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After a longer break from quilting and blogging I am back with this cute project I designed for a friend. It's his present for the birth of his baby boy (who came to this world yesterday).<br />
As he and his wife will take the little one right to their house at the sea for the summer to come back to town only in autumn, I chose a sea-inspired pattern where I used a light blue centerpiece with dark blue borders and 6 cute appliqued sea-creatures in lively colors.<br />
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Here is a closeup of the centerpiece:<br />
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All the animals have been made using my home-dyed fabrics. I have to admit that lately I end up using those fabrics (I do have a stash of them, too) much more than the commercial printed variety. Apart from the fact that I can always (try to) create the exact shade I want for my quilt, I particularly love the mottled effect that,while being true to color is not simply red or blue or green. Just look how perfect the green and brown fabric is for the shell of the turtle!<br />
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And here are the details of some of the animals:<br />
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The octopus:<br />
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The lobster:<br />
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The turtle:<br />
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I use this technique to make non-slip soles for my fabric ballerinas, but it works on socks as well. <br />
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All you need is your slipper or sock and your hot-glue gun. I am using a fancy blue glue-stick with glitter, that came with my gun.<br />
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Prepare the fabric you want to work on.<br />
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Heat the gun and when, sufficiently hot, trace the glue in the desired pattern over your sole or sock. <br />
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These cute ballerinas can be made of all kinds of fabrics. Use cotton fabric and thin batting for summer as I did for the shoe in the picture above. In winter, use thicker fabrics and batting and add an insole. The ballerina in the picture below has an upper outer shell of cotton fabric while the inside is made of warm fleece. The sole is made of an insole, thick polyester batting and pink felt.<br />
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You will need a template for the size of your feet. I am preparing the template for european sizes 36-41, it should be available for download from craftsy in the coming days. You will need to mirror the pieces for the sole while the top is the same for both feet. Prepare your templates on paper or cardboard. If you work with thick fabrics and batting that are likely to create bulk, add a few mm to the templates.<br />
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Let's start with the upper part of the slipper.<br />
Cut a two rectangles that are little bigger than the template for the upper part of the ballerina of your fabric and lining. Take one piece of lining and one of your upper fabric and place them right side to right side. Trace your template on the back of one of the fabrics (choose the one that has more contrast to your marker, so that you will be able to see the lines). Make sure there is a miminum distance at the opening of the two sides of the template, as you will have to cut between them and you want to leave a minimum seam allowance.<br />
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Then take your lining and fabric (remember right sides inside) and sew them together along the inner half circle of the template. Fix your seam with a couple of backstitches at the beginning and the end.<br />
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Then cut the upper part of the ballerina from the fabric adding a seam allowance of about 1/4 of an inch (0.6cm) along the seam on the inside and cutting directly on the traced lines on the outside. <br />
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In order to be able to turn the fabric right side out without crases in the curve, make a couple of little cuts in the seamallowance (perpendicular to the seam) without cutting into the seam itself. <br />
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Then turn the fabrics right side out.<br />
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In the step we will close the heel of the slipper. Open the fabrics up again and place the two short rough edges right side to right side without twisting the fabric (you need to join matching fabrics - fabric with fabric and lining with lining).<br />
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Sew together fixing the beginning and end of the seam and turn the right side out.<br />
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Now it's time to prepare the tunnel for the elastic that will make the ballerina fit to your feet. Leaving an opening of a 1/2 an inch (a good cm) at the heel, sew a straight seam at 1/2 an inch (a good cm) from the inner edge of the slipper. <br />
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Cut a piece of 5mm elastic (appr. 1/4 of an inch) that measures as many cm as your shoe size (size 38 - 38cm, size 40 - 40cm) and insert it into the tunnel through the opening at the heel. <br />
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Join the two ends of the elastic by overlapping them for about 2 cms (3/4 of an inch to an inch) and joining them with a cross-stitch, don't forget the backstitches at the beginning and the end of the seam. <br />
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Pull the entire elastic into the tunnel and close the opening at the heel.<br />
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For the sole you will need two mirrored pieces of lining, batting and sole fabric. I am using pink felt for the sole and fleece for the lining. Prepare both fabrics and the batting by folding them in half right side facing inside and trace the template onto the fabric (seam allowance is included in the pattern).Cut through both layers to get the two mirrored pieces.<br />
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This is how the soles for my winter slippers will be structured:<br />
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The upper layer is fleece, followed by thick batting, an insole and the felt on the bottom.<br />
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First we will attach the bottom layer (in my case pink felt) to the upper part of the ballerina. Place the sole on the outside fabric of the upper part right sides facing each other. Baste or pin and then sew together all the way round with a seam allowance of 1/4 of anch inch (0.6 cm).<br />
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Only join the bottom layer of the sole and the outer fabric of the upper part, do not include the upper lining (the fleede in the picture below).<br />
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Then add the lining and batting of the sole (the insole will be added later). Place the upper and sole lining right side to ride side and the batting on the sole lining. Do not include the upper fabric and outer sole that you joined previously.<br />
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Start sewing a bit off the tip of the ballerina and sew almost all the way around, leaving an opening of 2 inches (5cm) if you do not want to add any additional insole. If you want a thicker sole, leave an opening of 4 inches (10 cm). <br />
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The seam goes all the way around the the heel of the slipper while The tip remains open. <br />
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Turn the ballerina right side out through the opening, then add your additional insoles. I am using a gel sole as shown below.<br />
