Needlecraft category

  • #145 – The Tricky Part

    With all the other quilts I’ve made the fabric blocks have all been the same size in at least one direction. This made for pretty easy piecing as I could just sew rows together & then attac...
    May 25, 2010 No Comments

  • #144 – Peasant Shirt Redo

    I found this cute little cotton peasant shirt at Target this weekend. I liked everything about it except that it had elastic in the hem. I’m sorry but if you are not a rail thing thing a shirt t...
    May 24, 2010 5 Comments

  • #141 – Strips

    141/365 – The first three strips of my sister’s quilt are done. Since I’m using 4″ x 4″ squares to make a 5′ x 5′ quilt its going to take a lot of sewing. Ha...
    May 21, 2010 1 Comment

  • #139 – Done Planning

    139/365 I have all the squares piled by row & a photo to follow if things get messed up so I’m ready to start sewing my sister’s quilt together. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend...
    May 19, 2010 No Comments

  • #138 – Still Binding

    I thought I only had one side of The Girlie Quilt left to hand sew the binding but tonight I discovered I actually had two…sigh. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on s...
    May 18, 2010 No Comments

  • #137 – My Sister’s Quilt Layout Continued

    Yesterday I showed you the grid I wrote up to lay out the quilt squares. Today I assigned each fabric a number & laid them out according to the grid. Once laid out I’ll move anything I̵...
    May 17, 2010 1 Comment

  • #136 – Laying Out My Sister’s Quilt

    When I made my first quilt the tutorial had a pick squares from a bag so the layout would be totally random. I found with this method I had to spend a lot of time moving the squares around to get it t...
    May 16, 2010 No Comments

  • #133 – Satisfaction

    There is something so satisfying about having all the squares for a quilt cut, neatly stacked & ready to be used. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmad...
    May 13, 2010 1 Comment

  • #132 – Keeping Warm

    The nice thing about hand sewing a quilt on a cold nice is that is can keep you warm while you work. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year &...
    May 12, 2010 No Comments

  • #131 – Want to Make This

    (photo from Interweave Knits) Have you seen this sweater in the new Interweave Knits? I love the shape of it & it looks like something I would wear a lot. I’m very tempted to go pick up th...
    May 11, 2010 3 Comments