Sewing - potholders with different fabrics

The image above is of the backs of the potholders.  For this set I stitched and cut a similar set of half square triangles and sewed them back together.  I added a green strip, batting and a brown patterned backing.  I added little diagonal hangers and then stitched the backing to the front to finish off the potholders.  I added quilting lines in the dark triangles this time.  One more set ready for Christmas.  

Therese

Sewing - another set of potholders with points and borders

Another set of potholders for Christmas!!  I layered the two large half square triangles, pinned them, drew a line from corner to corner across the two colours, stitched a quarter inch from the line on both sides and then cut them apart on the line.  I stitched them to each other to create points.  I did the same for this set.   I added strips of red all the way around and then added batting.  I cut backers from some vintage cotton fabric which worked quite well colour wise.  I stitched two little hangers, stitched them to my top layer and then bound the potholders by folding the backing to the front and stitching it into place.  I added quilting lines in the light triangles.  The colours of the fronts are a little off - they are like the last set which I linked to.  Another set to add to the ones I will be bringing for our Christmas celebration this year.  Therese

 

Sewing - Quilted potholders for Christmas

Another set of potholders for Christmas.  This pair were made up from a set of half square triangles which I cut in half and then sewed back together.  I added a dark red band all the way around to have enough fabric to turn over to the other side.  I added some green leafy cotton on the other side along with a little hanger across the corner and then folded the red over and sewed the binding in place all the way around.  I quilted a square in the center of each - one square, the other on point.  I like the one on point better.  There will be more potholders from these squares so I will change up the format so make them a bit different.  Therese

 

All occasion card featuring a pieced background in browns and yellows, a torn vellum piece with faux stitching, an embossed strip and a fussy cut bird

 I was on a roll with this concept and have made quite a few cards featuring the little birds I laser printed.  I have a few more cut out ready for future cards!!  This card features a pieced background where I embossed the top section with polka dots (SU) and highlighted them with ink.  I added a piece of vellum to where they join which has several lines of faux stitching.  I overlaid a strip of brown cardstock which was also embossed with polka dots (CB).  I added this large layer to a kraft card.  I watercoloured the little bird to coordinate with my card!!  It has been fun using these fussy cut birds!!!

Therese

Quilting - potholder quilt from scraps

I just finished a project that I prepped earlier this year for the quilting retreat.  It is a potholder quilt (45" 57") that my Mom started when she moved to the lodge and in the end was having trouble quilting the images in the middles so when she passed I inherited it.  She had wanted it to go to a great grandchild and so I will now see about getting it to its new home.  

This is a quilt as you go technique where you cut a front, batting and then a larger backing.  You layer the front and batting centered on the backing and quilt a design to secure all the layers.  Once your pieces are all ready to go you sew two pieces to each other by layering the backings to each other and sew a line near the edge of the front/batting layer.  Then, you iron the large allowances flat, fold them in half and sew them down to the fronts.  You can stitch together as many in a row as you wish and then as many rows as you wish.  The rows are connected in the same manner as the individual squares.  Finally, you fold over the edges and sew them to the quilt and you are finished!!  I stitched a variety of images usually with one line though a few have overlaps or backstitching to line up the piece.  It was fun to stitch stars, butterflies, balloons, houses, flowers, trees, kites, boats, muffins, light house, drum, swirly heart, leaf, bonnet, etc.  

It is a great technique for building a quilt a few squares/rectangles at a time.  This quilt is made from polyester cotton fabrics and flannel squares as batting.  Therese