Piecing a perfect four-patch block is just one of those things a quilter should have under their belt, if you know what I mean. Luckily, it’s a quick and easy process (nevermind that it took …

Este es un bolso pequeño muy bonito. Es para llevar en la mano. Se cierra haciendo un nudo y un lazo a dos tiras de tela que tiene en el centro. Se puede hacer con una cremallera interior, con un cierre magnético, y con las telas que uno desee. Su tamaño es de 25 cm de ancho, 15 cm de alto (sin contar las asas) y 10 cm de base. Bolso pequeño Lateral bolso Si te interesa lo puedes comprar en mi tienda Etsy

Hoy os quería enseñar una colcha que hice en compañía...en la distancia pero cosiendo juntas... La acabé hace unos días, espero que os ...

Le tissu Wax est toujours aussi tendance cette saison et permet d’ajouter de la couleur à votre quotidien. Aussi bien utilisé en décoration qu’en habillement...

I've been meaning to update this bag base tutorial for a while. Not only was the original hastily put together from a black & white pdf document (long story involving band width), but I've ever-so-slightly changed my method since it was written. (And colour is always nicer than grey, don't you think?). This tutorial is for a base in any boxed corner bag (and it can be adapted for other bag constructions). 1. Measure the length of the base seam (above) and then the boxed corner seam (below). 2. Round both measurements down by around 6mm (1/4 inch). For example, on the boxed corner seam below, I'd round down to 6.5cm. 3. Cut a piece of Peltex (it doesn't matter if it's single-sided or double-sided fusible) or heavy weight Fast2Fuse to the (rounded down) dimensions of the base seams. (I find that a rotary cutter and quilting ruler are the business for this job). 4. Roughly cut a scrap of fusible woven interfacing large enough to wrap about 2 and a half times around the base piece - folding along the long edge. You'll also need a generous seam allowance (overhanging the Peltex/Fast2Fuse) at each of the short ends. No need to worry about accuracy here, folks! 5. Wrap the interfacing around the base piece and fuse it all together with a hot iron. The interfacing will stiffen as it cools. You can add further layers of interfacing if you'd like to make the base more rigid. NOTE: If you use double-sided fusible Peltex or Fast2Fuse, you can use calico or fabric scraps instead of interfacing. (That's what I used to do before I discovered the benefits of layering up fusible interfacing). 6. Trim the seam allowances on the short ends to about 1.5cm (5/8 inch). 7. To make the base durable (through machine washes etc), machine stitch around the outside edge and through the centre to hold all the layers securely. NOTE: Nobody will see this bit, so there's no need to worry about neatness. 8. Lay the base over the base seam of the bag. 9. Fold back the overhanging seam allowance at each of the short ends of the base and line up the Peltex/Fast2Fuse edge about 3mm (1/8 inch) from the boxed corner seam of the bag. 10. Stitch the seam allowances of the base to the seam allowances of the bag - about 3mm (1/8 inch) from the other side of the seam (towards the raw edge of fabric, rather than on the body of the bag). Look carefully at the photo below. The base is attached with a little bit of movement to avoid accidentally making it too tight (which looks awful). When the bag is in use, the base will sit firmly and exactly where it ought. When you turn the bag through to the right side, you'll see that the base creates structure but is flexible enough to not damage the fabric with wear and tear (as template plastic can). It's also comfortable when the bag is worn against the body. Have you tried Peltex or Fast2Fuse as a base? More free patterns, tutorials and sewing tips, are over here....

Une idée assez génial, en plus cela peut être une idée cadeau pour beaucoup d'occasions !!!!

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Laundry can be fun! My laundry room features a wall of small quilts that I have made over the year. Most of them have been made using an antique doll quilt as inspiration. A lot of them are featured in this book. The quilt in the top left corner is a favorite. You can find the pattern in our Collection of Small Vintage Quilts. See the little quilt folded on the top of the basket? That is my mothers doll quilt and has here named embroidered on the back - so special. I use little tiny nails to attach yardsticks to wall. Leave the heads sticking out so you can hook the nail into the binding between the stitches.

A house on a quilt is a symbol of comfort and the togetherness of family, friends, and neighbors. House quilts really appeal to us, maybe be...