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To clos the remaining opening, fold the seam-allowance so that it disappears into the opening and either close by hand with a blindstitch or use the machine, sewing a zigzag over the opening (we are working on the inside of the ballerina so it won't be visible.<br />
With all the bulk I have with my slipper (fleece, thick batting, gel sole and thick felt) I simply zigzaged several times over the rough edges of all layers.<br />
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Turn the ballerina right side out and try it on. If you want to know how to make your soles non-slip have a look at <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-non-slip-soles-or.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.<br />
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And here are the slippers. The size is the same, but the thick lining and batting in addition to the insole make the right ballerinas a lot more bulky. <br />
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These little bags are not only cute and easy to make, but, being useful for a variety of purposes, they are a little gift in itself.<br />
With the right choice of fabric these little bags adapt to lots of occasions. The little bag below has been made from semitransparent, thin dark blue cotton with contrasting seams. It's the perfect packaging for a delicate object as the rhinestone keyring you can see in the picture.<br />
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When I give a quilt I especially like to giftwrap it in its own drawstring bag. It's nice and offers protection for when the quilt is being stored.<br />
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This is, by the way, my <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/09/giulias-rubberduckies-baby-quilt.html" target="_blank">Giulia's rubberduckies" babyquilt</a> in its bag made from a baby girl print cotton fabric.<br />
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Now, making the bags is really simple. All you need to do is figure out the size of the bag. Start by cutting a rectangle of fabrice that is double the height of the finished bag plus 1 inch (2.5cm) by the width of the bag plus 1 inch.<br />
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Fold the fabric in half as shown above with the wrong side facing outside. Close the two long sides with a simple straight seam, and if you don't use a serger, zigzag along the raw edges to protect the raw eges.<br />
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Then fold the upper, raw edge over twice towards the wrong side of the fabric, thus hiding the raw edge inside the fold.<br />
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Pin or cllip the hem in place all around the opening.<br />
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Sew in place with a straight seam next to the edge of the fold leaving a small opening (about 1/2 an inch / 1,5 cm) next to one of the side seams.<br />
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Now you can either use a ribbon or make your own, matching string.<br />
To make the string cut a long strip of the same fabric (it should be at least double the circumference of the top of the bag). The strip should be about 1 inch wide. Fold the strip lenghtwise, ironing both raw edges towards the wrong side so that they meet in the middle of the strip.<br />
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Then fold the strip in half lengthwise, hiding the two raw edges inside the string. Iron.<br />
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Now sew a simple straight seam all along the open edge of the string to close it.<br />
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With a safety pin insert the string into the hem on the top of the bag throught the opening int he seam.<br />
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When the string has been inserted into the hem remove the pin and make a knot at both ends of the string to keep the fabric from unravelling and the end of the string from slipping back inside the hem.<br />
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Getting ready for Halloween this year I prepared these pumpkin table runners / placemats.<br />
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Here's how they're made:<br />
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First you need to prepare a simple template. The tabe runners should be symmetric, therefore I cut half a pumpkin from paper and placed it onto the folded fabric. I traced the outline of the pumpking and cut through both layers. This needs to be done with the fabric, backing and batting.<br />
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Then you place the batting on the table, the backing on top of it right side up and the top fabric last right side facing down.<br />
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Clip or pin together and sew all the way around the pumpkin starting at the top and leaving a big enough space for the stem.<br />
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Clean the edges leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Then turn the runner right side out through the opening for the stem. Now the fabric and backing should be on the outside with the backing hidden between the two layers.</div>
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The stam is made from green felt. Cut a rectangle that's fits the table runner and insert it into the opening. Then fold the seam allowance on both sides (front and backing) towards the inside and pin in place. Attach with a straight stitch.<br />
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The pumpkin structure is created with quilting.<br />
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Otherwise you can personalize your Halloween table runner or placemat with embroidery.</div>
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This is what the backing lookes like (the green one is the table runner with the embroidery).<br />
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Here are the two runners together on the table: <br />
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After my last trip (to the festival of quilts in Birmingham in early august this year) I ended up waiting for my luggage at Bologna airport and ended up having to put two (!) suitcases back onto the conveyor belt, because even though they were identical to my suitcase, they weren't mine. So I decided to make a big and resistant luggage tag that would make it easy to identify my suitcase in the future.</div>
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The tag measure 10x12 cm. For the front I prepared a quilted sandwich of that size folding the fabric over on the top (the other three sides will go into the binding).</div>
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For the backside I cut a rectangle of transparent plastic (the variety that you buy in sheets sa cover for folders etc.). I then took three pieces of fabric folded in half (right side out) that I sewed onto the plastic. I placed the fold over the plastic from the right side and sewed it in place. Like that the double raw edges face outside and will go into the binding).</div>
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For the upper edge (where there will be no binding) I folded the piece in half wrong side out and closed the one long side. </div>
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For the binding I prepared a long strip (at least double the three side lengths with raw edges). I joined the two short sides to prepare a loop and then ironed the raw egdes for the seam allowance towards the wrong side of the fabric on both sides.</div>
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For binding, I placed the front and back sides on top of each other, right sides out and clipped the binding in place all areound the three raw edges, folding mitered corners in the two angles.</div>
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I started sewing just above the tag, attaching the binding all the way around the rectangle and then continuing on around the loop, closing the strip all the way round.</div>
