ChristmasQuilt

One Princess ordered a Quilt from Santa or rather Mrs Clause.

Fabric was chosen by said princess  and sent to the North Pole for manufacturing. Our Princess is now a young lady (13) so the choice of fabric reflects her new found love of colours other than Purple specially Neon/Lime Green - (didn't we do that colour in the 80's)

The Elves got a bit carried away with all the left over bits as our Princess received all sorts of additional gifts.



A Padded Covered Memo-board to hang on the wall.






Scatter cushions with button trim





A beautiful pillow cover




and another one

 



Trim added to an old curtain




Finally the double sided Quilt




This is the happy side!!

 Have a Crafty week
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BlanketStitch

Block number 4 is done at last.  I linked the flower petals with blanket stitch here is a drawing of the steps involved in making this stitch work.

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FrenchKnot

I'm still limited to some hand sewing as I am unpacking boxes and finding homes for all the things that has to live with us in our new home. When I looked at this block my first thought for the eyes of the little dragonfly was a french knot and I'm pleased with how it turned out. feelingstitchy has a great tutorial on how to do this stitch if the diagram below doesn't help.

 

This diagram is from Wikipedia and it shows how the stitch is created.

 

I tried to keep the contrast from the previous blocks going with the red.

Have a Crafty Week.

 

RunningWhipstitch

Block number 2 for my Japanese inspired quilt is done.  I wanted to bring the red in again so chose the Running Whipstitch.  Here is a link to see how it is done.Stitch dictionary

 I like the accent that the red provides.

Have a crafty week.
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LazyDaisyStitch

I completed the first block of my Japanese inspired quilt this week. This block is about 23x23cm.  I'm not sure how it is all going to fit together lets just say it's a work in progress.

I stitched with 100% cotton sashiko thread in cream and red on pre printed cotton in Navy.

The cream is just a simple running stitch. I used an embroidery hoop so that my piece won't pucker too much.

 The little red flower is made up of detached chain stitches also known as a Lazy Daisy.  I found a great video tutorial on making them.  I used the same technique mine is just more centered.  I tried to put 9 petals in a circle (some didn't quite get 9). If you go to this link daisy-stitch-video-tutorial you will see how easy it is to incorporate these in your hand sewing.

Have a Crafty week.
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