stash busting - I will use my mountains b4 buying more!

Florenceem

Declaring 3 done out of my 50.
It is World Book Day here tomorrow. DD is dressing up as the Snow
Queen from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Yesterday I made some
accessories for her costume. DD was a bridesmaid at a wedding in
Lapland so will wear the dress and fur jacket from that occasion. I think
she has fur boots as well.
As you can see - I had a box in my stash that I could use and some garden sticks.

I got some cheap headbands to construct a crown.

I had metallic crepe paper in my stash to cover the garden sticks and box.


The crown will be fixed in place with hair - hence the gaps.

susan42

florenceem - love the box and the crown. Im decoupaging a trinket box at the minute, I don't think it will turn out as grand as your though

rufusdog - cant wait to see the shoes, do share

craftingmad - you are so busy, I struggle to do one fair a year and thats for christmas

emslovesmickey -:T:T:T:T:T well done on your win. Love the card too

loopychris - do you give a pack of notelets as gifts?

greentiger - thats a super feb panel well done on finishing it

craftyc - love the sound of the liquorice alsort , have you a picture so I can see what one it is, can imagine waking up eating it if I made one. Can I ask a Q? What is bonded fabric and can it be used on a silhoutte. Would love to make DD something on a vest

emmi-bush welcome hope you like it here as much as I

I have a question, I have lots of material and want to make a quilt, going for a bed one. But could end up the dogs blanket lol. What do you call the stuff that you put inside it and how wide does it have to be, ie is it sold in different lengths/widths and how do you secure it...lots of questions I know, sorry about that. Perhaps I should find a video

Heres my decoupage letters

And a few cards to finish using a topper sheet up

tattycath

Florenceem wrote: »

Declaring 3 done out of my 50.
It is World Book Day here tomorrow. DD is dressing up as the Snow
Queen from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Yesterday I made some
accessories for her costume. DD was a bridesmaid at a wedding in
Lapland so will wear the dress and fur jacket from that occasion. I think
she has fur boots as well.
As you can see - I had a box in my stash that I could use and some garden sticks.

I got some cheap headbands to construct a crown.

I had metallic crepe paper in my stash to cover the garden sticks and box.


The crown will be fixed in place with hair - hence the gaps.

Love your makes!

susan42 wrote: »

florenceem - love the box and the crown. Im decoupaging a trinket box at the minute, I don't think it will turn out as grand as your though

rufusdog - cant wait to see the shoes, do share

craftingmad - you are so busy, I struggle to do one fair a year and thats for christmas

emslovesmickey -:T:T:T:T:T well done on your win. Love the card too

loopychris - do you give a pack of notelets as gifts?

greentiger - thats a super feb panel well done on finishing it

craftyc - love the sound of the liquorice alsort , have you a picture so I can see what one it is, can imagine waking up eating it if I made one. Can I ask a Q? What is bonded fabric and can it be used on a silhoutte. Would love to make DD something on a vest

emmi-bush welcome hope you like it here as much as I

I have a question, I have lots of material and want to make a quilt, going for a bed one. But could end up the dogs blanket lol. What do you call the stuff that you put inside it and how wide does it have to be, ie is it sold in different lengths/widths and how do you secure it...lots of questions I know, sorry about that. Perhaps I should find a video

Heres my decoupage letters

And a few cards to finish using a topper sheet up

Loving the decoupage! and the cards!

rufusdog52

Florenceem, lovely makes for the fancy dress, well done xx

Susan, the stuff for the quilt would be wadding. I buy mine in Dunelm Mill and its quite cheap and wide enough for a single bed quilt. If doing double you may need to join two pieces together by hand stitching them first before using them. You sandwich the wadding between the top layer and bottom layer of the quilt and then pin through the 3 layers to hold them all secure, then tack well across both ways about 6 to 9 inches apart. then you would need to "quilt" it some how to keep the layers held together in a more permanent fashion. You could do this either by machine or by hand depending on how you feel about it all.