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It's a lot faster to machine-bind a quilt <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank">(for tutorial click here</a>), but of course the stitching remains on top of the binding and thus in plain view. That can be avoided with hand-finished binding, where the binding is attached to the front of the quilt with the machine and then finished on the back by hand.<br />
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Cut your strips and join them together to have one long strip that measures at least about 20 inches more than the circumference of your quilt. Refer to the picture below for how to join the smaller pieces to one long strip.<br />
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Before attaching the binding to the quilt, iron the strip in half lengthwise, right side out.<br />
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Now place the strip along the edge of the front of the quilt with the raw edges of the strip facing outwards.<br />
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Attach the binding to the quilt with a simple straight stitch, sewing 1/4 of an inch from the edge of the binding / quilt. Start in the middle of any side of the quilt and leave about 10 inches of the strip unattached, you will need that later to finish the binding.<br />
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Sew all along the edge of the quilt. When you come to a corner proceed as shown below to create a mitered corner.<br />
First attach the strip up to just 1/4 of an inch from the edge.<br />
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Then, without cutting the thread, turn the fabric and stitch backwards, until the needle leaves the quilt.<br />
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Now first fold the strip upwards in a 90° angle.<br />
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And then fold it back down along the edge of the quilt as shown below.</div>
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Move the quilt back under the needle and continue to sew as before 1/4 of an inch from the edge of tht quilt/binding.</div>
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Continue sewing until you reach your starting point. Stop sewing about 5 inches from the beginning of the seam and leave about 10 inches of the strip from the end of the seam. It should look like this:</div>
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Now you need to measure the two ends and sew them together so that they perfectly fit into the remaining opening.</div>
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To do that place them on top of each other along the edge of the quilt and mark the point where you want them to be joined.</div>
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Them place the two strips (open, not folded in half) right side to right side (to make sure the strips are not twisted, first attach them with a pin and make sure they fold and turn as they are supposed to) and sew them together diagonally just as you joined the strips earlier.</div>
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When everything is right, sew the two ends together, cut off the excess fabric and attach the last piece of the binding to the quilt.</div>
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And over onto the back to cover the raw edge of the quilt.</div>
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Fold it onto the back so that it covers the stitching (the seam with which you attache it to the front).</div>
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Attach the binding to the back by hand. Insert the needle into the backing of the quilt just where the binding is supposed to finish and back out a little over to your left (or right, according to the direction you prefer to sew). With the same movement stick the needle through the very edge of the binding.</div>
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I love all kinds of gadgets that keep you warm in a cold winter night. And I especially love it when it's not only warm but soft and cozy, too.</div>
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Hot water bottles are great, because they stay warm a lot longer than cushions filled with rice, wheat or other materials that you heat in the microwave (<a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/08/how-to-make-rice-and-lavender-heat.html" target="_blank">for a tutorial on a rice and lavender heat cushion that works just this way, click here</a>). On the other hand the fabric cushions are a not nicer to touch than the rubber of the hot water bottle. To get the best of both all you need is a soft cover for the hot water bottle, and the best is it's really easy to make.</div>
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I'm using my leftover fabric from the <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/08/how-to-make-blanket-with-sleeves.html" target="_blank">blanket with sleeves</a>, but any fabric will do just fine.</div>
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I chose the simple envelope-technique, because it's quick and simple to make and easy to use. </div>
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All you need to to is cut a piece of fabric that is a little wider and a little more than twice as long as you hot water bottle.</div>
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Sew a hem on the two short sides. Then fold the strip so that it is a little larger than the bottle and that the two short sides overlap just off the middle of the cover. The wrong side of the fabric is facing outwards.</div>
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This little cushion combines warmth and aromatherapy to a perfect relaxing experience. Just place it in the microwave at maximum heat for a couple of minutes and enjoy the heat and the sweet scent of lavender.<br />
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Making a cushion is easy, all you need is fabric, rice and dried lavender flowers.<br />
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Start by cutting the fabric. How big do you want your cushion to be? Mine measure 46x21 cm (appr. 18x8.5 inches).<br />
Cut a piece of fabric that measures double the desired size (don't forget the seam allowance!). I cut my rectangle 93.5 x 22.5cm (36.5x21.5 inches).<br />
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Fold the piece over, right side to right side and close both long sides of the rectangle plus the outher thirds of the short side. The middle third of the short side will remain open (this is where you will fill in the rice and lavender).<br />
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Now mix rice and lavender flowers. To fill the cushion I used about 750g of rice and 75g of lavender.<br />
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This is one of the best inventions ever! No more having to lift the blanket and having cold air entering when you need to use the remote or turn the page of your book. The blanket with sleeves gives you freedom of movement while keeping all of you cozy and warm.<br />
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To make one you need:<br />
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My blanket is made of fleece and has unfinished edges, which is why first I hemmed all four sides.<br />
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Then I cut the holes where the sleeves would be attached. When measuring, There should be a good 20 cm (just short of 7 inches) of blanket above the sleeves. Between the holes consider the width of your shoulders.<br />
When cutting the holes be generous, you want to be able to move freely when wearing the blanket. My holes have a diameter of 16cm (appr. 6.5 inches).<br />
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Next cut the sleeves. They should be as long as the distance from your shoulder to the middle of your hand (just where the fingers begin). The width should be the same as the circumference of the circle you cut plus seam allowance.<br />
