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line was looming and as usual for me time was running out i was staring at a cushion when inspiration smacked me with both the idea and a plan i started with a packet of fabrics and a fat quarter of an aboriginal fabric from there the quilt just about made itself i had to audition fabrics to see what went best with the aboriginal fabrics i cut out more circles that i care to remember before making a decision i liked it and here it is trimmed to size and finished with facings instead of a binding i have always liked raw edge machine applique and liked threads from some of the circles against the dark background fabric it was a nice contrast to the more finished edges with the blanket stitch i used the same fabric on the back as for the background and thought that the aboriginal fabric for the hanging sleeve livened it up a bit a circle for the label just seemed like a nice touch we all walk around carrying our true selves inside but from outside we tend to all look the same but when you are a part of a minority culture you can walk amongst other people from other cultures but you carry your culture inside your heart and that journey is what makes us special posted by mg quilts at 8 52 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday january 26 2012 co joined cutting matts i was trying to trim a quilt that was longer than my large cutting matt it fit better on both of my large and medium cutting matts when they were laid next to each other which worked out really well until i moved the quilt and the two matts got shifted away from each other not a lot but enough to expose my tabletop if i d continued trimming not good time for plan b i thought about taping the two matts together but was worried about adhesive residue left on one or both of the matts and would sticky tape be strong enough which got me thinking there are these cool post it notes that i couldn t resist at the local office supply shop they might do the trick why not give them a go so i did i used the cool post it notes and they worked a treat i stuck the matts together and flipped them over and they stayed together i shifted around the quilt and the matts stayed together when i was finished the post it notes removed easily and cleanly problem solved posted by mg quilts at 2 28 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels tips and tricks monday october 24 2011 how i baste my big quilts in a small unit i live in a small unit and i sometimes make large quilts well not king sized but larger than a3 size while others have dedicated studios or large rooms that they can use creative problem solving is required when space is at a premium and your family insists on living indoors first the equipment i use two chairs wardrobe door that i bought at ikea this one was supposed to be white but some of us don t always read instructions or the labels on boxes that are a bit awkward to lift a box of large bull clips lots of safety pins i like the bent ones but any safety pins will do the trick a handy gadget to close all those open safety pins i have two a spoon with a notch cut out of the point and a wooden handle with a grooved post sticking out the notch and the groove help grip the pin so i can push it shut instead of using my fingers to do all the work scissors second prepare the space i use the chairs to support the wardrobe door i like to set it up next to the lounge so that i can sit comfortably while i pin next i lay out the three layers of my quilt backing fabric face down wadding or batting quilt top face up then i use the bulldog clips to secure the quilt to the wardrobe door i put the clips on one side and then pull the layers tight ish before putting the clips on the other side as i pin each section i remove the bulldog clips shift the quilt over to the next un pinned section and put the bulldog clips back on one side at a time to be sure that the bottom layers lie flat and i keep doing it until the entire quilt is pinned i use the scissors to trim off any extra backing fabric or wadding and it s done for quilts that are wider than the wardrobe door i use the same process but do half the quilt and then the other half and use extra bulldog clips on the ends of the wardrobe door and not just the sides posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels tips and tricks friday october 14 2011 thread dying with lisa walton i recently went to alexandra vic take two days of workshops with lisa walton at the vickery quilt and craft retreat first we dyed some threads and the odd fat quater here are mine and some close up shots very yummy but now comes the hard part how to use them and on which project more from the two days to come watch this space posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels patchwork monday april 26 2010 two small sample quilts my friend lisa walton of dyed and gone to heaven asked me to make some small quilts using some of her new fusible products and here are my two attempts the first was inspired traditional by baltimore album quilt blocks and the second sort of looks japanese to me and just made itself both of these samples are a bit less than fq sized i found them very easy to work with and lots of fun to quilt on the machine with my handy dandy walking foot if anyone is going to the aqc next week you will be among the first to see the full range of fusibles that lisa is now offering worth checking out posted by mg quilts at 5 24 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels patchwork sunday april 18 2010 parched posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels photographs sydney tuesday april 06 2010 drip posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels photographs sydney sunday october 11 2009 my latest quilt recently i took an aurora workshop with lisa walton of dyed and gone to heaven and this is the result so simple even for those of us who are pathologically unable to follow the directions add to that good food good venue and good classmates and i m even happier with the results it is a bit of a variation on the original pattern a planned variation for those who know me too well because i decided not to cut the binding from the base fabric and use facings instead that made the quilt a bit bigger more room for quilting and embellishments and that is always a good thing the sydney quilt show is only 8 months away can i get it done in time updated on 11 october for those who don t believe that i actually take workshops check out lisa s blog for the proof i m the one in the red jumper sweater posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels patchwork friday september 25 2009 my kambrachallenge