tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24964301605200715522024-03-06T20:02:31.386+00:00Mack and Mabelquilting sewing knitting patterns and tutorialsMack and Mabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670015740137658341noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496430160520071552.post-76669125717575158212017-04-24T13:39:00.000+01:002017-07-19T19:02:43.715+01:00My First Quilt Finish of the Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Simple baby quilts are just the best!!<br />
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This one was a request from friends of friends. It is made up of sixty four 5" finished squares of organic cotton prints taken from my stash. Oddments left over from previous projects.<br />
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I was careful to arrange them so they faced all different directions.<br />
I love those animals!<br />
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The backing is not organic, but it picks out the orange and deep turquoise colours quite nicely I think.<br />
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I debated how to quilt it for quite a while. I wanted something modern, and I didn't want to quilt too heavily. I wanted it to stay nice and soft and drapey. In the end I settled on a chevron pattern with 1" spacing.</div>
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I made 2 bibs and 2 burp cloths to match. Again made with organic cotton. The towelling backing is a mixture of bamboo and organic cotton, which I have used before and I know dries quickly. Need to keep these items practical as well as decorative!</div>
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I have a lot of projects on the go at the moment, but they're all long term, slow sewing things. It was nice to have a quick finish!</div>
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Mack and Mabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670015740137658341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496430160520071552.post-84436296294526268912016-11-03T16:03:00.000+00:002016-11-03T16:03:17.641+00:00BC Garn Semilla Organic Yarn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have finished this cowl neck cardigan for my little grandson.<br />
This was my first foray into designing larger baby items.<br />
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And choosing to start with a cowl neck was probably not the most sensible decision!<br />
But it's done and I'm very happy with it.<br />
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I would like to be able to say the pattern will be available soon, but that day is still a long way off. Designing one size was hard enough. Grading it for more sizes just isn't top of my "to do" list right now.<br />
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But what I have discovered is that BC Garn Semilla organic wool is a total dream to work with.<br />
So much so that my stash of it is growing!<br />
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This is my DK weight collection. I have quite a bit of that lovely moss green left over and it goes very nicely with the greys and navy. I have plans for knitting some mittens and baby leggings with this.</div>
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Although this is a double knit weight yarn, I've found that if I use 3.5 mm needles I get a sports weight tension and the resulting fabric is still nice and drapey. </div>
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So I think my collection of this will be growing over the next few months!</div>
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Although this is a hand wash only yarn, this is not a problem for my family.</div>
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My son and daughter-in-law have tried to dress their little one in predominantly organic clothing, particularly if it is next to his skin.</div>
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With careful planning and buying only basic items that all go well together they have been very successful in this aim.</div>
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They are quite happy to trade a bit of hand washing for the knowledge that the items are made of natural organic fibres.</div>
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I chose this combination of 4 ply. I'm thinking it will make a lightweight cabled sweater, predominantly grey with a red trim around the neck and cuffs.<br />
I don't think I'll be casting on just yet though. The mittens and baby leggings are more urgently needed!<br />
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BC Garn organic yarn can be bought from <a href="http://www.loveknitting.com/bc-garn-semilla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LoveKnitting</a> and with 35 shades to choose from, I'm not going to run out of ideas any time soon!<br />
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Well as someone who had bought a DSLR camera in order to photograph products but hardly knew which way was up, my pace was very slow!<br />
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<a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());">The course is run by the most patient teacher ever, Lyndsey James.</a><br />
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You can find it <a href="http://www.photocraft.org/the-course/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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We covered a lot more than just photography skills. We looked at defining our customer, product styling, using props, and creating sets.<br />
On more than one occasion my neighbour came over intrigued as to why I was sawing and painting wood in the garage. And probably even more intrigued when I told him!!<br />
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Lyndsey is a natural teacher. She encouraged when needed, found different ways to explain things if we didn't understand and was always there for us in the online forum, no matter how busy she was with other students.<br />
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We learned to tell stories with our photos.<br />
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To get ourselves in the shot without anyone as an assistant.<br />
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Now all those ideas spinning around in my head can begin to become a reality. I can hopefully get the shots to do them justice.<br />
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I have learned so much, but I'm fully aware that I'm only at the start of the journey. A lot of the photos in my patterns, both knitting patterns and quilting ones, now need re-doing.<br />
That will be a mammoth job!<br />
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So, you can expect to see me back here much more regularly. I already have a new knitting pattern and tutorials that are almost finished.<br />
The quilt patterns will come next. I'm prioritising knitting at the moment. Firstly because its the right time of year to cosy up with needles in hand and secondly because its also the right time of year to get photographs of my grandson modelling my creations!<br />
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Quilting may be on hold for the moment, but its only temporary, I promise!.<br />
