tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30726860621269503082024-03-06T19:34:20.716-08:00Sticks and bubbles | My crafty journeydianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-7682819799572640252012-05-06T05:40:00.001-07:002012-05-06T05:40:51.271-07:00It's been a while...hasn't it?<br />
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A lot of things happened around here, and nothing quilting related. However, the fact that I found the quilting world helped me so much in designing my
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I finished my first round of SSCs, and let me just say I am incredibly proud of myself.<br />
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Two of my all times favorite fabrics got together, a Joel Dewberry and a Laurie Wisbrun one.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/7148182485/" title="ad-5878 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="ad-5878" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/7148182485_46863eb484.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Don't they look like they're made for each other? :)<br />
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Also, I indulged myself in some fabulos Amy Butler designs that I am so in love with right now.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/7002095040/" title="luna-negru-flori-01 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="luna-negru-flori-01" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7002095040_b212fc6026.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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The feel of her satin home decor fabrics is just amazing, they're strong, but not too stiff, and the bit of shine the satin has makes them incredible!</div>
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I also chose some Lecien fabrics, just to find out that they're not available anymore anywhere.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/7002093146/" title="luna-gri-lecien-01 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="luna-gri-lecien-01" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5119/7002093146_65f0d75ac7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Well, we'll see about that :).<br />
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Do you see those cute little shoes? Yeap, JD again. I still love Heirloom.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/7002115084/" title="luna-negru-grena-01 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="luna-negru-grena-01" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/7002115084_fc751a07bb.jpg" width="333" /></a>
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A lot :D.<br />
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The only problem I have is that now, when I finally have time to start quilting again, all the fabrics I had in mind from, what, January?, are sold out. And the new stuff is just...wow! so many new things, I feel so overwhelmed trying to browse my favorite stores.<br />
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Does this happen to you too? How can I choose now?<br />
And what about new Echino? Nothing? Nada?<br />
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I so need to get out there a.s.a.p :)dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-74627217014949655122012-01-28T00:32:00.000-08:002012-01-28T00:32:42.337-08:00I am so predictableI still have no time to sew but at least I'm starting to buy stuff again. For inspiration, of course.<br />
And even though the orange/blue Heirloom that I wanted so much turned out to be pretty uninspiring and I ended up selling half of it, I really love the purple one.<br />
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So as I was filling up a flat rate envelope with some white Kona that I really needed, I decided to make room for just a little Heirloom.<br />
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I took pretty much everything in purple and no disappointment here, they are all perfect!<br />
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Plus, I couldn't help buying some more of these flowers, they really are one of the best prints I've seen lately.<br />
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But no, that;s not all. I also received the fabrics for my next babywearing products. No, no Echino, but....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I probably won't have anything to show you in the next month either, as I am focusing on the babywearing products right now, so I'm wishing everybody a lot of snow and a lot of time to play with it :). Or just sun and tan, if you live on the other half of the globe :)</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-34209871045959709742012-01-26T06:45:00.000-08:002012-01-26T06:45:07.474-08:00UnrelatedI have not touched my sewing machine for more than a month. However, I touched the industrial one more than once.<br />
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But I do have a reason to post here today, I have almost finished the Echino stash.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6765679547/" title="MeiTai-elicoptere-albastru by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="MeiTai-elicoptere-albastru" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6765679547_fc09dc58dc.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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As usual, I used every scrap of Echino.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6765679639/" title="MeiTai-albastru-biciclete by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="MeiTai-albastru-biciclete" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6765679639_3f96deedf7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Man, I love these fabrics!dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-82839758577999004702011-12-20T10:03:00.000-08:002011-12-20T10:03:05.105-08:00Hey, girl,<i>I can always tell the difference between you Echino quilts. And they are all to die for.</i>*<br />
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So, yes, another Echino quilt. That, of course, I am madly in love with.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529783633/" title="echino3-01 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="echino3-01" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6529783633_3bb46f045f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Every single print in this quilt is just perfect!<br />
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The way it folds ...<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529783257/" title="echino2-03 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="echino2-03" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6529783257_ca89fc9e8c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The way it drapes ...<br />
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Just perfect! <br />
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One tiny detail, though. Can you focus a little on the pink square with the car?<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6544576455/" title="Echino quilt by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="Echino quilt" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6544576455_f6a8e8c082.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
The right lower corner? See that? That's the side mirror from the car below. Could one guess how many times I thought that's a thread and tried to pick it up? It's ok, I can tell you: a loooot of times!<br />
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*of course you must know what I'm talking<a href="http://www.quiltdad.com/2011/12/hey-girl.html"> about</a>.dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-69960092227634592472011-12-18T01:16:00.000-08:002011-12-18T01:16:33.717-08:00I'm the GrinchWell, I said it. I am so not in the mood for Christmas, or anything related. But I did sew. A lot. So here are some of this month's stuff.<br />
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The one that I couldn't get a decent photo of, and the one that started the pink madness in my house :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529784023/" title="anemona-1 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6529784023_229d422361.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="anemona-1"></a><br />
