tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86884449875567667832024-02-08T05:38:00.868+11:00One Red CherryJessica http://www.blogger.com/profile/07344822408224819286noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688444987556766783.post-7679211572536732042017-09-05T15:55:00.001+10:002017-09-05T15:55:14.095+10:00IVE MOVED!!<br />
Just a quick post to let you all know that Ive moved to a new blog.<br />
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I'm really loving the fabric that I've chosen. I cant wait to sew it all together!!<br />
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I have to work this afternoon, so I have a couple of hours with the kids. I might see if i can finalise my fabric choices for the quilt!<br />
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Well, the tumble weeds have been blowing in around here.<br />
There has been lots of sewing going on, but unfortunately not much blogging.<br />
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Ill try to catch up on that later, but for the minute, I am joining in again with Happy Quilting's quilt-a-long. YAY! This will be my third happy quilting quilt, and they are always lots of fun. (Check out my <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/star-surround-quilt.html">first</a> and my <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/star-light-star-bright.html">second</a>) You can check it out <a href="http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/2016/06/summer-solstice-quilt-long-schedule.html" target="_blank">here</a> if your interested in joining in on the fun! <br />
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I wanted to make a big quilt. A 4 by 4 layout, in king size. I seriously spent hours last night pulling fabric from my stash. I honestly pulled nearly all of it out, and I'm just not feeling it. I just cant seen to get the right combination of fabric!!<br />
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It was doing my head it, so I crammed it all back in my cupboard (folding is for the weak!) and I decided to at least start with a cushion!<br />
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I'm making a single block, in the smallest size (20 x 20 inches). Something is better than nothing right? And it lets me still quilt-a-long while i figure out what I'm doing with the quilt.<br />
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The blue/grey upholstery fabric, and the brown velvet are actually left overs from an Amy Butler ottoman I recently made, more about that later.<br />
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So that's the cutting done!<br />
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Cant wait to put it all together! (and figure out my quilt!)<br />
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I was just waiting for fabric-inspiration to strike.<br />
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Then Tessuti announced on their blog that they were running a competition, with silk crepe-de-chine!!! As soon as I saw this<a href="http://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/autumn-cluster" target="_blank"> autumn inspired print</a>, I was sold! (and there's still some left at the discounted price!!)<br />
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It arrived only 2 days after I ordered it, all wrapped up like Christmas present in an old pattern and tied with a sting. I know it shouldn't matter how its packaged, but to me it totally does!<br />
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I unwrapped it eagerly and got sewing! This dress is relatively easy to make, but it took me a looooong time! Many hours went into sewing this dress.<br />
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To make it special I wanted to make sure it was finished as professionally inside, as it was outside.</div>
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Pattern Alterations: I lengthened the bodice by 3 inches. I originally thought I wanted a nice, big "pouf" over the elastic waist, but after I had sewn it, it was way too much pouf. Yes there is such a thing. It gave me a boxy, really unflattering silhouette. So I painstakingly unpicked the elastic waste and my french seam (believe me silk hates unpicking as much as I do!), and shortened the bodice by 1.25 inches. (so overall my bodice was lengthened by 1.75 inches).</div>
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I also lengthened the skirt by 5 inches as I wanted it to hit my knee, and still have a deep hem.</div>
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I used french seams where I could, and Hong Kong seams where I couldn't, and to finish off the edges of my facings.<br />
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(Just incase you were wondering, yes I'm wearing it inside out, just to show of how nice the innards are!) <br />
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I made it up in a size M, grading out to a L at the hips (pear shape). I would definitely recommend grading up a size if your in between or just over sizes at the hips as its quite a slim fit.</div>
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It feels sooo fancy. I cant wait for someone to have a wedding because I know what I'm wearing!!<br />
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This dress contained a few 'firsts' for me. First time Ive hand stitched a hem. First fabric covered button (not hard) and first time doing Hong Kong seams!!</div>
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I'm so proud of it! I feel like I'm wearing something from a super expensive designer boutique!</div>
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I'm definitely going to use this pattern again. I also want to eliminate the skirt and make a kimono top! </div>
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If you haven't seen Taylor Tailor's new backpack popping up allover the place, then head yourself on over to his site <a href="http://www.taylortailor.com/2015/10/the-desmond-roll-top-backpack-pattern/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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As my dear husband has now started is university degree (mech engineering), he was in obvious need of a bag. A backpack to be precise.<br />
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So I hunted through online patterns to find the right bag for my man. And Voila! And new bag was born.<br />
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A thousand apologies for the off-focus photo. He was holding a squirmy Little Miss S, who was more than ready to go to bed, so it was hard to get a good shot of the bag (and of course I couldn't wait till she was asleep).<br />
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But anyway, you get the idea. This bag is FANTASTIC! and not only does it look great, it holds heaps, has loaads to reinforcing in all the right places, and is really comfortable to wear. Seriously, I want one!<br />
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To begin with I was a little worried that it wouldn't be big enough, but I decided to just go with it after reading some other reviews on other blogs. I'm so glad I didn't change the size, as its perfect.<br />
