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nicola smitten kitten thursday march 19 2015 next wip dino quilt well i m back at my sewing machine again man i love it i wish i had more time to be there after a full days work and then relaxing at home by the time i m really and relaxed and the little ones in bed by pregnant hormonal self wants to climb early into bed too and on some nights i do just that i have managed to finish my next quilt top using cute dino punk material i started on my first hst quilt i do wish i had enough material patches to complete one more row along the top but it ll have to do next will be to find a cute backing material for the reverse side and then i ll start the quilting process hope you like it x posted by nic at 8 58 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby blanket boy chevron dinopunks quilt sewing zigzag thursday february 12 2015 finally finished looking back at my last post that was 1st october where i first stated that i started this quilt yes so long ago yet it s not a big quilt a quilt for a baby well the number one reason for the long slow progress has been that i am now pregnant and have had pregnancy fatigue constantly since then yes i don t tell a lie the tiredness has been inconvenient but on the other hand it s been sweet paradise to have so many early nights and fulfilled sleep bliss even though i m expecting a girl due in june this sweet baby blanket has been in work for some close friends who are expecting their first child next month also a girl here are the stages that have taken place since my last post i am working on a quilt a baby quilt each pinwheel block consists of 4 smaller blocks sewn together so i had to account for seam allowance from the smallest block i needed for each full pinwheel block 4 solid whites and 4 patterned cutting urgh what felt like millions in reality was only 280 i m still trying to channel the happy place where quilters go to get into the rhythm of cutting and cutting and cutting if such a place exists then it was to pin the little blighters to make the quarter of each pinwheel now i could see it coming together d then was to sew the little pinwheels into actual pinwheels think about the centre points here for a minute you ve got folded on folded pieces of fabric my sewing machine definitely needed a new needle before starting this project and probably also needs one again now we got there in the end after a few tough points when making these little pinwheels happy to report no dropped stitches or broken needles though then the point was to make it random easier said than done excuse all the bad pictures you can tell i ve been working on it in the evening times in different rooms in the house with multitude of lighting effects and silly instagram filters then to sew the blocks together i caved and went to the local haberdashery to search for fabric for the reverse which truth is one of my favourite places it s just a place i can spend money in very easily it s easier to go whe i have a definite project in mind otherwise i just buy everything so reverse side material bought from the same material collection but in a colour that was not in the mix on the front of the quilt the lady recommended a border as well i had not thought about adding a border other than the binding but when she folded it over to show me it instantly gave it a finished feel looked great great idea once the border was added i realized that i did not want a binding i searched online for hints and tips to do the pillowcase method and found a great tutorial from red pepper quilts and here finally 4 5 months later posted by nic at 8 16 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby blanket girl julia patchwork pinwheel quilt sewing swafing wednesday october 1 2014 i ve made a start i ve made a start on another baby quilt i m finding it so hard to resist fabrics at the moment as for the first time in forever i want to stash stash stash normally with other crafts i try to buy stuff project by project otherwise i ll end up with an overloaded stash like i did with beads but this time stashing fabric feels so right yeah baby i really love patchwork and i have seen loads of blocks that i want to do for now however i ll be practicing my squares patchwork aligning with lush little off cuts or small patchwork packets i ve been cutting tonight whilst watching prison break for the 3rd time there s not much on tv in the evenings at the moment so i ve hit the dvd collection so squares are cut actually that s a lie some of the squares are cut i still need to do lots more white and i want to go shopping for a solid colour to add in maybe a pink what do you think hopefully i ll continue to make progress on it over thus upcoming bank holiday weekend love to you all x my lesson learnt today always have spare rotary cutter blades yes i need to buy some blades asap too posted by nic at 10 51 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blanket block cutting julia learningtoquilt sewing patchwork quilt swafing sunday august 31 2014 my first quilt hey everyone please excuse me if you have seen this already i posted it to my facebook feed earlier today and have already received some lovely comments i finished my first quilt d hoorah what a lesson it s been i did try i tried my hardest i had 3 lovely fat quarters that i picked up in detroit earlier this year