tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49220875971812622752024-03-05T01:25:34.603-08:00Second ChanceSECOND CHANCE - Giving old and new items a second chanceSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-39261993464740695472014-11-13T04:39:00.000-08:002014-11-13T04:39:13.597-08:00Odd Socks!I am claiming these as scrappy makes, although I know the pieces of fabric used are quite large.....<br />
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I don't have much Christmas fabric so thought I would struggle to make these stocking for the charity that the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/1317961@N25/">EMMQG</a> are supporting this year. But a good clear out of the scrap box revealed I did have some little pieces of Christmassy fabric, so I delved around for greens and reds to go with them and used what Christmas fabric I did have to make the tops. The wadding was all left overs from the edges of the quilt I made for my Mum, so I am pleased with these.<br />
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These stockings will go to the families of babies in St Thomas' Hospital intensive care unit. The stockings will be filled with goodies for the parents and babies. <br />
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Linking up with <a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.ca/">scraptastic Tuesday</a><br />
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Well, I am very excited to show you my completed hipbees quilt. It's simply fab. There aren't many good photos today I'm afraid, because the light just wasn't helping today, and this quilt is now all wrapped ready to give my Mum for her birthday at the weekend. But I will try and take some better photos when she has opened it!<br />
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There are a few 'thank you's' necessary for this. Firstly thanks to all the lovely hipbees who made star blocks for me, I am thrilled with how they look together, you all did a great job with the paper piecing I asked you to do, and I think the border works OK.<br />
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Secondly a huge thank you to <a href="http://trudi-quiltingprolifically.blogspot.co.uk/">Trudi </a>who quilted it for me, it's hard to see the beauty of the quilting in these photos, but there are lovely grey swirls all over the quilt, which just make it sing. It was definitely the right decision to get this properly quilted by Trudi. <br />
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When I thought about it, I thought maybe it was cheating a bit giving this to my Mum for her birthday, because let's face it, I didn't make the majority of the blocks, and I didn't quilt it!!! But actually, on reflection I love that this was a collaborative effort by a variety of kind and strong women, from around the Country, some of whom I have met, and others I haven't yet. I think it somehow represents what women can achieve when we work together...... and I think my Mum will realise that is a gift in itself.<br />
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In other news, I have got the 'sew it together' bug!<br />
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It was a fun day with the East Midlands Quilting Guild getting to grips with this pattern. Grateful for the all the help I received, and apologies for the sudden Tourettes outburst!<br />
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This one is for the girls, to keep all those pesky hair bobbles and clips in one place....<br />
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And this one was a birthday present for Tracy.............<br />
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It's not obligatory to use it for bobbles and clips, although apparently my three year old told Aunty Tracy in no uncertain terms that was what it was for, and what to put in which section!!<br />
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I think there may be more of these on the horizon!!<br />
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After a prolonged absence from blogging (whoops - sometimes I just need to disappear for a bit!) this scraptastic Tuesday link up really appealed to me. We'll ignore the fact that it's Wednesday, <a href="http://www.shecanquilt.ca/">Leanne</a> and <a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.co.uk/">Nicky</a> are being kind enough to allow the slow bloggers like me a couple of weeks to catch up!<br />
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I love scraps, in fact they are pretty much all I have in terms of fabric, not really having a stash of larger pieces of fabric, I buy what I really really need when I need it (e.g. backing fabric), and somehow or other I seem to accumulate scraps and other fabric that people give me, or I recycle clothes etc.<br />
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This Rainbow quilt is I think my largest scrappy make. It was a wedding present for one of my friends who got married in September. <br />
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Small scraps are also great for little charity makes - these are <a href="http://strawberrypatchramblings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/can-you-sew-for-children-in-hospital.html">'wiggly bags'</a> sent to Devon for the Olivia Holmes foundation.</div>
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And every month I happily use up my scraps making <a href="http://judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/p/bee-blessed.html">bee blessed</a> blocks. This block was from July. In September I got so carried away that I made 6 blocks using strips of fabric I found in my scrap box - but I forgot to take any photos of them!</div>
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Wow, can it be July already? ...... Now that we have turned the calendar over to this month I am getting excited, as we can see the stickers which mean our holiday is on it's way!<br />
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So, that means I have got cracking with the teachers end of term presents. I had strict instructions that Mrs D loves owls, and so Hope chose this fabric herself, and helped make the pencil case.<br />