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Ta Daa!! I have designed a new <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/home-decor/portholes-log-cabin-blanket/215567?rceId=1469176682381~8ybohw8g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blanket pattern</a>!<br />
This has been soooo long in the designing stage and quite a while in the making stage too! Although once I actually knuckled down and worked on it properly, it only took about a week to make - and that includes all the fastidious note taking, note checking, weighing of yarn, doing the maths and checking the maths........all the little things that if you forget to do whilst making the sample, you end up making another sample!!<br />
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This really is a very simple blanket to knit. It is worked entirely in garter stitch and the blocks or squares are modular, which means you join sections as you go. This does mean you have to pick up stitches, which I know some people don't like doing, but its pretty straightforward and by the end of a few squares you'll be an expert!<br />
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I thought about calling this post "When Knitting Met Quilting" as the quilters amongst you will know that this is a variation on a traditional log cabin block.<br />
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I have given instructions and yarn amounts for 3 sizes in the pattern:<br />
Baby size: 32" x 32" (81 x 81 cm)<br />
Throw size: 60" x 46" (152 x 117 cm)<br />
Bed size: 74" x 60" (188 x 152 cm)<br />
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Its really easy to make it any size you want though!<br />
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I originally hadn't intended to give it a border, but I'm so pleased I did! It really frames the design so nicely.</div>
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I picked 12 colours of Stylecraft Special DK for my version (11 colours and a white for the background) - a deliberately chosen colour palette.</div>
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When knitting the squares though, I just randomly picked colours from those 11, being mindful to try and not overload on my favourites!</div>
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If every square is knit to the same colour plan then you get a pinwheel effect.</div>
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Maybe knit all the sections in one square the same colour. I love pastels!<br />
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If you're feeling like starting a longer project the throw size might be for you.<br />
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You can find the pattern for sale on: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/portholes-log-cabin-blanket" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ravelry</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/453975956/knitted-blanket-pattern-baby-blanket?ref=shop_home_active_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Etsy</a> </span>or <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/home-decor/portholes-log-cabin-blanket/215567?rceId=1469176682381~8ybohw8g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craftsy</a></span></div>
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Make sure you post a photo of you blanket progress on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #lovefibrespattern I love to see what you're making !</div>
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A few years ago I became very interested in trying to use organic cotton whenever I could. At the time there were several yarn companies producing a fairly impressive range of organic cotton yarns, but very few fabric companies had taken the plunge at that time and their range of designs was very limited. </div>
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The pattern is Sirdar 1238 from the booklet Cosy Little Knits.<br />
The model in the top photo is my grandson!<br />
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Would I use this yarn again? Yes! Most definitely - provided I knew the recipient appreciated organic cotton and was prepared to hand wash their garment.<br />
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I am taking part in the 100 Day Challenge over on my LoveFibres Instagram page. I have challenged myself to knit something very small, or part of something very small every day for 100 days.<br />
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I shall have to cheat a little on this as today is Day 1 and it goes right on up to 27th July. I shall be on holiday and have family staying before it ends so I intend to stockpile my progress reports so I can post them in groups when I can't commit to a daily routine.<br />
My necessity these have to be very small items. Im thinking tiny toys, finger puppets, egg cup cozy etc (if you have any ideas, let me know!). I shall probably also knit some squares for a little blanket.<br />
For today which was Day 1 I started on a high and knit some tiny bunting. I have put the instructions in a PDF which you can download from Dropbox <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/d9thpbgtybiaucx/Tiny%20Bunting.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Hello! I hope you've had a very happy Easter break.<br />
Despite the wet and windy weather, I spent as much time as I could digging my new allotment. I've only just taken it on and its thrown all my plans haywire. I didn't expect to reach the top of the waiting list this year, and when I got it, it was in a serious state of neglect!<br />
It's probably a good thing that it rained as much as it did. Otherwise I would be incredibly sore from digging by now.<br />
When I wasn't busy digging I was having a really rather lovely play with some Liberty fabrics and paper mache shapes in my craft room.<br />
I keep even the tiniest scraps of fabric and they were the perfect choice for these Easter eggs and bunny.<br />
The papier mache shapes were bought from my local Hobbycraft store and I used regular PVA glue to attach the scraps. They were all odd sized pieces, and very small. I cut down larger fabric scraps to about 1" (2.5cm). Around the top and base of the eggs they were even much smaller than that.<br />
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Once completely covered I let the eggs and bunny dry for a while and then checked them over, applying more glue if any little edges had escaped the glue treatment.<br />
The correct name for this type of craft is decoupage.<br />
It was lovely to work so closely with the small squares of Liberty prints, seeing all the tiny details which you sometimes miss when sewing something larger.<br />
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I arrived back from a month in Toronto just a week ago. What a wonderful month that was! I was there to visit my new grandson and his very proud mum and dad. Oh dear! I am missing all those baby cuddles right now!</div>
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Here is my new grandson, Oscar at 3 1/2 weeks old, all snuggled up in the entrelac baby blanket that I knitted.</div>
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Entrelac is a really easy technique that creates a textured diamond pattern. The basketweave effect is actually created by knitting squares facing in opposite directions. Once you've got the base row of triangles sorted, you only work on a few stitches at any one time (in this case, just 10 stitches) and it is nicely repetitive, in a good sort of way, so you don't have to keep referring back to the pattern. It makes an ideal project to knit whilst watching TV.</div>