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The crosses came out very quickly, the 5" squares helped a lot. Also, like never before :)), I actually decided what to use before starting cutting, so every cross is made from 3 pieces [2 squares and one rectangle]. Pieceing was so easy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529785185/" title="anemona-5 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6529785185_b8556b4aae.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="anemona-5"></a><br />
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Not sure I love it with the gray border so much, I think the next one will have no border at all. [next quilt with crosses]<br />
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Then the princess baby quilt, made at the same time with <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/11/lot-of-wip.html">baby blue and baby smile</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529790367/" title="sonia (3) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6529790367_0f78afd79a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="sonia (3)"></a><br />
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I tried to get out of the pink obsession with some all-time-favorite <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/11/lot-of-wip.html">Echino</a>, but right after it was finished, along with some custom quilts, I kept thinking about the pink. <br />
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So I made the <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-some-quilts-work.html">scrappy one</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529790899/" title="razna by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6529790899_59bf619b68.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="razna"></a><br />
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So soft and thin [backed it with some no name thin and soft fabric], it's one of my favorites and the first one to leave.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529791347/" title="razna (3) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6529791347_9b396a9c3d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="razna (3)"></a><br />
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But no, this was not enough :)). Again, I put all the larger scraps left with some gray, and made another pinkish one :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529788769/" title="Carmen (2) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6529788769_aff18932ef.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Carmen (2)"></a><br />
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Somewhere along the way I also made three sweet pillows but only made pictures of two of them. A heavily quilted wonky star,<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529787471/" title="steluta-1 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6529787471_bbe58876b1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="steluta-1"></a><br />
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and two of them with the sweetest mini charm pack ever :)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529785923/" title="huta2-1 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6529785923_a2c946a3c4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="huta2-1"></a><br />
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I wanted so much to see for myself Aneela's fabrics but funding really stopped me from getting anything larger. It was just perfect!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529787863/" title="huta2-2 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6529787863_3fefeecca4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="huta2-2"></a><br />
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But, incredible as it may seem :)), I got over the pink phase. Oh, yeah! Well, kind of :))<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6529791667/" title="delia by diana scl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6529791667_44cd393c52.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="delia"></a><br />
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Pink and green <b>is</b> different, right? :)))dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-81572877316444667882011-12-04T10:30:00.000-08:002011-12-04T10:30:54.727-08:00Almost aliveI am still here, working my butt off, still upset with my camera and still quilting like there's no tomorrow :)).<br />
The [making/ fixing/uploading on flickr/ adding to pools/ copying to blogger] pics thing is, however, so not fun anymore. Considering it works together with [updating my babywearing site, FB page, romanian blog], is taking pretty much all the time I have. And making the computer no fun at all.<br />
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So, while I'm here, I should show you something, right?<br />
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How about my new obsession for small stuff?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">I made a.lot! of pouches. Again :)).</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and pretty much every Echino I have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6453875567/" title="vespa-bleu by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="vespa-bleu" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6453875567_ccbfdc601b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Showing only one Echino was a very difficult decision. This one is the smallest. Here are some of the others]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Now back to fixing quilt pics :|dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-74911712073302189032011-11-12T07:44:00.000-08:002011-11-12T07:44:14.517-08:00How some quilts workThere are times when I know exactly what I want to do. Pretty much most of the times. But there are, of course, times, when I have no idea what so ever. It happens that I have a little time i should use and no idea at all, or just love a fabric so much I just don't know what to do with it.<br />
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When I <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/09/now-what.html">received</a> the heilroom stash, after a lot of <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/09/now-thats-problem.html">staring</a>, I decided to cut some 2" strips to play with. Those 'eyes' bothered me so much that I just left it like this and moved on.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But after the cross quilt and the baby princess, I couldn't stop thinking about these colours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> So I took all the scraps out and started using every single tiny bit. I came up with 4 almost squares. Lined them up, added more scraps, and took the difficult decision: 1 quilt instead of 4 pillows.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">With the new walking foot things went really well, no pulling, no stretching with only 7 basting pins. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope it's safe to say I'm done with pink for a while. I finished almost all my pink fabrics so I <b>should</b> be safe :). However, crazy scrappy piecing gave me more ideas so there's another one on the way :). Not pink, I swear :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-19585481850598096312011-11-10T06:18:00.000-08:002011-11-10T06:29:32.419-08:00DoneThe tree small quilts. Really really simple, 5" squares, only if I had the fabric in charm packs :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6331242121/" title="dead-simple-baby-quilts by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="dead-simple-baby-quilts" height="307" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6331242121_71b7690f72.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Plus, the heilroom quilt and the Echino one got themselves new names. Not bad at all for the third try with free motion, I might say.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6331242347/" title="IMG_5158 (Medium) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5158 (Medium)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6331242347_e22ece9c8a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">[read: I love how it turned out! :)]</div><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6331242237/" title="IMG_5159 (Medium) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5159 (Medium)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/6331242237_042b666e63.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I think I might have found that mojo I lost some time ago :)), 'cause I also made a huge pillow and a really really scrappy quilt, but I still need to take decent pictures.<br />
