Machine Embroidery Workshop

I attended a machine embroidery workshop this week at Quorn Country Crafts and as well as learning and playing with different settings on my machine we did a little Christmas wall hanging

 

The picture was embroidered onto fabric, then ironed onto a piece of Decoville (from Vilene), backing added with bondaweb then satin stitched all around, ribbon and buttons added at the end.

 

    

Patchwork Day

Today I've been to a QCC sewing all day at Old Woodhouse, its been lovely spending the day with like minded people and I've managed to finish a couple of projects

A couple of weeks ago I posted a piece about the Angel in the Garden tote bag that I had been working on for quite a while.............
Well here's the finished project and I must say I think its fab

The second project is a humbug bag that I started at an embroidery workshop at Quorn Country Crafts www.quorncountrycrafts.co.uk on Wednesday, the crocheted daisy's were done on my embroidery machine and then stitched onto the main bag
The bag shows some of the different stitches that the machines can do
Its just big enough to throw my sewing equipment in when going to classes.

 

Our Church Scrapbook Crop - September

Its that time again our Church Scrapbook Crop next Saturday, the kit this time is made up using Kaisercraft Miss Empire Collection, matching bazzill cardstock, ric rac, bakers twine and buttons

I've done 3 sample layouts from the kit

 

Kaisercraft Photo Storage Box

Back in June it was the Merly Impressions http://www.blogger.com Scrapbook weekend retreat which I was booked to go on, unfortunately I was in hospital with various complications following my Chemotherapy so was unable to attend, of course I was absolutely gutted. 

 

Chrissy very kindly sent me all the kits that they had compiled for the weekend.

 

Yesterday and today I have been working on one of the kits which is one of Kaisercrafts off the page products - the photo storage box together with papers from and the 75 Cents & Up Up & Away paper collections.

 

I must admit I'm very pleased with it.

 

Angel In The Garden Tote Bag

For a while now I have been in the process of making the Angel in the Garden large tote bag by Button Angel

All the applique is done by hand using bond a web then hand button hole stitch.
I have had all the little panels finished for quite some time but due to illness had not having felt like sitting at sewing machine and putting it together.  Now that I am back up and running and in the with lots of enthusiasm for finishing things I have got the four big blocks together.

Just need to quilt and put the whole thing together now

Pictures of finished bag to follow later

 

Charity Quilt

The patchwork group that I go to QCC Quilters are hoping to make a lot of quilts for Project Linus, one evening was spent sorting fabrics into groups and then cutting into squares of either 10" or 5" depending on the pattern being used, another evening was spent sewing the squares into quilt tops, all to be finished by different members of the group.

Unfortunately as I was in hospital for both of those evenings I thought I would have a go at home, it is a pattern that I've not done before and I must admit I really enjoyed it and would certainly do another one.

I love the bright colours and the co-ordinating fleece used on the back.

 

Patchwork & Quilting Update

I went to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham yesterday, fabulous day lots of inspiration from the beautiful quilts on display and lots of shopping for new patchwork & quilting goodies.

Tomorrow sees the start of this years week long Patchwork Summer School run by a lovely lady called Sheila.  It is held from Sunday to Friday 9am till 9pm so lots of sewing and chatting with like minded people.

I  have this week finished the items that I started at last years Summer School which I'm really pleased with :-

This was called Tower Block Windows, the effect of the small strips looking like the windows in a tower block
Instead of doing a large quilt like Sheila had I made 4 blocks and made them into two cushions

 

This was a triangle puzzle, which took some working out of how it went together, from the length I have made a bag which is big enough to take my 18" x 24" cutting board and rulers to class / group

This was a scrappy strippy quilt, its a good way of using up all those accumulated scraps of different fabrics. I made two long strips and with borders added has made a lovely bed runner.

and finally a small shoulder bag, this was done by sewing strips together and then twisting the strips to show both the top and underneath fabrics.