Finger Pin Cushion Tute

Towards the end of September, I got together with Susie, my friends, Ivete and Andrea, owners of the brand new online fabric store Gotham Quilts - (if you haven't visited their website, I highly recommend you head over there, as soon as you've finished reading this of course!) and Nancy to celebrate Nancy's birthday. Anyone who frequents The City Quilter knows Nancy - she's the store's resident fabric guru, doll maker and felting genius; in fact, there's not much that's crafty she's not a guru on!

Here's a pic of me with Nancy at Rhinebeck New York State Sheep and Wool Festival enjoying apple pie!

We decided we'd all make handmade gifts for Nancy, and I came up with the idea of making 3 small items using some of the French General Petite Odile fabric I had left from making my Daddy's Little Girl sampler quilt.

So, I made a tiny fabric pot using my own Stacking Basket tute;

I trimmed a hand towel with this fussy cut section of Petite Odile fabric - don't you just love the vintage costumes and toys? and

I made this finger-pin cushion.

Nancy loved her gifts, especially the finger pin cushion - in fact, everyone loved the finger pin cushion, so I wanted to share how to make one; they're sooooo easy - like 15 mins max!

Finger Pin Cushion Tute

• 1 x 4.5" fabric square

• Right sides together fold in half diagonally.

• Using a 1/4" seam stitch along two raw edges leaving a small gap for turning and stuffing.

• Turn and stuff and hand stitch gap closed.

• Pull the two longest points round to meet each other and overlap slightly - good to try on your finger at this point to see how far to overlap these two points. You can custom make a perfect fit though it's not essential, it can be a kind of 'one size fits most' project.

• Hand stitch overlapped points into place.

Go on, make a whole bunch, and see if you get the 'I have to have one' reaction I did!

Happy Birthday, Nancy :D

I also made another one - small prints are so cute on these finger pincushions. You can see more pics here.

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'Daddy's Little Girl' - A French General Sampler Quilt

Exactly one year ago I made a quilt and for one reason and another never blogged about it - so finally here it is:

my Daddy's Little Girl sampler quilt

Lots of pics, the usual specs but no words.

 

Quilt top fabrics - Petite Odile by French General Layer Cake for Moda

Quilt back fabrics - La Petite Ecole by French General for Moda

Quilting Thread - Aurifil 50/2 - 2905 Army Green

Finished quilt size - approx 62" x 46"

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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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