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First finish the edge that will be down at the hands of both sleeves with a hem.<br />
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Then prepare the sleeve by joining the two long edges, creating the tube that will be the sleeve. Use a serger if you have one, if not join the two pieces with a straight stitch, then secure the raw edge with a zigzag-stitch. </div>
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Next attach the raw edge of the sleeve to the opening in the blanket. Proceed as you did with the previous seam (serger or straight stitch plus zigzag).</div>
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To make the eggwarmer I first prepared a paper template of the right size to cover a boiled egg.</div>
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Then I cut 4 pieces of my fabric and 2 pieces of batting, a little bigger than the template.</div>
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To prepare one side of the eggwarmer (you will need 2 of these quilt sandwiches, one for the front and one for the back) place one piece of fabric right side down, put the batting on top and then add the second piece of fabric right side up.</div>
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This is another quick and fun project, that adds color to your table.<br />
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The coasters can be made in practically any shape. I focussed on squares and circles.<br />
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To make the coasters find an adequatly sized template and cut 2 pieces of your fabric and 1 piece of thin batting for each coaster. Do not forget to add seam allowance.<br />
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Place the batting on the table, put the first piece of fabric right side up on top and then add the second piece of fabric right side down.<br />
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Sew a simple straight seam all the way around the piece, leaving a small opening in the middle of one side. Turn the piece right side out through the opening.<br />
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Now quilt the coaster as desired. I chose a squared spiral.<br />
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Start quilting from the center of the coaster moving towards the edges in order to avoid accumulating eccess fabric or batting in the middle. When done close the small opening with a blindstitch.<br />
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Prepare differently shaped coasters in various fabrics.<br />
Deck the table and enjoy the colorful display.<br />
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I spent some time thinking about what to do with the lamps. I tried to cut the covers, so in order to cover them with fabric, but the cheap plastic just broke. I was about to give up when I came upon this structure, that had covered the pots of my fuchsias when I bought them, and that I had never thrown away. Luckily, I had two of those.<br />
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I gave them an ivory finishing with the remaining spray from my <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/07/sewing-case-makeover.html" target="_blank">sewing case makeover</a> so that they wouldn't be easy to see through the fabric, at least with the light out.<br />
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Not only were these cylindrical structures free, they happened to be a perfect fit for the lamp base.<br />
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I decided to use a light fabric that would give some more light, so that it would be possible to read with these bedside lamps. I cut a trapeze from the fabric according to the measurements of my cylinder.<br />
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Coccolina was in charge of quality control, here you can see here checking the elastic<br />
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The finished cover looked like a little skirt with elastic in the top and bottom hem.<br />
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They are easy and quick to make.<br />
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You need: fabric and batting<br />
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For a basket with 20cm side length and a heigt of 15 cm cut your two fabrics and batting into a 50x50 cm square.<br />
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Fold all three layers in half and cut away the corners on the fold as shown below.<br />
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Start by sewing one of the fabrics and the batting into a basket.</div>
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Place the fabric onto the batting right side up and fold in half right side on right side. Join the two short sides with a straight stitch.</div>
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Then open the remaining opening up folding it perpendicular to the seam and close with a straight seam.<br />
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The first par to of the basket is done. Proceed in the same way with the second fabric.<br />
When done place the fabric and batting basket with the fabric outside and insert the second fabric right side up into the basket. <br />
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Close the upper open edge with binding. I used a simple red ribbon, but you can make your own binding following the instructions in <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.<br />
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And attach with a simple straight stitch.<br />
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And when it's not completely full, just fold the rim over.<br />
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It's late july, it's hot, it's time to go to the beach.<br />
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This is how you can make a spacious beach bag with a small inside pocket.<br />
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The bag is made from a strong cotton fabric. It measure 55 cm on the top and 40 cm on the bottom and has 15 cm bottom width. The height is 40 cm.<br />
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You need to cut two identical shapes from your fabric and lining, I am using the same fabric for both.<br />
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I am using a 0.9cm seam allowance therefore I need to cut 2 rectangles measuring 101.8 x 56.8cm.<br />
Then I fold the rectangles in half and cut out two rectangles on the bottom side (where the fold is) measuring 15 x 7.5 cm but given that we're cutting on the fold the actual cut will be 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm.<br />
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Start by preparing the outer and inner bags.<br />
Keep each piece folded in half (as you cut the bottom squares out) right side to right side and join the two longer outer sides with a straight seam. I additionally zigzag the rough edges in order to better protect them.<br />
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Then open the reamining opening, closing it perpendicular to the 1. seam. Practically you need to match points A and C folding the two edges of corners B onto themselves.<br />
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Close the opening with a straight stitch, and if desired, zigzag the raw edges.<br />
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When done take the four rectangles you cut from the big rectangles before, we will use those to make the inside pocket (if you prefer a pocket of different dimensions, cut the pieces from the fabric and proceed as indicated below).<br />
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We have four rectangles and we will need two identical pieces for the pocket. Therefore we place two pieces right side on right side and join them to two squares measuring 15 x 15 cm.<br />