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There were no clear hints for Mrs Penny, so these wonderful wellies will do nicely.<br />
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And, I am not sure why these photos are all so dark, I think some little fingers have put the camera onto a strange setting? But (only a year late - huge apologies hipbee mates) I have finished Eden's tree quilt. It was meant for her birthday last December, so will now be squirrelled away for the next one!<br />
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Thank you to everyone who made such beautiful tree blocks for me, I love it, and I am sure she will too.Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-86411430774388932422014-06-18T03:47:00.000-07:002014-06-18T03:47:55.293-07:00Working through the list of sewing things!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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exciting recently, as in May I was queen bee in the hipbees, I asked for paper
pieced stars. These beauties have come back home to me, and I have now
started to lay them out and work out how I am going to put the quilt
together. Moira had some good ideas for falling stars and negative space,
and I did lay them out to try that kind of thing, but I think plain and simple
might be the best for my Mum (the quilt will be for her 70<sup>th</sup>
birthday), and so I think I will make up enough extra stars to make a square
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There was some London
hat sewing for Herbie. Hope and I write to Herbie every week as he is
currently in Great Ormond Street hospital after a bone marrow transplant, and
when he lost his hair, we decided to send him a hat. You can see him
wearing it <a href="http://immunedeficientboy.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/drink-up-eat-up/">here</a>, and also follow his Mum's inspiring blog if you want to know
more about a very remarkable family<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then I tackled some flowers for Rachel’s hipbee blocks this month………<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved making this vase of flowers, what fab
colours she has chosen for us.<o:p></o:p><br />
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And then sadly I tried out a new technique (note to self, never try a new
technique with someone else’s bee block fabric), to try using freezer paper to
get neater edges for this block, which was meant to be modern lolly pop flowers…….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well I think the bird is quite cute, but the
flowers are dreadful, and I am gutted to be sending this block to Rachel.<o:p></o:p><br />
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And today (finally, only a year after I received all the blocks) I have
basted my last year’s hipbee quilt which was meant for Eden’s birthday last
December, and so I am determined she will get it for this year’s birthday instead!
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m off to buy some white thread to
quilt it with this afternoon, and then hopefully I will stop procrastinating
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last weekend was our local baking and handicraft show, and so I entered the
quilt I made for my brother's girlfriend, Rachel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved seeing
it hanging here. </span><br />
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<br />Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-45003323877996483262014-05-17T14:33:00.000-07:002014-05-17T14:33:37.392-07:00how does five months pass in the blink of an eye?Oh dear...... bad blogger over here, I realise I haven't posted anything for nearly five months.<br />
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It doesn't mean that nothing has been happening, far from it. Quite a lot of the good, the bad and the mundane of life has been going on.<br />
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And in between those times there has been my precious therapeutic sewing time.<br />
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I joined in the red barn quilts sew along, and made this fun quilt. It went together really quickly, and so then I spent time just playing around with it and quilting the heck out of it practicing allsorts of different types of quilting<br />
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My attempt at loops and swirls<br />
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I loved trying out some flowers......<br />
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It's far from perfect, but it was a good learning quilt, and I can see that I need to sort out the tension on the stitching on the back of the quilt, and I've also learnt that a patterned backing can hide a multitude of sins! I need to find a home for this quilt.<br />
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Then Hope and I made a dress for her together at half term.... she was involved in the majority of the sewing, and wore it with pride when it was finished<br />
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At our last 'stitching it together' meeting I started my first attempt at making clothes for myself, a dress...... in fabric that resembles a 1970's bed spread, but I am assured is 'this season's colours darling'. Lizzy was a massive help, and I learnt lots of good tips from her - like using pins!! No photos yet, but watch this space, we're finishing our dresses off next month!<br />
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I am queen bee in the hipbees this month, and have asked for paper pieced star blocks, and the exciting bit of seeing the finished blocks and having them arrive home has started to happen, which is great.<br />
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This was my sample block.<br />