Good morning world, Here is my next publication, Quiltmaker's March/April 2015 issue, called Haute Ziggity. On newsstand 2/2. I'm really excited about this one. Herringbone designs had been popular in the quilt world, and well, I wanted to do one in my own unique way. I had thought of strips and whacking them. So that's exactly how I did it. I cut 1" to 1 1/2" strip, stripped pieced them, and then using my handy dandy ruler at the 45 degree line, I cut out my diamonds. Cut out the white fabric, and then pieced them in rows. This quilt is actually easier to put together than you would think. I did have some grief on laying out the diamonds per my design. There's actually 10 shapes (8 diamonds and 2 triangles). I had to take it nice and slow when laying out the quilt, but other than that the construction is easy peasy. I simply straight line channel quilted it with my quarter inch foot on my domestic machine. I let the distance between each line vary around a quarter inch. I design quilts one of two ways, EQ7 or pencil to paper on old fashion graph paper. This one was done the old fashion way, with colored pencils. When I'm designing, I have a thought in my head, will the actual quilt turn out just as beautifully as I colored it in. This one did. I want to thank my sponsors. Fabric by Alison Glass' Field Day, Chambray, and Textured Solids, all for Andover Fabrics. The batting is Warm & White by the Warm Company. All the thread is Aurifil. There's also another shout out to Quiltmaker. I've really enjoyed working with them and I'm so blessed to be given the opportunity to design and make for them. While I have your attention, let me tell you about an awesome opportunity to purchase my book, Scrap Patchwork. I have my independent quilt pattern collection. If you love what you see here, you're going to love my book and patterns. Till next time, Sandra

It's finally here and I can tell you the secret! For several weeks now, I have been hinting at a new book coming and I can finally tell you all about it! I'm thrilled to introduce our new pattern, designed by Scott Cribbs! I love it when things seem to work with very little effort. Here's the story of how this book came about. For quite some time I have pleaded with my son, Scott to develop some of his quilt ideas into patterns. They are amazing! Terry Skrabanek invited me to teach at Lone Star Quiltworks and I promised to come up with something special. One morning Scott and I decided we would simplify one of his star designs. Ok, ok...here is how that should actually read. One morning I hounded my son so long that he finally gave in and simplified one of his star designs. We loved it and we had our pattern! Terry filled three days of classes with ladies willing to make...well, they didn't know what! They only knew it needed 5 fabrics. They were all so delightful and and extremely patient while working without a written pattern. Quilters are truly wonderful people. This was probably the most fun I have had bringing a new pattern to life. Maybe it's because I wasn't the only one in the birthing room! Take a look at the finished product! Then see if you recognize any of the beautiful ladies at Lone Star Quiltworks who tested Gimme 5 & Make It Scrappy. We are now taking pre-orders for the book. Click here to read all about it! You can also see it at International Quilt Market and International Quilt Festival in just a couple of weeks! We'll be in Booth 1027. Stop by and see all of our new designs! Blessings,

Depuis des mois (peut-être même que je pourrais parler d'années) je rêvais de me coudre une couverture (ou plaid) patchwork très colorée qui viendrait joliment décorer un canapé ou un lit. Et puis on pourrait aussi s'en servir pour se réchauffer, blotti...

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Let me start this off by saying the books used for this project were on their way

Shadow Block Mini Quilt This Shadow Block Mini Quilt designed by Debora of Studio Dragonfly, The Tutorial is available for free. Full Post: How To Make A Shadow Block Quilt

Many FREE jelly roll (pre-cut fabric strips) quilt tutorials and patterns! This saves so much time on cutting and makes BEAUTIFUL quilts!

i FINALLY figured out how to quilt the quilt :) cut out with acrylic templates (custom made here), sewn by machine with a 1/4″-foot. it will be 4 squares bigger than this, originally …

Doll Quilt Show - Part Two I hope you enjoyed all the Doll Quilts. Thank you to everyone who sent quilts I am taking good care of them and will send them back at the end of the month along with you "little" goodie.  

Nouvelle collection de printemps été ....sac en lin et liberty anses cuir .....Je suis accro !!!!! et pour les accros du shopping ,un asc en lin pliable ! bon week end à tous