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Now place the two new squares right side to right side onto each other and sew all the way around, leaving only a small opening for turning the piece inside out.<br />
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Place the finished and turned square onto only the lining, positioning it in the center of one side.<br />
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Sew in place with a simple straight stitch attaching three sides and leaving the upper edge open.<br />
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Now it's time to join the outer bag and the lining.<br />
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Place one inside the other, right side to right side and sew together the upper raw edges (zigzag if desired) leaving a small opening to turn the bag inside out.<br />
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Next you need to prepare strips for the handles. I wanted the handles to be long enough to comfortably carry the bag on the shoulder.<br />
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I cut strips 22 cm wide and joined them into a complete loop of 340 cm. This is how you join shorter strips to one long loop. Take care not to twist the strip when closing the loop.<br />
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Now iron the seam allowance of 0.9 cm on both sides of the strip towards the wrong side.<br />
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Then iron the strip in half lengthwise, hiding the raw eges inside. Sew a straight seam close to each side of the long loop.<br />
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Now position the handles carefully making it run along the bag as shown below and paying attention to having both handles of the same length.<br />
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When satisfied with the position of the loop and handles, sew in place all along both sides of the strip wherever it touches the bag. Reinforce the seams on the upper edges of the bag, just where the actual handle starts, sewing a cross and square as shown below.<br />
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In the pictures you can see, how the additional width in the bottom makes the bag pretty spacious:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First I cut the basic shape from my front fabric, rigid batting and backing. Then I cut the pockets, two strips for the upper and two strips for the lower pockets, that are just as wide as the batting and as high as I wanted the pockets to be. Additionally you will need strips for binding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I joined the front and lining of the pockets placing the pieces right side to right side and sewing only the top seam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For the upper pockets I ironed a double hem towards the inside of the pocket</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and I placed the pocket strips on the background, clipping everything in place.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All open edges of the lower pockets will go into the binding, while the lower edge of the upper pocket will have to be attached before. I placed the strip with the hem towards the inside in position and attached it with a simple straight stitch.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the binding prepare a long enough strip and pin/clip it in place all around the caddy. For more information on how to bind a quilt have a look at<a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank"> this tutorial</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the rather rigid batting, I wasn't able to finish the binding as shown in my binding tutorial. Therefore I did this:</span><br />
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<br />I prepared a paper template for the cat in two sizes and traced it onto adhesive plastic foil.<br />
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I cut the single adhesives from the foil.<br />
Then I prepared the toilet lid by covering the actual seat in adhesive tape in order to protect it from being coloured.<br />
After that I sprayed different colours (ivory, lavender and violet) in patches onto the toilet lid and let dry.<br />
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When the finishing had dried I placed the adhesives onto the single colours making sure they adhered perfectly on all sides.<br />
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Then I sprayed dark blue finishing all over the toiled lid, covering the whole piece.<br />
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Today I finally decided to upcycle this little blue basket I have left over from some Easter nest by covering it with quilted fabric.<br />
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To cover your basket follow these simple steps:<br />
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Trace the bottom of your basket on paper and cut out the template.<br />
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Measure the circumference of the template and of the upper ridge of the basket.<br />
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Cut the bottom template and strips (lower edge length circumference of bottom, upper edge length circumference of the upper ridge - center the bottom with regards the upper edge) of your top fabric, batting and backing each. Cut a 3.5inch / 5cm wide strip of your binding fabric just as long as the upper edge of the basket.<br />
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Now place the backing on the table right side down, the batting centered on top of it and the top fabric right side up on top of the other two layers. Quilt the layers together. I quilted a simple grid.<br />
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Quilt both the bottom and the sides of the basket cover and cut the pieces to size.<br />
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I finally settled on giving it a spray varnish finishing, but I wanted something cute, not just a simple colour and so I went for red hearts on an ivory background.<br />
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This is what I did:<br />
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I started out with this very plain sewing case.<br />
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It had the remains of a nondescript finishing.<br />
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I cleaned the case and treated it with glasspaper before spraying it red.<br />
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Then I cut heart shapes of different sizes from adhesive plastic foil and stuck them so they covered red areas.<br />
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Then I sprayed the whole case with ivory varnish and left it to dry.<br />
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When the first layer of varnish was dry I opened the case and sprayed parts of the inside as well as the open sides of the cases where the joints moved out of position.<br />
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The next morning, with the finishing perfectly dry, I removed the adhesives and so now on the outside the case has red hearts on an ivory background<br />
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while on the inside it's simple ivory, and on the lower levels, wood.<br />
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What a difference...<br />
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Eventhough my sewing desk does have many big drawers, I've accumulated so many tools and materials over time, that every inch of space is stuffed. So I finally decided to make myself a utensilo that, hanging on the wall, can keep some of the things I don't need that often, or that I don't really have a place to put (like my big ruler, it's always in the way).<br />
These utensilos are functional and a nice accessory for decoration and can be adapted for the childrends' room, bathroom or kitchen or wherever you need to stow away stuff.<br />