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Oscar's blanket was knit in an organic double knit cotton, which sadly is no longer available, but if you want to make it using similar colours try Sublime Baby Cashmerino in Pebble, Cuddle, Gooseberry and Vanilla.</div>
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I am super excited to say that my first grandchild has arrived! Oscar David was born last week and I've flown over to meet him. Needless to say I think he's adorable! But then I'm sure every Nana thinks the same when their grandchildren are born.<br />
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I've been busy sewing and knitting for him for the last few months, and when I arrived he was dressed entirely in Nana made clothing.<br />
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The blanket is organic wool that I bought years ago, and my own design. The hat is organic cotton interlock from <a href="https://www.thevillagehaberdashery.co.uk/sewing-patchwork/fabric/interlock-stripes-wind-chime-and-white" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Village Haberdashery</a>. It's one of manyI've made! They are so quick and easy to make.</div>
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He also has several pairs of pants from the same fabric. The pattern is from an old Ottobre magazine. I'm so glad I purchased a few of these magazines when I saw them. They are going to be so useful over the next few years.</div>
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I knitted him several tops, but omitted to photograph them. Here's one I did take a picture of.</div>
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Once again its my own design and is knitted from Debbie Bliss Eco Cotton.</div>
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This is going to be a busy year!</div>
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I have such plans for my pattern designs, both knitted and quilted, I'm going to become a grandparent for the first time and I'm going to do a lot of travelling. It's going to be a lot of fun!</div>
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Knowing what was ahead, I started to be careful what I committed to towards the end of last year. </div>
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The usual rounds of quilt alongs and swaps needed be declined. It was hard to say no, but its no good agreeing to do something if I don't have the time to see it through.</div>
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My little grandson will be born any day now, and I've been busy making organic baby clothes, blankets, fitted crib sheets, all of which I'll show you in another post. I've been to Toronto to help his Mum and Dad get their house ready for his arrival, and I'll go again as soon as he is born.</div>
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I've managed to keep up with some of the groups I'm in, but deadlines are hard, especially when you're not even on the right side of the world.</div>
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My sewing has to be done as and when it fits into my schedule this year, but I don't want to give up on the things that are important to me, like making quilts for Siblings Together.</div>
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Last year I made several for them, including this one.</div>
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It was whilst I was rushing around trying to complete everything I'm committed to for this month, that I had an idea. Just because I can't commit to deadlines, doesn't mean I can't still make a Siblings Together quilt or two. I just need to make it slowly, on my own, rather than as part of a group where I might let people down.</div>
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So my plan is to try to spend just 10 minutes a day, or an hour a week, sewing up the scrappy pieces into a scrappy quilt for Siblings Together. They will be simple blocks that take no thought or preparation - nine patches and string blocks. Anyone can find 10 minutes a day, surely. I'm not putting any pressure on myself. If it doesn't get done, or I'm away, then no worries. But when I can I shall put that 10 minutes to good use. </div>
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A 10 minute coffee break spent chain piecing. Getting up 10 minutes early and cutting up some scraps. Doing 10 minutes sewing before I go to bed. 10 minutes sewing instead of 10 minutes on social media.</div>
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To keep myself accountable, to spur myself on, and hopefully to encourage someone else to do the same, I'm documenting my progress on Instagram (I'm mackandmabel). I shall be using the hashtags</div>
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Well here we are at the end of 2015. I think its been a good year!<br />
I've picked my favourite makes for the year, both quilted and knitted.<br />
The Hazel hedgehog quilt (bottom right) was one of my first finishes of the year, and was sent to Siblings Together to be one of many made by volunteers and handed out to children in foster care at their summer camps.<br />
The puppy dog quilt (middle left) was made for the friends of one of my sons.<br />
Bottom left and middle are still works in progress - My La Passacaglia (bottom left) has stalled for the time being. It is hand pieced and I just can't see well enough in the artificial light of the winter to accurately continue with it.<br />
The Farm Girl Vintage quilt is so near to being finished, but other things have to take priority right now.<br />
I have done a lot of paper piecing this year and the rest of the collage shows my favourites. I love that I can make something very intricate and still have accurate piecing.<br />
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These are just a few of my knitted finishes of the year. The stocking was finished an hour before midnight on Christmas eve! That was cutting it fine!!<br />
The bunny (top right) is a free pattern. Click on the Knitting Pattern tab at the top of the page to access it.<br />
I have also made quite a few baby items.... more than are shown!<br />
My eldest son and his wife are expecting their first child in a matter of days. At the time I was knitting though, it seemed like tempting fate to photograph and blog about them, so we will have to wait until I'm sent a photo of him wearing them!<br />
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So, what does 2016 hold in store, I wonder?<br />
I probably have more plans in my head than I can possibly make, but then that's a good thing, right?<br />
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Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and creative 2016!Mack and Mabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670015740137658341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496430160520071552.post-35376206615307647892015-12-15T17:52:00.002+00:002015-12-15T17:52:49.871+00:00Back Home and Some Last Minute Christmas Makes<br />
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I'm back home after almost a month away visiting my eldest son and daughter-in-law in Toronto.<br />