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The current big project is below....... just finished this rainbow quilt top. It's from the <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/modern-quilt-perspectives-thomas-knauer/1114918666?ean=9781440235450&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-10:1&r=1">Modern Quilt perspectives book.</a> Which is all about meaningful quilts. I had been trying to think of an appropriate pattern for a quilt for a very special friend of mine who is getting married in September to her long term partner. When I saw this rainbow quilt and the meanings behind it, I knew it was the one. I am currently struggling with the backing as basically there isn't enough material in the two fabrics I had chosen, and now I am a bit stuffed! But when I get that sorted, I am going to attempt to quilt it with a double wedding ring, as suggested in the book.<br />
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Let's hope it's not another five months until I'm here again!<br />
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Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-36598607785257340222014-01-13T11:13:00.000-08:002014-01-13T11:13:12.373-08:00Farewell to the old and hello to the new<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A title that is appropriate as it's my first blog post of 2014. However it's not really about the New Year as such...... more about sewing machines.<br />
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In December my trusty old sewing machine finally broke down. This meant I was sewing machine-less for about 6 weeks. At first I really missed sewing, then I felt liberated, and enjoyed having so much more free time to pursue other things. This coincided with Christmas, so I socialised more, watched more TV, read more books and started the Game of Thrones DVD box set I was given for my birthday. <br />
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Then in the school holidays<a href="http://hannahshotchpoch.wordpress.com/"> Hannah</a> and I went shopping - and I bought my new sewing machine.<br />
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I am getting used to her, as it's very different operating this machine to my old machine. But I am sure in time I will LOVE her.<br />
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I practised getting started by making a QAYG pouch to keep the extension lead and all the bobbins etc in for the new machine.<br />
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Then I set to with my bee blocks for January. I did have a few tension issues during the Bee Blessed blocks, so I do hope they will be OK. I still haven't quite mastered the tension yet, but I am LOVING the automatic thread cutter!<br />
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And then I bundled up my old machine, to send to the Police Aid Convoy for the <a href="http://www.nottinghampost.com/Cinderella-project-help-Zambian-girls-escape-prostitution/story-12218484-detail/story.html">Cinderella project</a>. This is such a fabulous charity. They send wedding dresses and wedding outfits to other countries, along with sewing machines and sewing equipment, and then they teach the girls to sew, and they alter the wedding dresses so that girls can borrow them when they get married. <br />
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So here goes my old sewing machine, it will be mended, or used for parts in Rwanda.<br />
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I now need to set myself some goals for sewing in 2014.<br />
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Small list to begin with:-<br />
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- Make sewing machine cover for new machine<br />
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- Finish my HipBees quilt<br />
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- Make a bag for Hope's dancing clothes.<br />
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Belated Happy New Year to you all<br />
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x Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-74831950425994470362013-12-02T12:33:00.001-08:002013-12-02T12:33:31.363-08:00Time for my 6 weekly blog post!!!!So much has been going on here.................<br />
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I turned 40. There was a Ceilidh<br />
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There was a supreme carrot cake in the shape of a sewing basket. <br />
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There were some beautiful hand made gifts...... A lovely Liberty cushion from Di.<br />
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And a really pretty little bag full of wonderful goodies from Jan (goodies aren't in this photos as I've been using/wearing them!).<br />
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I just about managed to sew my bee blocks.............<br />
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Then this pirate turned 3. arrrggghhhh me hearties.<br />
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So there was a pirate party.<br />
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Then my sewing machine died. She was a very elderly lady, who had had a good innings. But I do feel like I've had an arm chopped off not having a sewing machine any more.<br />
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Good job that I have been saving up, and asked everyone for money towards a new machine for my birthday.<br />
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My brother gave me 40 1 pence's, 40 2 pence's, 40 5 pence's, 40 10 pence's - you get the idea - right up to 40 pound coins. That adds up to a lot of money. Here we are counting them all (and the savvy ones among you will see the Janome sewing machine flyer on the table).<br />
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So, sewing machine shopping here I come.<br />
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Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-73665407188407444682013-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:002013-10-17T11:00:50.223-07:00Sew much fun!How can it be that I last blogged back at the beginning of September??<br />
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Where does the time go (when you're having fun - working 25 extra hours a week, changing Brownie packs, and trying to decorate a dining room??)<br />
