Finally finished!

I have finally finished the first of the quilted bed throws. The other is almost identical - just a different colour backing.  I always find the binding bit tricky, and can never be bothered to stitch by hand, so it can be a battle on the machine when you get to the corners. 

So here's the finished article. You can just see the colour of the feature wall behind, which is why the Country Yard fabric was perfect!! On to the next one - and I think I may need some cushion covers too!!

Take care,

Cxxx

Applique House

Here is the third in my set of sewn applique card. They are for a group of friends - seven in total - so four more will appear through the rest of the year!!

This one uses Crafter's Companion Cottage Applique die set, with lots of little scraps from my box. This was ironed onto a piece of calico, then quilted onto patterned and plain cotton. 

The frame is cut with Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Squares from a 12x12 sheet of DCWV Luxury Cardstock Stack. It's finished off with flat back pearls, paper roses, and printed and satin ribbon.

Cxxx 

Owl Applique Card

Another applique card. This time, after using Heat & Bond Lite on fabric scraps, I used Crafter's Companion Debbie Shore Owl Applique die set to cut the pieces. 

After ironing onto white cotton, the pieces were stitched by machine, and then quilted onto patterned fabric with thin wadding and interfacing. The frame is cut from patterned card from my stash (not really sure where it's from), with Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Square.

I finished the card with paper roses and ribbon.

Cxxx 

Applique Card - Flowers

Was feeling adventurous with this one. I wanted to do some sewing and be able to use it to create a card. I started by ironing on Heat & Bond Lite Adhesive (which is sewable) to pieces of fabric from my scrap box, then used Crafter's Companion Die'sire Spring Flowers Mixed Media dies to cut out the shapes.

These were ironed onto a piece of white cotton and sewn with my sewing machine. This was placed on a piece of patterned fabric, and with thin wadding and interfacing underneath. I used decorative stitches on my sewing machine to quilt them together. 

I used red tape to attach this to an 8x8 card base, and cut a circular aperture with Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circle in a piece of Kanban British Birds card, to provide a frame and cover the edges of the material.

Finally, I finished off with ribbon and paper roses.

Cxxxx

Scrappy Quilting

Needed something to do today that was pretty mindless - in that I didn't need to concentrate too much. So I decided to make a scrap quilt - but in a very scrappy way. I didn't bother much about lining things up, or quilting straight lines. 

When I first wanted to do patchwork a few years ago, I bought charm packs in various colours - and there was always some that I just didn't really like. So this is a combination of all the ones left that I didn't want to use - along with a few other bits and pieces to fill it out. 

I'm really not bothered that it's a bit all over the place colour wise - it'll be for the dog, so she's not going to be bothered. I've backed it with fleece to make it a bit cosier for her.

Next job will be cutting some binding and finishing it off. But I'm pleased with it so far.

Cxxx

Shine Bright!

Back again this morning with more of the fabulous new Cut In Create a Card dies launching on Hochanda on Friday.  

For this cushion cover, I used the large and small stars from the Shine Bright die set. The cover is envelope style, made using Debbie Shore's Leaves White Lacquered Fabric.  I used my Gemini to cut through the silver honeycomb-backed fabric, and then Stick and Spray for fabric to place them on the cushion cover.

A bit of machine stitching around the edge, and free motion embroidery in the centres, fixed the stars to the cover.

There are lots more sneaky peeks from the team appearing on FB, so keep an eye out!!

Back soon,

Cxx

It's a Dog's Life!!

Finally have found some time to blog!! Have been doing really busy things behind the scenes on Pinterest - and even found time to update my own boards!! For anyone that would like to follow me I am Papercraft By Carole - but you for loads more inspiration, follow the Crafter's Companion board too!

Anyway - way back at the end of April, we picked up our puppy Molly. And I did manage to fit in a bit of sewing before she arrived. I made a quilted bed liner using some gorgeous cotton from my local fabric shop, and white supersoft fleece.

The blanket is also supersoft fleece. Never worked with this before - my word is there a lot fluff when you cut it!!

Anyway, although this is all quite straightforward, it was the first time I made and used my own binding. Was quite a process as I made two of the bed liners and two blankets, so needed about 10m!! Am seriously considering investing in one of those bias binder maker things.

Molly seems to like it to chew on - and it's always good fun to empty everything out of the bed for me to put back in again!!

Back soon (hopefully)!!

Cxxx

Day 65 - A bag for my Mum!

Evening!! Just a quick post today as we have family round and I am absolutely shattered after a very busy day!!

I made this to go with the other bits and bobs for Mother's Day tomorrow. It's the reversible tote bag from Debbie Shore's Sew Inspired Magazine 2. I made it up very quickly - so there are a few little mistakes I made - but I'm happy with the way it turned out. And all from pieces of fabric I already had!!
Back tomorrow.

Cxxx

Day 61 - Bunting!!

Evening!! I very nearly forgot to do this today - and am only just going to get in under the wire. So, as it's so late, this is a very quick post.

I made the bunting with my Janome sewing machine - using fat quarters from Hobbycraft. This matches the cushion I made for my niece too.

Cxxx

Day 47 - Time for a Clean!!

Evening!! So, what have I got to share with you tonight? Well, just a quick post really. After sewing through card yesterday, I thought I ought to change the needle on my machine. I haven't done so since I've had it - and I have used it a fair bit! 

If I'm honest, I've never changed a sewing machine needle before - I've never had a machine that I felt was worth taking care of. But, of course, once I started on that I thought I should clean it too (something else I've never done before). So I did!! And to be fair, it wasn't that bad - but the fluff was definitely starting to accumulate. And I have managed to get it all back into place!! Yay!!
Back tomorrow!!
Cxxx