Sunday's Sewing

Yet another of these bags!  This one is a Christmas present for my sister-in-law.

Silent Saturday

More fabric hearts

I love these fabric hearts and really don't want to give them to my sister for Christmas . . . .

Sunday Sewing

I finally started (and finished) the bag for my sister's Christmas present.

Silent Saturday

Christmas Fabric Hearts

Silent Saturday

Craft Class

I went to a Christmas Craft Class tonight at my favourite fabric shop Millie Moon.  It's where I have booked to do a 6 week patchwork course which starts in January.  We made 2 projects, fabric bags and hearts.  I have got lots of ideas for Christmas presents now.  The bags were really easy to make and could be adapted to any size.  The hearts were a little trickier especially trying to get the ric rac to show around the edge.

I bought some lovely Christmas fabric to make some bags and hearts from - pictures tomorrow.

Pincushion

After getting tired of tipping my pins out of a jar (all over the floor) for the tenth time I finally had a go at making a pin cushion.  This one again comes from Quilting in No Time by Emma Hardy and uses some of the left over fabric from my first quilt and was really quick and easy to make.

Sunday's Sewing

Well this is what my Amy Butler fabrics became. At the moment it is my favourite thing I've made (so far anyway!). I am really pleased with the way it turned out. The pattern is from the book "Quilting in No Time" by Emma Hardy. I think I am a little slower than whoever the book is aimed at though. The time estimate was 2 hours and I estimate this took me 6 hours! I did customise it a little by making the straps longer so they could go over my shoulder and by adding a pocket for my rather large mobile. I think something similar to this may be making an appearance as a Christmas present for several people soon.

My first quilt top

Now I just have to baste, quilt and bind it . . . . . . !

Tilda Project

Earlier this week I blogged about the new additions to my Tilda stash. Well here is the picture of what all these projects are eventually (!) going to be . . . .

Lots and lots and lots of hexagons joined together in a more modern Grandmother's Flower Garden. They are done by hand using paper piecing. This is how I originally learnt to do patchwork when I was about 12! All the centres will be made from the same red fabric pictured and the petals will be 4/5 different red and blue coloured fabrics. The path is white with tiny pale pink dots. I think I need about 100 flowers to even consider a quilt. 20 down, 80 to go . . . .

Coasters

These were my first attempt at quilting. I made 4 of these as a present for my sister. They were made from 2 different types of red and white fabric (the spotty one came from trousers I had as a child!!). The quilting isn't great but they were easy to make and good to practice on.

The idea came from a book called "Quilting in no time".