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Anyway, there has been time for sewing, and some lovely time at that.<br />
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On Saturday it poured with rain all day, and me and Ingrid abandoned the kids and snuck off to Bradmore for the EMMQG day.<br />
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Ooooo it was lovely. Go <a href="http://kettleboiler.blogspot.co.uk/">here for the recipe for the most delicious chilli ever</a>.<br />
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We made baskets..... Here's mine<br />
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And here's the fab four.....<br />
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(Photo pinched from Moira's blog)<br />
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And I basted my scrappy quilt on the big church hall floor.<br />
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Which I (drum roll please) have finished.<br />
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<strong><u>Things I love about this quilt:-</u></strong><br />
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- It is made entirely from scraps that I have been given <br />
- I made the quilt top in the summer whilst enjoying Cornish sunshine and sea views<br />
- It is square<br />
- The big quilted circles<br />
- Although I have made mistakes as I have gone along, I have learnt a lot.<br />
- It is for someone who needs the comfort of a good quilt - and they have been in my thoughts as I have sewn it.<br />
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<strong><u>Where there is room for improvement:-</u></strong><br />
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- I need to get better at basting quilts. Despite lots of effort from two bright and intelligent women, I still managed to hash up the backing, which moved so much I had to reduce the quilt in size by 2 inches all the way around!<br />
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- My quilting is improving, but I still need to eliminate a few tucks that appeared here and there.Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-75161700059153334152013-09-08T12:02:00.000-07:002013-09-08T12:02:49.937-07:00September's hereWell after such an amazing summer, I didn't really want September to arrive. But it has, and routine and work and cooler nights and dewy mornings are definitely here.<br />
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So, I already blogged about our wonderful Cornwall holiday. And since then we have had more highlights. I took Hope to London for the first time, and we met my parents there for a real touristy day.<br />
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We saw the changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace. We had a picnic in Trafalgar Square. Went to West Minster Abbey and went round the cloisters. Then took my parents to Fortnum and Mason for afternoon tea to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The whole day was magical. My Dad had researched everything so was a brilliant tour guide, and found photos of me as a girl when I used to go to London to see my grandparents. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane for me. And Hope loved seeing photos of me as a girl where she was going now.<br />
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Then we went to <a href="http://www.shambalafestival.org/">Shambala festival</a>.<br />
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There are really so many fantastic experiences we all had during this weekend that it's difficult to mention them all. I think the children expressed how much they enjoyed themselves by often saying 'I never want to go home'. 'I want to live here', 'Please can this never end'.<br />
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We danced, we ate great food, we made magic potions, walked on tightropes, did sewing workshops, drumming sessions, fancy dress most days, pirate water fights, survived the compost toilets, made friends, stayed up late, saw fireworks, saw circus acts, explored the magic forest, danced, and danced some more. We will be going back.<br />
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And, that brought the summer holidays to an end. <br />
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Since then the children have gone back to school and Nursery, I have been back at work (and faced the huge backlog of work that the summer has caused), and we have started to decorate the dining room.<br />
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Which brings me on to the fact that there will be no 'Stitching it Together' in September because we are upside down at the moment. But I will do another blog post soon with new dates.<br />
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However, I had a lovely day with the East Midlands Modern Quilting Guild yesterday which has sparked my sewing mojo again! These were my two wonky blocks for the charity quilt we are making.<br />
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There has been limited sewing this summer. A bee block for Fiona<br />
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And two more birthday cushions........<br />
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A Quilt as You Go zippy pouch. Thank you to Trudi for all the wonderful fabrics that have gone into making this.<br />
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An apron. Thank you to Moira for the loan of the pattern <br />
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A notebook cover.......<br />
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And while she has been busy, I have not sat around. No, I have put all the amazing scraps that various people have given me to good use and created a quilt top.<br />
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If you look closely, many of you will see fabrics that you recognise, as so many kind people have given me their off cuts and scraps.<br />
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It's not perfect, but I am loving this quilt top so far. I am thinking of rainbow binding.<br />