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The material was Kaufmann Linen in Indigo, which I picked up for a steal on ebay. I lined the bag with the same fabric, as sometimes the innards can be seen peeking though the roll top (if its not rolled properly), and I think its nice to have the same fabric.<br />
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Mr Handsome has already been using this bag (which is why its a little crumpled) and he gives it two thumbs up!<br />
It holds a surprising large amount, and he says its nice and comfortable on his shoulders.<br />
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Pattern Alterations:<br />
This pattern is made exactly to the instructions, with a few small exceptions. I put some nice cushy quilting batting (iron-on) in the straps to make them nice and soft, and I lined the lining fabric with medium weight interfacing.<br />
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I didn't want to go too-heavy a interfacing, because I wanted to avoid a really stiff, but I did want it to hold a little bit of its shape.<br />
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I do want to order some otter wax sometime in the future to make this bag water proof as well. Ill update if and when I do that. <br />
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I also ordered all of the hardware from Taylor Tailor, and its top notch. I'm really happy with the quality. Its probably the best I have ever used!<br />
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And that's it! I know this bag is going to get plenty of use, and with the amount of reinforcing I did, its going to last a very loooong time!<br />
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The first being that I'm going to participate in the "<a href="http://www.thesplendidsampler.com/" target="_blank">Splendid Sampler</a>". If you haven't heard of it, I'd highly recommend a look.<br />
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I love that its slow place, and I'm also enjoying the surprise.<br />
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Instead of picking specific fabric for this quilt, I'm just going to use what takes my fancy at the time. No theme, colour scheme, or anything! (I'm not even going to use all quilting cotton!)<br />
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My fabric scraps are also going to be my first port-of-call when looking for fabric.<br />
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Ive actually found that I have memories associated with my fabric scraps. Weird right? I remember what I made from them, and some of things that were going on while I was using that fabric.<br />
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While the dresses, bags and other things that I made may have long since worn out (or been donated or gifted), I still remember those things with the scraps that I've collected.<br />
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So this quilt is purely for me. For fun. To make a quilt that may or may not be pretty, but will incorporate those memories.<br />
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Im putting no limitations on myself. I simply will select the fabric that takes my fancy for the day, and make the block.<br />
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So for the first block, it was these fabrics. The toadstools was from a backpack I made Little Miss I when she started 3 year old kinder. The blue/gray dots, and mustard solid where I dress I made her when I was pattern testing for "sewing in no mans land", and the red polka dot a left over from two baby quilts I've made, one for my sister, and one for my sister in law.<br />
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So all those memories have now been captured in this block.<br />
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I'll share my progress on this quilt with updates through out the year. Im interested to see where it takes me.<br />
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The second thing I have decided is that I'm no longer going to feel like I 'have to' sew things for others, esspecially when I dont want to.<br />
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Ive made so so many things for family and friends. Quilts for babies, bags, costumes, mending, big quilts, you name it, I've most likely sewn it and given it away. <br />
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Some times I enjoy it, most often not so much. So this year, Im not doing it anymore. If someone has a baby, and I dont want to, or have the time to make a quilt, Im not going to feel like i have to.<br />
I can be completely ok with buying baby stuff for gifts, same as everyone else.<br />
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Im also not doing anyones mending (seriously, I hate doing my own), nor any other type of sewing that i dont want to.<br />
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This has kind of come around because Ive been so busy making things for everyone else that I never even made Little Miss S a baby quilt, and she is turning one next week.<br />
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So hears to a year when I only use MY hobby, for things that I want to use it for!!<br />
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I own the book "Oliver + S Little things to sew", and if you have read my blog at all, you would probably have noticed I have a slight<i>, ahem</i>, <strike>obsession</strike>, LOVE for anything Oliver + S!<br />
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So it was a no-brainer for me to use the backpack pattern found in this book!<br />
Now, just so you know I'm not completely bias, I have made kids backpacks before, and while those patterns where OK, this one is great!!<br />
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Whenever I sew with Oliver + S, I follow the instructions to the tee, because I'm always bound to learn something.For this pattern it was the zipper insertion method! I wasn't entirely sure what I was meant to be doing, but I just follow the pattern and it always turns out great!<br />
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Internal Dialog: "why would i want to do that? It looks like your adding a whole load more steps onto something that should be easy liesl!!<br />
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Then it clicks why I had to do all those seemingly annoying steps, Que me calling my husband over "come and look at how amazing my sewing is!!"<br />
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After I finished the outside of the bag, I noticed it was quite floppy. I wanted the bag to hold its shape, and it did cross my mind to put some heavy weight interfacing in it to really stiffen it up, but I decided to go for more of a softer feel and put in some fusible fleece interfacing instead. </div>