They are expecting their first child at the end of January and have just bought a house in need of a lot of repair and love. So I flew over and spent my time ripping up carpets, scraping off layer after layer of wallpaper, removing mould and skimming crumbling walls. It still needs a lot of work, but at least it is clean, dust free and quite welcoming for the new addition to their family.<br />
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Of course I went armed with lots of handmade baby clothes, including these that I made from organic cotton jersey.<br />
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I also knitted them some Christmas stockings which gave a homely feel to their lounge even though off camera there are piles of boxes waiting to be unpacked.<br />
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We bought their first tree and decorated it with natural items like dried orange slices and made strings of fresh cranberries. I like the idea so much I'm going to do the same for my own tree!<br />
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Are you beginning to think about your Christmas sewing projects yet?<br />
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About this time last year I designed a pattern for some mini Advent bunting for Justine and Lisa's <a href="http://blog.simplysolids.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simply Solids blog</a> and this year Justine asked if I could design a larger version.<br />
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Each of the pennants along the bunting is actually a pocket that you can fill with little treats to be opened one day at a time throughout Advent, just like a traditional Advent calendar.<br />
The pockets close with a loop and button, so little hands can't go prying before the day!<br />
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Simply Solids have a fat quarter bundle for the Christmas fabrics available <a href="http://simplysolids.co.uk/ourshop/prod_3996754-NEW-Christmas-Dreams-Fat-Quarter-Bundle.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and will be selling kits for the advent bunting at the <a href="http://hicyorkshire.co.uk/whats-on/public-shows/knitting-stitching-show" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show</a> next weekend.<br />
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To make the bunting you need 6 fat quarters of Christmas print fabric, 6 fat quarters of solid fabric for the lining, 1.5 metres of ribbon for the loops, 24 buttons and 5 meters of tape.<br />
This Christmas Dreams line by Dashwood Studios is the perfect fabric, I think!<br />
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I used a machine zig zag stitch to sew the numbers on, and a Sewline glue pen to hold them in place whilst I sewed, but you could just as easily use a regular straight stitch or sew them on by hand.</div>
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I made 2 separate ones with numbers 1-12 in the first section and 13-24 in the second, but then ended up placing both together to get this shot!</div>
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Today is my day on the wonderful Dog Gone Cute Blog Hop hosted by Lorna of <a href="http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sew Fresh Quilts</a></div>
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Originally I was going to make an overnight bag for this little guy that I dog sit quite often.<br />
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His name is Bruce and he is very at home at my house. His Mum & Dad are always forgetting his bowl or some other item when they return home from a visit though, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a bag to keep all his possessions in. </div>
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However, my middle son recently visited friends who have a new beagle puppy and returned saying that they really did need a quilt or blanket for him. We knew the Dog Gone Cute blocks would be just perfect, so poor old Bruce is going to have to wait for his tote!</div>
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The pattern gives instructions for 2 sizes of block, with many, many variations of dog faces. I chose to make 4 of the larger blocks. I made two of Dog 1, one Dog 5 and one Dog 7.</div>
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I added a 3 1/2" background strip to the top and bottom of each to make them square.<br />
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It's called Patch Bones as is by Makower UK.</div>
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I quilted wavy lines horizontally across the quilt using Aurifil 50/2 in shade 2600, and bound it with the same blue solid as I used for background of the top left hand block.</div>
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The pattern was a dream to follow. Lorna lays everything out in a clear and concise way. Her designs are all so adorable!</div>
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I think this little guy (his name is Bobby) is going to be very happy with his new quilt!</div>
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And here is Bruce proudly posing next to the quilt. He's going to be quite disappointed when he realises it's not for him!<br />
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I did my first one earlier this year, have just finished a second, and I'm signed up to one more, which i need to send out at the beginning of November.</div>
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I'm not sure I shall do any more, at least for a while. I'm in two minds about them. I think their success depends very much on everyone fully participating. I've done mine through Instagram and I think if your partner doesn't really show inspiration boards in their feed or updates on their progress then your swap experience can be rather underwhelming.</div>
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I've decided the best way forward is to use them as a means to stretch my skills, rather than worry too much about whether I've made something my partner will love. </div>
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I always imagine I'm going to get someone with the same level of enthusiasm as me, but if they don't post any sewing related photos, you really don't know what their taste is, so it's hard to come up with something you're certain that they will like! </div>
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These are the items I made for my second swap.</div>
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I designed this mini in EQ7. I paper pieced it, and I must admit the mariner's star was a lot easier to construct than the diamond border.</div>
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I quilted it with lines about 1/4" apart echoing out from the centre. I love quitting minis. It's a good chance to practice something you might not have the time or inclination to do on a whole quilt.<br />
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I also had good fun making the quilt label. The flower centre is the same design as the centre of the mariner's star.</div>
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Note: the buttons aren't sewn on. They are just placed their temporarily to hide the name of the recipient. I don't want to spoil the surprise!</div>
