You're not alone Vegegrow. I work as a craft tutor and teach English paper piecing. I cringe every time I cut into a lovely fat quarter, just so I can sew it all together again.English Paper Piecing is on the list .. one day some day when I have time...never been to a sewing class ,, except school
But, it is an incredible relaxing craft and if you add a bit of gossiping and putting the world to rights in a group, my 3.5 hour class wizzes by.
I actually enjoy the precision of the cutting and piecing. It hasn't ever occurred to me that I am cutting it up just to put it together again. But now you come to mention it ........When I worked in a fabric shop I asked my colleague if she had ever done patchwork she said 'Why would I cut something up to sew it back together again'
I found it difficult to watch a roll of Liberty fabric being cut in to small squares in a fabric shop even though the resulting bundles of fat quarters were very pretty.Agghh so would I :'(
Well, you know when you make clothes, all you're doing is cutting up fabric and sewing it back together again. And it's not as if you don't get something useful and beautiful and individual at the end.Yes but you usually don't cut several 1 1/2" squares... that's sooooo small :'(
That's what I save the scraps for... Mind you... I do have a virtual Lowena looking over my shoulder saying ...'What do you need that for... it has decreased the stash.... :D
I discovered I could reply to everyone in one post ... cool
I love scrappy quilts especially scrappy quilts for children as there's so much in them to look at, so you don't have to use big new pieces of fabric all the time. I often use contrasting light and dark fabrics and like to have many different light fabrics too for the background.
Ive made a few memory quilts from old clothes and they have been really interesting challenges!
That's what I save the scraps for..Ohhhh me please Miss :* If its still avaliable
If anybody wants a large bag of beautiful colours and fabric scraps that I have been working with over the last year...
I sorted one out when I tidied the sewing stash last year.... just give me a pm and I'll whizz it into the post for you!
Agghh so would I :'(I'm glad my time on here is well spent and appreciated Vegegrow :devil:
[Yes but you usually don't cut several 1 1/2" squares... that's sooooo small :'(That's what I save the scraps for... Mind you... I do have a virtual Lowena looking over my shoulder saying ...'What do you need that for... it has decreased the stash.... :D
Maybe a week or so, that ok with you Girls???Whenever you can Imi... I've got to make some new headboards for the new beds and I did get a pile of fabric out for Fran's Stash sew along.... still waiting on fabric for 3 pairs of curtains as well
Yeah, a kindred spirit:ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:
Oh wow that sounds really special! What a treasure to have! Did your Mum commission it?Well as she ran Dolls house and Miniature Fairs ..she found the cabinet a bit like this Pic and got one of the Dolls house makers to make it into a home ... and a lot of stallholders paid for their stalls with the most amazing furniture and well everything from tiny reading glasses and a newspaper which live in the draw of a desk in the hall to a wardrobe full of clothes... yes I will get pics but you'll have to wait.. don't have any plans to go over there at the moment
L :vintage:
Are you two girls still up for my scraps ????
Who here eats Shredded Wheat Bite size ??????
They're in the post as we speak actually!!! (smug Smilie face!)Thanks Imi... :*
2nd class I'm afraid girls so you will receive your bundles of little joy mid week me thinks.
Glad you like him Imi... I had good fun looking through the scraps and had a little time between work projects so I made him then someone was going to the post office so he was packed up quickly and sent on his way to Dorset.. I have just made a yellow orange version he needs some features and I'll post a pic
Here he is and this is the link .. pdf just above measurements
https://www.sewingquarter.com/h/58775bcc0a8e111270e056f5/Bear%20in%20a%20Bag/
Is this bear very intricate to make? I have some fabric left from the baby quilt I made and was thinking about having a go at a bear. I did see this being made on the Sewing Quarter. My hands are not good and I am losing my dexterity due to injury and multiple ops to sort it. I wonder if I could make one. :)He's about 15cm tall I found the most fiddly bit was connecting the head to the body... I did consider doing it by hand as the seam is only about 3" long.... but on the whole making the bear is all pretty logical and I'm getting faster at them I've made 4 now
He's about 15cm tall I found the most fiddly bit was connecting the head to the body... I did consider doing it by hand as the seam is only about 3" long.... but on the whole making the bear is all pretty logical and I'm getting faster at them I've made 4 now
if your concerned you could print out the pattern a bit bigger
Here he is and this is the link .. pdf just above measurements
https://www.sewingquarter.com/h/58775bcc0a8e111270e056f5/Bear%20in%20a%20Bag/
You're amazing Vege ... such a good use of scraps that would've been thrown away!!!Thankyou Imi I've got an idea.. no time make at the moment though
and there are more on the way hon ... Sorry!!!!
Gosh you're accomplished Vege ..... ( bows in admiration )thankyou Low... is that a patchwork :ninja: bow