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P.S. Any ideas about writing names other than applique, embrodery or free motion would be very much appreciated.dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-45602788401177729532011-11-08T01:30:00.000-08:002011-11-08T01:30:07.071-08:00Sneak peakRemember <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/07/other-types-of-crafty-stuff.html">my new kitchen</a>?<br />
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With my white... everything? Well, here it is now :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6314960042/" title="home-nov2 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="home-nov2" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6314960042_20059c1190.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Husband had a great idea with the handles, we could only find small red ones and they just didn't look good. So we played with them a little :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6314960100/" title="home-nov (Medium) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="home-nov (Medium)" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6314960100_ca9533032c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Even though it changed completely, I'm still in love with it and it's our favorite place in the housedianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-77028184179049039082011-11-04T04:28:00.000-07:002011-11-04T04:28:09.454-07:00A lot of WIPAn almost finish Echino baby quilt, just to take my mind off a not so beautiful week.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311435733/" title="echino-bike by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="echino-bike" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6311435733_537986cecc.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
Unfortunately, my walking foot died. <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/03/finally-some-real-sewing.html"><b>Again</b></a>. And I was just not going to believe it. So I quilted and quilted, somehow hoping in the end it will look good. It didn't. I have a strong feeling I have to take all the quilting off and do it again.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311960802/" title="echino-quilt by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="echino-quilt" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6120/6311960802_cb913b92e9.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[remember the little fellow that won't help me with pics? here he is again]</div><br />
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So I got even more angry and I cut.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311956124/" title="wip by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="wip" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6311956124_8b89332a8f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
And rearranged a hundred times<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311956196/" title="wip2 by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="wip2" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6311956196_cf0c80bf62.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br />
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And even super cleaned the sewing machine.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311435689/" title="lint by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="lint" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6311435689_82321da391.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
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And cleaned the threads' box<br />
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And started 3 awsome baby quilts.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311956264/" title="baby-blue-wip by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="baby-blue-wip" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6311956264_f8be6f68f1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[baby blue]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6311956308/" title="baby-smile-wip by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="baby-smile-wip" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6311956308_5215430ed7.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[baby smile]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Now I am [not at all] patiently waiting for my walking foot. Isn't it a little too much 3 walking foots in one year?dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-80061848226502508462011-10-31T23:28:00.000-07:002011-10-31T23:28:45.424-07:00FrustrationIt seems I feel a lot of this these days...<br />
I cannot make a decent picture. It's either my camera [more like we're in a little war here, I can't seem to figure her out], or the fact that none of the little fellows in my house are helping here...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's just one of those weeks, where nothing goes as it should!</div><br />
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<dt class="comment-author " id="c726620769873435928" style="background-color: white; background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 1.5em;"> <a href="" name="c726620769873435928"></a><div class="avatar-image-container vcard" style="height: 37px; left: -45px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em; position: absolute; width: 37px;"><span dir="ltr"><a class="avatar-hovercard" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03325151957775964612" id="av-18-03325151957775964612" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="delayLoad" height="35" longdesc="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCkBe4gQklxLQunSXGrtY2IOtkveBOXO1pup9R7-QSobM7CjDMqp7qHxvenjDU6rSoW8_zz4Ry89FlOVvPMc67k7Aa3a-jQeap_utzL2Eham0WKunAa1hM8RBRNHQWLUOMRj9UsXhe3w/s45/IMG_1769.jpg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCkBe4gQklxLQunSXGrtY2IOtkveBOXO1pup9R7-QSobM7CjDMqp7qHxvenjDU6rSoW8_zz4Ry89FlOVvPMc67k7Aa3a-jQeap_utzL2Eham0WKunAa1hM8RBRNHQWLUOMRj9UsXhe3w/s45/IMG_1769.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; float: right; position: relative;" title="sonia" width="35" /></a></span></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03325151957775964612" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">sonia</a> said...</dt><br />
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-726620769873435928" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 25px; margin-top: 0.5em;">Your blog is lovely, indeed!!!</dd><dd class="comment-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 25px; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span class="comment-timestamp"><a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/10/ups-little-giveaway.html?showComment=1319398114919#c726620769873435928" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;" title="comment permalink">October 23, 2011 12:28 PM </a><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-502726064" style="display: inline;"><a class="comment-delete" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=3072686062126950308&postID=726620769873435928" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;" title="Delete Comment"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/icon_delete13.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; position: relative;" /></a></span></span></dd>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-79300719176280722742011-10-23T09:20:00.000-07:002011-10-30T10:31:13.944-07:00Ups - a little giveawayGIVEAWAY CLOSED - Thank you very much for entering. I will draw a winner on Monday.<br />
