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Work In Progress

October 9, 2013 20 Comments

Hi!

Working on several projects at a time has caught me with a lot of work in progress. All slow and some is not even moving anywhere. So, I decided to get focused. This week I am getting the quilt with pattern writing done. Definite. No more stalling.

Here is a peak of the quilt making.

Then, I am going to focus on getting my Marcelle Medallion done. Last week I did add another border though. Getting this one done will be on the list end of this week as soon as I get the above quilt done. I am promising to myself. Oh dear me, please don’t be a promise breaker. Huhu.

My socks knitting projects are going slow taking free time only during waiting or travel in the car or in between breaks where I need movies. I have got to the heel turning already. I am pretty happy though there are some uneven stitches. They are my first pair of socks, so I think I did good enough. Hopefully I will be able to get few pair of socks done before next autumn/winter!

Well, thats all to update on my work in progress.. Linking up to :

If you are new here, take a visit around, I love your visit and would love to have you here often for sure! Thank you!

XOXO

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W.I.P wednesday..

October 2, 2013 16 Comments

Hi!

I have been working on few stuff as you can see from my last Weekend Do post. I would most probably be having this weekend do linky party every week, so please do stop by and link!

Anyway, here are my current w.i.p:

I have picked up some of my favorite prints to continue working on this Marcelle Medallion. Since Penny Poppleton is hosting a QAL (though i may not catch up) I feel more motivated to sew this quilt.

Here is another W.I.P :

my About A Quilt Sampler QAL is already on the second last block!

Well, that’s all for w.i.p wednesday! linky up to freshly pieced. Today Hosting is Kristy of Quiet Play!

XOXO

In Applique Quilt

Gingko Blues Wallhanging Quilt

September 9, 2013 7 Comments

Hi!

For those waiting for the About A Quilt Sampler QAL post, I have to say very sorry as I have forgotten to upload the photo of the block tutorial to flickr before I left Canberra. I will get to it before the month ends with the quilting too.

Currently I am back in Malaysia. Visiting my father in law who is still in coma. He is stable and is currently being treated at home. We are praying for his strength to recover and for my mother in law to be as strong to go through this difficult time. Your wishes and prayers are most welcome and appreciated.

Before leaving Canberra, I did manage to get the quilt for my mother in law done. I am getting it hung up in the room where my father in law is staying in. It is fairly a small quilt, but a good size for a wallhanging.

gingko blues wallllhanging quilt machine applique_full

gingko blues wallllhanging quilt machine applique_corner

I started this quilt back in 2012 and procrastinate in getting it done. But I am glad it is all bound and ready to

be hung now.

gingko blues wallllhanging quilt machine applique

Thank you for your visit!

XOXO

In Free Motion Quilting

Anna Bella HST Quilt Done + Quilting Video

August 23, 2013 32 Comments

Hi!

Finally after hours of quilting this quilt and spamming photos of it in the instagram (I am amira_littlemushroomcap on IG), the quilt is finally done!

This quilt is a gift for my mother, hence the fabrics was bought to match her taste and home. The fabric line is called Anna Bella by Marcus Fabrics. I posted a blogpost when the fabric arrived here. Blogpost on the progress of the quilt here and here.

I know my mother would certainly love a sampler quilt, so I decided to make the HST sampler quilt from In Color Order’s Tutorial.

The quilting was mostly feathers because I wanted to practice feather quilting. I started quilting the blocks, so even though I did have some ugly feathers there, it is not so obvious. Pretty clever ha?

Once I have done all the blocks, I did the sashing. which was ….. totally wrong!

Should have consider quilting from the center towards the outside/border because the quilt backing keeps bulging around in between quilted blocks. It’s okay. Lesson learnt.

I was finally confident with my feathers and decide to go for the feather border. I am pretty please with the end results having it was quilted on a regular domestic machine with no stitch regulator.

Here is a video of me quilting it. If you are interested in quilting feathers yourself on a domestic machine, probably you can get a few things from the video. Please pardon my grammar and english – it is not my first language and spontaneously talking is one thing I am not very good at. Huhu.

Sorry – it is my first time doing a video! And NO editing!!! and it is dark – of course, its winter here down under.. AND sorry you have to go through me with the seam ripper part too! Hehe. I am hoping to improve soon so I can share better.

Quilty Hugs,

Amira

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Briar Rose Quilt In progress

August 21, 2013 30 Comments

Hi!

Today, I am sharing with you a part of a quilt I am making with Windham Briar Rose fabrics by Heather Ross.

After several design test, I decide to go with the star block.

The quilt top is not yet done. I still want to add borders and I am planning of making a matching pillowcase with it too.

So far, I am happy with how it look so far. The colours are so lovely and they make me happy! Do they make you happy?

Briar Rose quilt_ lapsize quilt_ handmade

Well, I hope it won’t be long till the quilt top is done!

In Custom FMQ Sampler Quilt Along

About A Quilt Sampler QAL #16 : Quilting Block 7

August 20, 2013 6 Comments

This post is a part of a quilt along series which I have archived HERE.

In this post, I share how I quilt block #7 of the About A Quilt Sampler.

This time, I tried quilting on grid marking. I marked mine 1/4″ apart, but I think it is a bit too small. You can try 1/2″ apart instead. Mark grids using washable pen in areas that you would like to try some grid quilting.

First quilt the middle square as you prefer. I highlighted the octopus and did a simple swirly around it.

Then I quilt a bead shape trail along vertical lines of the grids till it fills up the whole area then turn and do the horizontal lines with the same bead shape trail.