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I then let doubts creep into my mind, and certainly didn't follow my own advice. Was this the sort of thing my partner would like? I wasn't sure. So I made a table topper for her too. I used one of the large designs in the Farm Girl Vintage book by Lori Holt.</div>
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This was a fairly quick make, especially as I did wavy line horizontal quilting from edge to edge. No threads to sew in!</div>
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And finally, I also included a dumpling pouch. There is a free pattern for these at <a href="http://keyka.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/08/lets-make-dumplings-free-zip-pouch-tutorial.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelle Patterns</a></div>
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They are really easy to make. I used scraps and the "quilt as you go" method for this one. I'm pleased with the results.</div>
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So that's my swap package all complete. I do hope my partner likes what I've made her, and I did have fun making them! </div>
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Good morning! I'm really excited to share the start of my journey on yet another quilt-along today.</div>
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The Farmers Wife 1930s quilt-along starts today and is organised by the wonderful <a href="http://verykerryberry.blogspot.co.uk/p/farmers-wife-1930s-quilt-along.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kerry at VeryKerryBerry</a> This girl is so organised!</div>
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We are following The Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt book by Laurie Aaron Hird. This is a different book to the original Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt book. The layout looks similar, and all the blocks have accompanying letters from the time, but all the blocks are new and the accompanying CD has paper piecing templates as well as regular piecing templates.</div>
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Many of the blocks are very intricate! So much so that I hesitated as to whether I would manage this without a great deal of unpicking and frustration. I don't like using regular templates when working blocks as intricate as these, but paper piecing is a much more successful method.</div>
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I have chosen to make my quilt entirely from Liberty lawn using a limited palette of blues and aqua.<br />
This was quite a scary decision. I've never bought so much Liberty in one go!<br />
It's important to me to have plenty of solids or near solids in my design. I'm not really a "throw it all in the mix" kind of girl.<br />
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Finding solid Liberty lawn was a little challenging. I could have taken a trip to the shop itself but whilst that would have been absolutely wonderful, I didn't trust myself to focus on the task in hand once I was in the store. I may well have returned home with a gorgeous but totally unplanned for selection!<br />
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In the end I bought all my fabric online from <a href="http://www.alicecaroline.co.uk/product-category/liberty-tana-lawn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alice Caroline</a><br />
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One of my chosen solids is on back order, so I'm having to use the aqua solid for now, but I'm sure all will work out in the end.</div>
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We are working through the book in order and Kerry posts about one block a week and a guest blogger about a second. If I want make all the blocks it will take about a year!</div>
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This is most definitely going to be an heirloom quilt, but I do want it to be design led rather than ending up as something none of my kids actually want to put on their bed once I'm no longer around!</div>
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Paper piecing was so easy with the fine Libery lawn.</div>
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"I have no modern conveniences, yet, as I had in town; still I am happier than I have ever been before."......."With my two babies to look after, six acres in the garden and corn to keep clean, water to carry 200 yards uphill and canning to do, I cannot find time to read the stories...."</div>
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Seriously! This woman puts me to shame! We don't know how lucky we are with all our technology today!</div>
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Aimee was a little more difficult to piece, but I like it much better than the first.</div>
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The letter accompanying this block is by a farm lady who is an avid book reader (she obviously has more time than the first one!). Her favourites include Little Women by Louisa Alcott and Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Aah! A lady after my own heart!</div>
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I shall be posting my blocks each week on Instagram. I figured if I'm going to spend a year making this quilt then I might as well record nature's changes in the garden and hedgerow as well. It will be good to look back and remember the seasons by the them.</div>
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Tomorrow sees the start of the Dog Gone Cute Sew Along hosted by <a href="http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.co.uk/p/dog-gone-cute.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts</a></div>
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Each week from 1st September onwards Lorna will share instructions on her blog for piecing the various dogs.</div>
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In October the Blog Hop starts and you can follow a whole host of bloggers, including me! and see what we've made </div>
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In November a link party will be available for you to share your blog, Instagram or Flickr photos of what you've made and there will be some awesome prizes to be won too!</div>
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There are two block sizes: Small finishing at 9" x 6" and Large finishing at 18" x 12"</div>
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There are two sizes of quilts: Mini 30" x 30" and Maxi 60" x 60".</div>
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You can make a something as small as a pouch or a full quilt.</div>
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Of course if you want to work at your own pace, you can purchase the pattern <a href="https://payhip.com/b/7NDQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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I know exactly what I'm going to make for the Blog Hop. It is something for this little guy that I looked after for my son and daughter-in-law this weekend.</div>
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Today I'm talking a bit about my progress with the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt. The quilt is from this book by Lori Holt.</div>
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There is a quilt-along in progress which Lori hosts from her blog <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Bee in my Bonnet</a></div>
