Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

 

Quilt Show

It was like old home week.  I had a stall at my guild's quilt show over the weekend and it was so nice to catch up with members that I hadn't seen for ages.  I get so busy with running a shop and online business that I don't have a lot of time to socialise.  Sadly they never have any night time functions and the only weekend things are the bi-annual quilt show and a retreat on the alternate years.  So, as my gorgeous grandaughter came to help me, I was able to sit and chat and have coffee several times with ladies I have known for years.

I did remember to take my camera on Sunday and went off to snap some of the quilts and after two shots ---MEMORY FULL----Aarrgghhh. If I had realised I would have downloaded onto the computer on Saturday night before I went to bed.

This was one of my favourites.  I remember when Annaliese came into the shop looking for a border and we found a red japanese print which was perfect.  It was really special to see the finished quilt hanging in our quilt show.






So til next time,

Happy stitching

from Therese.

If in doubt, add Purple

Maryanne says "if it's not working just add purple"

I have been trying to reduce my stash for several years and last year I decided to be really ruthless with my purples because Tasha had raided them but there were still a lot that didn't appeal to her.  So I got to with my rotary cutter and cut 2 1/2" strips, joined them end to end on the cross, then cut thirty 60 1/2 strips and sewed them together with no regard for what went with what.  As long as the same prints weren't next to each other it got sewn on. I then sewed three rows across the top and bottom to make it a bit longer. I threw this quilt together in two days and I can't believe how good it looks.  There are some very ugly fabrics in there.

 Then I picked out some of the larger pieces and joined them together for the back.

It was hand quiled 1/4" each side of the seams and the binding was the leftover 2 1/2" strips. It is called Linear I because I am now making a series of these quilts as a way of exploring colour and also light, medium and dark.

Linear II is not quilted yet and is in light and dark blue. Linear III is in brown,beige and grey And Linear IV is in green,yellow and apricot. It is called Citrus and is finished too.  It will also be on display this weekend (3rd and 4th September) with Linear I at Toorak College in Mt. Eliza at Mornington Peninsula Patchworkers Inc exhibition and I will be there with a stall of goodies too so if you are local come and have a look and say "hello".  It is usually a really interesting exhibition.

I am planning on taking some photos so I will post some next week.

Until then

Happy stitching,

Therese

New Toys

We are very excited because we have finally upgraded our computer about a month ago.  The only problem is that I now have to learn how to drive it.  I was in my nice little comfort zone playing  with our old one and it has taken me a few weeks to get going on the new system which is why I haven't done a post for a couple of weeks. Tasha has had a really bad lurgie for about a month and is on her 3rd lot of antibiotics so hopefully this will fix it at last.

I am fairly limited with time at the moment as I have a project to finish for Homespun Magazine by the first week of September. (There are several funny stories about that and I will share them with you soon.) 

 Also my local Quilt Guild is having their Exhibition on 3rd and 4th September so I am sewing bindings, labels and sleeves on the four quilts I am putting in it  and they also have to be done by the same time.  so as you can imagine there is a lot of hand sewing going on.

I have been trying to add more photos and it won't let me so I will try again tomorrow

Happy stitching from Therese and Tasha

Sand Dune

Who remembers Sandcastle fabric? 

It was fabulous for bags and stitcheries because it was a thick and had a  weave that looked like it was quilted.  Sadly the company that produced it went out of business several years ago.  The good news is that there is a nearly identical product called Sand Dune available now.  It is $30.00 per metre but is 47" or 1.2m wide. 

 I have been using it to make a bag over the last few days and I am at the lining and putting together stage.  I have appliqued on the side panels, the front and on the pocket which will go on the back.  It has been really nice to stitch on as it is very stable.

I am planning on sewing tomorrow to get it finished.

Till next time,

Happy stitching from Therese.

Binding

I finished my hand quilting sample and decided to make a cushion.  My favourite technique for cushions is to make the back in two pieces with buttonholes in the overlap and then to simply bind it like a quilt.  So I have taken some photos of the process.

Step1. Stitch with 1/4" seam

Step 2: When you get to the corner, stop 1/4" before the corner and stitch into the corner at a 45 degree angle

Step 3: Take your work out from the machine and fold the binding up at a right angle

then fold it straight down again

and continue stitching.

and then your binding  has a neat mitered corner to hand stitch down on the back.