I have been good today, I have sorted out the legging, just undid the elastic casing at the top, took out the elastic then sewed it back onto the raw edge at the top, this gave the leggings an extra two inches in length, so I am hoping they wont keep drawing down when she bends over now. I didnt put anything in the sides of the legs until i see if they are ok as they are. I also did the pairs of tights so that is two things crossed off the list of things to do. Next would be the bag I think although I can't wait to start on the shoes.

tattycath

rufusdog52 wrote: »

Florenceem, lovely makes for the fancy dress, well done xx

Susan, the stuff for the quilt would be wadding. I buy mine in Dunelm Mill and its quite cheap and wide enough for a single bed quilt. If doing double you may need to join two pieces together by hand stitching them first before using them. You sandwich the wadding between the top layer and bottom layer of the quilt and then pin through the 3 layers to hold them all secure, then tack well across both ways about 6 to 9 inches apart. then you would need to "quilt" it some how to keep the layers held together in a more permanent fashion. You could do this either by machine or by hand depending on how you feel about it all.

I have been good today, I have sorted out the legging, just undid the elastic casing at the top, took out the elastic then sewed it back onto the raw edge at the top, this gave the leggings an extra two inches in length, so I am hoping they wont keep drawing down when she bends over now. I didnt put anything in the sides of the legs until i see if they are ok as they are. I also did the pairs of tights so that is two things crossed off the list of things to do. Next would be the bag I think although I can't wait to start on the shoes.

Thanks for the info regarding the wadding. You can get different thicknesses can't you? Which thickness is best to work with or are they much of a muchness really?
I'd like to try making a quilt at some point, need to make my curtains first-and another draught excluder, someone else would like one now!

Looking forward to seeing the shoes once they're done rufusdog.

Savvy_sewing

well I managed to get an order from local tea rooms for some denim aprons. 3 full ones and 9 1/2 ones. All just by popping in for a cuppa and asking to put my card on their notice board. I made a sample, and took it back in the afternoon. Got the order so started on it. Using the Denim legs rescued from recycling jeans into shorts.
But ran out of my Tape and Jeans Orange thread so have got to but those already! but I have all the denim I need.
12 pieces of fabric embroidered ready to see when rest arrives.
So although some work in progress I can only declare 1/500

rufusdog52

I usually use the thinner one for quilting as its easy to stitch through but I have used the medium one as well for one quilt. It was quite hard going to sew through it but I did it in the end and have it on our bed. It is quite warm. The ones with the thinner wadding are not as thick and end up more like a throw once washed a few times. My kids and grandkids all have quilts made with the thinner wadding and they all love them to go over the top of their beds or to wrap round themselves when watching tv.

tattycath

rufusdog52 wrote: »

I usually use the thinner one for quilting as its easy to stitch through but I have used the medium one as well for one quilt. It was quite hard going to sew through it but I did it in the end and have it on our bed. It is quite warm. The ones with the thinner wadding are not as thick and end up more like a throw once washed a few times. My kids and grandkids all have quilts made with the thinner wadding and they all love them to go over the top of their beds or to wrap round themselves when watching tv.

Thanks for this. I'll get the thinner one then-once I've achieved more of my stash objectives.

Just one more question please.
When you make a patchwork quilt do you basically just sew lots or squares together to make a rectangle and press the seams open? And then do you use different patchwork squares on the back? Or do you do a plain back? And then bind the edges once it's sewn together?
TIA

rufusdog52

Normally you make the top first, you can join the patchworks together in lots of ways, the ones I have done have either been in strips then join the strips together, or join say 9 squares together into a bigger square called a panel, then make up enough panels to fit across the "bed" or whatever, then join them into a big strip, then repeat with enough strips to go down the length of the bed, then join them all together.

For the back I usually just use a plain or patterned piece of fabric. I have joined two or three pieces together for the back before to use up pieces that I had around the place, plus if its a larger size quilt you might not be able to get the right width for the quilt in one whole piece. Also it can look nice having something a bit "different" on the back to make it more interesting.

rufusdog52

Well done on the order Mooloo xx