Textile Art Update

I know there's quite a number of you that are interested in my Textile Art pieces so I've updated my blog's TEXTILE ART page with a few more mixed media pieces that I've created previously.

Here's a sample of some of my work and you can see more here. 

A Baby Sized Paper Pieced Butterfly

Remember the 12" paper pieced butterfly that I pattern tested for Juliet at The Tartankiwi?
Well, she asked me to test a baby sized 5" version for her, it's a simplified version using a solid panel for each part of the wing sections.

Completed 5" Paper Pieced Butterfly Block

Juliet has made the block up using a fab print for the butterfly itself but, again, I've gone with solids to give it a completely different look.

A preview of Juliet's 5" block pattern which will be available soon on her blog

 As some of you know I've been making lots of quilts that I haven't actually shared with you on my blog - I'm getting them ready to sell online in my 'Etsy' store which I'm in the process of setting up - one of my quilts is a Butterfly design baby/lap quilt and I thought it would be good to test the pattern using coordinating colours.  

Left: Baby Quilt fabrics
Right: Paper Pieced Butterfly fabrics

Left: Paper Pieced Fabric Sections
Right: Paper Side of Paper Pieced Sections - I colour the sections to make it easier to use the right colours for each area

I think I'm going to incorporate the block into a small cushion using the spotty fabric as a panelled surround, the butterfly fabric for the cushion backing and add blue piping.  I'll let you know when the set is available for sale!

Here's the finished block with the Butterfly Baby Quilt

Juliet's patterns are available now via her Etsy store and also her Payhip store.  

If you don't already have one, I highly recommend you invest in an Add A Quarter ruler by CM Designs - it's the best tool out there for all your FPP work (affiliate link).

Disclaimer: I do not receive payment from Juliet @TheTartankiwi for testing her patterns, nor do I receive a commission on any patterns sold via her Etsy store or any other sales method.  This post is purely informational and of no direct benefit, monetary or otherwise, to me.

Here's a look back at the patterns I've previously tested for Juliet.

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In Memory of Dad

Last night my Mum and I were chatting on Skype and she asked me if I'd mind very much if she opened her Christmas present from me early.  I understood immediately why she'd want to do this - you see she knows that her present, which arrived safely and has been sitting under her Christmas tree now for last the last two weeks, is a Memory Quilt that I have made for her using my Dad's shirts.

 Mum knew that seeing the quilt would be quite emotional for her (and for me too) and so we decided that she'd open her present right then, just the two of us together over Skype.

It was a very special time for both of us and I can tell you that Mum loves the quilt and we had a lovely two hours chatting with her wrapped in her Memory Quilt in England and me wrapped in my Juicebox Sofa Quilt in America.

I am thrilled to now be able to share photos of the quilt with you here on my blog.

For My Dad

18 August 1925 - 5 May 2012

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Xmas Gift Quilts

Here're 3 lap quilts that I've made to give to friends this Christmas:

Mable's Xmas Reindeer Quilt
Happy Christmas Mable (age 6) with love from Flicky

Emerson's Xmas Grinch Quilt
Happy Christmas Emerson (age 3) with love from Flicky

Best In Show Quilt for Fuzzybutz Dog Grooming, Hoboken
Happy Christmas Vicki & Joanne at Fuzzybutz with love from Tatty

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This post may be linked to some great Linky Parties, always a great source of inspiration too.  If you click through to my 'Fave Linky Parties'  page you can see where I like to share my work.

It's Here - It's Available !!!

Lots of bits and pieces to share so did a bit of a debate as to whether it was best to do one long post or a few short ones.  I've settled for one long one but I'll try to do mainly pictures and not talk too much!

Firstly, great news for anyone who saw and fell in love with the paper pieced butterfly that I tested for Juliet of Tartankiwi - the pattern is available now on her blog and for the time being it's free to download.     Update on 14 February 2015, please contact Juliet directly via her blog for information about the purchasing the pattern.

If you do have a go at your own butterfly be sure to let me know how you go on, I'd love to see :)

Updated 12.41 pm, 2 May 2014

I do not receive payment from Juliet @Tartankiwi for testing her patterns, nor do I receive commission on any patterns sold via her Craftsy page or any other sales method.  This post is purely informational and of no direct benefit, monetary or otherwise, to me.

I've been busy buying lots of fabric and here's a quick peep at what I'll be working with over the next few months.

Remember a few weeks ago I was busy making place mats to take along to a 'finished edges' course at The City Quilter?  Well I finally finished the place mats and they're already being well used at our dinner table, thought to snap these photos today while they're still looking fairly new and lovely!!!

It was my first time sewing binding on completely by machine and I can now see the attraction - it's soooooo fast.  I still prefer hand stitching binding on my quilts but there's a lot to be said for whipping around a binding in minutes rather than hours!!!

In the same class, we also covered the 'no-bind' binding technique that I shared with you in my 'no-bind' pram/stroller tutorial.  This time, I made a small Christmas themed pot holder and it's already on its way to a new home just in time for Christmas.

Unfortunately, I was ill and couldn't make the second class but my friend, W and I are meeting up with our tutor, Christine Janove, over Christmas for a seasonal drink and to catch up on the bits we missed.

 

 A few weeks ago I told you about a throw I was attempting to crochet but I was having a bit of trouble as Tatty had eaten my bamboo crochet hook - well in the end she ate two of them and, given half a chance, she'd see her way through a full set.  Now my friend, V, who runs Tatty's Doggie Daycare at Fuzzybutz, Hoboken has told me that she's having a bamboo floor laid in her apartment - as Tatty goes to stay at V's when we go away I suggested this might not be a good idea!!!

Anyway back to the crocheted throw - well it's finished and it too has gone to a new home for Christmas.

Tatty loved it so much that I had to promise that I'll make her another one!

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