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We are working systematically through the book making 2 blocks a week, either the 12" size or the 6" according to your preference. The Instagram hashtags are #farmgirlfridays and #farmgirlvintage.</div>
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I chose to join the quilt along and make the 6" blocks for one reason. I have until now been really bad at accuracy when working on a small scale like this! I wasn't sure at the start that it was my kind of quilt. I joined purely to improve my skills. It's worked and I just love the quilt now! A few years ago I started the Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt from the book by Laurie Aaron Hird. I made a few blocks, was disappointed by my lack of accuracy and they now sit languishing in a cupboard. I'm getting lots of practice at small scale at the moment. I'm also making the My Small World quilt by Jen Kingwell and I'm going to join the <a href="http://verykerryberry.blogspot.co.uk/p/farmers-wife-1930s-quilt-along.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1930s Farmers Wife QAL</a> posted by VeryKerryBerry (and hopefully finish my original Farmers Wife quilt at the same time!)</div>
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Some of the pieces in these blocks are really small. And I mean REALLY SMALL! </div>
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So what have I done to improve my accuracy? </div>
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Here are a few of the things that have worked for me:</div>
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1. <u>Starch your fabrics before you begin</u>.</div>
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You need to starch everything. If some fabrics are starched and others are not you will get in a mess. </div>
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Also make sure you starch before you cut. Some fabrics shrink a little when starched. I cut a strip of fabric 1/4" wider than I need for the largest piece in the block and starch it. Leave a while to impregnate and then press it dry. You will be using the fabrics in other blocks so I just store the unused starched pieces in a box ready to use later.</div>
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For now I use regular spray starch from the supermarket. I don't really like using aerosols and I'm not prepared to pay the price for Best Press so I've been experimenting with making my own from cornflour, but the recipe still needs a little work. </div>
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2. <u>Shorten the stitch length on your sewing machine slightly.</u></div>
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Just a little makes a big difference. The normal setting I use on my Bernina is 2.4. For 6" detailed blocks I reduce it to 2.0, for easier ones I just go down to 2.2.</div>
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3. <u>Use leaders and enders</u></div>
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These are small scraps of fabric that you sew before you start sewing the block seam and then again when you've finished. It means you never start a seam with the two ends of the thread dangling free. You don't risk the possibility of the machine "chewing" the first couple of stitches, which in turn will distort the block.</div>
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I have a box of 1 1/2" scrap squares beside me and randomly sew 2 together at the start and whenever I would normally cut the thread. </div>
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I remember the sewing room at school always had the machines ready threaded with a piece of muslin under each foot with a few stitches sewn. I always wondered why! Now my machine always has one too. The sewn pieces will eventually become a postage stamp quilt for charity.</div>
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4. <u>Check you are sewing exactly 1/4" seam</u></div>
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I know this sounds obvious, but it needs to be EXACT<u>.</u> ALL the time.</div>
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I really struggled with this for a long time.</div>
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My 1/4" was precise enough for large scale blocks, but not for these (and the dreaded Farmers Wife Sampler!) The normal methods of placing marker tape on the machine bed etc. just didn't work well enough for me. In the end I drew the 1/4" line on the blocks with a pencil, until I could recognise exactly where it was. I only needed to do it for a few blocks. I trained myself not to look too much at the pencil line, but at the foot and it worked!</div>
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5. <u>Press your seams open.</u></div>
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This is something I had started doing for a while on all my quilts and it really helps on these blocks, where there are a lot of intersecting seams.</div>
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I gently finger press whenever possible. Press is the key word. Don't rub your fingers back and forth. Once the block progresses and seams intersect I use a dry iron, minimally, saving a good press until the block is complete.</div>
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6. <u>Pin mindfully</u></div>
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I used to pin too much. I used to pin through the seams to make them match up. I think those pins did as much harm as they did good. They often distorted the seam line.</div>
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If no seams need matching I no longer pin on seams as short as these.</div>
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Where seams need matching I use this approach. Push a pin vertically into the seams of the 2 layers, checking back and front that they are perfectly aligned. Hold that pin vertical from top to bottom.</div>
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Place a second pin to the left just outside the seam allowance, so it is going through just 2 layers (the fewer layers it goes through the less distortion). Place a third pin to the right, just outside the seam allowance.</div>
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7. <u>Trim up as you go.</u></div>
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Lori tells you at every stage what size the finished segment should be. Measure as you go and trim off even the tiniest bit that might be wonky.</div>
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8. <u>Unpick a puckered seam</u></div>
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Now, I might be the only idiot who, when noticing a little pucker used to say, "Oh it'll press out at the end"</div>
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Trust me, it won't! If there's a pucker halfway through, it'll still be there at the end, and there will probably be a lot more problems along the way! That's what the unpicker tool is for right?!</div>
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These few techniques have really improved the accuracy of my work. It's still not perfect but I'm happy with it.</div>
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I post photos regularly on Instagram (link at the top of the right hand side bar), and often have fun styling them according to the block title.</div>
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Here are a few of my favourites.</div>