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Other changes I made to the pattern: I make some black pipping and added it on all the seams of the backpack except on the straps. I think it just gives the back a bit more definition, especially as I was using the same fabric for the whole bag. (I also just love pipping on a bag and will add it whenever I can!)</div>
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So there you have it! Mr I has been carrying it around on his back constantly since I finished it! The teacher tried to get him to put it in the locker when we got to kinder, he wasn't too impressed with that, and did so reluctantly! I guess there's no better compliment he could give me really.<br />
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Just for an update, because its been 5 ish months since I last blogged. Lots of things have been going on, I didn't plan on having a long break, but life just happens I guess. Mr handsome has got accepted into University studying Mechanical Engineering and starts in 16 days!! We're really excited about that, but also a bit nervous! Its a 4 year degree and while I know were in for the hard slog, I just feel so excited and blessed that he has this amazing opportunity.<br />
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The twins, miss E and miss I are back at school as of last week. We had a lovely summer holiday with them, and even managed to get away to Eden for 10 days camping. (Its a beautiful part of Australia right on gorgeous beaches if you ever get the chance to go!)<br />
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AND Little miss S, (who is turning 1 later on in the month), started crawling today!! Shes been up on her knees rocking and trying to crawl for a week or two now, but she saw my embroidery thread box, and crawled to it!! (girl after my own heart!)<br />
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I have loads of projects to catch up on, so keep an eye out for them!!<br />
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Today was Miss E and Miss I's last day of term 3. Their teacher is sadly going on long service leave for the 4th term (sad for us, happy for her no doubt!).<br />
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I wanted to make her something just to show how much we appreciate all the effort she has gone to in helping our girls. But at the same time I also wanted it to be quick as I only decided this last night :)<br />
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I decided on the tote bag from Lisa Liam's 'The Bag Making Bible'. It came together rather fast. I cut it out last night (while watching the Bachelor *shame*) and sewed it up while Little Miss S had her nap in the morning.<br />
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All of the fabrics I used were left overs from other bags that I have made. SCORE!<br />
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The teacher loved it. I hope she gets lots of use out of it. It was really enjoyable to make, I think because it was just so quick. Nothing like a instant results. </div>
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Ive been hoarding a jelly roll of Sweet water 'Pure' since Mr Z was born (he just turned 3). If you remember I actually used the same fabric for <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/sew-nesting.html" target="_blank">his baby quilt!</a><br />
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Because it reminds me so much of Little Mr Z when he was a bubba, Ive been really reluctant to use it......but since its for my new nephew, I decided I could part with it. (Well, half of it. The other half I have stashed back away in my cupboard with every intention of keeping it forever)<br />
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I wanted a really quick sew, so I decided to use the 'Jelly Roll Jam II" pattern from The Fat Quarter Shop. Check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf98KddO1Uk" target="_blank">youtube tutorial here.</a><br />
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So in between making fun of the American accents on the tutorial (ha ha you should hear my husband) and going to my <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/triangle-wedding-quilt.html" target="_blank">brothers wedding</a>, this quilt came together so so quickly.<br />
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I love it sooo much!! (can i just point out the blossoms on that tree? YAY! SPRING!!)<br />
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Out of all the quilts I have ever made, this quilt is the most well made. It is dead square. For some reason my quilts are never 100% square. But this one is.<br />
Also all of my seams are perfect! (if I do say so myself).<br />
I finally figured out why its so important to press seams in opposite directions so the seams 'nest' together! (slow learner)<br />
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The back I managed to scrounge out of the backing left-overs from the <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/triangle-wedding-quilt.html" target="_blank">triangle quilt I made recently.</a><br />
It took a while to cut all the trimmings into usable strips but I'm so glad I did. Its much better for the bank, and its a great scrap-buster!<br />
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To quilt it I decided just to use straight lines. I love it so much!! Its adds so much lovely texture!!<br />
Another score with this quilt is that there are absolutely NO puckers on the back!! YES!! I think I may finally figured out how not to get puckers!! (we'll see how I go with the next quilt!)<br />
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The binding is a lovely linen look cotton that I picked up from my local craft store.<br />
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I love this quilt so much!! I've really noticed how much Ive improved at sewing when I look at this quilt...and especially when I compare it so some of my earlier ones.<br />
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Well, I'm going to chuck it in the mail today and it will soon be keeping a baby warm in sunny Cairns where my sister lives. (or maybe it will be used as a floor quilt!! Ha ha its rather hot in Cairns!)<br />
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Jessica<br />
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At first I really didn't know what to do with it? The strips are quite small. I thought of using a Jelly roll pattern, and making it miniature with my honey bun, but it didn't really appeal.<br />
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I finally settled on doing something I've been wanting to do for a while....make a quilt without a pattern!! (well almost without a pattern ha ha)<br />
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I saw on pinterest some lovely feather blocks, and there was a<a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/make.html" target="_blank"> free pattern online</a>!! Score! So, following the pattern, i sewed my strips together then cut out my feathers.<br />
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For the stems I used some kaufman linen that I had left over from the <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/nappy-diaper-bag.html" target="_blank">nappy bag</a> I made for myself earlier this year.<br />
