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So much fun was had this weekend as I played with my fabric and experimented with a new gift idea. I recall seeing this idea months ago, maybe on the Moda website, and have been waiting for a good time to try it out....Chenille Trivits (aka hot pads). So I pulled out a mixture of fun fat quarters and larger scrap pieces and let the fun begin. Materials Needed: 5 - 10"squares using 5 different fabrics 1 - 10" square 100% Cotton batting 1 - 2 1/2" x width of coordinating fabric (approx. 43") for binding Choose a piece for the back side of your trivit and place it face down on your work table... Then place batting on top of backing fabric square..... Next layer remaining 4 fabric squares face up..... Draw a line diagonally in the center, from one corner to another. Use a few pins to keep your 6 layer sandwich together. Because of the many layers, it will be best if your use a walking foot (or if you own a Pfaff, you already have the integrated walking foot feature built in). Sew the first diagonal seam using the drawn line as your guide.... The next step will take a little time. Continue to sew diagonal lines approximately 3/8" apart, using the previous seam as your guide. I was excited to have an opportunity to use a pressure foot called "adjustable guide foot" that I purchased years ago. Most machines come with a guide bar you can attach for this purpose, or you can just eyeball it if your pretty talented at sewing straight lines on your own. :) The back of my Trivit...... Time to square it up....either to 9 or 9 1/2" square....your choice.... Now the fun, yet scary part.....cutting between the seams to make the chenille. IMPORTANT....MAKE SURE YOU ONLY CUT THROUGH THE TOP 3 LAYERS OF FABRIC! DON'T ACCIDENTALLY CUT THE 4TH LAYER THAT IS AGAINST THE BATTING!!!!! You can use a Chenille cutter, or you can use sharp small scissors. I did it both ways to make sure it could be done. :) In my case, I placed the lime green fabric on top of the batting, so it's my 4th layer and I don't want to cut through it....on this one I used my Olfa Chenille cutter....placing the plastic guard between the 3rd and 4th fabric layers.... Continue cutting between all diagonal seams.... For the second Trivit, I used a small, sharp pair of Fiskers scissors.....Again.....place blades between the 3rd and 4th fabric layers...... After cutting between all seams, it's time to bind your trivit. I chose to machine sew binding to the BACK of the trivit first...... Then I machine sewed the front side of the binding..... I'm certain you can attach the binding using your favorite method. :) Since I was having fun, I cut more fabric and batting to make a couple more.... ALMOST finished...but still one more step required before my four trivits are completely done. Time for the last and best part.......to get the full effect of the chenille process the trivits need to be thrown in the washing machine with a load of towels and machine dried. Just look how they fluff up and the different colored fabrics create a unique design. Aren't they just the cutest things? A view of the back.... Are you planning to make a few yourself now? Make them in any size your choose, larger or smaller, you can't make a mistake.
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Susanne von Textile Geschichten sammelt heute Stoffspielereien zum Thema „seltene Techniken". Das Thema gibt viel Spielraum, bereits 2015 gab es dazu eine Linksammlung. Mein Beitrag zu diesem Thema kam zustande, ohne dass ich darüber nachgedacht habe. In den Osterferien durfte ich einen Upcycling-Workshop mit Kindern betreuen. Am Ende gab es reichlich Stoffreste. Zeitgleich hatte ich ein paar Nachfragen nach Chenille-Box-Mäppchen. So war es naheliegend, die Stoffreste zu stapeln und altbewährt zu Flächen für Stifte-Mappen zu vernähen: Beginnend auf einer Bügelmarkierung diagonal; parallel mit Nähfußabstand von 0,75 cm. Es hat sich bewährt, die untere Lage größer zu halten, dann ist das Anschneiden der Lagen leichter. Auf der untersten Lage drehe ich gleich mit ein paar Stichen, ist besser als Abschneiden. Versehentlich habe ich vereinzelt am Cutter eine Seite mit zu schmalem Führungselement erwischt und meine Schnitte sind mitunter sehr dicht an der Naht. Für einen Nahtabstand von 0,75 cm ist die Einstellung M am Chenille-Schneider zweckmäßig. Durch mein Missgeschick hatte ich das Bedürfnis, die Raupen zusätzlich zu fixieren und erinnerte mich an Fotos von Stoffmanipulationen. Dazu lasse ich nun Fotos sprechen (eine kleine Auswahl). Beim Stapeln der Lagen habe ich mir kaum Gedanken gemacht, wie sich dieser Zufall später auswirkt. Besonders umgehauen hat mit der Effekt mit einem lila-orangen 80er Jahre Bettwäschestoff und in einem anderen Stapel eine mint-rosa-karierte Lage, die unter der Titanic hoch kam. Auch schwarzer Denim ergab eine interessante Optik. Die Verwandlung der "Altstoffe" war faszinierend, ich konnte dann gar nicht aufhören mit Stoffe aufräumen. Wenn mein Chenille-Cutter noch scharf wäre würde ich wahrscheinlich auch jetzt gerade Chenille-Raupen schneiden, aber meiner Ersatzmesser ist noch nicht eingetroffen. Dem Fixieren der Chenille-Raupen vor dem Nähfuß habe ich zunächst mit einer Häkelnadel nachgeholfen, später mit einer Stricknadel: mit der Nadel von der Seite zwischen die Raupen gleiten, drehen und vor der Näh-Nadel positionieren. Die Fläche mit Umrandung habe ich später mit einem Dreifach-Zierstich zusätzlich über die Umbiege-Nähte gefestigt, die vielen Lagen brauchen Halt. Die monatliche Stoffspielerei ist eine Aktion für textile Experimente. Sie ist offen für alle, die mit Stoff und Fäden etwas Neues probieren möchten. Der Termin soll Ansporn sein, das monatlich vorgegebene Thema soll inspirieren. Jeden letzten Sonntag im Monat werden die Links mit den neuen Werken zwecks Erfahrungsaustausch gesammelt. Die weiteren Termine der Stoffspielerei: 28.05.2017: Denim (Griselda – Machwerk) 25.06.2017: Thema noch offen (Lucy – Nahtzugabe) Juli/August 2017: Sommerpause 27.10.2017: „Fäden auf Farbe“ (Ute - 123-Nadelei)