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My finished utensilo measures appr. 60x70cm.<br />
I started by cutting three rectangles of that size from my fabric, batting and backing. Additionally I cut strips for the pockets of all three layers, the lower pocket strip measures 20x70cm, the upper, shorter strip, 20x40cm.<br />
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To get started, place the three layers for each piece on top of each other, with the backing coming first, right side down, the batting and last the fabric right side up.<br />
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Quilt the layers together. For evenly spaced parallel lines I use the guide that comes with my sewing machine.<br />
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In this case I opted for a simple grid, quilting parallel lines first
horizontally and then vertically to cover the whole piece.<br />
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Prepare all three pieces in that way and square them off.<br />
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Now you need to prepare the strip for binding. I will need to bind the upper edge of the lower pockets (70cm), the two long and left short side of the upper pocket (1m) and then the whole quilt (2.6m). Therefore I will need at least 3.5m (the corners take up a tiny bit more and your need longer edges in order to be able to close the binding that goes all the way around the utensilo.<br />
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Cut enough strips of 10 cm to join them to a strip of the needed length. To join the strips, place the ends of two strips perpendicular to each other right side to rigth side and sew right through them as shown below.<br />
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Cut away excess seam allowance and keep on adding all pieces to one long strip.<br />
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To prepare the strip for binding, first iron it in half lengthwise, then iron the two raw edges for 0.6cm of seam allowance to one side of the strip.<br />
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In order to attach the binding to the upper edge of the big pocket and the three edges of the upper pocket, pin it in place on front and back and attach with a simple straight stitch close to the edge. Don't worry about the other edges, they will be included in the binding of the whole utensilo. For more detailed information on how to bind a quilt have a look at <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.<br />
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Apart from the pockets I need to prepare a strip of fabric that will hold the upper part of my long ruler in place.<br />
Cut a strip measuring 3,2 x 35cm and fold it in half lengthwise, right side inside. <br />
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Sew a straight seam along the long side to create a sleeve.<br />
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Turn the sleeve inside out and insert a piece of elastic that's 30.5 cm long.<br />
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Now place the background piece on the table and align the lower pockets with the lower edge and corners of the background. Then place the upper pockets with the raw side aligned to the right side of the utensilo at the desired height and place the elastic strip on the left so that one end will get caught in the binding while the other end will be attached under the upper pocket.<br />
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Pin the binding in place starting in the middle of one short side possibly on the top as there's only one layer to deal with. When pinned, attach the binding leaving about ten cm of the strip at the beginning and the end unattached and fix your seam at the start and at the end with a couple of backstitches.<br />
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To pin binding in place I find that Clover Wonder clips work really great, they hold the binding in place without any distortion. But you can do the same with regular pins, it's just a little bit more difficult.<br />
Finish the binding as explained in my <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank">binding tutorial</a>.<br />
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Now attach the lower and right sides of the upper pockets making sure to fix the right end of the elastic strip in the process. Make sure all your layers lie flat and sew a simple straight stitch through or right next to the binding to attach the pocket.<br />
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Think about how many single pockets you want and how big they should be. I will need the left part of the lower pockets to be just big enough to hold my long ruler. Then I want another 3 pockets on the lower strip while I will divide the upper strip into only 2 pockets.<br />
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To divide pockets, sew a straight seam fixing the pocket layer and background together where you want the division to be.<br />
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Finish dividing your pockets and attach strips or a sleeve or whateve is good for you to hang the utensilo up. In my case it goes on a more than 3m high wall where it's hung on a painted pipe (see below) so that I simply attached two long strips that I knotted around the pipe. I had to add a stick on the top of the backside of the utensilo to keep it hanging straight, too.<br />
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</script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646117286912840680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623231893475193731.post-16936958981546572332013-07-05T18:23:00.002+02:002013-07-05T20:03:51.285+02:00How to make a neckholder glassbag How annoying is it to never know which one was your glass during parties or outdoor events? Plus I don't really like to drink from paper or plastic cups (apart from all the trash that piles up), drinks simply taste better from real cups, especially if it's wine or cocktails. Only that then you end up either carrying that glass around all the time or leaving it to be mixed up with the others.<br />
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Here's the solution: a little carry-around-your-neck glas holder<br />
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<br />They're quick to make (it took me a mere 20 minutes with taking pictures and everything), they're cute and they're a great gift for your guests when for example hosting a standing garden party.<br />
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What you need:<br />
a little bit more than 1/2 a fat quarter.<br />
If you want to make more get several fat quarters and mix and match the fabric for the bag and binding. <br />
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I designed mine to fit these three glas types in order to be flexible:<br />
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A good height for all three glasses is 13cm, that's slightly under the rim of the straight glas and a little bit lower for the other two. The circumference of the biggest glass (upper part of Coke glas) is 25cm.<br />
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Therefore I cut one strip measuring 36 x 16.5 cm. That's because the strip will be folded over to create a bag (38/2=18cm) The hem on both ends will use 2cm per side leaving a length of 16 cm. With the round bottom of the glass having a diameter of 6cm, the bottom uses another 3cm per side leaving the finished side length at 13cm.<br />
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Start by folding the raw edge of the short side of the rectangle over twice creating a hem measuring roughly 1 cm and hiding the raw edge inside the folds. Sew in place.<br />
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</span> Prepare the hem this way on both short sides.<br />
Then prepare the strip for the binding and neckholder. Cut 4cm wide strips that total about 110cm.<br />