As you can see, from one area to another area of the grid quilting, I also fill up other areas with radiates and curves pattern. I do this in order to travel from one place to another without having to cut off the threads and starting again. Though if you feel like filling up all the grid area you can too, just stop and do a couple of static end stitches to ensure no stitches will come off later. Then you can start again at another corner of the grid quilting area.

Here is how my block looked liked in the end. Trim to 12.5″ block

Here is the back.

Here is a close up of the grid quilting.

Have a go at grid quilting and some radiates!

Quilty hugs,

Amira

In Quilt

Studio Spotlight

August 18, 2013 24 Comments

Hi!

I am joining over Ellison Lane for the studio spotlight linky party..

So if you are here from there, I very much welcome you to my little sewing space!

If you have visited here and have visited my about page, you have probably seen a part of it. However, the table often moves around and I rearrange constantly too to maximize the room. So here is how it recently looked like:

I store my fabric scraps by colour and they are placed in these container on the table. This way I am more prone to use scraps before digging in to my fabric stash. And it is so much easier to place away scraps after a certain project.

I don’t store my uncut fabrics outside, because I have done that, and with my little one being around , things can get messy. He loves – loves – “tidying” back my fabric stash! Last time I arrange a shelf neatly with fabrics by colours and size and the next thing I know .. I am back home from school with a lot of fabrics on the floor! And since this is a rented house, I can’t have any hung shelves either… so I am thankful I have a built in robe in this room! So here is my stash..and mess… and pretty much everything else that we rarely use.

I love these drawers as they fit my stash perfectly. But I am thinking soon I need to have another space for more fabrics??? haha.. or maybe I should just keep this much fabrics only. I am in need to keep sewing and to keep myself away from shopping more fabrics.

On the shelves, I have solids and more than a yard fabrics.

I also have a bit of vintage sheet collection. I love to thrift around for these, and am working on a project with some of them.

Well, I guess that’s it. Hope you enjoyed the tour around my sewing room!

Stay around and visit me often, I’d love that.

XOXO

In Quilt

Update Mid August

August 15, 2013 24 Comments

Hi!

A little update on things around my sewing room these week:

I am done with August Lucky Star, a perfect addition to all my other blocks.

I am done quilting the HST sampler quilt, waiting for binding. More of this quilting and more photos maybe soon in upcoming blog post.

I am on my way catching up with patchwork please SAL but I am still on the late train.

Patchwork Please Swedish Bloom and Up Up and Away from Sunday Morning Quilt

My sister is having fun learning patchwork with me and she even made two of the bloom block up there and that mini quilt top is hers as well. She is now in love with Sunday Morning Quilt Book too! That wonky Triangles are from scraps and the instruction for the block is the Sunday Morning quilt book.

Well I am halfway with my August Year of Finish goal which was the HST quilt. I am catching up with the schedule. I will be posting on the About A Quilt Sampler FMQAL soon too.

Thank you for visiting me! By the way, Bee and Lotus, my new sponsor’s giveaway is still on and I would love you to come and join and give support! Click here for the giveaway post.

Linking up to:

XOXO

In Quilt

Welcoming a new sponsor + Giveaway! from Bee & Lotus

August 11, 2013 38 Comments

Hi!

I am welcoming a new sponsor to littlemushroomcap today!

Bee & Lotus Textiles is designed by an indie fabric designer, Clair. You can visit her blog where she shares her crafty adventures and projects with her childrens.

Clair has a visual arts background specialised in printmaking and began creating textile designs two years ago when she discovered Spoonflower.com, a fantastic company in the USA that sells print-on-demand custom digital fabrics.

You can find all her fabric designs and collection here at the spoonflower shop. You can view by collection here. The best thing about spoonflower is that you can literally print the design on a lot of different weight fabrics or even as wallpapers and decals!

I would definitely be getting this in an upholster weight fabric someday :

Bee and Lotus designs are inspired by different cultures and personally I love the variation and the colours used in the designs.

I also love the watercolour effects in some of the designs and find that very unique. Clair has specially designed a Width Of Fabric (WOF) in a yard where you can get a whole strip of 5″ of seven designs in a yard. It works like a charm pack or a very wide jelly roll that you have to cut up yourself.

I received a yard of this, a collection named Granada from Clair and decided to make a runner and a pillow out of it.

Granada_Bee&Lotus Fabrics_New Sponsor_wof in a yard

And today, you have a chance to win a yard of it too!

And another lucky winner can also win the pillow cover and the runner I made!

For a chance to win,

Visit Bee and Lotus blog or spoonflower page then come back here and leave a comment with your favourite design. I’ll pick a winner on the 20th August!

Good Luck!!!!

XOXO

In Completed Projects

Scrappy Trip Along Quilt Done!

August 10, 2013 29 Comments

Hi!

At last my Queen Size Scrappy Trip along Quilt is done!

I started this quilt because I got the Scrappy Trip Along bug when I keep envying all the quilts that keeps popping out of the blogland. You can even visit the Flickr group for all Scrappy Trip along goodness.

I posted a bit of the making of this quilt here and here.

And if you interested in making one, here is the tutorial. The making of each block is really fast but I hate pressing so I took a long time doing that.

This is my first time making a queen size quilt and my first time to quilt this large quilt on my domestic machine so I learn a few tips as I go along and hopefully I’ll be able to share the tips soon!

Anyway, today was a beautiful day in Canberra. The sun finally came out to play today after a week of cloudy cold days.

So, I took the advantage of today’s weather by taking photos of this quilt over at the riverside.

It is still windy and to pick up this large quilt is quite challenging. Here is me and my sis trying to hold up the quilt while making sure my hubby take a good photo of it.