Finished making three more pillowcases to match my Sherbet Pips quilt today! I used Ashley's tutorial! Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and kind words of encouragement yesterday! I really appreciate it! :)
Now that my swap embroidery is finished, I'm picking up my United States embroidery again! I'm finally into the Midwest!
The UPS man delivered this very yummy package yesterday! Get ready for a tutorial using this baby later in the week! :)
Had a great haul of vintage sheets on Saturday! They're all in the shop!
Made another batch of freezer jam, this time, peach!
George cuteness!
I am behind on replying to emails/comments (again, I know!). Shall hopefully get caught up tomorrow! :)
Today I love the..
Smell of: Grilled cheese!
Sound of: Harry Potter 7 audio book (TWO DAYS!!)
Taste of: Peach jam
Sight of: George
Feel of: Warm relaxing bath
Good Things about Today:
- Did a bunch of sewing!
- Chatting with friends!
- Sewing on a freshly cleaned/serviced sewing machine :)
- Simply feeling good today!
Tuesday
Monday, July 11, 2011
Was so pleased to finish up my Sherbet Pips quilt! I was determined to get this one done before we move since it will be going on the double bed!
This quilt features all 27 prints from Aneela Hoey's first fabric line for Moda, Sherbet Pips! I have to give a huge thanks to Rachel of Stitched in Color, Deborah of Whipstitch, as well as Aneela herself for the beautiful fabrics. I was the lucky winner of the March month of the Blogger's Pillow Party hosted by Rachel. I put my 5 yards of Sherbet Pips winnings towards a fat quarter stack from Whipstitch fabrics. Thanks ladies, couldn't have done it without you! :)
You can read a little more about the design of the quilt top in a previous post here, but in a nutshell, I wanted a layout that would allow for large pieces of the sweet story prints as well as stretch the FQs into a double sized quilt! I'm very happy with the simple layout that resulted. It rounded the quilt out at 78"x93", just about double quilt size.
I quilted it with diagonal lines running through each large block 6 times (I think, haha). I used my walking foot which as always, makes it much easier! It isn't quilted super densely, I didn't want to loose the sweet story prints to quilting! I backed the quilt in a gray cotton sheet from Target. Darn the 100% cotton sheets are expensive! Luckily my Mom was in need of a fitted sheet, so we were able to split a set!
I bound the quilt using one of the scarf stripe prints from the line. I went with the one that has red since it was my favorite!
I'm making simple pillowcases to match this quilt too! I have one completed so far, and the other 3 cut out and ready for sewing. Two from the square dots and two from the puppies!
There was a major mishap with this quilt. I used a blue "water soluble" pen to mark out the quilting lines. This turned out to be a very, very bad idea. I clearly did not read the directions or refer to the Dritz website, because I washed my quilt in hot water and used a small dash of Oxiclean. I always do this when I wash my quilts, I didn't give it a second thought. Boy do I wish I did. It nearly ruined the quilt. I pulled it out and it was covered in brown marks and bleached out lines where there had once been blue. After sobbing over it for a bit, we got to work. We tried some shout stain gel but that didn't do much. Then we tried soaking it in vinegar. This probably made it 80% better. The lines are pretty much gone, but there are still some random brown marks on it and a few lines are bleached out. At this point, I can live it. Lesson learned! On the plus side, from all the soaking and washing it went through yesterday, it's SUPER soft and worn in already! :)
I really love this quilt. I think it's going to be a great cheerful bed quilt. I will admit though, there were a lot of sweat and tears that went into it. It represents some pretty big life changes that will be happening at the end of this month. This quilt was made to cover the double bed in our new apartment. When this quilt finally graces that bed, I will have moved. Moved away from my home state, away from my parents, marking a new chapter in my life. It will mean that I have moved in with Michael, my boyfriend of the past 3.5 years. For these reasons, I know this quilt will always be extremely special to me.
Thanks for stopping by! :)
This quilt features all 27 prints from Aneela Hoey's first fabric line for Moda, Sherbet Pips! I have to give a huge thanks to Rachel of Stitched in Color, Deborah of Whipstitch, as well as Aneela herself for the beautiful fabrics. I was the lucky winner of the March month of the Blogger's Pillow Party hosted by Rachel. I put my 5 yards of Sherbet Pips winnings towards a fat quarter stack from Whipstitch fabrics. Thanks ladies, couldn't have done it without you! :)
You can read a little more about the design of the quilt top in a previous post here, but in a nutshell, I wanted a layout that would allow for large pieces of the sweet story prints as well as stretch the FQs into a double sized quilt! I'm very happy with the simple layout that resulted. It rounded the quilt out at 78"x93", just about double quilt size.
