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Zakka 2.0 Week 3 : Tea Cosy and Tea Pouch

June 22, 2013 19 Comments

Hi there!

I am glad I was able to squeeze time to make these lovely cuties!

The pattern is from Patchwork Please Book. You can get the book HERE.

Patchwork Please_Tea Cosy_Paper Piecing Text

Can’t tell you how much fun I had so far joining in Zakka 2.0 – I love this book (Patchwork Please by Ayumi Takahashi) though I do feel that it is a bit hard to read instruction. I read many many times before I could imagine it. I am just so used to photo or diagrams instruction!

But working hard on reading instruction really paid off! Huhu.

Here are more photos of my version of Lettered Tea Cosy! With my favourite tea, Earl Grey. What’s your favourite tea?

I love that cute button I bought here. Isn’t she just cute! Strapped down to the tea pouch!

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I used a letter theme for the main piece, as I could imagine drinking tea while reading lovely letters! As if there are any letters I could ever received these days, all are bills normally! LOL

Patchwork Please_Tea Cosy_Paper Piecing Text_Earl Grey

I was so excited when I saw the word Earl Grey on one of the fabrics I have in my stash!

I enjoyed making these, and will keep using them! and I have to say, my kitchen is slowly filled with many handmade as I go through Zakka 2.0!

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Paper Piecing does produce lots of mess as you go, cutting away those extra pieces, I now make sure I have a bin close to me so that I don’t make a big mess like I use to!

And, since another of my table is being folded down (because my sister is coming to visit – and need to make space) I use scissors to cut away those excesses as it requires less space than a cutting mat and a rotary cutter! found it to be quite convenient!

Linking Up to Zakka 2.0 at LRstiched , Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilt, Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilt and Paper Piecing Party at Quiet Play

In Home Deco

Zakka 2.0 Patchwork Please Week 2: B,L,D Towels

June 13, 2013 15 Comments

Hi!

This week on Zakka 2.0, we are sewing Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Towels!

These towels were fun to make but raw edging those words was quite challenging for me.

Here are mine hanging on the oven rail:

Here are them with my breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I enjoyed visiting others in the linky party, why not you join over too for more BLD towels!

Also Linking to

XOXO

In Home Deco

Zakka 2.0 Patchwork Please Week 1: Bell Pepper Coasters

June 6, 2013 16 Comments

Hi!

I am in the boat for the Zakka 2.0 hosted by Debbie and Linsey. Hopefully I’ll manage to keep up! The projects are based on the book Patchwork Please by Ayumi Takahashi and all the projects look so lovely and I can’t wait to make them!

Here is the first project in the book:

Adorable Bell Pepper Coasters!

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Bell Pepper Coaster_Patchwork Please_Ayumi Takahashi

Linking up with Linsey’s Zakka 2.0.

XOXO

In Completed Projects

Modern Placemat + Lets Get Acquainted

April 29, 2013 18 Comments

Hi!

I sometime can’t believe that month passes so quickly that I feel like I missed it. Where has the days gone?

I need to catch up on BOM and my bee blocks and swap to send out….

Maybe I was busy with other things too..I love the weather now, so i spend my time mostly outside doing the gardening and I also learned a lot about baking.

Cinnamon rolls

Black Forest Trifle

One of the weekend I spent a night finishing up one of the thing that has been on the UFO pile. One of them was the modern placemat. I didn’t quite like the top I made. However, once it was quilted, I think I am pretty happy with it.

The modern placemat is one of the project in Quilting Modern which I bought many months ago and this was a project that I started not long after I got the book.then it was piled on the UFO pile for quite sometimes…thankfully it got finished and can now be used.

If you are here from Kirsten blog, Let’s Get Acquainted Bloghop, I would like to say Welcome!

I love to hear from you, so feel free to leave a comment and browse around.

This blog is turning One year soon and I am planning to have a giveaway! Maybe some delicious bundle of fabrics. Be sure not to miss the chance!

