Well hello there! I hope your New Year is off to a fantastic start! I'm trying to come up with some resolutions that won't be broken within a day. I noticed a lot of "fabric fasting" and "stashbusting" blog posts, but I'm not even going to pretend to join that! I do want to learn German so I don't have any more bald eyebrows incidents while we live here and I hope to blog more. I feel like I shouldn't blog if I don't have something to share, to maybe blogging more will mean sewing more?
Anyway, on that note, here's a little something I whipped up for my daughter today
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| I know it's really "rectangly," but so is her bed! |
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| She likes it and I know it looks like her clothes don't match, but she showed me that there's a neon green stripe in that skirt too |
Just kiddin' - I only finished the binding today. I had made the tiny quilt for her doll Sally to open on Christmas morning and decided it would be nice for her to have a matching one. In a fit of efficiency, I got it done today! I'll have to take some pictures during the day tomorrow.
On another note, I attempted to make a Christmas pillow for my boring couch using my Pretty in Patchwork Holidays book.
I learned a few things, including the fact that I don't know how to blow up a pattern 400% with my computer. I had to make up my own tree shape and when I got to the cutting it out stage I realized that you can still see through my background. Nobody told me not to use white!!
so, this sucker will be sitting on the windowsill until someone has a good suggestion :)
Happy New Year again - talk to ya soon!
FMT
Happy New Year to you and the family!
ReplyDeleteLove the posts; keeps us connected even though I care nothing about quilting! :-)
Happy New Year to you and the family!
ReplyDeleteLove the posts; keeps us connected even though I care nothing about quilting! :-)
Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the quickly whipped up quilt - I *never* manage to do things that quickly, I always overthink o.O
Can you trim off the excess coloured fabric behind the white, and/or add some white interfacing to the white to try and block out the colour?
ahh I hadn't thought of adding interfacing! Thanks Katy!
DeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteWould you be able to stitch and cut out other Christmas shapes on this?
Yes! I was actually considering adding "Merry" to one side and "Xmas" to the other.. maybe... :)
DeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI have enough supplies in my craft room to keep me busy for the next 10 years without having to buy anything else---seriously!
I must refrain from buying more....at least until I have used up a lot of what I have. I love making scrappy quilts, so have a few of those on my list to make.
Have you tried sewing a colored tulle over the front? Maybe a red or green. I have a friend who does this and it hides a lot without detracting from the picture.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year, Francine! Yay for a super quick (and super cute) finish! And yay for learning a new language! Here's to 2014!
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