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Posting about my kokeshi book made me see that my [pardon my lack of modesty :))] lovely blog is more than one year old and I didn't even notice.<br />
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I really feel like I should invite you to some tea and cookies, but since we're all quilters here, what better way to do it than with fabrics? So I jumped to my recently destashed stash and got a little something.<br />
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There are some really nice prints from Joel Dewberry Heirloom, my absolute favorite is the one on top. They are fat eights or so.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are some really nice neutrals, Moda, Wendy Slotboom and Amy butler [18" square]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a lot of charms. More than 50 [I carefully counted them and forgot after the first picture :)))] from different collections, I think I saw some It's a hoot, Lilly & Will, Bliss, Sugar Pop and Sweetwater. I think :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just leave a comment telling me what you're wearing :))))))))) if you'd like to have them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd love if you'd follow my blog too, but you don't have to do it for the giveaway only. However, you <b>must</b> have an e-mail address, either to your profile or the comment. No e-mail = no entry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would really like for my regular readers to have an extra chance. It's so nice not to have to talk alone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, if you know me [you're an old follower, we talked, we met, we exchanged mails, whatever:)], leave an extra comment. If some of you win, I will add something more, something I feel it's more <i>you</i> than the fabrics above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-22339464809909604082011-10-23T07:27:00.000-07:002011-10-23T07:27:16.270-07:00Two new pillowsI finally got a chance to play a little with the Go! cutter. I really love it, you know? :)<br />
The only problem I really have with it, is that it doesn't piece :D. Really, cutting tumblers or circles is a PITA, but even when they're perfectly cut it's still darn hard to piece.<br />
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Anyway, for one of them I used the tumbler, for the other the drunkard's path. I love both of them equally.<br />
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But as I was taking pictures today, I realized that although my mom kept saying they are winterish :), they look so autumn to me. Don't ask me why, I just feel like I'm preparing for winter but I'm not there yet :)<br />
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Each of them has a zippered back and they look so much nicer than the envelope ones. I have to add zippers from now on!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6272089231/" title="patchork-pillows (3) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="patchork-pillows (3)" height="266" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6272089231_bbdab0fe5d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried the rounded corners for the pillow because I keep planning a kokeshi quilt [for almost an year, since I received <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-birthday-present.html">this kokeshi book</a>] and the round corners were a must.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">You have to admit they're pretty cool :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6272616600/" title="patchork-pillows (2) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="patchork-pillows (2)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6272616600_75afd79ae6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm adding this pillow to <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/">Rachel</a>'s <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/p/celebrate-color.html">Celebrate Colour</a> in <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2011/08/fabric-home-decor.html">Home decor</a> for Octomber. Just in case you didn't see what others made, you should really take a look.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm so ready for winter here :)</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-89698896502020611342011-10-19T06:29:00.000-07:002011-10-19T06:32:34.846-07:00InspirationThe order from the lovely Monica from Mondragon arrived. What a fest for my eyes!<br />
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So did the solids.<br />
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I am in h.e.a.v.e.n!dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-32467051237052077832011-10-11T02:32:00.000-07:002011-10-11T02:32:35.421-07:00My 0.02$ on the Accuquilt and how it worksThe short story is that I sold myself :D. The long story is that in my country, quilting is not very popular, not to mention modern quilting or quilt fabric stores.<br />
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But a couple of month ago someone opened the first quality, modern quiltinf fabric here. Just in case you'd like to take a look, it's called Fabrix.ro. The prices are european, not american :D [ ~10 euro/meter], but, hei, we're in Europe :)), and the owner is a very very nice person.<br />
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Plus, the Brother people here are very opened to new things and extremly kind, so we have things moving around here.<br />
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So why not have an Accuquilt tested here? So, yeah, I sold myself, wrote to accuquilt and 5 days later received the Go!Baby cutter and the oportunity to give one to someone from my country [unless one of you lucky internationals win it :D]<br />
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We are now celebrating International Babywearing Week, so the giveaway will happen sometime in the next two weeks, but I already made some pics and here's how it works. It wasn't very clear for me either when I saw it online.<br />
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So, I got the Go! Baby cutter. You'll se later what does it means.<br />
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The cutter works with dies. These dies are made from a wodden board, blades, and foam to cover the blades and fill the places between the blades.<br />
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You first have to choose a die. I chose one for my mom, she makes a lot of evening dresses and makes a lot of appliques. And I will tell you later about the other machine we have, also used for cutting applique shapes.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So, first step, take the die, blade/foam side up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and place the die, fabrics and plastic cover on one side [any side] of the cutter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The cutter has two rolls inside, that will press the sandwich so bad, that the blades will cut through the fabrics. And leave some marks on the plastic protection.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When you lift the plastic protection, you'll see this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Now, because I have the Go! Baby cutter, I can only use certain dies. The problem is that the cutter itself has about 6 1/2" or 17 cm width when opened. So I can only use small dies and cut small shapes. I have the tumbler one and while I think is terrific, and the cutting is just amazing, the tumblers are just too small for what I like to do. At 3" finished it would take a looot of tumblers to finish one baby quilt. On the other hand, if used for small crafty stuff [I can see a dozen had bands with this flowers :)], it would be terrific!<br />
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If I was to make quilts for selling, and sell them outside my country :D, [where no one would pay 2-300$ for a quilt :D] I would totally buy a bigger cutter. And use it daily :)))<br />
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Yes, there is some fabric loss. But are you kiddin' me? Cutting anything in 5min tops would help me make [&sell] enough quilts to compensate for the fabric loss. And even more :)<br />
