feeling pretty smug with 2 out of 5 finishes under my belt, so a guilt free new quilt has begun. hurrah!
Remember this pile from way back when?
Finally, & with some fabulous assistance from Jo and a spot of Liberty ‘Isis’, I finished gathering blues.
I’m making Kate’s Geometric Quilt & I am L.O.V.I.N.G it.
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I knew I was getting close to finishing this one but surprised myself by how close!
hand quilted & labelled..
with some vintage buttons added to the mix
& backed with polka dots (bonnie & camille’s bliss)
my redwork is complete :) & I am so so happy!
saying that though, I had to walk away from it about 6 inches from the end of the binding as I really didn’t want this project to be ticked off the list! I have loved every stitch. You can read about the journey here
Mum finished hers too (waaaaaay before me!)
Funny, we ended up with similar subject matter but the results are totally different! You can see clearer pics of all mum’s embroideries here & mine over here
some notes ::
a correspondence project between me & my mum spanning a couple of years.
red & white fabric blocks were swapped in letters so we each had the same prints.
we each made 40 embroidery blocks & swapped one
block size = 6″
my finished quilt measures approx 70″ x 70″
all embroideries were either traced or drawn. I used this method a lot too
It’s been a joy.
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After making the bunting & fabric covered wire word I still had a healthy piece of the fat 1/8 th of Liberty Adelajda star print fabric that Jo had included along with my scrap pack for January’s Liberty Scrap Challenge project.
There’s a project that I have been meaning to whip up and only ever remember that I forgot to make it when I am about 30,000 feet up in the air, reaching for a yukky synthetic eye mask & wishing I had remembered to make a nice, soft cottony one.
I don’t have any imminent travel plans but a girl must be prepared! A timely reminder in a recent post from Whip Up spurred me on to get this made! I teamed the stars with a piece Liberty Ceasar to make it reversible and equally soft whichever way it’s worn. There’s a handy template over on this Tutorial that I used & I made a cover for the elastic strap (like this one) so it doesn’t get all tangled in the mop top.
So here’s my double sided / reversible, fancy pants Liberty eye mask – softness itself….
not the easiest thing to photograph buuuuuuuuuut you get the gist of how it turned out!
x
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… to be featured on Modern Day Quilts today with my ‘ a touch of the bends‘ quilt. eeek!
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[a touch of the bends]
First finish of my resolution! woot!
Upcypled shirts (thanks Kate x) , improv pieced & of course, hugely inspired by the quilts of Gee’s Bend & too many others to list here – see my pin board.
Solid strips of linen (my old gardening overalls) & other scraps.
Backed with a stripey cotton sheet from the opp shop, wonderfully worn & soft.
Intentional (but hopefully not too contrived!) wobbly edges.
Quilted on the machine with relaxed lines & some (rustic) hand quilting thrown in on the solid strips using Perle cotton.
Finished size approx 65 ” x 75 “.
I’ve called this one ‘a touch of the bends’
oops! I found a hole in the linen when I was quilting, so darned it (of a fashion!) with some red thread – see above image, centre/topish.
happy as a clam with this one :)
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… & special A too!
Late last year I had a bit of much appreciated help from some of my bloggy & non bloggy friends.
I wanted to make them all a small token of my thanks with little personalised pincushions (a stitchy girl can never have too many pincushions right?!)
Funny how things turn out & almost everyone had the initial K! I tried to pick fabrics & colours that would appeal to each of them & hopefully I got it right!
HUGE thanks again to Amber, Kellie, Kelly, Kirsten, Kerry & mum for ALL your help with my pattern & to Kate for sharing some shirty goodness & for giving me gentle nudges to get on with releasing said pattern ;) x All bar one have arrived now (the heart is you mum! sorry for the spoiler ;) xxx)
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*finish stuff off*
I think that might be my resolution for 2012.
I’m not sure quite what happened in ’11, but I ended up with 5 unfinished quilt tops by the end of the year. Not too drastic I know but it’s a slippery slope ;) (well, I do know what happened- attention span of a gnat, that’s what!!!)
I’m aiming to finish a wip quilt before I move on to a new quilt, then finish that one before I finish another wip then onto a new one & so on….. sound fair? I think so :)
First across the finish line will be the shirt quilt.
It’s basted & quilting has begun. woot!
next off the starting block will be a quilt I have been hankering to get my teeth into for too long now. My blue stack is finally complete & is patiently waiting in the wings.
