This wise little knitted owl, with his simple textured front, will keep your linens smelling floral fresh, and it's a fantastic way to make the most of your leftover knitting stash! Try this free project from Fiona Goble's brand new book, Knitting Stashbusters.
Every week I highlight one of my favorite knit, crochet and fiber art designers on Etsy! This week I'm featuring quick-knit Christmas ornaments, designed by a variety of artists! See more Christmas ornament patterns via Etsy. * This post contains affiliate links.
Hello and welcome to the second Stashbusters YouTube Hop! (Well, the corresponding blog post...) Just a bunch of YouTubers scrapping on a theme, for fun, and to give you ideas and inspiration. This month we are tackling left over alphas... When I have a sheet of alphas that looks like this I run them through wordsolver.net which gives me options on available words... I'll use squawking on a layout about Herbert Budgie later, but for now HOLIDAY and H O C are in my sights! I've also made up a couple of cheat sheets for alphas... With a little imagination and a pair of scissors it's amazing what can be turned in to what! Obviously it changes slightly with different fonts, and these are not the only options, but it's a great resource to refer to to kick start that lateral thinking mode. In my case I had H O and C left over. I decided to snip these up and use the curves as scalloped edging and the straights as confetti. I was making my layout with Show Us Your Stuff's sketch in mind. I am counting my confetti as a handmade element and am entering their September challenge. I love a sprinkling of something over my page; usually sequins, sometimes enamel dots. Paper confetti works well too. The thing with making your own is it will always coordinate and is a great way to use up tiny scraps! and this is how it all comes together: Thanks for stopping by!
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Happy Friday, crafty friends! I’m on a roll with the stashbusting around here and figured I would take advantage of the feeling while I have it … I have two more shares for you today. C…
Every week I highlight one of my favorite knit, crochet and fiber art designers on Etsy! This week I'm featuring quick-knit Christmas ornaments, designed by a variety of artists! See more Christmas ornament patterns via Etsy. * This post contains affiliate links.
Every week I highlight one of my favorite knit, crochet and fiber art designers on Etsy! This week I'm featuring quick-knit Christmas ornaments, designed by a variety of artists! See more Christmas ornament patterns via Etsy. * This post contains affiliate links.
It was an intriguing idea. And it helped address the overflowing basket of small scraps of light background fabric. But, I had no idea how much I would love the finish. Very different from my usual…
Good Vibrations - PDF Quilt Pattern This listing is for a PDF download version of this pattern. Stash busting alert! If you have any Gemfive or Charm Rolls hidden in your stash and have no idea what to make with them, this pattern is the answer. Good Vibrations was designed after hearing quilt shops owners say "we need a good pattern for these 5" WOF precuts" and we answered the call. If you don't have any precuts you can cut 5" strips from favorite fabrics in your stash and make a scrappy version like the purple batik quilt shown in our photos. When looking at the pattern you might think it is pieced by cutting lots and lots of tiny rectangles, but you'll be happy to hear it's not! We love using strip sets in our patterns, and come up with ways to make piecing more efficient. The Good Vibrations pattern has two size options with two border options as we like to do the extra math for you! Fabric requirements are given in both imperial and metric and the pattern uses imperial measure in the instruction. Quiltmakers are welcome to sell quilts made with our patterns. Copyright only protects the images and written words of patterns. Please do not share files or copies of patterns. If you are interested in our patterns for a retail setting or classes please contact us for our wholesale prices.
This diagram shows how cutting up a 9 patch and rearranging, makes it look like you did lots of fancy piecing.
I joined Amanda's Nine Patch a Day quilt along last April and finished the first half of the blocks in May and the second half of the blocks in June. I finally got around to piecing the top of the...
Worked in varying stripes using yarn that can be substituted from your own stash, this is a truly creative knit!The pattern includes info on the shades and stripes used in the original, including exact quantities for each colour. The pattern has a table with the exact sequence of the original stripes, plus a blank stripe table for your colourway.The main yarn weight is worsted but you can sneak in oddments of DK and aran.This garment is designed to be very oversized, with slightly cropped bracelet-style sleeves and shortish body length.However, there are notes in the pattern to help you modify the fit to your preference.While the original sample has a straight boat neck, this updated version also contains optional front neck shaping and rib neck edging.Yarn quantities are shown below for the MC and four CCs, to give you an idea of the amount you need. For the sample sweater you will need 2 (3:3:3:3) hanks of MC and 1 hank or less of 11 other shades.