If you have several shorter strips join them as shown below.<br />
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Place the ends of two strips right side to ride side with one strip perpendicular to the other and sew diagonally through the tip. Cut away excess seam allowance. This is the same process as preparing binding, for more detailled information have a look at <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/05/how-to-machine-bind-quilt.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>).<br />
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Prepare the strip by ironing the seam allowance on both long sides towards the inside of the strip.<br />
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Then iron the strip in half lengthwise.<br />
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To finish the bag, fold the seamallowance at the end of the binding strip towards the wrong side, wrap the binding around the bottom edge of one side of the bag and pin in place. Pin the binding along that side of the bag, enclosing both sides of the bag inside the binding up to the top. Do the same at the other open side of the bag wrapping it into the other end of the binding making sure that the long strip is not tangled or twisted where it forms the handle.<br />
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The picture above shows the bag with the binding pinned in place forming a long neckholder on the top.<br />
Sew the binding in place starting in one corner and sewing all the way around the strip, joining it to the bag and closing it on the neckholder part.<br />
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Now fill your glass, place it<br />
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glassbag and enjoy the<br />
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What you:<br />
Cotton fabric<br />
Contrasting fabric for the opening on the backside<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> (see above)</span></span><br />
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First measure your pillow. Mine measures 75x47 cm.<br />
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You will need a strip that is twice as long as the length of your pillow plus about 10cm that overlap and 3cm for the hems.<br />
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Therefore my finished strip whould be 164cm long (75x2 + 10 + 4). I therefore cut a 141.2cm strip of my fabric and two 12.6cm strips of my contrasting fabric for the opening on the back. Joining the two contrasting strips to the big strip with a seam allowance of 0.6cm the finished strip will be 164cm.<br />
The height of the strips is 50cm.<br />
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Start by creating a hem on the contrasting fabric where the two strips surrounding the opening overlap. Fold one long raw edge over twice towards the wrong side of the fabric for about 1cm, hiding the raw edge inside the fabric folds and so into place with a straight stitch close to the edge of the hem.<br />
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Now attach the strips to the short sides of the main fabric. Place the fabrics right side to right side, with the raw edged long side of the contrasting fabric on the short side of the bigger piece. Attach both strips.<br />
If you have a serger, use that as it covers the seam allowance protecting it during usage. If you are working with a normal sewing machine, zigzag the seam allowance for protection in addition to your straight seam.<br />
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When done place the long strip on your working surface and fold it as shown above wrong side out. The front of the fabric is made up entirely of the main fabric while on the back you have the two overlapping contrasting strips. Make sure the length of one side correponds to that of your pillow, if not adjust increasing or decreasing the space where the two sides overlap.<br />
On the back of the pillow case the short side should be about 20cm in order to firmly hold the insert in place without inserting it becoming too difficult. The longer side should be placed underneath the overlapping shorter side.<br />
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When your are satisfied pin the layers together and sew along the two long sides using your serger or adding a zigzag seam along the raw edges of the seam allowance with your sewing maching.<br />
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The pillow cushion will look like this:<br />
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Now turn the pillow case inside out through the opening and insert your pillow by sliding it first all the way into the case through the opening<br />
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I love these cushions in romantic Laura-Ashley-style designs, as you can easily see from the picture above, and they aren't that hard to make yourself.<br />
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This is what you need:<br />
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- fabric for the cushion<br />
- fabric for the flounces (may be the same as for the cushion or another matching or<br />
contrasting fabric. Consider that there is the piping, too, so you could use that to add contrast<br />
to the cushion using the same fabric for the cushion's body and the flouncing. If you prefer to<br />
use different colours, make sure they work well together).<br />
- fabric for piping (see above) <br />
- cord for piping (I prefer to use Wrap 'n Fuse Piping by Nancy Zieman from Clover, it is wrapped in fusible interfacing and can be ironed on easily)<br />
- zipper<br />
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How much fabric do you need?<br />
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General considerations:<br />
Cushion: two squares (back and front) in the desired size of the cushion plus seam allowance. My finished cushione should measure 50x50cm, so my fabric squares measure 51,2x51,2 cm.<br />
Flounces: you need a strip that is a bit longer that the perimeter of the cushion. In my case the perimeter is 2m (4x50cm) and therefore my strip will be over 3m (I pieced three strips of 110cm fabric, so the actual length is 3.3m). Consider that the longer your strip is, the more flounces you will get. Regarding the construction of the flounces you can make them single or doublesided (see picture below, the blue is single sided, on the back of the flounces you see the wrong side of rhe fabric, while the pink double sided). For the double sided flounces you will need strips that are twice as high as you will fold them in half.<br />
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Piping: length: single perimeter of the cushion plus a couple of inches for corners; width:<br />
3,5cm (the piping fabric will be wrapped around the cord and inserted into the seam<br />
so what will be seen is only the cord wrapped in fabric). <br />
Cord for piping: same length as piping<br />
Zipper: depends on the size of your cushion, it should be slightly shorter than the side it is<br />
supposed to go into.<br />
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Fabric measurements for a 50x50cm cushion with double 10cm flounces:<br />
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Cushion and flounces: 120cm of 110cm (44in) wide fabric<br />
Piping: 1 fat quarter<br />
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1) Cut the two squares from your cushion fabric (51,2x51,2cm)<br />
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2) Cut strips from flounces fabric. You will need a finished strip of at least 3 m, cut enough strips to achieve that length and join the pieces as shown below. For double sided flounces your strips will need to be 21,2cm high while for single sided flounces 11,2cm are sufficient.<br />