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Porthcurnick beach - and 'The Hidden Hut' (as featured <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/food/restaurants/article3837065.ece">in the Telegraph's 30</a> best restaurants by the sea) </div>
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We come home tomorrow, after a wonderful and very, very relaxing week away.Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-21646543236145409472013-08-07T04:48:00.001-07:002013-08-07T04:48:48.653-07:00A Weekender by the SeaIt's finished.<br />
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I started my weekender bag during a lovely sewing day with the East Midlands Modern Quilting Guild back in April (I think, so long ago now). A lot of Quilting as You Go was done that day, but the hard graft of making all the panels and then all the assembling of the bag has been done at home since then.<br />
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All the equipment<br />
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Panels being Quilted.<br />
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My first attempt at making cording.....<br />
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Starting to assemble the bag.<br />
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It was really helpful to hear other people's tips from weekender bags they had made. I liked Di's idea for some internal zippy pockets, so I did two. (One in the outer pocket, and one big one inside the bag)<br />
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and another big one inside to stuff 'things' in.<br />
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I have brought it on holiday to Cornwall with me..... so here goes for lots of gratuitous photos of my weekender bag by the sea!!<br />
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I also bought my sewing machine with me this week..... so lots of sewing has been going on. Days on the beach, evenings sewing and cream teas. The perfect ingredients for a holiday.<br />
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The reasons are <a href="http://sewasecondchance.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=76gm_j8BAAA.zqMuhJ-Vc0cud_D7kXKWaw.4J93_DCFD7cEEORTFmjLPA&postId=2327394660728026119&type=POST">here</a>. It was to keep a record of things I made, sewed, baked, grew etc. It was about recycling, up-cycling and creating things out of not a lot!</div>
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So, I thought I would show you this months creations that reflect that.</div>
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I had great fun making these <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-madeleine-mini-bloomers">crazy bloomers</a> from a pattern <a href="http://kettleboiler.blogspot.co.uk/">Moira</a> sent me. They look huge, they are huge, they took most of a cot duvet cover to make them!!! But they have been fab as pyjama's during this boiling hot weather.<br />
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Another 5 year old girl's birthday party this morning, so Chloe had a cushion. I had a helper making this with me, who wanted to choose the fabrics, so although it would not have been my choice to put these fabrics together, perhaps they are right for a 5 year old?<br />
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Then of course there have been end of term teacher's gifts. So three of these are for the foundation teachers, and the fourth is for my trainee who leaves in September..... I will miss her, she has been an asset, and has actually taken work off me!<br />
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Finally, the children have started to discover my fabric stash and make things out of it when my back is turned. Hard to see in this photo but Hope has made a collage of a garden with the flowers Jackie gave me.<br />
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xSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-22177711995194140382013-06-21T13:43:00.002-07:002013-06-21T13:43:40.559-07:00So what's been going on around here?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A notebook cover for Carole at work, who loves lists (like me!) <br />
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And I fell in love with Moira's rose in bloom cushion that she got in a swap, so was keen to have a go myself. I was slightly disappointed with this, because, although I loved making it, it just doesn't look like a rose to me..... not sure whether it was my colour choices, or the shapes or what. Anyway, it nearly hit the bin and wasn't given, but in the end I did give it to Sue, my manager and friend of many years, so I really do hope she likes it.<br />
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Then there was an apron for Tracy..... thanks Moira for the loan of your pattern. (I will return it when I see you). It's difficult to see the pattern of the fabric, but it's small star fish, and as Tracy lives by the sea this seemed appropriate.<br />
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Big bow (that was bow not bum!)<br />
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And it's fully reversible, with orange circles on the other side (good for days when it's tomato sauce for tea!!!)<br />
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I am hoping to help Tracy make one of these herself to enter in her local horticultural show when we have our week together in August.<br />
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Another birthday hat, for Ollie who is three. Modelled by Eden..... (some days I could almost eat her up she is soooooo cute at the moment - please could she stay like this forever, and not grow into a grumpy five year old?)<br />
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After all the present making I actually got an evening to crack on with my weekender bag.... my first attempt at cording, not too bad. Made a hundred times easier by the fact that my 'stitching it together' mates pointed out that I do in fact own a zipper foot for my machine (all these years I've had one sitting in a drawer and didn't know). I also made an internal zippy pocket in the outside pocket (if that makes sense)<br />