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A few months ago I joined a secret swap on Instagram. We had to make a mini quilt that was completely hand pieced.</div>
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I started with an idea that I drew on EQ7</div>
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I was hoping to make lots of different pieced hexagons and then appliqué them onto a background with gaps between them that I could do some big stitch quilting in. But after a little experimenting, I found that they were hard to appliqué, particularly if seams came right to the edges, so I reverted to joining the hexagons in the normal manner. I also restricted myself to two or three designs of hexagon to give it a little more unity.</div>
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It was fun working on a layout for these!</div>
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I procrastinated for a long time over the label, but once I hit upon the idea of an embroidered flower in the shape of hexagons, i enjoyed that too. I've had to cover up the name in the photo just incase my partner hasn't received it yet!!</div>
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I made her a few extras:</div>
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There's a Dumpling Pouch from a <a href="http://keyka.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/08/lets-make-dumplings-free-zip-pouch-tutorial.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Pattern</a>, a needle case made mainly from scraps of Denise Schmidt fabric (her favourite designer) and a covered notebook. To make the notebook I backed some fabric scraps with Bondaweb, and then cut out the hexagons. I ironed them in place onto a tiny piece of linen and then worked a small blanket stitch around each to make sure they stayed in place. I finished it off with the wording and border and then used more Bondaweb to secure the design to the front of the notebook. </div>
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<span id="goog_368267114"></span><span id="goog_368267115"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I'm delighted to say that I'm once again guest blogger on the Simply Solids blog. When Justine asked me to make something with any of their new range of fabrics I knew</span> <span style="font-family: "arial";">exactly what I
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial";">I have made a
triangle quilt in the past, and I have to be honest, my points weren’t all that
I’d hoped they’d be! This time round I used a few tricks that meant everything
went together quickly and easily. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial";">This is a quilt that you can make in a
weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial";">I chose 5 Linea
colours: Teal, Yellow, Charcoal, Grey and Cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdaBAH1HJMm190lrrIkE4GpJTgyzbPoG4YcOhNucs7S2T7TibIVcGdRRM7hqZgO7uRMKFSmSlXzLbg_NreKTfgqiUZV4R-g3QFPDvgzU60qWI_8lgeiABAueDJta-hK7OPTXMUN1ZzbOv/s1600/IMG_0596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdaBAH1HJMm190lrrIkE4GpJTgyzbPoG4YcOhNucs7S2T7TibIVcGdRRM7hqZgO7uRMKFSmSlXzLbg_NreKTfgqiUZV4R-g3QFPDvgzU60qWI_8lgeiABAueDJta-hK7OPTXMUN1ZzbOv/s320/IMG_0596.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They read as solids, but the tonal hatching design really adds depth to the quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have written up a free pattern for this quilt.You can download the PDF with full size templates, fabric requirements, instructions and layout diagram</span> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/iobiuhpul3w8wzv/Triangle%20Baby%20Quilt%20PDF.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a><span id="goog_119058960"></span><span id="goog_119058961"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial";">I lightly
spritzed my fabrics with starch to reduce any stretch on the bias edges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Although I have been making good progress on my La Passacaglia this week, I have no new pictures to share. Instead I'm taking a look at some of the other works that I have in progress. (Yes, There are a few!)<br />
I joined the <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Along</a> hosted by Lori Holt from Bee in My Bonnet and based on her latest book Farm Girl Vintage.<br />
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The quilt along only started a couple of weeks ago so there is plenty of time to catch up. if you want to join in. We are working through the blocks in the book and each Friday Lori posts both a 12" and a 6" version of the blocks along some extra ideas. Search the hashtag #farmgirlfridays on Instagram or Facebook to see what everyone has been making.<br />
These are the two blocks I made last week.<br />
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I've actually got a little ahead of schedule and made this Friday"s blocks already. Part of my reason for taking part in this quilt along was to improve my accuracy on small 6" blocks. I'm getting better!!</div>
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I've also joined another quilt along based on this wonderful pattern in the latest Special Edition of Quiltmania.<br />
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The Disney "It's a Small World" ride holds happy memories for me.<br />
We took the boys to Euro Disney many years ago and the youngest was not big enough to go on many of the rides. My (now "late") husband took the older two on the thrillers whilst I took the youngest one round. As soon as we came out of this ride, when asked what he wanted to go on next, it was this ride again!!So we re-joined the queue. We must have gone on this ride at least 6 times, and he would have gone for another 6 if he'd had the choice! We laugh about it often.<br />
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I had actually purchased the pattern and started mine before the quilt along started, but I put it on hold for a little while as its more fun quilting in (virtual) company, right?<br />
The quilt is made in 6 sections. I had done the sky for section 1, but then found that my stash was sadly lacking in small scale prints in a deep grey. for the skyscrapers. A few purchases later and its in full progress again. I hope to add some photos soon.<br />
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And finally, I joined a Hand Pieced Mini Swap on Instagram.<br />
This is the design I'm making for my (secret) partner.<br />
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The hexagons are 2" on each side, so the pieces within them are fairly small, but good fun to make.<br />
I'm not overly comfortable working with the colours that she prefers, but then that is why I joined in the first place - to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone!<br />
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It's a long weekend here in the UK and I don't think the weather forecast is very summery, so I won't be short of things to do!<br />
Hope you have a wonderful weekend too.uilt<br />
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This is my Passacaglia sitting on my design wall. It only just fits and it doesn't photograph very well here as the light is not very good. I shall have to find another spot to take pics from soon.<br />