i picked them up on a whim they were pretty and complimentary after seeing a few people start their quilting career i knew that pointing corners together could be a pain in the neck and that subtle colours or similar colours would be more forgiving in the final pattern so i picked these out as an ideal choice cut into many squares 10x10cms and then started making strips measuring and sewing then i sewed the strips together i had hoped that measuring precisely in the strips would ten work out with alignment when joining the strips together but by millimetres some missed the point i got advice and researched about batting but since i only have a standard sewing machine i got a thin middle layer to be sure that it d go under the needle and not stress me out p i backed it with standard white cotton and quilted straight lines in the ditch in the directed that i had actually managed to sew a straight line and then i used a decorative stitch to quilt in the other direction to cover slightly those misaligned corner points sneaky me i had some silky bias tape in my stash already and by sheer luck i had enough in so finally it was edged with this and again my favourite decorative stitch it s got a million imperfection and yes i know its a baby blanket and yes it s white not ideal but after receiving a quilt for my son when he was born brought to me by the members of craftpimp i knew that quilts can be will be heirlooms this is what i wanted for this a summer light baby quilt one to keep shame its got so many imperfections so now i ll launder it and then it shall be gifted somewhere probably to someone who appreciates handmade things and will embrace those little mistakes and slipped stitches as little quirks hope you like it too posted by nic at 8 18 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby innocent learning quilt quilting sewing white thursday august 14 2014 its good to finish a project i have had a few little projects on the go recently a crochet basketweave infinity scarf which is actually already finished but not yet blocked a quilt top which still requires a batting and a bottom and the minion mitts it s the mitts that are finished hoorah link to my ravelry project page here link to the original blog with original tutorial tampabaycrochet here hope you like them x posted by nic at 8 49 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crochet minions mittens mitts tutorial wool monday july 14 2014 staying creative this week i reminded myself that i don t necessarily need hours and hours of time to make something cute and simple the challenge that i have at the moment is to have time motivation creative mojo all at the same time this bag however was created without a plan off cut of upholstery fabric from ikea from the bargain bucket and an hour of my time i didn t really measure anything either this is for me so i m willing to have a bit of wonkiness it didn t turn out wonky though little tote bag suitable for me and my everyday needs posted by nic at 8 43 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1 hour bag fabric ikea no time project simple stripes tote bag monday may 5 2014 cloudy day beginners crochet baby blanket i finally finished this baby blanket link to my ravely project page tutorial on how to make a granny square tutorial on how to join granny squares inspiration on how i edged the blanket all external links are tried and trusted by me i started it way back in november last year and it was always the plan that it was going to be plain blue with white clouds in january i had finished the main blue blanket and was struggling to successfully make clouds that i liked i tried many ways to crochet the clouds initially and even though they ended up being correct and looking like they were meant to i just was not happy with them so because of this the blanket lost momentum and i had to put it away this past week i eventually got round to thinking about this again needing a newborn present for my new 2nd cousin ben it would be perfect all that was missing was the clouds kicking myself up the rear i went to a local fabric shop and bought an offcut of lovely soft fleece lucky that it was there as an offcut as i knew i had to be really fussy about it it could not fray or lose fluff at the cut edges a lesson i learnt the hard way recently with another fabric after cutting the clouds into curvy soft cartoon y shapes they were hand sewn on in the evenings now finsihed freahly wahsed and ready to be packed to be sent to ben i hope that you like it too posted by nic at 9 09 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby blanket blue cloud cloudy crochet day new baby sky white older posts home subscribe to posts atom flickr gallery roy tanck s flickr widget requires flash player 9 or better get this widget at roytanck com my etsy shop followers my facebook page smittenkitten de promote your page too follow me on follow me on craftpimp craft forum search this blog blog archive 2015 2 march 1 next wip dino quilt february 1 2014 6 october 1 august 2 july 1 may 1 february 1 2013 22 december 1 october 19 february 2 2012 6 september 1 august 1 april 1 march 1 january 2 2011 54 december 1 october 4 september 2 august 4 july 6 june 9 may 9 april 5 march 6 february 2 january 6 2010 16 august 1 may 5 april 6 march 4 blogs i love sooz in the shed 1 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