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And the clipped corners for the tumbler or triangles...or the drunkard path.. priceless :)<br />
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I also read <a href="http://badskirt.blogspot.com/2011/07/away-we-go.html">Badskirt's [Amy] opinions about the accuquilt</a>. And while I do believe their blogging campaign was a little too much, and there was a point where I could not stand to hear about accuquilt anymore :D, I do like their products. A lot! And just to be clear, I received my cutter for making it available to my romanian public, I don't think they even know I have an english blog, so these are my thoughts, not a payed opinion :). I just love these products !dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-30235056672175644582011-10-10T12:04:00.000-07:002011-10-10T12:04:17.897-07:00The mom and the accuquiltWhen I first started buying designer's quilting cotton I thought they were soooo expensive. Ok, I still do, but at least I got over the shock phase :). So when I made the <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2010/12/oh-i-so-sew-happy.html">supermom quilt</a>, although I really loved it and felt it was my quilt, I decided to list it in my shop because it seemed just too expensive for me.<br />
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50 + quilts later, this one not only did not sell [it had the longest life in my shop and I'm sure the crappy pics helped a lot :))))] but matched my 3 sisters pillows perfectly. So, you know what, I'm sure I deserve it :)<br />
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On the other hand, I just received the Go!Baby from Accuquilt and started playing with it. Oh.my.God! Cutting is so incredibly simple, it just makes the fabric waste totally worthy. I will tell you more about it and probably forget a link to my romanian blog post when the giveaway will happen there ;), but just needed to say it is awesome. And I didn't expect it to be <b>that</b> awesome :)<br />
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I remember the moment I decided to follow Rachel at <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/">Stitched in colour</a> was the one she mentioned she would like to try homeschooling with her kids. For me, it mattered more than the fact that we don;t have the exact same tastes or not like the same things. And I decided her work can still be inspiring for me because of her parenthood dreams.<br />
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So today, to all of you my 50 followers :), I am going to talk about me. And my sisters.<br />
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You see, we're not really sisters. We met on the internet and we're pretty different and pretty much alike in the same time.<br />
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We met when we were all in the beginning of our motherhood journey. And we followed different roads, with the same purpose.<br />
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Sis 1, the youngest and still crazy one :), finished her Lamaze and doula classes and now she teaches soon-to-be-moms about natural birth, about beeing themselves and trusting themselves. I guess she's the blue one with crazy crosses, crazy quilting and a touch of red.<br />
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Sis 2 finished her training with La Leche League and now helps mom with brestfeeding. She's quite a lady and the oldest, the red crossed one is just like her.<br />
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And me, sis 3 :), I have a babywearing business, trying to help moms keep their babies close as much as they need. I recentlly got involved less and less, turning to my family for a change and just keeping it low. I should be the whitish one.<br />
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So that's the real me, the one you don't get to see very often, part of a beautiful family, daughter of the attachment parenting romanian site, sister of two amazing ladies, mother of an, obviously, extraordinary child that I chose not to expose on the internet.<br />
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So who are you? :)<br />
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P.S. Did you see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365376/"><b>A tale of two sisters</b></a>? Now that's a creepy movie :)dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-57812181932866110552011-09-28T11:29:00.000-07:002011-09-28T11:30:14.554-07:00So I cut itI'm not extremly proud of myself for the result, but I <b>am</b> proud I stopped staring. I know, I know, it's part of the process. Still....<br />
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The good part is that these fabrics look incredible in pictures. And that I finally managed to take nice closeups with my DSLR.<br />
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Another great part is that my too boyish boy decided to actually look at something I made and got a nice pic. Yeah, he's got long hair, but he shows no interest what so ever for anything I make. I tried closes, bags, monsters, stuffed creepy stuff... nothing. So a pic with him and a quilt became priceless here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The not so good part is that I did not figure out how to take nice pics with the whole quilt and I didn't do anything original. I managed to cut it and it turned out ok but... that's pretty much it.<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I couldn't get myself to quilt it zig-zag. It has 100 x 140 cm [~ 40" x 55"] and well... no thank you :).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">But I did take out some Ikea angels that is only available in winter, hoping they'll make it this year too. Keep your fingers crossed or I'll be very very sorry for using it :))</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now if only I could find the blue embroidery thread that was used, sometime last week, in making some monters traps...</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-6380949061541366422011-09-25T09:14:00.000-07:002011-09-25T12:33:30.373-07:00Now that's a problemThe lovely <b><a href="http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/">Kathy</a></b>, from <b><a href="http://www.pinkchalkfabrics.com/">Pink Chalk Fabrics</a></b>, one of my favorite shops ever, featured my <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/08/little-prince.html">Little Prince Quilt</a> in her newsletter and got myself with a 20$ gift certificate. I can't let it wait, can I? And how can I order for 20$? I have to fill a flat rate anvelope, don't you international buyers :D agree?<br />
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But, you see, I really need some solids. And I always buy my solids from <a href="http://www.fabricshack.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi"><b>FabricShack</b></a>. The half price shipping, huge selection of solids and great price in unbeatable. So I have a full cart waiting there.<br />
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At the same time, after a week of exchanging mails, the lovely Monica from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mountainofthedragon"><b>Mountain of the Dragon</b></a> got me a special listing with pretty much every Echino I ever dreamt about. From fat eights to half yards of everything I am <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-time-favorite.html">madly in love</a> with.<br />
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And <b><a href="http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/">Hanckos of Paducah</a></b> has free shipping [you need to be subscribed to their newsletter to find about great deals] and I really really really need some batting.<br />
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Of course, I'm making no money here staring at the Heirloom beauty and barely cutting some 1.5 " squares.<br />
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I felt in love with Joel Dewberry's Heirloom from the second I saw it, before it was even released. And I knew exactly what I want. And now, all I can do is stare :)<br />