A few people have been asking me questions about my process, so today however I thought I'd share my method and a few of the tools I'm using.<br />
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The pattern is in this book (it's shown on the front cover) and is the work of Willynne Hammerstein. The quilt I'm making is officially called Passacaglia with Mr Penrose. Sir Roger Penrose is a mathematical physicist who, amongst many, many other things, explored tiled shapes, some very similar to the design of this quilt.<br />
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The finished quilt will measure 56" x 70" (144 x 176cm). My colour palette is very different to Willynne's. I'm using mainly aquas and pinks with some lime, blue, grey, orange and purple thrown in. </div>
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Willynne pieced hers by hand. I'm using English Paper Piecing for mine. It's a lot slower, but I find it very relaxing. The nice thing about this project is that it is so portable.</div>
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There have been many comments on the blog suggesting I must have a lot of patience to undertake this. No, I don't!! This is slow, but it is accurate and therefore stress free. You should see my lack of patience when I've tried machine piecing something and then find that my points are truncated or seams don't match accurately. There is certainly no patience displayed then !!</div>
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For English Paper Piecing you need templates and papers to fold the fabric around. When I first started this at the beginning of the year there were no templates available to buy specifically for this pattern. I traced the templates given in the book onto overhead projector film, added a seam allowance, cut them out and drew around them onto the fabric. Yes, it was a tedious process and it's not the most accurate method, so for the first rosette, I didn't do any fussy cutting.</div>
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Several of the shapes used are popular english paper piecing shapes so I was able to download free pages from which to cut some of the papers. You can find these at www.incompetech.com. Others I had to trace from the book several times until I had enough to fill a page and then photocopy it.</div>
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This pattern has since become so popular! I post regular photos of my progress on Instagram and the number of people making this pattern is incredible. Just search the hashtags #lapassacaglia and #passacagliaquilt to see some of the amazing work that is being created by quilters all around the world.</div>
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The upshot of this popularity is that you can now buy acrylic templates and papers specifically designed for this pattern from several places.</div>
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I bought acrylic templates from www.Etsy.com/shop/SunsetSeams</div>
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Papers specifically for La Passacaglia can be bought from www.paperpieces.com and from www.sewandquilt.co.uk</div>
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There is a lot of possibility for fussy cutting in this quilt. I fussy cut the centres of the rosettes and sometimes the diamonds in between the stars. It is fun seeing the different designs you can make with fussy cutting, but the reason I do it is to create movement. I want to keep the eye moving around the quilt and fussy cutting helps to create circles and therefore movement. The other way to create movement is to have areas of light and dark as in this rosette.</div>
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I use a Frixion pen to draw around the templates and to mark sections of the design right onto the template when I create my first shape. Then when I move onto the next one I can use the drawn lines to ensure I'm placing it in exactly the same position on the fabric as I did with the first. I also mark through the little holes at the seam allowance intersection. When I've finished a set of fussy cutting shapes for a particular rosette, the lines on the acrylic can be simply rubbed off.</div>
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I hadn't done a lot of fussy cutting before I started this project and if you are thinking of buying fabric purely for this purpose I would suggest being a little cautious. Often a fabric that you think is going to fussy cut well ends up being problematic, whilst others you already have in your stash surprise you with how useful they are. </div>
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When I first started I was determined to baste the pieces in the traditional way with needle and thread. I soon changed my mind and swapped to glue basting.</div>
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I use a Sewline glue pen. It is widely available and you can purchase refills for it. I like the precision of this glue. Some of the pieces like these star sections are very small and I use the glue very sparingly. Just a very fine line from the edge of the glue stick or a couple of dots is all it needs. That way they come out easily when I want to remove them.</div>
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YLI silk thread is very fine and the stitches just blend right into the fabric. I use a small quilting needle and short lengths of thread so that it doesn't shred and break. I don't knot the thread. Instead I hold down the end of the thread with one finger and work 2 or 3 stitches in the same place before starting to progress along the seam. I do the same when I finish the seam. It's how I was taught and I'm a creature of habit! The thread is quite pricey so I've restricted myself to a range of neutrals and they seem to be working very well.<br />
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Well if you've read this far, then Thank You! You certainly do have patience! I hope this has been of help to anyone considering starting this quilt. It won't be a quick project, but I hope you'll find it enjoyable. I certainly am!<br />
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Slow, peaceful and contemplative stitching. My english paper pieced Passacaglia quilt continues to grow. So much so that it is too large for my design wall now - hence the need for photographing it on the carpet if I want to show all the rosettes together. </div>
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Just 4 more grey stars need to be added to this one and then its complete.<br />
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This one is my favourite so far.<br />
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This one has a place in my heart too.<br />
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And this was the first large one to be completed.<br />
All the big rosettes are complete now. Its time to work on the little ones! That means lots of fussy cutting for the centres and lots of playing around with colours. Its a little too pink for my liking at the moment. Need to tone it down a bit with more neutral colours.<br />
Heaven knows how I'll photograph it though until I start sewing some more of the rosettes together.<br />
I can honestly say I'm enjoying this project more than any others I can think of.<br />
Slow hand stitching is good for the soul !!Mack and Mabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670015740137658341noreply@blogger.com14