Hi, all! It's time for another scrappy post, but today I am driving to Savannah, GA for QuiltCon 2017 - I'm so excited! - so I'm just going to share some inspiration with you today. First of all, I want to be sure you have a chance to see this fabulous post by Kat of Kat & Cat Quilts. If you don't know Kat already, she is the brains behind Covered In Love, which was one of our Hands2Help charities last year. She is also, by choice, a scrappy quilter, and she has a great idea for using up some of those precious small scraps that we hoard... Bookmarks! What a great idea! Her technique is very simple and you can read all about it here. And here are some pretties I've seen on Pinterest this week - lovely quilts one and all! Isn't this a cool way to do a charm quilt? I love the focus point the white squares give this one... And I have long wanted to do a bookshelf quilt, but wasn't willing to commit to the "realistic" look - and yet I really love the way this one looks! Less realism, but still gets its point across! And oh, the color!! I love the background color in these next two - grays can make all those beautiful scraps really POP! And this one just makes me smile! You can make this using either four mini-charm packs, or by cutting one regular charm pack in to quarters - a great way to use up that random charm pack you've got sitting in your stash! You can find the links for all of these quilts and more on my "Oh Scrap!" Pinterest page - click here to go there! So - - - do you feel inspired now? I'm thinking about taking my sewing machine with me to Savannah - wonder if I'll have time to do any sewing??? Hugs! Sarah
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I joined Amanda's Nine Patch a Day quilt along last April and finished the first half of the blocks in May and the second half of the blo...
Hi, all! May! The lovely month of May has arrived, with beautiful springtime weather to enjoy and the end of this year's Hands2Help Challenge in sight. Today we have another guest blogger joining us - Anja from Nova Scotia, who blogs at Anja Quilts! Anja is always creating something beautiful, it seems, and she has a wonderful tutorial for us today. So now I will turn the blog over to her! *&*&*&*&*&*&* Thanks to Sarah for hosting another year of Hands2Help and for the opportunity to guest blog. I'm Anja, and I blog over at Anja Quilts and on Instagram with the same name. My tutorial continues Sarah's theme of string therapy. I found a piece of paper in my quilting notebook with some directions, but no indication what the pattern was called or where I found it. It said to cut strips 14.5-inch long of various widths. I decided to use 12.5-inch lengths because that's the largest square ruler I had. Sew strips together to make a 12.5-inch square. Match two squares together, alternating the orientation of the strips so they are perpendicular. Sew a 1/4-inch seam around the entire perimeter of the square. Cut the square diagonally twice to get four sections. Press each section open to reveal a square. My note did not say to sew the strips to a foundation, and at this point of the process, I realized that would have been a good idea. Some of my squares were 8.5 inches, but some were not. So I trimmed them all down to 8.25 inches. I ended up making 48 blocks, resulting in a quilt top about 47 x 63 inches. There are many possibilities to arrange the blocks. This is a simple way to use up your scraps. *&*&*&*&*&*&* Oh, how I wish I had known about this technique when I was doing my string tutorials! This is such a great and simple way to change up string blocks into something really special. Thanks for sharing with us, Anja! Next week we will have another guest blogger, and it's also a check-in week. If you don't have a blog and want to share your progress, please feel free to send them to me at salliesue57 (at) gmail (dot) com and I will add them to a blogpost so others can see your work! See you next week! Hugs! Sarah
I promised I would show you what I made with the leftovers from my Bow Tie Quilt... Well, I actually made TWO quilts. But today I am sharing just one of them (don't worry I'll share the second one soon). The first quilt from the leftovers was a scrappy 9-Patch and Snowball quilt! Two blocks, in my opinion, where you never can go wrong! In fact, this combination of blocks creates a classic pattern you've probably seen before. They make a fun secondary pattern together, too! This is a great pattern to help you use up scraps! I used 4" (cut) squares for the 9-Patch squares and the bright Snowball corners. The large, white Snowball squares were cut at 11". But really, with some simple math, you could adjust this pattern to work with any size squares! I just so happened to have 4" squares left over from my Bow Tie quilt. I mocked up this version in EQ7 to show you the entire layout. I did a 5 x 7 block layout to keep the symmetry, but with that came a slightly long, skinny quilt. Mine finished at 52" x 73". Normally I think a good proportion is about a 12" - 15" difference. If you aren't a fan of the long, skinny look, another option would be to make it square. I personally am perfectly fine with square quilts, but I know some people aren't. And since I was making this just for fun (and was planning on selling it), I decided to keep it rectangular. I found a pink Riley Blake floral for the back and a turquoise gingham for the binding. I didn't show many pictures of this quilt on Instagram because unfortunately there was an issue with the long-arm quilting. You probably can't tell from these photos since I tried to hide the parts that were really bad, although now I'm wishing I would've taken some pictures of those parts to show you! But basically, I used a new-to-me long-arm quilting company and I think this was the first time they used this orange peel design and they had a hard time lining up the design. There was a lot of overlapping and such. I felt bad (and I know they felt really bad) but these things happen sometimes. Fortunately, they made it right in the end, which I appreciated. I ended up selling the quilt (with a huge discount) to a photographer wanting to use it as a photo prop. And obviously, I told her ahead of time what the situation was. Overall, I still think this quilt turned out cute. After washing and drying it, the owner may not notice all the imperfections in the quilting. I love the fabrics and the design, and orange peel quilting is always a favorite of mine! Maybe I'll make another one someday. I definitely have lots of squares that need to be put to good use. Have you ever had a long-arm quilting "mishap"? I am thinking about putting together a blog post with some advice to long-arm quilters from their customers. Over the 20 years that I've been quilting, I've had hundreds of quilts long-arm quilted and I've learned a lot. I've dealt with a few mishaps along the way and have definitely seen a difference in how different long-armers handle them. Some of them handle it wonderfully and some of them don't. I wish they all had a policy in place for how they will handle mistakes, because they are bound to happen once in a while. Please share your "mishap" stories or the advice you wish you could give your long-arm quilter below. Thanks for stopping by!