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I then gathered up some different white-ish low volume backgrounds to use. (see the bottom fabric? thats cotton and steel!! It really lives up to all the hype!)<br />
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I've cut enough for 5 feather blocks...they will be my start and I'm just going to keep adding to the quilt until it feels done! '<br />
I'm thinking some tiny half square triangles...maybe even a few arrow blocks too.<br />
I don't really have a plan. I'm just going to wing it!! I've wanted to do this type of quilting for ages! But its so hard to figure out where to start. I think I just over-think my quilts, but this time, I'm just going to go for it.<br />
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Hope it turns out OK!<br />
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(well almost kid free time! Little Miss S came to the reception as I'm still feeding her, but she slept 80% of the time *BLISS*)<br />
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So to welcome a new sister-in-law into the family, and to celebrate their wedding day I made them a quilt!<br />
I really deliberated over which fabrics I should use, as I'm not 100% acquainted with what type of things my new SIL likes yet.<br />
I decided to play it safe and go with something a little 'toned down'.<br />
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I raided my stash, which is <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/diet-for-year.html">happily coming into more manageable levels</a> (and by that I mean actually fitting in my fabric cupboard!), and came up with 'glimma' by Lotta Jansdotter. I've been hoarding this fabric for a loooong time, and its the kind of fabric that could really go with any kind of decor.<br />
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I wanted this quilt to be a quick sew (well as quick as a queen-sized quilt can be) so I grabbed my trusty 12inch equal-lateral triangle ruler and started cutting out triangles.<br />
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It didn't take me all that long to cut, only about 3-4 hours I would guess?<br />
Once I had my layout down pat, I started sewing. Lots of lovely straight sewing. It really was a very quick sew.<br />
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The hardest part of this quilt was definitely the quilting.<br />
The thought *did* cross my mind as I was sewing it all together that perhaps I should do quilt-as-you-go to make it easier to feed through my machine. For some reason I dismissed that thought and joined the whole quilt top together.<br />
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Its sooo hard to quilt a quilt of this magnitude on my little <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-christmas-surprise.html">Bernina 400QE</a>.<br />
The quilting took me about quadripple the amount of time I thought it would, and even then I didn't quilt it the way I was imagining it in my head.<br />
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But never mind. Its quilted now. Ill just remember this for next time...(maybe....I'm a chronic slow learner when it comes to making things easier for myself!)<br />
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One of my good friends is having a baby this October. She is also a sewer (seamstress?) and so of course she is churning out lots of goodies in anticipation of number 5 (!).<br />
Everything I decided to make for her, she's already making! Seriously! My first thought was a quilt (no surprises there) but I think she is currently onto quilt number five at the moment. Then I thought a stool...yup she's made one of those too, and the list goes on.<br />
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So I thought I was getting out of it easy when I volunteered to put her nappy bag together.<br />
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I was wrong!<br />
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This sucker was sooo thick I broke at least 6 needles!! Yes, yes, some of you may question my needle choice, they were just universal needles...and maybe a few quilting needles (What? I was getting desperate!), but the craft store isn't open Mondays, and well, today being Monday....you see my problem?<br />
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(See that baby block? That's me styling! Yeah! I'm doing it!)...that's me being sarcastic if you couldn't tell.<br />
When I was cutting the bag I really stewed over pattern placement, especially on the lid. I knew I wanted a whole horse on the lid, but didn't want it to be smack-bang in the centre. I could've fit two horses on the lid but it looked silly, so after lots of internal debating, I settled on one horse off-centre.</div>
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I also *tried* to match up the pattern on the lid with the front of the bag, but it didn't turn out too well, so lets just pretend that I didn't and it just happened like that.<br />
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The last step in the pattern was to top stitch all around the top of the bag. I tried...I really did, but I came to the conclusion that its physically impossible without an industrial sewing machine, so I unpicked my poor, poor effort and left it. (I don't think I'll mention that to my friend either).<br />
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The pattern is called 'The Lola Bea Diaper Bag', Im *pretty* sure it came from Etsy. Check it out if you like it.<br />
You may notice that I omitted the strap and went for a pre-made leather strap from a previous bag. The side ring-holders (don't know what they're called!) were made by me and my ingenious brain! (and therefore are not part of the original pattern.) <br />
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Its always hard to sew for a fellow sewer, as they can pick mistakes, but all in all I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!<br />
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Next time though...I think I'll just stick to quilts :)<br />
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I often will make them the same dress but in different fabric...or same fabric but different colour. But I decided to make Miss E a different dress this time around.<br />
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I settled on the Oliver + S Garden Party Dress. This is a sweet little dress with a shirred front bodice.<br />
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I sewed a straight size 7 for Miss E who is 6 (as they are quite tall), however looking at the photos, I think I could have sewed a smaller size as she is quite slender. But never mind. Who ever complained about room to grow?? (that will teach me for not measuring!!)<br />
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I changed the pattern up a little by having a different fabric for the bodice. I had this oriental-fan fabric (skirt) in my stash, but I didn't have enough. (Its Tilda for those who want to know). So I went back to the store to buy some more, but alas they had run out. So I matched it with the small floral print (also Tilda) and used it for the bodice. It ended up being a bit more work for me as the front pattern piece is one piece with the bands overlaid on top, but it wasn't too difficult.<br />