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It's definitely a slow work in progress.<br />
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I could have done with it finished this weekend, as (shock horror) I am actually going somewhere for the weekend! Well to drop my kids off at Mum and Dad's so I can nip to Wembley Stadium to see The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem and James tomorrow night.<br />
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Wooo hoooo the excitement is mounting<br />
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BRING IT ON<br />
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xxSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-73940777341492416182013-06-07T09:53:00.000-07:002013-06-07T09:53:14.373-07:00Getting ahead with the Bee blocksIt's been all about the bee blocks so far this month.....<br />
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I like to do them straight away, so I can feel happy doing other sewing the rest of the month without feeling the guilt of having 'commitments' to left sew. But this month I am more organised than most (no idea why).<br />
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So here they are:-<br />
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First is this drunken log cabin for<a href="http://domesticlightandmagic.blogspot.co.uk/"> Lynz</a> miss June for the hipbees. I really loved making this one.<br />
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Granny square for Heather in the <a href="http://stashbee.blogspot.co.uk/">stash bee</a>. Hadn't done anything like this before, so we keen to have a go..........<br />
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And two blocks for<a href="http://judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/p/bee-blessed.html"> Bee Blessed</a>. Nice and quick and easy, and very effective blocks, this will be a lovely quilt.<br />
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Then I whipped up a zippy pouch for <a href="http://mommyforreals.blogspot.co.uk/">Danny</a> and her TRAC charity<br />
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And popped one of <a href="http://judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/">Jude</a>'s daughters cute little cup cakes on the zip (helped to hide the terrible zip ends)<br />
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In other news............. It's our town fair tomorrow. This is THE local event, everyone will be there, and I am helping to organise the Great Bingham Bake off. So I am up to my eyes in different coloured icing sugar, cup cakes, voting slips and more cakes!<br />
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Look at the concentration...... <br />
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These are the children's entries for the decorate a cup cake competition.<br />
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xSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-26402725201857781712013-06-02T01:09:00.002-07:002013-06-02T01:09:58.283-07:00A day late for Fresh Sewing daySorry to be a day late.....<br />
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Here's what I have been doing in May.<br />
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This month I have been making children's hats for birthday presents....<br />
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I made a journal cover and pouch for another friend's birthday, bunting for a four year old's bedroom, and my stash bee blocks.<br />
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But my big finish was my Pippi Quilt.<br />
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I gave it to Hope for her 5th birthday, and can happily say that she loves it.<br />
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There is not much spare sewing time at the moment..... so any sewing I can squeeze in seems to be presents and bee blocks at the moment.</div>
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This was my practice, and it's far from perfect, but overall I was pleased with the result. As it's not good enough to give away the girls will have to share it!</div>
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As today is Hope's birthday she has had the Pippi quilt as her gift..... that and a trampoline which is currently half assembled in the garden!</div>
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A very good friend of mine has her birthday in June, so I have got organised and made her a notebook cover from <a href="http://judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/">Judith</a>'s brilliant pattern, and a zippy pouch. She drives a lime green beetle so this fabric is just right for her.</div>
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Today was Hope's 5th birthday party</div>
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The girls decorated their own paper party bags - which were then filled with lots of Hello Kitty goodies.</div>
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Including little truffles we made the day before</div>
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It was a lovely afternoon</div>
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Well I really thought I had hardly sewed a thing this month - especially with the Easter holidays and being away for one week of them. But my sewing round up for the month is actually quite a bit. So apologies now, this blog post is long, because there are lots of pictures......</div>
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First up are this month's bee blocks.... four for Bee Blessed.</div>
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This cute block for the hip bees......</div>
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Another birthday cushion...... the front</div>
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I pieced together all my Stash bee Pippi blocks</div>
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I sliced the tip off my finger with my rotary cutter! I was lucky, it could have been a lot worse. However it gave me quite a shock, and hurt like mad, and ever since I have been sporting this huge bandage to stop bumping it. So this has halted sewing for the remainder of the month!</div>