quilt for 2009 we each started out with this tube of 40 7 squares blue and green 1895 bali watercolours by hoffman two squares of each fabric the rules for the kambrachallenge are simple use some of each fabric in whatever you make for the challenge so i thought about it off and on until about a month before the unveiling got off to a good start by winding some bobbins and finding the tube of squares getting the tube open and the fabric out was a challenge in itself baby steps i actually got started two weekends before the unveiling raided my stash had to unpick and resew the dark block which was as much fun as you imagine and i finished about an hour or so before i had to be there plenty of time to spare and here is my quilt top for the 2009 kambrachallenge to see the rest of this year s kambrachallenge quilts and the ones from previous years go here next year s challenge fabrics look like this for some reason i keep thinking of pepto bismol not sure why but i am sure that by mid to late july i will be completely inspired if only by the looming early august deadline and not by the fabrics posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels kambrachallenge thursday september 24 2009 how long did the dust last this is what the sky looked like at 6am yesterday morning and by 4pm it was another beautiful day in paradise posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels photographs sydney wednesday september 23 2009 dusty sydney when i got up at 6am this morning i thought that the light looked a bit weird then i looked out the window and the sky was red really red so i did what any self respecting person would do got dressed grabbed the camera and drove down to the wharf sydney cbd is out there somewhere and for this morning at least someone s million dollar views are worth about 1 98 with visibility on the water down to less than 100 metres there won t be any ferries this morning posted by mg quilts at 7 20 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels photographs sydney tuesday july 07 2009 visual diary envelope after yesterday s creative frenzy there was still another half of the textile collage left over time for another design for a visual diary cover this time an envelope repeat yesterday s process for finishing the edge but this time starting with the inside edge of the envelope i used an expresso cup as a guide to rounding the corners of the top flap here the top corner is marked and the bottom corner is cut i tried to cut around the expresso cup with a rotary cutter while holding the cup in place but found that drawing first and cutting second was easier here is the rounded flap all cut and ready to be finished i added the hook side of a piece of velcro for the closure to the inside edge that will be covered by the rounded flap a close up of the stitching on the hook piece of velcro a couple of times around should make sure that it holds up to repeated opening and closing of the flap being an engineer i checked again for fit before sewing the sides together looking good to finish assembling the envelope i sewed with zig zag stitch and my handy dandy walking foot around the sides and rounded flap back and forth 6 times so that the edge was well covered but not too bulky using rayon thread gives the finished edge a nice sheen i think that the loops part of the velcro closure to the rounded flap side should go about here and it s done took longer to upload the photos and write about it than it took to make as for the finished visual diary envelope here s the back and here s the front i think that this one turned out pretty well too posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels how i made it monday july 06 2009 visual diary pocket i ve recently switched from using a spiral bound visual diary to one from moleskine while i like the paper in the moleskine diary better i miss being able to put my pen in the spiral binding of my old visual diary and i am pretty much over searching for my pen so i decided to make a pocket for my moleskine visual diary that had room for a pen as well this is a textile collage that my friend lisa walton of dyed and gone to heaven gave me a while back i used it in a faux felt demo i did at the scquilters retreat in perth actually just half of it looks like it will be big enough houston we have lift off i trimmed up the textile collage and folded it in half one more check on the size perfect now which thread to use this is why you need a nice stash of threads dark orange rayon bright orange rayon a very rich orange cotton decisions decisions decisions i think the dark orange rayon will do the trick first step was to stitch across the top of the pocket i used a wide zig zag and caught two strands of pearle cotton under the stitch i think that it makes for a nicer edge and maybe makes the edge a bit less likely to stretch over time then i did 4 6 more zig zags across the edge a bit narrower this time to fill it in and be sure that the edge was well covered here s a close up of one of the corners you can see the pearle cotton caught under the stitching and here s the back yes i used a bright pink cotton in the bobbin trying to decide if the pocket needs to be lined nope looks ok as is to me to finish making the pocket i switched from the open toed embroidery foot to a walking foot reduced the pressure on the presser foot from 3 to 2 we re sewing through quite a few layers here i stitched down the side 1 4 from the edge back and forth a couple of times going slow enough to hit the same line of stitching each pass i did the same thing across the bottom then i zig zagged the raw edges remember no lining to keep things inside nice and tidy i didn t zig zag around the corner but stopped before i got there here s a close up of the top of the pocket notice that i stopped the zig zag before i got to the stitching at the top edge i cut the notch off the corner to reduce the bulk when the pocket is turned right side out here s a close up of the corner and just for completeness a close up of the corner on the folded side this took some determination two layers of felt in the middle makes it sturdy but a bit resistant to being turned right side out i used a chopstick to get the corner with the notch cut into it to look like a sort of square corner another size check i can t help myself it s an engineer thing and here s the finished visual diary pocket very good job if i do say so myself now what to do with the other half of the textile collage posted by mg quilts at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels how i made it older posts home subscribe to posts atom the game they play in 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