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In my last post you got to the part where you had your chenille strips ready to go. In this post I will demonstrate how to sew them on the flower petals in my case, but they could be outline to anything you desire. So for this demo I started with a 4" inch square and I fused a flower petal on it. Of course you have your own fused flower, etc. that you will start with. Next you'll need to pin the chenille strip on the edges in a way that the stitches in the center of the chenille strip should line up about 1/16" from the edge of the petal like this: Make sure you stay consistent in the curves and don't make the strip too tight. After pinning it should look like this: Note that I used the pins a lot more frequently in the curves. Don't panic because your work will not be flat. Start sewing the strip on following the sewing line in the middle. Take your time! When you get to the curve only take 2-3 stitches then stop and remove the next pin. If you have needle down position on your sewing machine now is the time to use it. When you're done sewing you'll be at this stage: Again, your strips will not lie flat, but it's OK! Normally after this step you'll piece your blocks together, sandwich, baste and quilt your quilt, then put the binding on. After all is finished it's time to throw it in the wash. When it comes out nice and clean, you'll need to dry it until the whole quilt is dried completely. With my demo I skipped these steps since I didn't want to make another quilt :) Caution: do not start to brush the strips until the whole quilt is stabilized. If you don't want to wash and dry it, that's fine! It just makes the brushing easier because it loosens the fibers up (Is that the right term?) The next to last thing you'll need to do is spray it with a little water. A little mist is fine, it doesn't have to be soaking wet. Now last, but not least, brush away! It will be nice and fluffy when you're finished! I obviously did not have the patience to finish, but you get the picture! Your brush will have lint all over so you'll need to clean it very frequently. I collected the lint pieces in this container. It was full by the time I finished brushing all the flowers on my quilt. Note to people with dust allergies: You might want to wear a mask of some type. I don't have any allergies, but I looked like I had a cold by the time I was finished. Let me introduce my 2 helpers (NOT!) who were in my way the whole time. By the end they were so tired of helping me they needed to take a nap! Kormi Szundi Hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as they did!
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When I posted my Lily's flowers quilt people were commenting on the chenille part. Mary was asking me if I had a link to how to make it. I've searched on Youtube hoping that I could find a video tutorial, but only found the ones that were the whole chenille fabrics, but not the strips that you brush in the end. I don't want to disappoint, so I decided to do my first tutorial. Hope the explanation will be clear, if anyone has any questions please leave a comment below. Please read from beginning to end before you start working so you can understand all the steps clearly. To start You'll need: background fabric with any shape of flower fused on it. It doesn't have to be stitched down at this point, it's your choice (mine wasn't stitched before the chenille strip was sewn on) 5 pieces of 12" squares of plain solid fabric, the color of your choice. I made the demo with white muslin enough freezer paper to cut a 12" square rotary cutter, ruler with 1/8 inch markings iron, ironing board pencil regular ruler, preferably with 1/8 inch markings pins sewing machine, thread Here's what you'll need to do: Take 5 pieces of 12"squares of muslin: Step 1 Cut a 12" square out of the freezer paper ( I did it with the rotary cutter and ruler) Step 2 Iron the freezer paper square shiny side down (very important!) on one of the muslin squares. Step 3 With a pencil draw a line on the freezer paper diagonally from corner to corner. Step 4 Draw parallel lines 3/4 " apart starting with the one in the middle. I did not draw it all the way to the edges since those were not going to be long enough for my project. Step 5 Layer fabric squares, keep the drawn freezer paper on top Step 6 Pin the layers together. Note that I did not pin on the center line which will be my fist sewing line. Also note that I pinned perpendicular to the lines. Step 7 Sew on the lines with a shorter stitch length. You need shorter stitches to make sure to be able to remove the freezer paper easily. Step 8 After it is sewn it'll look like this: Front after sewing Back after sewing Now it's time to tear away the freezer paper! In order to do that fold the freezer paper and crease it really good with your fingernails or a creasing bone before tearing. Step 9 After all the freezer paper is gone you'll have your square looking like this: Now you'll need to take a long enough ruler and cut the strips 3/8 inch from the sewing line. Start in the corner by cutting off the triangles first. I suggest using the rotary cutter in this step because the strips could shift when you use scissors since you have to cut through 5 layers of fabrics. Step 10 Voila! You have your chenille strips ready to be sewn on your project! More coming up when I demonstrate how to sew the chenille strips on the flower petals and get the final fluffy chenille look. You can find these tutorials pinned to pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/253679391480525625/ part 1 http://pinterest.com/pin/253679391480528453/ part 2
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We use flannel to make our rag quilts, it makes them warm and cozy. You just want to wrap yourself in one on cold winters night (or day). We did a video tutorial on making a rag quilt using 10' squares a while ago, but this strip rag quilt is even quicker and easier to make. Watch the video below or scroll down for the step-by-step written instructions What You Need: Note: All strips are cut across the width of the fabric. Fabric 1 (main) - 12 @ 5' strips. You can use all one color or a variety of colors. Fabric
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