Till then

XOXO

In Completed Projects

Covert Robin 2013

April 21, 2013 10 Comments

Hi

Sharing with you today, the gift sent and received for the Covert Robin hosted by Rachael at Imagine Gnats.

BTW I love the logo!

I sent over a table runner in spring colours. Bouquet of pink flowers and bright green with a touch of swirly quilting. I sent mine to Erin.

I received from Buffie this lovely placemat and hotpad. So lovely in autumn Colours too. It has been a wonderful autumn so far here in Canberra, and I am loving this placemat so much! Thank you Buffie.

Thank you for all the host too for handling such a wonderful swap!

XOXO

In Completed Projects

Half-Square Triangle Cushion Pillow for swap

September 16, 2012 No Comments

Hi!

I made my pillow cover for a swap to my secret partner already! Feeling good that it’s done which ticks of my list of things to do this weekend.

Well, she wanted a brown and blue cushion cover for her living room. I must say, I do not have much of those colour in my stash, but were happy to find that I still have a charm pack of Bold and Beautiful by Michelle D’amor (the same line I used for my Happy Go Lucky Quilt here). So, I decided to play around with some HST.

And I did more of these pebble quilting. With some flowers to match the fabric.

the back of the quilting/ Inside the cushion cover

And I am pleased with the final look. well, my pillow is a bit too big from the standard size..but I hope hers fits perfectly..

I decided to finish it up with snaps

Hope she like it too!

Are you in any swap group lately? Share me your swap group links if you don’t mind, I’d love to be inspired and love to join if I may..maybe not now (as we will be travelling soon)..but in the future I’d love to be in more swaps..It’s so exciting..

Well, till then, Have fun!

XOXO

P.S : I am planning to piece my Jack’s tonight..hopefully I’ll get to it..

In Completed Projects

Saturday Sewing : Flea Market Fancy Cushion Cover

September 8, 2012 No Comments

Hi!

How is your Saturday?

Mine was filled with a little fancy sewing. I finished up four of these :

It’s a cushion cover – the cushion was not washable – only can be dried clean, so I decided to make a cover, so that next time the cover can just be easily washed in the washing machine. Besides, It adds a new colour to my dining.

I was having fun quilting straight line using Janome walking foot. Which reminds me, that I do need to post a little experience I had gone through with my walking foot. I’ll do that in my next post!

Till then, Enjoy your weekend!

P.S : I am learning to take better photos with my DSLR – and trying new things such as Pinterest and blog decorating.

In Home Deco

Getting Cozy with Recycled Bottle

July 21, 2012 2 Comments

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>]

Bottle Cozy. Sew a quick project and spruce up recycled bottle

Snaps or ties?

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.

In Applique Quilt

Cupcake Wallhanging Quilt

June 30, 2012 2 Comments

In the intervals of larger projects, it is always nice to have some of those little quilts finished.

I made this wallhanging to get the hang of machine quilting – thus explaining why such a large negative space.

With this project as well, I learned how to do raw-edge applique.

It is always nice to learn a couple of things and brushing up the skills while finishing up a small project.

Such a great way to get instant gratification wouldn’t you agree?

super cute and easy cupcake wallhanging quilt

Machine quilting is quite addictive but it takes a while to get used to as well and a lot of patience. This little quilt took me quite some time to be finished. But finally I did it.

The best part is the binding part. This time I tried the tutorial here. I love the output of having no stitches showing up from the front side, but it takes a lot of care to make sure that it looks neat on the back as well.

So, in total this little quilt is for me to practice raw applique, machine quilt and binding! That’s why I love little quilt projects!

Have you tried making mini quilts before?

In Completed Projects

Tutorial | Ruby Table Runner using leftover Jelly Rolls

June 30, 2012 10 Comments

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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Quilted Table Runner Tutorial

Finished size : 19″ x 45″

Materials requirement:

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)

Cutting instructions:

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″

Piecing instructions:

Chain piece the first two 2.5″ squares for all blocks, followed by the sequence as per diagram shown.

Sewing the border on:

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.

Baste and Quilt:

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.

Binding:

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!

make sure you pin it for reference!