House Beautiful Contest - 01.08.-31.08.2020

[RJR_38]

@Acorn the book sounds fab - give it a go! I was surprised at how easy it was.
@wrenkins I can do small and fiddly - I think errors are less noticeable. Give me something big and 3-D like clothing and I am useless lol!

@Manuela. I followed a basic tutorial/set of instructions that were posted years ago from an American quilting forum I am on. It helps if you have done EPP before or at least know how to do ladder or whip stitch. If you are interested and it doesn’t break any rules I can always PM you the link.

[Syrinx]

Well I've cut out my batting and some old cotton fabric that was going to be chucked (old white duvet cover) and I've pinned my bits together.

This is 100% recycled project. The second fabric is inherited and I'm using up the smaller bits first. Old duvet cover, spare bamboo batting from the stash. I have wool somewhere but couldn't find it. It's much better for this sort of thing than bamboo but heyho! The other bit of the duvet cover is pintucked and I'm contemplating cutting binding from it for a bit of interest.

Concept - FMQ samplers, placemats and table runners (very small ones

[Manuela]

@RJR_38, yes please, I’d love you to have the link to the tutorial (either here in the thread or by pm). My hand sewing is most definitely up to par, I haven’t tried EPP yet - there is a first time for everything 

[RJR_38]

@RJR_38, yes please, I’d love you to have the link to the tutorial (either here in the thread or by pm). My hand sewing is most definitely up to par, I haven’t tried EPP yet - there is a first time for everything 

@Manuela  here you go

https://www.quiltingboard.com/tutorials-f10/fabric-covered-needlework-box-t28902.html

I just didn’t want to break any rules by ‘advertising’ another forum lol

[Syrinx]

I've finished the first fmq sampler placemat. Yet to bind. Uncertain whether to use the pintucked part of the duvet for that or maybe a ribbon? Or just cotton.

Whole thing
Close up center
Close up right

I think the yellow, grey, and cream threads worked best. The red and blues a little too strong but my poor eyes were dead after all the cream sand. And a sampler should help me find the problems (my clamshell. I hate them so of course I thought how better to fix it than make it blue. I didn't even echo the insides so I could see how shoddy they were) and show me what to work on.

There's another one to do and then two longer ones.

Upside/downside my mother saw the back (upholstery fabric) and adores the look of the revers of the red echo quilting (it's a red leaf/flower thing in a black box with cream thread on show. So she now wants me to make her a piece that is frameable but just with that part of the fabric.

Eta bugger forgot to photograph the back

[Lachica]

@RJR_38 @Renegade Sewist thanks for details of Cricut machines. I think I might put one on my Christmas list .....

[Renegade Sewist]

@Lachica they are really neat. I don't have one but I've seen them in use. The big sewing machine dealer in town sells a lot of them, has a huge corner of the shop full of accessories and vinyls and such to use with them and has lots of classes that feature stuff cut with one.

I lack space and money. I also have too much sunk into other hobbies that languish  in cupboards. If there were kids in my life it might be a different story. I hope you get one.

[coffeeandcake]

I WANT an Etui box

[Syrinx]

Second mat done. I like this one better, chose more light/pastel colour threads this time around and changed a couple of the designs. The sand pebble did my eyes in again, I did trapunto for the circle this time too.

Pics


Just waiting on some ribbon to arrive to bind them. Left to do - two longer mats. I need to plan out which designs to brush up on. These will end up being "outdoor" mats for office/summer house/annexe as they can go in the wash and are plent big enough to shove a plate of food on or a drink and will definitely protect paperwork/fabric/tables as well as look sort of nice!

[Syrinx]

Finished my two fmq placemats.

Fronts
Backs
Close up

[RJR_38]

Beautiful syrinx! Wish I could quilt like that!

[Iminei]

C'mon then Girls, last few days of sewing ...

Needles down on the 31st and please get your entry's, with pics included within the text, into me as soon as you can ... Thank you xxx

[StitchinTime]

I’m late to this, but it’s a long weekend which could mean three days of sewing and I might get finished in time. The first part is complete - lots of little bonda-webbed pieces ready to fuse.
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[elisep]

Ah! I took these photos last week but didn't like the way the colour turned out... was hoping for a sunny day to retake the photos and just didn't get one
So it's these photos or nothing!

EliseP's entry

Smocked teal velvet cushion

I bought the smocking pattern off Etsy, a pattern called "Mystery". Took me way too many hours of hand sewing to smock the thing! And I didn't think to take a photo of the back side unfortunately. The fabric is a really beautiful teal coloured upholstery velvet. Absolutely divine in person! The back is just plain velvet with a centre lapped zipper. As the smocking is a series of hand sewn knots, I decided to back the smocked side with cotton drill so there's no strain put on the knots.

[Manuela]

That cushion cover is utterly beautiful @elisep