I quilted it with diagonal lines running through each large block 6 times (I think, haha). I used my walking foot which as always, makes it much easier! It isn't quilted super densely, I didn't want to loose the sweet story prints to quilting! I backed the quilt in a gray cotton sheet from Target. Darn the 100% cotton sheets are expensive! Luckily my Mom was in need of a fitted sheet, so we were able to split a set!
I bound the quilt using one of the scarf stripe prints from the line. I went with the one that has red since it was my favorite!
I'm making simple pillowcases to match this quilt too! I have one completed so far, and the other 3 cut out and ready for sewing. Two from the square dots and two from the puppies!
There was a major mishap with this quilt. I used a blue "water soluble" pen to mark out the quilting lines. This turned out to be a very, very bad idea. I clearly did not read the directions or refer to the Dritz website, because I washed my quilt in hot water and used a small dash of Oxiclean. I always do this when I wash my quilts, I didn't give it a second thought. Boy do I wish I did. It nearly ruined the quilt. I pulled it out and it was covered in brown marks and bleached out lines where there had once been blue. After sobbing over it for a bit, we got to work. We tried some shout stain gel but that didn't do much. Then we tried soaking it in vinegar. This probably made it 80% better. The lines are pretty much gone, but there are still some random brown marks on it and a few lines are bleached out. At this point, I can live it. Lesson learned! On the plus side, from all the soaking and washing it went through yesterday, it's SUPER soft and worn in already! :)
I really love this quilt. I think it's going to be a great cheerful bed quilt. I will admit though, there were a lot of sweat and tears that went into it. It represents some pretty big life changes that will be happening at the end of this month. This quilt was made to cover the double bed in our new apartment. When this quilt finally graces that bed, I will have moved. Moved away from my home state, away from my parents, marking a new chapter in my life. It will mean that I have moved in with Michael, my boyfriend of the past 3.5 years. For these reasons, I know this quilt will always be extremely special to me.
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Friday, July 8, 2011
First and foremost, thank you as always for your wonderful comments! I really appreciate your feedback and opinions! Sounds like you all are looking for more of the same, more tutorials, and more process! I will definitely be taking your suggestions into account when I am planning content!
And now, without further ado, the winner of the Vintage Sheet Wrapped Wreath Kit is...
#141, Anne-Katherine S.! I'll be sending you an email this evening dear! Thank you to everyone who entered!!
Today was spent taking care of the vintage sheet scraps again! They seem to get out of control quite easily! I've also added a few new pillowcases and prints in the last day or so! Let's see what else has made it's way back into the shop:
Vintage Sheet Rainbow Scrap Packs! Made up 15, so there are plenty for now!
Vintage Sheet Wide Hem Scrap Packs! Made up 4 new ones today! These are the top hem of sheets that's folded over! (They're also on sale!)
Vintage Sheet Skinny Hem Scrap Packs! 2 packs stocked today! These are super fun!
The Stripe Fat Quarter Bundles will be back in the shop tomorrow as well! With new colors added! Thank you for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated!
Finally, a new photo of George and I! I'm sporting my new scarf from yesterday! Hehe :)
And now, without further ado, the winner of the Vintage Sheet Wrapped Wreath Kit is...
#141, Anne-Katherine S.! I'll be sending you an email this evening dear! Thank you to everyone who entered!!
Today was spent taking care of the vintage sheet scraps again! They seem to get out of control quite easily! I've also added a few new pillowcases and prints in the last day or so! Let's see what else has made it's way back into the shop:
Vintage Sheet Rainbow Scrap Packs! Made up 15, so there are plenty for now!
Vintage Sheet Wide Hem Scrap Packs! Made up 4 new ones today! These are the top hem of sheets that's folded over! (They're also on sale!)
Vintage Sheet Skinny Hem Scrap Packs! 2 packs stocked today! These are super fun!
The Stripe Fat Quarter Bundles will be back in the shop tomorrow as well! With new colors added! Thank you for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated!
Finally, a new photo of George and I! I'm sporting my new scarf from yesterday! Hehe :)
Favorites
1. strip cross quilt , 2. Supernova Starburst, 3. Little Folks +++ pieced 3, 4. a peek, 5. Alex's Garden Prince quilt, 6. Hexagon Quilt Front, 7. Getting closer!, 8. eisquilt, 9. PTS 5 received
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
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