Scrappy Pin Cushion

 A simple scrappy pin cushion. 

One Project A Month.

I have had my Etsy shop now for over five years but have done nothing with it until now.

Due to my recent surgery I have to take time out for several months. So my dear daughter,  Baby Girl, has been helping me to get my act together and uploading items to sell on my Etsy.

 

I have been getting lots of traffic looking at my items and making some lovely comments.

My first sale is for eight bags from a lovely lady in the States looking for gifts for her bridesmaids.  So I had made eight of my boxed bags. 

Plym Jar 20p x 8 = £1.60
Total £9.30 

Cushion

My Baby Girl make me a large cushion as a gift recently.  I love hand made cushions.

This cushion gives good support to my back whilst watching TV or sewing.  Thanks for the gift.  

Congratulations

My Baby Girl has been studying BA(Hons) Art Textiles at Plymouth College of Art for the last four years. This evening was the preview evening for the Final Degree Show.

Congratulations and well done to Hannah.  Your father and I are very proud of you.

If next year you are visiting Plymouth in June, go and visit Plymouth College of Art degree show.  If it is any thing like this year, you in for a real treat.  Plus it is free entrance but make sure that you have a couple of hours to view all the work.  And wear comfortable shoes as the degree show is on all four floors of the college.

Well done to all the students and tutors at the college, you are all amazing.   

Another Birthday Quilt

This is the second quilt that I helped my Baby Girl make at the beginning of this week.  I can show you today as she give it to Donna yesterday as her birthday gift.

Once again she used the Accuquilt go to cut the blocks. She machine pieced and machine quilted on her Janome Memory Craft  5700.  

Happy Birthday Donna.

Birthday Quilt

My Baby Girl asked me to help her make two small quilts for birthday gifts for two of her dear friends.  She chose seven  fabrics for each quilt.  Using the Accuquilt Go she cut 6 1/2 inch squares.  The size of each piece of fabric dictated how many squares were cut.

She arranged them in a pleasing order and stitched them into rows using a quarter inch foot on her sewing machine.  As this was a quick project, she added no borders.  Straight line quilted a half inch from each seam using a walking foot.  

Mitred binding using a binding tool were added to finish the quilts.  

I can only show Stevie's quilt today as it was her birthday yesterday.  Happy Birthday Stevie.   

Jelly Roll

Over a year ago, on a visit home from university, Baby Girl spotted a jelly roll in my sewing room that she liked.  I told her about the jelly roll race that was sweeping the quilting world.  Oh boy what a big mistake!!  I lost my jelly roll.  A few day later I got a phone call from Baby Girl to inform me that she had finished the jelly roll race top. 

 Baby Girl recently found that unfinished top and presented it to me to sew the borders on, quilt and bind it.  So I paid for the jelly roll, now I am paying for the border and backing fabric as well at the wadding . Then I have the pleasure of quilting and binding it too.  Now I am wondering if I get to keep the finished quilt or will it be claim back by Baby Girl.               

Festival of Quilts

Baby Girl and I went to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham at the NEC.  We had a very enjoyable time.  We managed to view all the exhibitions and do a little shopping.

I am only writing a short blog today as I need to recover from my visit to the Festival of Quilts. The first photo is Baby Girl standing in front of one of her favourite quilts.  It appears she has very traditional tastes unlike me who loves bright contemporary quilts. The second photo was taken at the Horizon exhibition.   There were sample books that you could photograph and touch.  These sample books gave you more information about how each quilt was made. 

I will write more about the Festival of Quilts over the next few weeks.  I just need so time to recover from a very busy month.

Bean Bags

Over the years I have made lots of beans bags. When Baby Girl moved out to her own flat, she asked if I could make her a new bean bag.

So if I am going to make one I might as well cut and make two or more bean bags.  On a trip to Ikea I spotted two fabrics that I thought Baby Girl and Little Boy would like for their new grown up bean bags.

I made four bean bags in the end!! Baby Girl and Master J, plus Little Boy and Missie L. I always make an inner bag to hold the beans so if the outer bag needs washing if is easy to remove.  Beans can get every where so it is important to stitch the inner bag close with a very small stitch and several rows of stitching on a sewing machine.    

Now all I have to do is make a new bean bag for me, maybe sometime later this year. 

Christmas Gift

I love heart ornaments. I had a small collection of embroidery and patchwork hearts in my studio.

I received this hand made heart as a Christmas gift from Baby Girl on Boxing Day.

Off the Wall Fridays and OPAM again

Once again Nina-Marie is hosting the 'Off the Wall Friday' blog link party, this is our second week.  Where has the time gone this last week?

I have been helping my Baby Girl, who is an Art Textiles student, with making her first quilt.  I gave her the calico so she could learn how to dye and screen print on her foundation course last year.  She made several garments with the finished fabric. With the leftover fabric she thought it would be nice to make a lap quilt to throw over her sofa in her new flat. I gave Baby Girl the black border fabric from my stash and some instructions on how to attach the borders.
I have 'blocked' and squared the quilt and sewing the binding on now. Here is a question - would it be considered a two person quilt if we were to enter the quilt into a show?

Mothering Sunday

It is Mothering Sunday today in Great Britain.  It is later this year, it is normally in March.  I think this is because Easter is also later this year too.

These are photos of my Little Boy and Baby Girl taken at a family wedding last summer.

A Snow Monster

I have created a 'Snow Monter'! Baby Girl thought that snow dyeing sounded interesting and decided to join in the fun. Baby Girl does not to things on a small scale. Our garden is now a colourful wonderland and our neighbours think we are both 'cuckoo'!

A White Christmas?

We woke to find it had snowed overnight! Banjo loves the snow. He loves to roll around in the snow.

Also, Baby Girl got all excited to see the snow too.

Congratulations!

My Baby Girl got her A level results today. I am so proud of Baby Girl as she achieved an A in Art and B in Art Textiles. BG never studied art at GCSE level just went straight in at A level. Congratulations Baby Girl!