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I have about 4 quilts in mind and have no ideea where to start. And, of course, it won't be enough fabric for 4 quilts, so I have to choose. Does this happen to you too? It's killing me!dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-24325211307731198272011-09-17T16:55:00.000-07:002011-09-18T02:51:27.103-07:00How about a tiny wallet tutorial?Remember <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/04/tiny-quick-project.html">my first tiny wallet</a>? He's doing fine, in case you were wondering. Ok, I admit, he [badly] needs a wash. And what better thing to do than wash it? Make another one :D.<br />
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</div>I really am kidding here, I am way to cheap when we're talking about Echino. But since I am feeling very crafty these days, I thought I should share :).<br />
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I made it tiny because this is how <b>I</b> like it. Of course, if you want it bigger or with more pockets, it's totally doable.<br />
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<b>Step 0 - dimensions</b><br />
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I measured the biggest bill I carry and added about 3/4" for the hight. I planned to use binding so I calculated 2 x 1/4" and another 1/4" for safety :)<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[Because I am using binding, when sewing it, the risk of catching all the pocket in the binding is really high when they have similar heights. So you have safety 1-keeping the money into the wallet and 2-helping you when attaching the binding].</span><br />
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I measured the width of a credit card, added sewing allowances for the pockets and binding and left about 1/4" in the middle, to have it fold better.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">My final dimensions for the large pieces in helicpters were about 9" x 4 1/2", in bicycles 8 1/2" x 4" and for the smaller ones were about 3" x 5" but I cut them later as they were too big.. </span><br />
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<b>Step 1 - supplies</b><br />
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Choose your fabrics for exterior, interior and binding. It is a too small project to just add binding later, for example. Plan all of them together, accesories too.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I had a leftover from an Echino FQ and worked just perfect. I even spared one helicopter :)) [Yeah, I'm that cheap when it comes to Echino :))))], For inside and binding I used Kona in pepper.</span><br />
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Choose your stiffing :): interface, batting, fleece <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[for the green one I used fleece, for this one I tried a very heavy interface].</span><br />
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Chose your closure device :): snap, velcro, elastic. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I had snaps in both cases because I just like them very much :). If you think velcro I suggest you use the same technique, with strip. If you use elastic you just replace the strip with elastic and the male snap with a button.</span><br />
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<b>Step 2 - cutting</b><br />
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</div>Cut 4 large pieces. I made mine 9 x 4 1/2, plan yours to your needs and jeans pockets :D.<br />
You will use all of them for the largest pocket, where you keep the money.<br />
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Cut 4 smaller pieces, for the credit cards. This will give you 2 pockets. If you want more pockets, just add 2 pieces for every new pocket. I made mine about 5 x 3" but they were way too big and I cut them later.<br />
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You can cut a strip for the snap now but I suggest you do it later, when you have everything ready and the measurements will be more accurate. I had a perfect leftover and just left it in the pic :).<br />
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<b>Step 3 - go</b><br />
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Join 2 of the larger pieces, long sides together. Iron open, fold again and sew a decorative stitch. Or, like me, iron open, sew at 1/16" or 1/32" from the stitch and fold after. It will have a neater look ;). Iron again and put aside this side of the pocket.<br />
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Quilt or use interface for the external layer. If, like me, you're using snaps, simply pin the two larger pieces left, wrong faces together [just like the finished product] and place the snap. <b>Unlike me</b>, please put the male snap, not the female one. Or put it wrong and do it again after :))) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If I am confusing you right now, please take a look at the last pic to see how it should look.</span><br />
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Sew the tiny credit card pockets. Wrong sides facing out, only sew two adjacent sides. The other two will be caught under binding, don't bother yourselves with them :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Keep in mind you will have one for the left side and one for the right side, so you want them mirrored. Turn and iron petty well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Take the inner side of the big pocket [the one you put aside] and sew the 2 small pockets on. Make a test with your card, just to be sure. Leave at least 1/4" between the small pockets if you want a nicely foldable wallet.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Take the pieces with the snap and make a sewing line in the middle. This will help your pocket fold in half even better.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB4znwZYgAdFzWTFYS_g5B3rRg6W538ue4bqFaDzX66ohCJvDtR94ZlhHlteBfxtt6mdbCr_UpKExynrhLr4UuWfd-vnLDG8_WMbUVYKEUEHpjCvp77YiSyIGausD_H9x_ISB8hK0clmz/s1600/IMG_3507+%2528Large%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB4znwZYgAdFzWTFYS_g5B3rRg6W538ue4bqFaDzX66ohCJvDtR94ZlhHlteBfxtt6mdbCr_UpKExynrhLr4UuWfd-vnLDG8_WMbUVYKEUEHpjCvp77YiSyIGausD_H9x_ISB8hK0clmz/s400/IMG_3507+%2528Large%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[I am sooo sorry, I completely forgot to take a pic for this step, but you can see it with binding on]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now go make the sandwich. You can make a 1/8" perimetral stitch, just to keep things in place while you attach the binding. And do use your <b>walking foot</b>!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 5 - binding</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have tried many many many ways of attaching the binding. What I like best, for a tiny wallet, is a 2 1/4" folded binding, sewn on the back of the wallet. You have a lot of control of what happens on the front of the wallet and it's nice and small. I would have tried a 2" one but the interface was so heavy I got scared. Next time I'll definitely try the 2".<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After attaching the binding on the back it's a good time to make the strip for the female part of the snap. Make it as wide as you like [mine is about 1/2 - 3/4"], and measure the length you need [the position of the other side of the snap and the thickness of your wallet make this length vary. So please go measure :).Remember to add 1/2", 1/4" for the binding and 1/4" sewing allowance for the end]</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although it may seem too little to care about this, do clip the corners. It will look much much better.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last thing to do is attach the snap to the strip, just to be sure you measured everything right and the wallet does close :). </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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There you go :). See how nicely it folds?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now please let me know if you have any questions or if I'm spelling things wrong here :))) And, of course, feel free to make as many wallets as you'd like, just do think about me and make me feel good by telling me what great things you made following my tutorial :)))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-38416395778027126972011-09-15T11:12:00.000-07:002011-09-17T17:00:07.262-07:00How to find the dimensions of the perfect pouchThanks to <a href="http://everyquiltunderthesun.blogspot.com/">Sonia</a>, I realised my tutorial was missing the scale. So, if you want to make your box pouch, here are some thoughts about the dimensions.<br />