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3) Cut strips for the piping. Cut a bias strip following <a href="http://quiltingbuttercup.blogspot.it/2013/06/how-to-prepare-bias-strip.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, then wrap the fabric around your piping cord. With fusable piping simply fold the strip in half lengthwise, place the cord inside the fold and iron over the fabric fusin everything together.<br />
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4) Attach the piping to one of your fabric squares (this will be the front). Place the piping around the outer edge of the right side of the fabric with the raw edges facing outward and the piping facing inward and sew in place using your zipper foot as shown below. Start sewing from one of the corners.<br />
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Go slowly when you get to the corners, sew until you are close to the edge, then stop with the needle down and turn the fabric.<br />
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This is what the cushion would look like, if you attached the back now without adding the flounces:<br />
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5) Prepare the flounces. Sew your strips into a circle, joining the two short edges in the way you joined the single strips.Then fold it in half lengthwise right side out for the double sided flounces. For single sided flounces fold the fabric on one long side over twice to create a hem and sew in place. You can make the flounces with your ruffler foot if you own one. If not set your straight stitch to a long stitch length, at least 5, but even longer, if your machine does that. Sew two parallel lines close the long raw edge of your strip and leave longer threads at the beginning as well as at the end of each seam.<br />
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Now grab only the two bobbin threads and tug in order to create the flounces.<br />
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Continue to do this until your strip is of the correct lenth, in our case approximately 2m. When you achieve the correct length, distribute the flounces evenly over the whole length of the strip. Then place the flounces right side to right side around the whole perimeter of the front of the cushion and the piping with the raw edge facing outwards. Adjust the remaining difference in length, if you have one and pin in place.<br />
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The piping lies in between the cushion and the flounces.<br />
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Attach the flounces to the cushion with a straigth stitch (remember to shorten your stitch length after sewing the two parallel lines for ruffling) using your zipper foot (use the zipper foot, because underneath the flounces there's the piping and you want to sew as close as possible to that).<br />
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Sew the layers together from zipper mark to zipper mark with a straight stitch, fixing the seam with a couple of backstitches at the beginning and at the end.<br />
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7) Attach the zipper. Place the zipper in the opening and pin it in place right side to right side on one side first with the ends of the zipper on the wrong side of the fabric as shown below.<br />
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Sew in place with your zipper foot. Then attach the second side in the same way.<br />
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"Bias" refers to the diagonal of the fabric, where it is more elastic.<br />
In order to prepare your own bias strip, all you need to do is fold your fabric over along the diagonal and start cutting from there.<br />
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I am working on a fat quarter, so length and width are slightly different.<br />
Start by folding the quarter diagonally into a triangle as shown below. <br />
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Cut enought strips to join them to the length you need considering that joining two strips you will lose a good inch.<br />
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Join the strips together as shown below, placing them right side on right side and sewing diagonally (like that the seam will run diagonally when the bias is folded and create less bulk). <br />
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When done cut away excess seam allowance.<br />
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Now this is for all those Germans scattered over the world, who, like me, miss some German food (yes, there is good German food!) and for everybody else who loves this delicious dairy product.<br />
I only live 700 km from Germany, still in Europe, but real curd is just not available over here. My parents bring lots of it when they come to see me, but I finally decided to try making it myself. I found several recipes in the internet, but as some list ingredients I cannot get here in Italy just as I can't get curd, I finally settled on trying two ways: for the first you only need fresh milk, for the second fresh milk and the juice of 1 lemon.<br />
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From what I understand curd is the solid matter that remains when you sift sour milk. The lemon simply helps to make the milk turn sour faster.<br />
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I will put the fresh milk into the blue bowl and fresh milk with freshly squeezed lemon juice into the white bowl.<br />
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So I started waiting<span style="color: red;">,</span> checking on my two bowls every now and then and after about 38 hours the milk with the freshly squeezed lemon in it was sour (I prepared the bowls friday night and the milk turned sour between saturday evening and sunday morning) with the proteins nicely clotted while the pure milk was just starting get sour and was still very liquid.<br />
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You can see the texture of the mass above while below the pure milk form the blue bowl is still very liquid.<br />
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I put the still liquid milk back in the blue bowl and left the milk with lemon juice from the white bowl in the sifter. It takes some time while the whey slowly drops into the bowl below.<br />
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The texture is slightly chunky, a bit like cottage cheese but with really small chunks. The taste is fine, creamy and just as it is supposed to be. I tried it with lavender sugar and cherries and, my favourite, with banana and chocolate chips. It was perfect and it didn't taste like lemon at all so using lemon juice to speed up the process seems fine.<br />
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In the evening the second bowl had gone sour, too, so I put the mass in a sifter until it was of a nice texture. Unfortunately it tasted just like what it was: milk gone bad. I had to throw it out.<br />
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This is what it looked like:<br />
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From my little experiment it seems, that initiating the process of milk getting sour by adding some lemon works fine. It makes the protein clot without it actually going bad. The simple milk acutally gone bad produced a curd that had that slightly bad taste and was not really edible.<br />
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So in a nutshell, the version with fresh milk and lemon worked perfectly, and from the experience I described above I suggest you try that approach. It's just 3 little steps:<br />
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1) Place milk in a bowl with some freshly squeezed lemon juice and wait until the protein clots<br />
2) Sift the mass to separate the curd from the whey<br />
3) Enjoy<br />
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Did you try this recipe? Let me know what you think, did you like it? Do you have any questions or suggestions? Let me know, leave a comment or send me an email using the contact form below or using my contact details.<br />
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