Earlier this week I shared my latest quilt finish, a Shadow Block Mini Quilt. Today, you can make one, too. One very important thing to keep in mind with this project is that the smaller the project, the more important it is to be accurate. Be extra careful with your cutting and check to make sure your seam allowance is an accurate 1/4". If you do those two things, your project will come together perfectly. Fabric requirements: Focus fabric - Twenty 3" squares A charm pack (an assortment of 5" squares from a single fabric collection) is a good way to bring variety to the squares, or, if you have been quilting for a while, you can probably find a nice assortment in your fabric stash. If you wanted to cut the focus squares out of the same fabric, you need a quarter yard or fat quarter. Shadow fabric - 1/4 yard or fat quarter This fabric should be a solid, medium value neutral. The finished quilt shown uses a tan, but a gray, or even khaki green would work for this. As long as there is contrast with the background, it should provide the right effect. Background fabric - 3/8 yard light solid fabric Backing fabric - 5/8 yard Binding fabric - 1/4 yard Cutting for the quilt top: Focus squares Cut twenty 3" squares Shadow Cut twenty 1" x 2 1/2" rectangles. Cut twenty 1" x 3" rectangles. Background Cut forty 1" squares. Cut twenty 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangles. Cut five 19 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips. These strips form the sashing between each row of blocks. You may want to wait until your rows are sewn together before cutting these strips. That way if your seam allowance is off a little, you can cut these strips to the length of your rows. Cut two 17 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips. These two strips will go on either side of the quilt top once everything is sewn together. Again, it might be a good idea to wait and check the width of your quilt for greater cutting accuracy. Make the blocks: Each block needs one 3" square of focus fabric, two 1" squares of background fabric, one 1" x 2 1/2" rectangle of shadow fabric, and one 1" x 3" rectangle of shadow fabric. First, stitch the background squares to the shadow fabric. Press the seam toward the shadow fabric. Next, stitch the shorter shadow fabric and background strip to the side of the focus block. Press toward the focus block. Then stitch the remaining shadow and background strip to the top of the block. Press toward the focus block. Your finished block should measure 3 1/2" square. Check each block and trim it to size if needed. Or, adjust your seam allowance if the resulting block is too small. Once you have made a couple of test blocks and are pleased with the result, you might want to try chain piecing some of the parts to make it go together faster. Chain piecing is when you have lots of similar piecing to do so rather than starting and stopping for each one, you stitch one right after another without cutting threads. It can also help with pressing. I chain pieced all the squares to the shadow rectangles. The connecting parts helped my pieces stay flat and secure on the pressing surface. It's hard to wrangle a tiny one-inch square for pressing. Once I had them all pressed, I cut the units apart and continued to the next step. Arrange Blocks and Add Sashing: Once you have twenty blocks made, lay them out in four rows of five blocks, switching them around until you are happy with the arrangement. I tried to do the arranging at the beginning but discovered it was too hard to keep them in order while the blocks were being assembled. You can see where I had already made two blocks to check my accuracy before playing around with the layout. I ended up arranging them again after all the blocks were made. When you arrange your blocks, make sure the shadows are all facing the same direction. The next step is to add sashing between the blocks. Each row of five blocks will need four 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" background rectangles sewn between. Press the seams toward the sashing strip. If your seam allowance has been accurate throughout the project, each row will measure 19 1/2" long. It is okay if it doesn't. Just make sure to adjust the length of the long sashing strips as needed. Now stitch long sashing strips (the 1 1/2" x 19 1/2" background strips) between each row, then to the top and bottom of the quilt top. The last step is to add the remaining two background strips (1 1/2" x 17 1/2") to each side of the quilt top. Your top is finished! Cut your backing fabric a few inches bigger than the quilt top. Layer the top, some batting, and the backing fabric and get ready to quilt. There are a million ways this top could be quilted, but I really wanted to emphasize the shadow on mine. It is heavily quilted with free motion straight(ish) lines sewn on each one. The only other quilting is straight lines along the edges of each block, both horizontally and vertically. There is no quilting on the focus blocks so they will stand up just a little more than the rest of the quilt top. Once the quilting is completed, trim and square up the edges and add some binding. I am finally getting the hang of machine binding so that is how the sample quilt is finished. This quilt is fast and fun to make. If you make this quilt, I would love to see how yours turns out. Please leave a comment or drop me an email if you have any questions.

My submission for the MQG Houston exhibit. Blogged.

Il ne faut pas croire que je n'ai rien fait pendant tout ce temps. J'ai juste fait moins car il y a eu beaucoup de bouleversements dans ma vie mais ma machine m'a aidé à m'évader. Les prochains articles seront donc consacrés à ce que j'ai fait pendant...

Can we say 'y a y'! My school houses or houses are now blocks and I'm so glad that they are done .... and they look awesome!!!!! These photos just don't do the colours and the blocks any justice at all. Now, I'm in the process of sewing on sashings (see bottom 2 rows). Wanting something subtle, the sky fabric was chosen and I do think it will work nicely. Once the sashings are done, then the outer borders can get put on. I have been getting requests where this pattern can be purchased. You can't .... you have to make your own. There is a tutorial on how to draft your own house block by going here. Yep, I'm doing the happy dance!!!! I'm trying my best to stay away from starting new projects. My stack of UFO boxes is slowly starting to dwindle and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel (mind you, it is only a flicker). There is way too much temptation out there in blogland and I have to keep reminding myself to say 'no' and be content to just work on my UFO's ..... for now. :o) Have a great day!