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I also loved the button closure. I have never made a thread chain loop, and I really like how delicate it looks, while also being very functional!! I can see myself using this for other things as well, not just button closures. <br />
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Needless to say Miss E loved it. I told her she looks very pretty in it, which she followed up quickly with a "I know".</div>
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You remember how I posted that I made 3 baby girl quilts <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/3-moda-giddy-mini-quilts-tutorial.html">here</a>?<br />
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One for my friend, one for my sister-in-law and one for my neighbour? Well, I had given two out (to my friend and SIL), and still had the last one to give to my neighbour. I hadn't actually met her baby yet, but I wrapped it up and sent hubby over there to give it to her.<br />
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The whole reason I thought she'd had a girl was because Mr handsome told me that he'd seen her with a pink-coloured blanket. Anyway, as your probably guessing by now, when he gave it to her he found out that she'd actually had a boy!!<br />
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She said she loved it sooo much though that she was happy to keep it. She even came over to thank me, and tell me how beautiful it was. <br />
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I however was frantically whipping up a quilt for a boy so I could swap it with her.<br />
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Honestly, I finished this quilt in RECORD time!! My friend had actually given me the top sewn together to make myself a baby quilt for Little Miss S....but to be honest, I knew I wasn't going to use it for her as to me its more "boy", and I already have a lovely quilt planned for her!<br />
I had to unstitch and resew some of it to make it more of the shape I wanted, then pin and quilt it to the back. I flipped over the back, which is a lovely soft minky, and used it for the binding as well.<br />
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I think it turned out really cute!</div>
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For those of you who don't know what it is, have a quick read of my previous posts <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/the-sew-bossy-initiative.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/sew-bossy-round-one.html">here</a> and to see what Mary sent me, check it out <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/sew-bossy-goodness.html">here</a>. *ahem* please ignore the dates (2013!!...yep this has been looooong overdue!)<br />
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But in my defence, I DID finish this project about 5 months ago and I just haven't got around to blogging about it yet.<br />
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This was such a fun project. It was sooooo fun shopping for Mary, and seeing her make what I picked into a really cute little cape for her daughter! You can read about what I sent her right <a href="http://stylememary.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/sew-bossy-part-2-baby-cape.html?q=sew+bossy">here</a> at her blog.<br />
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What was even more fun was receiving her lovely package in the mail!! Honestly...if anyone wants to do this with me....I'm totally up for it!! Just leave me a comment or send me an email :)<br />
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So, as you may have already read in one for the above links, we decided to swap Oliver + S patterns because we both love them, and seriously, you just cant go wrong with any of them!<br />
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Mary sent me the Art Museum vest and trouser pattern!! I was so excited that she picked that pattern! (I may or may not have hinted a little in our emails that I really liked it ha ha)<br />
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So here is what I made....<br />
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Mr Z loves the pants!! I just realised I didn't get a really good shot of my lovely welt pockets on the pants, but they are there, trust me. ....and they look fab! (if I do say so myself)</div>
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I definitely want to use this pattern again! I already have two more projects lined up for it. I love the lovely soft material Mary chose for the pants (sorry I didn't get a better shot of it). Mr Z for some reason is getting really picky about his pants lately. He wont wear jeans, or anything that isn't comfortable...so mostly he wears track pants everyday. I'm glad that getting these on him isn't a struggle.<br />
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However when Mr Z out grows these I want to try making the pants with something a little more stiffer, perhaps some blended wool? I think it would really help the pants to look like suit pants, and give them that crisp suit-pant look.<br />
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Thanks Mary again for so much fun. I really appreciate everything you sent me and your lovely letter! I really enjoyed sewing this!<br />
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Anyway...because there are so many babies that have either just been born, or are currently cooking, I've decided to make them smaller gifts. (I just did a quick count and there are 6 babies!!)<br />
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3 of the 6 bubs are girls, and I had a moda "giddy' jelly roll sitting in my cupboard just calling out to be used.<br />
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I wasn't ready to commit to cot quilts for each of them (not because I don't love making them, I just really don't have the time...and if I'm being honest, the motivation), but I decided a smaller pram/bassinet quilt would be perfect, especially since its sooooo cold at the moment here in Australia.<br />
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I wanted to keep it simple. No triangles or flying geese...just strips. So I opened my jelly roll (am I the only one who loves opening a new jelly roll?) and selected a good range of colours.....really no need to over think this part....just reach and grab.<br />
When I had a good handful of strips I cut them in half...again no need to measure, I just eye-balled it...and started sewing the strips together into runs of 4. I just kept grabbing more strips and adding them in as needed.<br />
Then once I had a smallish pile of 4 strips sewn together, I cut them into 2 1/2 inch strips. (I didn't take any photos...but its not that hard to imagine)<br />
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After that I just sewed all the strips together and voila! Baby quilt!<br />