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If you know what size you want your box to be, L[length], W[width], H[heigth], use the formulas below to find the size of your pieces and corners.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you're making a small box, or you're a quilter, you can use 1/4" sewing allowance. If you're using a fabric that frays a lot or you want a bigger or stronger box, you might want a 1/2" sewing allowance. I am used to work with cm and only use 1/4" when quilting, so I usually have 1 cm sewing allawance :) It's not <b>that </b>important, as long as you keep it constant. For garments, however, 1/4" is usually a little to little :) </span><br />
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If you have 1/4" sewing allowance and 1/2" where you attach the zipper.<br />
<b>a = L + H +1/2"</b><br />
<b>b = H + W + 3/4"</b><br />
<b>c = H * 0.7</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[I have no ideea how one can choose to work in base 8 :) and I barely remember how to multiply in base 8, if so ]</span><br />
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If you're using 1/2" allowance and 1" for the zipper, you'll have:<br />
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<b>a = L + H +1"</b><br />
<b>b = H + W + 1 1/2"</b><br />
<b>c = H * 0.7</b><br />
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And, of course, if you're lucky like me and live life in metric ...<br />
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<b><b>a = L + H + 2 cm</b></b><br />
<b><b>b = H + W + 3cm</b></b><br />
<b><b>c = H * 0.7</b></b><br />
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Please let me know if you have any questions. And enjoy your pretty pouches :) Oh, and if you have no ideea what I'm talking about, you might want to have a look at the <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/09/oh-yeah-my-perfect-box-pouch-and.html"><b>tutorial here</b></a>.dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-56150122939617908182011-09-15T04:32:00.000-07:002011-09-15T04:32:34.234-07:00How to work in the same room with the kidI may not be living close to Ikea anymore, but I surely learned all their products by heart.<br />
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So, we got ourselves a Svava. And since we cosleep and the kid doesn't actually have his room, what better place to stumble on a huge kid moving something but my work room?<br />
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The kid is, however, happy. Of course, not after I found the trick with the chair, keeping the whole shabang out of my way. He does take it out in a second and I'm dizzy everytime I look at him, but look what a great background for a picture :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6149943684/" title="IMG_3432 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3432 (Large)" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6149943684_e46afe8acd.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-4552527167808412942011-09-08T00:49:00.000-07:002011-09-15T11:16:18.243-07:00Oh, yeah! My perfect box pouch and a tutorialI have to be honest. I only made 3 more boxes until it hit me. Just so you don't think I'm crazy making a douzen more :).<br />
Long story short, batting and fusible turned out to be not that important. The trick was somewhere else. So, with these 10 boxes behind me, let me tell you how I made my perfect tiny cute useless thing. That will surely get some use someday ;).<br />
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UPDATE: <b>Step -1 </b>:))) You might want <a href="http://sticksandbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-find-dimensions-of-perfect-pouch.html"><b>to check for the dimensions</b></a> before starting.<br />
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<b>Step 0 </b>- You can skip to step 6, if you made pouch boxes before. Have a lemonade while the others still struggle with steps 1 to 6.<br />
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<b>Step 1 - fabrics and accesories. </b><br />
Prepare your fabrics, turn on your iron, get the mat and the cutter cleaned. Take one zipper that does not fully open and some ribbon.<br />
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I got the best results with one layer of heavier fabric - the outer one- and one of quilting cotton - the inner one. The quilting cotton doesn't require fusible. I wanted to use it for this old Kaufman strips, much thinner that kona, for example, but didn't use it in the end and it turned out fine.<br />
If you want to use quilting cotton for the outside, the box will look better [empty] if you put either some fusible web or quilted batting. Not the both of them, though, as it becomes too difficult to work with.<br />
Also, two heavier fabrics are a little to much, but doable.<br />
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<b>Step 2 - cutting.</b><br />
Cut the width of the pouch after the lenght of your zipper. [Do not use longer trimmed zippers if you want it perfect. And you do, right? ] Whatever leght makes you happy, I made them almost square. [after 9 of them you realise it really doesn't matter that much :D]<br />
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If you are using an animal print or you are a beginer, cut 4 equal pieces, 2 for the outside and two for the inside. Again, after 9 boxes I had no mood to cut the exterior fabric in 2 pieces, I just left it in 1. One less step for me :D.<br />
If you cut only 3 pieces, the inner pieces have to be 1/2 inch longer than the half of the outer one. Also, if you have a directional print, one side of your box will have the print upside down.<br />
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<b>Step 3 - attaching the zipper.</b><br />
I saw many ways of attaching the zipper. I like this one best because the zipper won't get stucked with inner fabric and is very very easy for this kind of project, with relativly small zippers.<br />
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Iron [very well!] down about 1/2" along the fabrics edges, where the zipper is supposed to stay.<br />
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Make a sandwich with inner fabric wrong side up, zipper, outer fabric right side up.<br />
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If you're an advanced sewer, simply arrange the sandwich with your hands while you're already at the sewing machine. If you're kind of new to sewing, you're allowed to pin a little :), just to see how exactly the fabrics are supposed to stay. Take off the pins when you started sewing and arrange the fabrics as you go.<br />
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I like to see the zipper, so I'm not trying to cover it, but you can if you like it better. But don't put the inner fabric closer to the center of the zipper, or it will block the zipper the exact moment when you actually need something from the box!<br />
If you want a neat look, set your sewing machine to a larger step. 3 is my favorite.<br />
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Start with the zipper opened and half way along its lenght stop the machine with needle in, lift the presser foot, turn your fabric 90 degrees, keep the end of the zipper in place with one hand and close the zipper with the other. Turn, lower pressing foot, continue sewing the zipper.<br />
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</div>If you chose to cut your outer fabric in two, repeat this step with the second part of your zipper. If you chose one piece of outer fabric, you will see this when sewing the second half. It looks bad but it isn't. You're an advanced sewer and the zipper is short ;). Please make it look like this so you won't accidently sew multiple layers.<br />