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Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-42674511825876761592013-04-27T01:30:00.000-07:002013-04-27T01:30:41.733-07:00Stash Bee - Pippi QuiltThis week I have been working hard piecing together my Pippi quilt top<br />
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I absolutely LOVE IT.<br />
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This is intended to be a birthday present for my eldest daughter who is 5 at the end of May, so I do need to crack on and get it finished.<br />
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So, now I need your expertise, advice and suggestions please.<br />
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How do I quilt this?<br />
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You can suggest feathers and squiggles if you like, but the straight line suggestions are more likely to win - as straight lines are about my limit!!<br />
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I am thinking of long straight lines (OK long wonky lines) up and down and across the quilt through the coloured squares. Does that make sense?? So what colours would you choose?? I would really welcome any suggestions or ideas please<br />
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xSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-61740726321524340872013-04-26T03:29:00.000-07:002013-04-26T03:29:20.503-07:00Weekender bag startedEeek this week has been so hectic I am the last to blog about our fab day with the East Midlands Modern Quilting Guild last Saturday. You may have already seen some great blog posts by some of the others <a href="http://heartofcharnwood.blogspot.co.uk/">here</a>, <a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/east-midlands-modern-quilt-guild-meeting.html">here</a> and <a href="http://blog.pennydog.com/2013/04/22/a-weekend-summary/">here</a>.<br />
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What a brilliant day.... before going I told myself, there is no way I am going to even attempt a weekender bag - that is totally beyond me... so I took along all my fabric and some other things to work on. But somehow the excitement of the others merrily QAYG-ing, and the sight of Di's bag almost finished (stunning and glorious <a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/my-weekender-bag.html">photos here</a>) meant that I did indeed start to make my own.<br />
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here is the efforts of my day with the EMMQG. Although in my defense I did cut out all my wadding and canvas panels too. And obviously I made the most of being in the company of people who were keen to show fabric and quilts they had made, and talk about sewing for ages without glazing over.... and I just loved wondering round the room seeing other people's fabric choices and panels taking shape.<br />
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That evening I ordered my extra supplies from Jaycotts. Thanks so much to Mandy for the canvas and cord as that meant I didn't need to buy those.<br />
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I can definately feel some more QAYG-ing coming along this weekend.... and I am looking forward to the next meet up.<br />
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xSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-85197777471861703782013-04-04T01:45:00.000-07:002013-04-04T01:45:39.244-07:00I made a quilt<br />
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Do you ever write blog posts in your head as you are making something???<br />
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Well, this post has been written in my head on numerous occasions in numerous ways. <br />
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Over a year ago, I won a jelly roll of fabric from <a href="http://tickleandhide.blogspot.co.uk/">Jodi at Tickle and Hide</a>. This inspired me to hunt through the library for a book with a suitable quilting pattern in it. Good old 'Jelly Roll Quilts' was made for the job.<br />
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So picking one of the easiest patterns I ordered lots of White fabric and off I went.<br />
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The cutting out and sewing together of the strips happened quite quickly. Although I soon learnt that my cutting skills left a lot to be desired, my accuracy at sewing 1/4 inch seams also left a lot to be desired, and the overall effect was therefore not geometrically accurate. In fact 'extremely wonky' was more the order of the day.<br />
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The buying of wadding caused another delay....... but I got that fab bamboo type stuff, and that sorted that.<br />
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Then the decision of what to back the quilt with (by this time the price was mounting up, and I was unsure if this would ever be finished, and if it indeed did get finished, whether it would ever be allowed to see the light of day). The lovely Tracy solved that problem, and gave me a purple sheet which was just right.<br />
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With quite a lot of excitement I started to quilt the layers together (ooooo forgot to say that I didn't really know how to stick the layers together properly - I have since been informed about spray basting - so it was a few pins and some bulldog clips borrowed from work. This had limited success, so I sort of repinned as I went along). I must clarify these are not techniques I am advocating - and nor will I be using these methods again.<br />
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So, once again I am starting to quilt...... with a turqoise colour - because it seemed to match the front - I now know you have to also consider the effect on the back of the quilt. Turquoise is not looking so good against the purple backing, and is also very unforgiving - so every mistake is very obvious.<br />