I continued this until I had 3 quilt tops.<br />
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These were the first quilts that I have backed with fleece. They turned out so soft and warm, but not too heavy like minky can be. I think its the perfect back for newborns.<br />
I ran out on the last one however to I threw in a strip of tilda farbic in the middle. It still turned out cute. <br />
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Two of these quilts have already been gifted and are currently keeping a couple of baby girls warm. This one will be going to its new home tonight.<br />
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If your looking for a quick make...I can definitely recommend. They were quick and easy...but look fab!<br />
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I decided to make her an Oliver + S Library Dress. I know I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again....but I LOVE Oliver + S patterns. They are the best!! The whole time I was sewing this dress I was thinking "I'm such a good sewer!" "look at this, its amazing"...yup sewing with Oliver + S is definitely a confidence booster because their patterns create such professional results!! (You can see my other Oliver + S makes <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/oliver-s-music-box-pattern.html">here</a>,<a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com/2013/08/second-music-box-dress.html"> here</a>,<a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com/2014/02/reversible-oliver-s-bucket-hats.html"> here</a>, <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com/2013/09/oliver-s-family-reunion-dress.html">here</a>, <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com/2013/12/oliver-s-lazy-days-skirt.html">here </a>and <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com/2013/09/second-family-reunion-dress-oliver-s.html">here)</a><br />
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I made version B with the long sleeves (because we are currently in the depths of an Australia winder (ie. its cold with the sun shining!), and I omitted the pipping option because I wanted a 'classier' dress......and because, lets face it, piping is extra work, and I'm lazy :)<br />
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I didn't realise it until Little Miss I put it on, but it kinda reminds me of a kimono? Ha ha, I'm sure that is what its meant to look like, and I'm just a bit slow on the uptake.<br />
I'd love to get some authentic Japanese fabric to use for this pattern.....or maybe even some quirky, fun Japanese fabric...hmmmm, decisions, decisions.<br />
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The only thing I changed from the pattern, was I used more buttons than the pattern stated. I only did that because I didn't have any 1/2 inch buttons on hand, and Little Miss I picked out these lovely little pink buttons with the silver detail.<br />
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Little Miss I and I spend about 5 mins trying to figure out what the picture on the buttons was? I thought it was someone riding a horse, and if you turn it around, Little Miss I thought it was someone stabbing something!? I decided a man riding a horse was the safer bet, so that's the way I sewed them!<br />
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Little Miss I is 6, but I made a size 8, only for the length. I wanted it to be below her knee...I have a real thing about wearing clothes below the knee.<br />
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I'm so so happy with how it turned out. Its so cute, and to say Little Miss I loves it is a huge understatement!! <br />
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Now I have to make another dress for Little Miss E, because her clothes seem to be shrinking too......that's one of the things about having twins....I need double of everything!! I'm thinking of maybe making a Garden Party Dress for her??<br />
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Going back to when they were bubs they didn't talk much (well...they didn't talk much english! They were always babbling to each other), and as a result they were behind the eight ball with their alphabet and numbers when starting school this year.<br />
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They are now half way through the year and they know their numbers up to, and backwards from 20, their alphabet and are even reading now!! <br />
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Anyway, the point of all this is she has been so excited that her first grandchild was born, a girl called Isla, and I wanted to make her something smallish for the new bub.<br />
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These went together super quick, although some parts where a bit fiddly. I was planning on making them a bit bigger, about a 3-6 month size, but they ended up smaller than I intended, pretty much for 0-3 months, which was fine because the baby is only about 1 week old, I'll just have to remember for next time to make them bigger.<br />
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I think they turned out really sweet!! I'm going to make Little Miss S a few pairs to wear for church!<br />
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I sewed a button onto the top of each closure using these little wooden buttons I got from a craft show a few years ago. If I was making these shoes for an older baby, one who is putting things in their mouth, I would definitely leave this off, just in case they managed to find their way into little mouths.<br />
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The fabric I used was "Happy go lucky" (Love it!), and I put some thick fusible fleece lining on the insides to keep those little toes toasty during winter!<br />
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These shoes have already been given and hopefully they are getting loads of wear!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To be honest the fabric I used isn't really to my taste, but hey....trying to get my mum to like anything nice is near impossible (love you mum ha ha!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The one for my mum is the country red coloured one on the right. I wasn't really sure what to make for my MIL, so I used some 'Glimmer' canvas (that I accidentally ordered instead of the cotton-oops!!) because I though it was a pretty safe option. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I then wrapped them up with a hot water bottle each (a necessity when giving a hot water bottle cover) and VIOLA! Mothers day presents!</span><br />
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<span class="st">I honestly think this is the first quilt I have ever appliquéd something that looks half decent. </span><br />
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<span class="st">I sewed up the 'tubes' of fabric from my Sarah Jane stash (which is seeming never ending at the moment!! No matter how much I use, there is still just sooo much!).</span><br />
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<span class="st">That part was simple enough, but threading the black pipe insulation through the tubes took me hours and hours and hours!! </span><br />