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<b>Step 5 - closing.</b><br />
Change to regular stitch lenght!<br />
If you made 2 pieces of outer fabric, simply close it now on one side, as pictured. For the inner fabric, sew 2-3" from the edge to the middle, secure stitch in the end and leave a hole for turning. [ I like a bigger hole, I only sew 2"]<br />
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Iron them and press to one side.<br />
Leave the upper and lower sides not sewn.<br />
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<b>Step 6 - Sandwich</b><br />
Prepare your ribbon. Cut two pieces, fold them in half to see how long you want them. I like them because it's always a pain to open the zipper [when you need it most] without them and they are actually helpfull at this point.<br />
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Sandwich the whole shabang alining to the center:<br />
<ul><li>middle of the inner fabric</li>
<li>middle of the zipper</li>
<li>folded ribbon</li>
<li>middle of the inner fabric</li>
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</div><div>Start with the ned of the zipper, it's easier.<br />
You can pin. I couldn't, I pinned a little to much these days :D. </div><div>Starting half inch away from the ribbon, sew through the ribbon and one inch more. Leave the edges open. [ ignore the white thread, I decided to go with green this seazon :D]<br />
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</div><div>Open the sandwich and now sew only inner fabric, as close as possible from the previous stich. It's ok if you have1/4" gap, we will cover it later. </div><div>Do the same for the outer fabric, you'll be doing this 8 times, 4 for the inner fabric, 4 for the outer.</div><div><br />
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</div>Now sew again all layers, But only in the middle, and make sure you close the gaps.[dark green stitch only]<br />
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The pouch will look like this:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Flatten it and gently press the corners with your iron. You want to have a small ironing sign on the corners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 7 - Corners</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Put hour hand inside the pouch and unfold the corners. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using the ironed line as a guide to center the triangle, with a triangular ruler draw and pin the corners.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make this step for every corner, 8 times total. You should have a little hedgehog now, so be carefull with your fingers when sewing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Feel free to do whatever you like with this tutorial :), I would love if you'd link back to see what you've done with it.</div><div><br />
</div>dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072686062126950308.post-68800581547528989552011-09-05T06:08:00.000-07:002011-09-05T06:08:45.310-07:00The quest for the perfect box pouch[if the term box pouch is not the best, please tell me how to change it]<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6116188374/" title="IMG_3269 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3269 (Large)" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6116188374_d36f3630e7.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br />
I am crazy in love with this little things. In my humble oppinion they are basicly useless :), but I still love them. I had no mood for sewing [probably because I have quite a list for custom quilts waiting], so I needed some instant gratification. What better way, I say, but these little cuties?<br />
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The best tutorial I found is <a href="http://gluegunannie.com/?p=227">here</a>. The pictures are very easy to follow and you're done in a couple of minutes. However, I needed the perfect one. So I started trying.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6116188226/" title="IMG_3290 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3290 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6116188226_2801cb5a04.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>With some stiff Ikea home decor on the outside, and quilting cotton on the inside. The box is quite big so it was no surprise that it didn't keep it's shape empty. So I tried again.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6115645241/" title="IMG_3289 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3289 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6115645241_0eb3544c56.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Smaller box, soft home decor on the outside, stiff home decor on the inside. Not better at all, I think is evern softer than the first one and definitey less stiff. So I tried again :).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6115645055/" title="IMG_3284 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3284 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6115645055_342f8b3fa3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Slightly smaller box, soft home decor with some light fusible on the outside, stiff home decor on the inside. Better, still not perfect. <br />
Looking at all three I realised that I don't like the look the zipper has after is beeing cut. The larger the zipper teeth, the worst.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6116188314/" title="IMG_3271 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3271 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6116188314_d9c4904b41.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The one with hidden zipper looked the best. So the next ones are made to fit the zippers I had.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6115645185/" title="IMG_3288 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3288 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6115645185_055f491d8c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Next one is made with quilting cotton and poly batting on the outside and stiff home decor on the inside. It keeps its shape very well but has this look that I don't necessarly like, like the free motion quilting. So, of course, I tried again.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6115645153/" title="IMG_3287 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3287 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6115645153_359b326e16.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I found some very heavy fusible web and gave it a shot. It really keeps the box in shape, but because I had to turn it through a really small hole [small zipper => small pouch], it lost the aderence and doesn't look so perfect anymore after it's completly done. Plus, they are impossible to iron, way to small for this. Plus, the heay fusible got me with unusable pins and needle for the sewing machine, it worked very very very hard on my machine, there are points where my machine [brother 400] simply couldn't sew. Guess what i did? I tried again, of course :))<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poarta-ma/6116188002/" title="IMG_3285 (Large) by diana scl, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3285 (Large)" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6116188002_d7dc7d5679.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>The last one for the day, quilting cotton, light fusible and fleece on the outside, soft home decor on the inside. This was one of the worst ideeas, since the fusible web didn't stay on the fleece and kept shifting, you can see the corners are far far away from beeing perfect. <br />
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So? What next, you ask? I lived for 2 years ten minutes away from Ikea. I have a stash and I'm not afraid to use it :)))<br />
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I will also try making two different bags, one for the inside and one for the outside [not like the turioal I just linked to], I also changed the way the zipper is attached, and I will let you know when I'll find the best combination.dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586673163524661808noreply@blogger.com3