Hi!
Just a little update on my W.I.P Vintage Modern Quilt….
At last after a lot of chain piecing….and ironing….
up it goes on my temporary design wall.. (sorry for the bad ripple- the fleece are just hung up on the wall)
So I am deciding now, to sash or not to sash…. hm….
Well, we’ll see how it goes. hopefully I’d be able to piece them all together soon!
Hi!
I haven’t finished a lot of quilt yet so tempted to start another… so….
I cut out the next quilt to be sewn : a pick from an one of the Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine – Gingko Blue.
I love the colour of this quilt. And I love the gingko leaves.. can’t wait to start!
I have tried raw edge applique before with the cupcake wallhanging here. And I thought it’d be great to move on to bigger quilt. So, i guess this would be perfect!
This one is more challenging and a lot more pieces. But I’ll have fun definitely.
Well, I’m glad I’ve done all the cutting.
There it goes in my to do basket; tee hee…
Will update soon hopefully. With some sewing…
Made a bottle cozy with some of the recent fabrics I bought.
I love Bonnie and Camille’s fabric lines. If you are not familiar with them, check some of their fabrics HERE>
I hate throwing jars. I do know that it is not best to use the cap, but I am at this stage just using it and removing the inner part where it has been stained.
Well, I hope to find a new cap that fits soon.
But I have made it to use.. hehe.. some sugar and Coffee in the jar already!
This one is made from Ruby Jelly Roll and Charm Pack + Leggo’s Pasta sauce Jar project.
It was a fun quick sewing project.
Definitely it was fun to do the free motion embroidery of the words on the bottle cozy.
So many possibilities with this little cozy.
I am thinking small, patchwork block would be cute too. Wouldn’t it?
Still need to remove that label on the jar. I have not yet found the best way to it. The glue is quite strong!
Here they are next to my lovely bundle of fabrics.
[Related & Updated: I made a quilt using that bundle. Check it out HERE>]
I am still testing which method works better. Snaps or Tie?? Tieing gives better grip though.
However, I am not sure how it will withstand with time.
I do love my little snaps set. If you haven’t got one yet, try this one.
Just love using them in small projects like pouches and stuff.
They are easy to use and makes cuter things super cute!
I did put a batting in the middle in case you are wondering. Just to give it more structure.
Anyway, will see how this goes, will be making more in the future if this lasted on the jars 🙂
Do you use your recycled bottle?
Have you ever made a bottle cozy before?
They are pretty cute to have in the sewing room too – to keep those buttons, and all the little tid-bits organized.
Hi.
I haven’t mentioned that I am a flea market lover!
I love garage sales, I love Trash and Treasures and I 2nd hand love book sale!
I find them very amusing. I find them interesting and I love the feeling that you might get something very special at a real bargain.
I found this magazine a while back at one of those “fill in a box of books for $10”. Out of thousands of books and magazines there, I found this!
It a quilt magazine dated 1985. I was born on that year.
I adore this quilt. It is so elegant and look so exclusive.
In these magazines, they also have patterns to trace. I love it.
Well, I’ll be sure to find some more of this next time I am treasure hunting.
It would be one of my best reference too!
Till then,
Have great fun blogging, bog hopping, quilting and whatever you love to do.. 🙂
Amira Ameruddin
In between cutting the Vintage Modern for a lap quilt, I decided to use some of the Ruby Jelly Rolls (Just so tempted to use it) This line is also by the same designer; Bonnie and Camille. I made a table runner with a few jelly rolls to start with. A quick little project to get my sewjo going, in between what seems like endless piecing with the other quilt project.
The table runner uses only 6 Jelly Rolls Strips for the blocks, making it a perfect project for those leftover Jelly Rolls strips!
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The table runner pattern is simply a quarter log cabin. I made mine to look scrappy so I have no particular positioning of the pieces. I just made sure that I have the colours distributed evenly across the runner. While I am at it, might as well I put a tutorial here for my future reference and for you too!
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Finished size : 19″ x 45″
Leftover Jelly Rolls or 2.5″ strips (6 Jelly rolls strip is sufficient for the runner)
A quarter yard of the final border fabric (mine is the red dots)
2 Jelly rolls strip for binding
I yard for backing (or 22″ x 48″)
20″ x 46″ wadding
I am using Bonnie And Camille Ruby (Out of Print but you can check out all of her fabric HERE)
From each Jelly Roll strips (2.5 x 44″),
From border fabric :
cut 2 pieces of WOF ” x 3″ (WOF: width of fabric ~ 40″)
cut 2 pieces of 20″ x 3″
Chain piece the first two 2.5″ squares for all blocks, followed by the sequence as per diagram shown.
Once all the blocks are pieced together in rows, it’s time to put the border on.
Sew the border along the lengthwise first. Both top and bottom border. Trim excess.
Then, piece the side border. Trim excess.
For small projects, I love spray basting! I use 505 Spray baste and it never fails to work like a charm. Spray on the wadding, and place your backing fabric flat and smooth it out. Then turn it all around and again spray onto the wadding and place the top quilt and smooth it out.
I quilted mine with simple stippling motion all over the block and I left the border unquilted. You can quilt yours as desired.
Check out some of the free motion quilting tutorials I have on the blog.
using 2 Jelly Roll strips or 2 of 2.5″x44″ strips, sew them together to form long binding tape. Fold them in half lengthwise and iron them. Use this as the binding tape for the quilt.
So here it is, all done and bound.
Those pieces in the bowl are the pieces of blocks from the Vintage Modern.
Update: The blocks in the bowl are already pieced into a quilt and the quilt pattern is available here.
If you are in for a quick little quilty project – placemats and runners are my favourites! So why not go make it yourself now!
I am new in this field of quilting as I never had a chance to do much quilting in Malaysia. We do not use quilt very much with the hot tropical weather. However, since I am now here in Australia, I thought I might take this time to make sure I make some quilt and pick up some new skills as well.