Comme promis voici enfin le tuto sur le passepoil. En espérant qu'il vous aidera à sauter le pas 😀 ! Perso j'adore le passepoil : la robe la plus simple devient élégante avec ce petit passepoil magique sans complexité particulière. Comme nous sommes...

I cannot begin to tell you how surprised and flattered I was by the outpouring of kind words I received about my first geometric triangle quilt, a quilt for harry. As a result, I was inspired to create a similar look with tones of blue. I have named this quilt partly cloudy because of the weather my little corner of Michigan was enduring whilst I pieced, quilted and bound this little guy. Thankfully, it has been nothing but big sunny skies for the past week. I'd like to thank the quilting community as well as those quilt admirers (Pinterest) who have been so kind. It's lovely to be inspired to create beautiful things and share them here. This quilt is my entry for the 2012 Bloggers Quilt Festival, which will no doubt, bring endless hours of quilty inspiration. Thank you so much for stopping in! ~xo erica

(remember, this is for personal use only. contact me if you'd like to become a licensed seller) These days I've been trying hard to work...

Using a dramatic achromatic colour scheme, this simple 3 coloured Granny's Choice block uses value to highlight the placement of pieces within the block and creates a dynamic pinwheel

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An indigo quilt; unusual pattern. This concentric honeycomb was quite inexpensive, but one fabric didn't hold up, so an entire round would n...

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I hate that y'all cannot get to LQ for the monthly Second Saturday Sampler event...it is so special. The project/blocks, you can buy on lin...

Welcome! If you are just joining us, information about materials can be found here, and here are the previous blocks: Block 1, Block 2, Block 3, Block 4, Block 5, Block 6, Block 7, Block 8, Block 9. Materials: 8 3.5" squares of Color A 8 3.5" squares of Color B *note* these are the essential materials for each block, so you can cut several blocks worth of fabric at once to save time! Create your blocks, following the same procedure as last week. If you need help making your blocks, please see this post. You should end up with 16 2.5" squares. Ready to lay out your block? Here we go! ROW 1 ROW 2 ROW 3 ROW 4 After you have sewn your squares into rows, press your seams. I like to press odd numbered rows to the left, and even to the right. It helps to use a small piece of paper to number your rows. I like the tiny post-it notes. After pressing, you are ready to sew your rows together! Pin, if necessary, but I find that these short rows don't require pinning. Press one final time, and voila! Another finished block! Only 62 to go! Pat yourself on the back! Remember to add your blocks to our flickr group!

Welcome! If you are just joining us, information about materials can be found here, and here are the previous blocks: Block 1, Block 2, Block 3, Block 4, Block 5, Block 6, Block 7, Block 8, Block 9, Block 10, Block 11, Block 12, Block 13, Block 14, Block 15, Block 16, Block 17, Block 18, Materials: 8 3.5" squares of Color A 8 3.5" squares of Color B *note* these are the essential materials for each block, so you can cut several blocks worth of fabric at once to save time! Create your blocks, following the same procedure as last week. If you need help making your blocks, please see this post. You should end up with 16 2.5" squares. Ready to lay out your block? Here we go! ROW 1 ROW 2 ROW 3 ROW 4 After you have sewn your squares into rows, press your seams. I like to press odd numbered rows to the left, and even to the right. It helps to use a small piece of paper to number your rows. I like the tiny post-it notes. After pressing, you are ready to sew your rows together! Pin, if necessary, but I find that these short rows don't require pinning. Press one final time, and voila! Another finished block! Only 53 to go! Pat yourself on the back! Remember to add your blocks to our flickr group!

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be just terrible if we skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?" -Anne of Green Gables We have enjoyed a marvelous fall week-end and hope that you have also. I just thrive on this time of year......cool crisp mornings and sleeping with the windows open....apple crisp and pumpkin bread. A visit to the Temecula Quilt Company was an inspiring experience. The store was filled with so much quilting goodness.....I was in love with everything I saw.  Piecing Precision! Amazing samples every where you looked. One of everything please! :-) The store was so very neat and tidy and organized.....I found it to be restful and not over whelming. I absolutely love this miniature applique in this frame.  A feast for the eyes.......regular eye candy at it's best.  The displays were all so artistically done. My heart was pitter pattering at quite a clip! Houses.......Oh! how I love them! See how the thread is displayed in the Ball Jars....  I will complete the Temecula Quilt Company tomorrow. "Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only wall." -Joseph Campbell