<span class="st">Then after I finally had them threaded and sewn together I connected it to the quilt with baby links (like the patterns states) the whole thing just flopped over. (que me chucking a bit of a tantrum and refusing to look at it again for about a week!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Most times when I quilt I do try for perfection..perfect seams, perfect quilting but I don't get too carried away if things are a teeny-tiny bit off. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">But for my kids I wanted to make them all a special quilt each. The type that they can give to their children when they're all grown up (not yet please!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Well I FINALLY finished the first one. I wont tell you how long I've been working on this quilt (but I will say it would be measured in years, not months!). Its for Little Miss I. I chose the fabric randomly, instead of using fabrics from one line of fabric (which is what I usually do), and I think its perfect for a little girl!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I wanted it to be a little bit vintage (and one or two of the fabrics I used are definitely vintage as they were given to me from an older lady who had had them for years and years!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I also didn't go with all quilting cotton, I threw in a bit of eyelet fabric for added texture and to make it look more vintage-like, as obviously quilts were originally made of left overs and the 'good bits' of worn through items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When I was looking for fabric, I pretty much just picked anything that was floral and pretty. I also tried not to introduce too many clashing colours, but at the same time tried to keeping them miss-matched enough that it looked vintage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the way around the edge is a super cute ruffle. I've never added any type of 3D accent to my quilts, but I'm really loving how it turned out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The bows are 'free' as well, and by that I mean that they can move. They are obviously sewn into the seams on the edges but the rest has been fed through the middle square that was sewn onto the cream fabric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To quilt it I stippled in the cream background behind the bow, then stitched in the ditch along the seams, continuing from one block to another. The pattern is supposed to be quilt-as-you-go (QAYG), and I have made a QAYG quilt <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/star-surround-quilt.html">before</a>, but I used a different method last time, and the way the pattern tried to explain it I just found it too complicated and fiddly (which probably says more about me than it does the pattern), so I just sewed all the front together and quilted it like normal. I find that the extra throat space with my <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-christmas-surprise.html">Bernina</a> really does help when quilting quilts this size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I used some lovely floral blue fabric for the binding. I usually cut my binding 2 1/2 inches, but I decided to make a wider binding for this quilt. Its not too much wider than normal, I cut 2 3/4'' strips, but I do like just that little bit extra thickness around the edges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For the back I used some strawberry-print cotton that I've been hoarding for years in anticipation of finishing this quilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> For some reason I've never really been into the whole pieced quilt backs (maybe I'll join that party extremely late...like I do with pretty much all trends!). For now I prefer to have a nice uniform back! I also pinned this quilt extra carefully and it really paid off....look!! No puckers!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Pattern: Beautiful Bows by MoonShine Designs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Fabric: Random finds from about 3 different stores, and some old vintage fabric</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Size: 60'' x 84'' (or 152cm by 215cm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Little Miss I adores this quilt! She has been waiting and waiting for me to finish it for quilt some time (only about half her life!!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now that its finally done I can move onto something else!! Little Miss E (Little Miss I and E are twins) of course wants one...but I'm thinking of designing my own quilt this time!! She wants princesses..but I'm thinking strawberries? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">However to buy one, they sell them for $400!! I told her I could make one for less. She wanted a bigger one, so we decided to make it the size of a king single mattress (or there abouts). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I found some really cool Marvel fabric at fabric.com. It also has a patch style print, which really helped me sew it into patches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Le me just say that after sewing this beast I now know why they charge $400! I sewed up columns on the fabric, joining the back and the front. Then using weighted beads put a 1/3 cup in each column then sewed a horizontal line to sew them into their individual patches. (does that even make sense? I don't know how to explain it any easier).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Theoretically it sounded easy...boy was I wrong!! With 5kgs of beads in this blanket, it was soooo heavy. It kept slipping of my sewing table, and the weight of it would pull the whole thing off. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Also trying to move the beads out of the way so I didn't sew over them, and trying to keep them all in the right spot quickly turned this 'easy' blanket into something of a nightmare. </span><br />
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Want to know how slack I am sometimes?? Like REALLY REALLY slack?<br />
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Ok, confession time! My good friend had a baby girl, and while she was pregnant I started making her a quilt. Ok, so far so good your saying.....here's the doozy, I only just finished a few weeks ago, and that unborn baby is now almost 18months old ....*shameful*!<br />
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My friend Kate is really into owls (well she was when I started this quilt), so I found a nice owl quilt pattern and decided to make it for her. The quilt came together quickly enough...but when I came to the applique I just lost all motivation!!<br />
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I LOATH appliqué!! Its not that I don't like the look of it, I actually find it really pretty most times, its just I am absolutely no good at it and hence avoid it at all costs. <br />
