Here is a tutorial to make this rolled-up case for knitting needles: First, here are a sketch of the needle case. It will help you visualize all pieces and have an idea of placement of the appliqués and quilting lines from the exterior and interior. And now the list of supplies and instructions. Fabric – […]
June is my month in the Fat Stash Bee. As I said in a earlier post, I’ve decided to do a baby quilt. Here is a reminder of my fabrics. I sent out everyone an fat quarter of one of the colored fabric (pink, green, red or blue) and a little piece of Alexander Henry’s […]
For the month of May, we were provided a blue gingham fabric and we were asked to let go our imagination, the theme is picnic! I’ve done two blocks. One which was inspired by a block I’ve seen in the Quilting Bee Blocks group on Flickr. It is pretty simple, yet I found it was […]
The month of May has been a pretty busy one. I worked on different projects. One of which is a roll-up case for knitting needles. I made this for my sister’s birthday which was this past week-end. I constructed it like a quilt with batting between two layers of cotton fabrics. I’ve quilted it and […]
About a month ago, I did a screen printing course. One of the three projects was printed on fabric. I had decided to print a blue poppy on cotton fabric. The plan was to integrate this in a mini-quilt to hang it on my bedroom wall. I had bought Kate Spain’s fabrics from Moda in […]
Here is a little update on my handbag projects. Lat week, I went to the second and last part of my course. We learned different techniques to join the lining and outer shell and how to fix the straps. Unfortunately, I’m not done yet. I’m missing the hardware to fix the straps. So, this project […]
I’ve sewn those cases for my two little ones. It’s based on a project in the Spring 2010 issue of the Stitch magazine. For the first pouch (brown one), I’ve modified the appliques a bit. On one side, I put the mushroom appliques. On the other side, I put the hedgehog with a slightly different […]
Here are my blocks for the month of April in the Fat Stash Bee. For this month, we were asked to do concentric squares with fabrics in red, white, grey and black. It had to be a bit masculine since the quilt will be for jkae1989’s 15 year old son. The fat quarter I received […]
Last week, I attended a sewing class on handbags. I was just looking for a bag pattern when I saw that course. I think I have the same bag I had5 years ago. I never sewn handbag so, I thought this course would be instructive. Furthermore, the bags shown in the course description seemed interesting. […]
Fat Stash Bee – Fabric for my Month a photo by thecharmingneedle on Flickr. Yes, I already have my fabrics for my month in the FSB, which is only in June. I was obsessed by it. Ah! the excitement of the first bee I guess. It wasn’t long before I took my decision for the […]