Do you have more quilts to finish off than you know what to do with too?
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number 2!
Congratulations Tanya! Just sending you an email :)
See you next month for February’s Edition of the Liberty Scrap Challenge :) In the meantime…. happy scrapping!
If you missed out on winning don’t forget you can pick up a scrap pack from Jo at the Organic Stitch Co
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Yay! Scraps at the ready & let the challenge begin!
When I received my Liberty scrap pack from Jo, she had also generously included a fat 1/8 of some very gorgeous blue starry fabric with a note saying it reminded her of New Year Fireworks. So with that in mind the creative process of what to make for my first project in the challenge went something like this…
New Year = welcoming in = hello!
Fireworks = celebration = bunting!
To break us all into the new year gently I have made 2 ‘no sew’ projects! (scroll down for the tutorial link).
A fabric wrapped wire ‘hello’
I was inspired by this yummy yarn creation spotted over on the Whip Up calendar. Inspiration credit to Teri Dimalanta of GiddyGiddy. As soon as I saw it , I pinned it as I knew I wanted to create something similar with fabric scraps!
& next up some no -sew mini bunting! The lightness of the Liberty tana lawn fabric makes for wonderfully fluttery bunting, but it will work just as well with any cotton scraps :)
Such a quick & pretty way to spruce up your sewing space, shelving, mirrors, to drape between pictures, across your bed headboard, around a window… in fact wherever there is a space in need of a bit of fluttery Liberty prettiness!
Ok so here’s the tutorials & how to…..
I was having trouble posting the tutorials (for goodness knows what reason the blog wasn’t playing nice today) so I have prepared a PDF with both the tutorials & the templates needed, all in one neat little package for you :) You can download the tutorials by clicking the link below ::
(this is a PDF file & you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer – free download available here)
If you have trouble downloading the tutorial, please let me know & I will happily email you a copy of the pdf.
Perhaps you prefer tutorials this way? or both in the post & in a pdf? I always have the best intentions of making a pdf to go with each tutorial but then get ……… distracted ;) let me know what works for you & I’ll do my best to tick all the boxes :)
Happy Scrapping!
If you make either or both of these projects (in Liberty or other scrappy goodness!) we’d love to see!
Join our Liberty Scrap Challenge 2012 Flickr Group & share your pics there.
Or drop me a line with a link to your blog post or with images attached to ::
nova@acuppaandacatchup.com
For scrumptious Liberty scrap packs (charm packs, fat 1/4′s, fat 1/8′s yardage & more!) visit The Organic Stitch Co
….. & after all that tutorial reading you deserve a treat :)
I have a few scraps left over from my scrap pack which I need to share with a fellow scrap lover! Are you playing along with us? Do you want a mini starter pack of luscious Liberty scraps ???? (there should be enough to get you started making some mini bunting)
Just leave a comment if you’re playing along and want a few scraps to get started! I’ll pick a random scrap lover on Wednesday morning (BrisVegas time)
*giveaway is now closed*
x
Liberty Scrap Challenge 2012 – Link List
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It’s no secret that I LOVE sewing with scraps. I’m also partial to a spot of Liberty fabric (who isn’t ?!). So my bloggy friend Jo & I put our heads together and came up with a challenge of sorts for 2012….
Welcome to the…
Over the course of 2012 I’ll be challenged by Jo with little packages of scrappy Liberty love from her shop, ‘The Organic Stitch Co.’ – have you visited before? it’s a little slice of Liberty heaven & Jo is a tip top shop keeper :) You won’t be disappointed I promise!
As well as offering yardage, fat quarters & fat eighths, Jo also has yummy charm packs, build your own bundles, bias binding, buttons & more with occasional vintage treasures sprinkled throughout. And let’s not forget she has scrap packs too! Hurrah! If Liberty is your thing then off you hop & check it out!
I’ll be turning my Liberty Scrap Packs into a scrappy project which will be accompanied with a tutorial so you can play along too if you like :)
There’s no set rules, just break out your scraps (Liberty or otherwise!) & let’s make stuff! Yay!
There’s no pressure to make all the projects in the challenge - it’s more of a pop in & out as you fancy kind of a challenge ;) it’s all very cruise-y around here!
Wanna play? Check back here tomorrow for our first project of the challenge! woot!
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