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Can I remind you at this point that this is my sewing machine. It is old, temperamental, and has a tendency to do it's own thing, go at whatever speed it likes and and alter the tension whenever it fancies. This old lady (although I love her dearly) was not impressed at being asked to undertake this task.</div>
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This lead to a lengthy pause - almost a year............<br />
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Until recently I got fed up of the heap of half-quilt at the bottom of the wardrobe and decided to just tackle it once and for all and get it done. Two left over annual leave days before the new leave year did the trick, and I set to. I cannot say it was an altogether pleasing experience, but along the way I learnt a lot about quilting, sewing in general, and a fair amount about myself.<br />
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I decided to quilt in straight lines. Sort of following the pattern of the quilt - so it made sense to me to quilt squares...... until I started and it soon became clear that the squares would pucker up and there are folds all over the quilt top as a result of this. But having started it seemed there was no going back.<br />
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By the time of choosing the binding, my enthusiasm was fading, however I like making bias binding, so got a renewed sense of umph and soldiered on (this thing was not going to beat me). I like the hand sewing on of the binding, and during several children's DVDs and then this weeks episode of Broadchurch the binding was completed.<br />
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Hey - check me out, I have only made my first ever quilt.<br />
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Things I have learnt:-<br />
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1) Buy spray baste<br />
2) Quilt in a colour that blends in and cannot be seen so clearly<br />
3) Make thinner bias binding<br />
4) I am not a perfectionist<br />
5) That I am in absolute awe of you guys out there who make the amazing quilts I see on your blogs<br />
6) That I love my quilt, with all it's hundreds of flaws.<br />
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I'm linking up with Lily's fresh sewing day, so what did I make in March??<br />
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Mainly it was a month of bee blocks and birthday presents (cushions and aprons). Plus some QAYG.<br />
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And this oval zippy box - which looked so fab in the pattern, was such a git to make, and ended up looking dreadful - won't be making one of those again.<br />
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In non-sewing related news...... our Easter day out was to Twycross Zoo - where I was spat at by a Dinosaur!!<br />
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Tanya xSecond Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-34980701818497008462013-03-24T02:43:00.001-07:002013-03-24T02:43:27.233-07:00more quilt as you go!Those of you who regularly read this blog will know that I have something of an addictive personality........... in my sewing this seems to manifest itself in me learning to make something, and then wanting to immediately make another one, and another one... you get the picture.<br />
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My current favourite is my newly acquired quilt as you go technique..... which I have now combined with my obsession with making cushions for presents for everyone.<br />
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Hard to see the quilting, but I think my lines are getting straigher.<br />
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This is a birthday present for the 12 year old girl next door...... her room has a pink and white theme, so I am hoping this cushion will fit right in. <br />
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There is also another birthday coming up soon, for a 5 year old...<br />
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I have also been practicing for my apron swap, and taking the opportunity to use some of my vintage sheets to do so..........<br />
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It's reversible............ I think I prefer the bright green print as the front<br />
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I'm not so sure about the pockets, but they are tea towel material so they are good for wiping hands on!<br />
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The pattern I used is<a href="http://modestmaven.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/free-reversible-hostess-apron-pattern.html"> here</a>. It was good to make, but I might try another more shaped apron style for my partner.<br />
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Second Chance Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727515397663252014noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922087597181262275.post-13944621428625647352013-03-15T05:56:00.000-07:002013-03-15T05:56:45.189-07:00It's finishedJust nipping in quick to show you my finished zippy pouch using my newly aquired quilt-as-you-go skills.<br />
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Massive thanks to<a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/"> Di</a> for showing me how to do this, and to <a href="http://trudi-quiltingprolifically.blogspot.co.uk/">Trudi</a> for the fabrics.... Trudi you will recognise the gorgeous grey around the edge, and if you peek closely lots of the scraps may remind you of quilts you have previously made!!!<br />
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I hope those of you who are off to the first meet up of the East Midlands Quilting Guild tomorrow have a fantastic time. I am sad not to be able to come along (I shall be abseiling, climbing and zip wiring with 40 Brownies - although hopefully one of them will be scared of heights and I will have to sit with them at the bottom!) So I look forward to hearing all about it, perhaps see you there next time.<br />
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