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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Flower Basket block
« on: March 31, 2022, 12:13:33 PM »
This is my guild’s block-of-the-month for March.  It has 20 individual pieces, which is a lot more (for one block) than I am used to. I think it came out pretty good. I guess my piecing skills are starting to improve.
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I can’t see myself doing a whole quilt of this (unless I win the next BOM raffle.) Perhaps, when I have a bit more experience, but not just now.

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Tech Know How / Show/Hide spoiler
« on: March 24, 2022, 10:49:03 AM »
@Iminei I saw that you did that in the Joke Thread. How do you do it?

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Access All Accessories / Archery accessory pouch
« on: March 09, 2022, 21:23:08 PM »
This will go on my belt, along with my quiver. It is used for my release (the trigger that releases the string) and other small items that need to be within easy reach. it came out pretty good, but I wish I’d made it a little wider. It’s big enough to hold what it has to, and my hand fits inside. But it just barely fit around the sewing machine’s free-arm, making it difficult to do some of the finishing.

Front;
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Back;
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Lining;
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Embroidery and Embellishment / Tooth Fairy Pouches
« on: March 03, 2022, 17:09:23 PM »
I am making 3 of these, for my great-nephews. I have the pockets done. I will do the backs later.
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Dolls and Toys / The latest in Hippo Fashion
« on: January 07, 2022, 15:37:47 PM »
Waldo wanted a personalized belt. I used some of the scrap fabric from the flamingo quilt for the belt. I embroidered his name, just above the centerline. Then I folded it like double-fold tape & just sewed the outside edges. I finished with a royal blue snap set, to keep it closed. Here he is, modeling his newest gear.

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The big panel & smaller pieces came from one big piece I bought at the last quilt show I attended. I have laid them out on the bed just to get some ideas. I am not necessarily planning to arrange them as they are in the picture.
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Of course, it needs sashing & a border.  I am hoping for some ideas about layout & colors. Thanks.

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Embroidery and Embellishment / Embroidered Christmas Decoration
« on: December 24, 2021, 14:58:31 PM »
I made this FME for my husband a couple of years ago.  He loves it & hangs it each year.
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What lies beneath... / Frankenbra
« on: December 20, 2021, 15:21:05 PM »
I needed some bras with pockets for a lumpectomy pad.  But the only comfortable one I found has very short, non-adjustable straps.  So I sewed in an extra 6” of elastic on each strap.  Not the prettiest sewing I have ever done, but I was more concerned with sturdiness.
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BTW, the straps are even. I just didn’t hang it straight on the hanger.

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Embroidery and Embellishment / FSL Ornaments
« on: November 17, 2021, 18:01:05 PM »
I made a bunch of these to send to various friends & relatives.  They’re fun to do, & flat enough to mail inside a card.
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Embroidery and Embellishment / My latest FME
« on: November 10, 2021, 22:43:59 PM »
I got in the mood to do some free-motion. So I made a Valentines Day wall hanging. Out of season, I know, but it will keep.
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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Tube quilting
« on: November 08, 2021, 11:04:04 AM »
This is a way of cutting a bunch of half-square triangles from the same fabrics I got a link to this video from my quilt guild;
https://www.nationalquilterscircle.com/video/tube-quilting-jelly-rolls-015612/

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks interesting. Anyone here ever tried it? Opinions?

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Dolls and Toys / The Well-Dressed Chef
« on: October 23, 2021, 20:14:55 PM »
Meet Tucker T. Monkey, a.k.a. The Simian Chef.  He needed some oven mitts, so I made him some out of felt.  Just simple rectangles, open at the bottom and embellished with some fabric paint.  He is a monkey of simple needs.
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Embroidery Machines / Bobbin thread is coming up
« on: October 10, 2021, 22:41:41 PM »
I started a project on my machine- a Brother PE535- and the bobbin thread kept coming up from the bottom of the fabric. I tried changing the needle & checking to make sure the fabric was taut in the hoop.  The thread tension is at 4, which should be fine for this type of fabric.

I am at a loss. Any ideas?

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DH & I went to this event over the weekend. We both loved it; nice to be able to see an in-person event again. (Masks were required, but I have no issue with that.)

Prior to the first one we went to (a couple of years ago, pre-covid) we expected to see lots of bed sized quits with pretty geometric patterns.  We saw those, but also so many other things that looked like oil paintings, photographs, stained-glass, etc. We always love the humorous ones. 

The vendors are enjoyable too. Yes it’s nice to find goodies that you normally have to order. But it’s also fun to see technology that you haven’t seen and can’t afford.

Here are some fun things we saw.
Our favorite;
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My husband is from Canada, so this caught his eye;
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I sent a pic of this to a close friend who is a sign-language interpreter. She loved it;
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No special significance to this one. We just liked it.
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Access All Accessories / Quick & Easy Tool Roll
« on: August 19, 2021, 17:07:59 PM »
I wanted to do a sewing project, now that the machine is back up. I needed a tool roll to organize some of my Bonsai tools. (I’ve made these before; they are really not hard.). I made the whole thing from one flour-sack napkin. It’s starting size is about 28” x 28”

I folded it in half & sewed around the edges, just to get it to the right size for 4 tools. Next, I folded it up from the bottom & ironed in the crease. Sewed the sides and then measured & marked-with painter’s tape-the seams that divided it into 4 pockets.

Next, I just folded the top over & pressed in a crease, to make a flap. Last step was to sew a length of ribbon, 2x the width, in the back.

There napkins shrink a bit and are never perfectly square after you wash them (which I’d already done) so the edges aren’t perfect, but they really didn’t need to be. My main reasons for using the flour-sack napkin were A)I had some and B)the edges are already hemmed.

So here it is;
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