They also make unique gift tags. [thanks ina for the link]
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JCasa Handmade has an easy pattern for making this baby blanket with any yarn or needles you please.
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loving some of the bizarre and unusual and extreme knitted and crocheted things around lately – take this crochetdermy by shauna richardson and the crochet smart car photographed in Rome [via knithacker]
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come and join in the fun at the whipup flickr group
1. Doll Quilt Swap 9, 2. doily, 3. carpillowingrass, 4. far far away 2 strip quilt, 5. french knot B slanted, 6. the basket, 7. Naturally Dyed Embroidery Floss, 8. Charm pack quilt, 9. Crocheted soap saver, 10. brattleboro hat, 11. sewing ♥, 12. Softie Mama and Baby Kangaroo Nesting Doll Set, 13. Rounds, 14. orange and aqua, 15. DSCF2043, 16. lil’ fabric buckets
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Do you have a copy of the Whip Up Mini Quilts book? Lets make the quilts from the book together. Post them on the whipup flickr group under the tag “Whip up mini quilts”.
Here is what we are going to do – each week – say on a friday – for 6 weeks – I am going to post one of the quilts from the book that I have made – and give you a few tips and ideas to help you make it. At the same time I will be giving away a copy of the book (that’s 6 books to give away). Do you want to join in?
And if you don’t yet have a copy of the book but want to join in straight away – there are 2 free Mini Quilt patterns available for download from the Chronicle website
My version of Lisa Call’s ‘Modern Geometric’
Lisa Call’s ‘Modern Geometric’ Quilt is totally fun to make. It was the first from the book I made simply because I really wanted to give this technique a try. Its made using improvisational piecing. Lisa recommends cutting the strips with a rotary cutter – but I wanted a more irregular look so I cut the pieces freehand with scissors. It went together really quickly, the main thing is to sew then trim, then sew, then trim again.
In the pattern you are encouraged to cut the thin strips first and lay them out on top of your larger square of background fabric. Then step back from the design, checking for proportion – asymmetry is best for this design. Then mark with tailor’s chalk where your lines are to be cut. Cut your background into 4 main sections and sew your strips onto these sides. Adding in optional color changes as desired. Then sew it all back up together again – and trim.
It is finished with straight line quilting – I loved doing this – the quilting lines are quite close together but because its such a small quilt this was fun rather than arduous. I recommend using a ‘walking foot’ on your sewing machine. Also (because I like a short cut) instead of pin basting I used basting spray glue and it worked perfectly.
The pattern recommends facing your quilt rather than binding it in the regular way – this keeps that clean modern look of the quilt front. Facing a quilt is just as easy as binding – you just need to pull the binding all the way to the back so the seam line ends up on the edge of the quilt. You will need to hand sew it to the back. I had so much fun that I had to make 2 and am planning on more. They look so lovely grouped together on my family room wall.
Here is Lisa Call’s original quilt from the book:
Have fun making this one – or one of the other quilts from the book. Don’t forget to post your results in the whipup flickr pool – under the tag “Whip up mini quilts”. You have one week to post your finished mini quilt or progress report and then link here in the comments – and I will draw a winner.
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