This quilt seemed to name itself...... While I was working on it, I thought of this fun 'play-on' words, and it stuck! The backing was lur...
If you are looking for a fun pattern to try on, then your next project could be any of these chevron quilt patterns in this post.
Use your scrap of fabric to make larger pieces of fabric. Learn how with this tutorial on how to create fabric yardage out of scraps.
This is a really fun way to cook a whole head of cauliflower - stuff it with cheddar, and top it with crispy Parmesan breadcrumbs!
Okey Dokey, here is my first attempt at a tutorial…feedback encouraged! Hopefully at least some of this makes sense. :) I’m going to explain the ridiculous way I figured out how to do t…
Using this tutorial www.filminthefridge.com/2010/10/20/rectangle-squared-a-qu...
Making a folded hem or edge on a knitted garment is the way to give a project an edge in stockinette stitch that does not roll.
Looking for some super creative ideas to make this weekend, but you kinda need somewhere to start, because although you love making things, you only have so much time in the day? You know, I used to think I had to start from scratch on both recipes and crafts, but as the years go by,
My friend Wendy and her husband George, the owners of Fabriculous Quilt Shop, designed this fun quilt. I knew I had to stretch out of my batik comfort zone and make it in bright modern fabrics. The pattern is called Falling in Love and you can find the pattern for sale at their shop or on their website here. I really enjoyed working with the modern fabrics and can see myself collecting more! I had shared this picture in a May blog post of the fabrics I had purchased and they worked perfect for this quilt. The fabric are a blend of Tula Pink, Kaffe Fassett, Blueberry Park, and Grunge Dots. I like to mix collections rather than just use one! The background is a white on white print. I quilted it with straight lines and then changed the quilting in the white heart to cross hatching and CC’s. I called it ‘Hugs and Kisses” quilting as it looks like X’s and O’s. I used white So Fine thread on top and white Bottom Line on the back. Quilters Dream Blend batting. Now its time for me to get back to quilting for my clients, it’s always fun to take a little break and squeeze in one of my own projects!
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I am very excited to let you know that the Dotty Cowl , my recent collaboration with Malabrigo, is available on Ravelry and is free! Th...
This cheerful quilt features an unexpected mix of blocks: Nine Patch and Square-in-a-Square.
A bunch of us with the Stashbusters Yahoo Group who have an excess of 30s fabrics in our stash will work on reducing that stash in 2015. I'm starting out the year with two 58 quart totes of 30s fabri
Christy Jr made this quilt for her daughter, Elly, and it was so much fun to make we had to share! The pattern is from Missouri Star, and is called the Disappearing Four Patch. All you need are your standard rulers, rotary cutter, iron, sewing machine, and five inch charm squares. We used Fossil Fern Quilting Squares and Cotton Supreme Optical White (but there are lots of charm square options out there!). See the photo tutorial below of how me made our quilt! The blocks are sewn together, ironed, then trimmed to nine inches. Then the block is cut into three inch pieces and the outer center pieces are rotated one position clockwise. Then the pieces are sewn back together as a whole block. A major part of the "look" for this quilt was a color gradient, so we spent a fair amount of time arranging and re-arranging the squares before settling on a final layout. Since we didn't really plan out the squares ahead of time, we ended up making a few extra blocks that helped transition colors. For example, there's a block with a yellow bottom and orange top, and another with a pink top and dark bottom. All in all, this was a blast to piece together. We added borders, and quilted with our popular West Wind at Night Edge-to-Edge. As you can see, the stars add a lot of fun and flavor to the quilt, and the swirls provide good coverage and movement! And here's the happy recipient of the quilt getting cozy before a little nap! And if you're interested in learning more about how to make this pattern, check out this fantastic YouTube tutorial made by Missouri Star Quilt Co.