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But for some unknown reason I thought it would be a good idea to give it another shot. Like in the two or so years since my last pathetic attempt I have some how become good at it. ..um...NO! If anything I have become worse *surprise surprise*.<br />
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So I had to forced myself to finish it (with some selfish-sewing bribery). I must confess I didn't enjoy a single moment of quilting this quilt. I just wanted to give it to her and never see it again. <br />
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Good news is she loved it and the baby (ermm...toddler) is still in a cot so she will get some use out of it now the weather is getting cold. <br />
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Before she took it home I asked if I could just take a quick picture of it.<br />
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I used the applique stitch on <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-christmas-surprise.html">my machine </a>for everything except the tail of the owl. I don't know why, but I did the tail by hand, and there is a very good reason why I didn't take a close up of that! <br />
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Well you cant love everything you make...can you?<br />
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Just for reference the fabric I used was a mix of a 'posy' charm pack and 'children at play'. The pattern was from "Acorn Quilt & Gift Company", called Remember whooo loves you.<br />
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I'm sooo glad I've finished that one....next time I feel like appliqueing (if there ever is a next time), I'm going to re-read this just to remind myself how much I don't like it!!<br />
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I couldn't find one anywhere that I liked, except for a couple of really cute leather ones that were way too expensive. (Seriously, for a $700 nappy bay I could pay someone else to carry the nappies!) <br />
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My friend had a few bag books that I borrowed and I found the perfect nappy bag pattern in this book...<br />
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This book has some really cute bag patterns, but to be honest, the only ones I would be tempted to make would be the nappy bag pattern (the one I made) and perhaps that cute bike bag on the front page. But that's probably more of a refection on me, who doesn't need or even want a bag for every occasion, than the book.<br />
Ha Ha, just give me one big bag that I can use for everything and Ill be fine!<br />
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Like this one.... <br />
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Let me just say that I.LOVE.THIS.BAG!!! Really love it. The pattern called for laminated cotton, but after searching high and low for a print that I liked (and not finding one), I decided to make it out of canvas and linen.<br />
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Believe it or not but I had the grey linen and blue canvas hidden away in my cupboard, and I'd completely forgotten about them! Both were purchased from a craft show several years ago. The canvas (by birch) was going to be used for a pillow, and the linen, a quilt. <br />
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The only two things I had to purchase was a little bit of fabric for the lining and the metal O-rings.<br />
I'm really loving not buying fabric...did I just say that? Shopping in my stash is really satisfying!! <br />
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I was going to make the strap from fabric as well (as the pattern says to) but I found this awesome leather strap that I'd saved from a bag (that's long dead).I found that in the depths of my wardrobe during some <strike>spring</strike> autumn (?) cleaning, and it was a perfect match for my bag!<br />
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The thing I love most about this bag (apart from its superior good looks and *ahem* quality sewing) is all the pockets!!<br />
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Seriously, this baby has a space for everything!! If I need to carry it...there's a pocket for it!<br />
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Of course that doesn't mean that I don't just throw everything in when I'm in a rush in the mornings.....but if I *wanted* to be organised, I could be. That's what important right? Right!<br />
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My favourite pockets on the bag is the two on the front with the valcro flaps. It makes finding my keys, wallet and phone sooo much easier because I just keep all three in one of those. The other one I use for a small packet of baby wipes, mostly for my 2 year old son, and cleaning faces as the twins get out of the car for school in the morning (honestly, some mornings they have everything from toothpaste around their mouths to Milo on their foreheads).<br />
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I honestly will never buy another nappy bag again. When this one wears out, I will just make another. Its that good!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My brother and sister-in-law had a lovely little girl so I decided to make her a quilt!! (Like I do every time someone has a baby!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ha ha this photo makes me laugh! I had my 6'3''
husband hold up this quilt and told him to crouch down. Poor guy was so uncomfortable trying to keep his head out of the picture! The whole time
he kept asking me to hurry up and take the photo. What I put that poor
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This pattern was from one of Camille Roskelly's books I have previously mentioned <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/baby-girl-quilt.html">here</a>, <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/a-vintage-quilt.html">here</a> <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/bloggers-quilt-festival-baby-quilt.html">and here </a>(and probably half a dozen other places that I cant be bothered linking to right now!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I used the Riley Blake fabric line 'The simple life', which is pretty old now but I've been hoarding it for baby girl quilts!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I also threw in some Kona solid fabric for the boarders, background and binding, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">backed it with some Tilda fabric I got from my local craft store. </span><br />
I used <a href="http://oneredcherry.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-christmas-surprise.html" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">my machine</a> to a<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ttempten a loopy-type stitch using the BSR. Not too bad for a first go hey?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I've also started being 'good' and labelling my quilts!! I think this is the first quilt I have actually labelled! I know some people like to include information about the quilt and what-not on the label..but hey at least its a start!! </span><br />
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