|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 21, 2010 7:35:15 GMT
wow! my very own thread Maybe it's a blog - tho it won't be as interesting & witty as JennieG's blog - but it will be mine. Maybe I'll start with stuff I'm doing at the moment. Wednesday Craft group - I'm working on a B&W & W&B waistcoat - fabrics are from friends' stashes & are pinned & will sometime soon be a waist length waistcoat with round neck & chinese style cord fastening.
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 21, 2010 7:40:03 GMT
Sashiko panel - it will be a wall-less wallhanging (not a quilt) - I don't have a wall to hang it on! It will be backed with similar indigo fabric & tied at each panel corner.
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 21, 2010 7:48:29 GMT
how do I put 2 pics in the same post? I'm pondering upon adding applique panels instead of stitching the last bits. I've not yet done any applique, so it will be good to try.
|
|
|
Post by jennieg on May 22, 2010 6:12:49 GMT
Wow, your own thread! I thought when I read the title that you had been spinning threads out of spiders' webs or something equally ethereal *grin*
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 22, 2010 7:20:38 GMT
nah, I've been known to twist silks or other fibres into twisted threads (that's why i kept the hook from the front door chain when I got a security door all those years ago!)
now when are we gong to find out what you're up to, now that you're (almost) settled into your new home?
sandra
|
|
ragdall
Global Moderator
Posts: 1,687
|
Post by ragdall on May 22, 2010 22:54:41 GMT
Hi Sandra, Thank you for starting a new thread for your projects.
Your projects all look very interesting, especially the B&W & W&B waistcoat. I'm trying to visualize how you will deal with the fabric once it's all pieced together. Will you treat it as though it were just a piece of fabric and cut the pattern the usual way? I'll wait patiently for more photos.
I don't see any way to add more than one photo at a time using the attachment feature. Just keep doing it the way you've been doing, a post with a picture and a description.
rags
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 23, 2010 10:03:24 GMT
I saw the waistcoat in a market for $35. I didn't buy it cos it had a very high neck (tee shirt level) & my thyroid doesn't like high necklines, tho skivvies are ok, with a Chinese-style fastener at the neck, & the side seams weren't finished. Not worth $35 for all the work needed to fix it.
It was made just like any quilt, with a top & backing, but no wadding/batting - then cut out. I have a few waistcoat patterns & will just cut it as if it were one fabric & I'll bind the seams!
sandra
|
|
ragdall
Global Moderator
Posts: 1,687
|
Post by ragdall on May 24, 2010 7:00:24 GMT
Sandra, Thank you for explaining. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
rags
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 25, 2010 11:27:51 GMT
the material for my next doll quilt arrived today.
On Saturday a friendly acquaintance (I barely know her!) offered me a set of silk samples she had. The pieces are too small for the porcelain dolls she makes, so she said she would post it to me.
I now have 26 pieces of beautiful Thai silk - each one approx twice the size of my hand with wonderful names like Duck egg shot black, Duck egg shot brown, Olived Gold, Chartreuse shot red, Slate shot lilac, Golden straw shot olive, Aubergine shot black ...
I've just spent a very frustrating 10 mins trying to take a pic of them. As the set was folded & the pieces are doubled up & glued on the sides, even tho I ironed them they buckle & produce very strange pics, with such odd colours. Maybe when I've cut the glued edges off & ironed them again they might just photograph properly.
I'm taking them to Craft group tomorrow to start on Quilt no. 4.
sandra
|
|
|
Post by jennieg on May 26, 2010 11:44:53 GMT
Now that will be a very pretty doll quilt!
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on May 26, 2010 14:15:09 GMT
everyone admired the silks today!
The quilt will be 8" x 10" & will need 80 1" squares. I'm planning to cut the silk with pinking shears (sample pieces are pinked) & use papers to keep the squares perfect.
sandra
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on Jun 26, 2010 3:32:49 GMT
I've been very busy doing crafty & other stuff in the last month but haven't achieved much of My Grand Plan. 1. I took the pinking shears to Craft group & left the silk at home. A week or so later I did remove the sticky labels from the middle of the back of each piece, & staple it to the side of the piece. A few days later I cut a template for the squares. Now all I need is to cut 80 papers, which will be very easy - when I finally get www.google.com.au/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=a+round+tuit&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 it. 2. I finished sewing the waistcoat strips together 2 weekends back & last week carried a commercial pattern to craft group to adjust as necessary - change to round neckline & mark the required length, but forgot. oops 3. I traced the design from the sashiko panel & worked out which pieces connect to which ones on the other side of the design, numbered them, worked out how many different fabrics I need - 12 - & searched my small stash for fat quarters & large scraps as some pieces are up to 12" long. I don't have enough, so next week I'll visit a friend with my selected fabrics & we'll go thru her huge stash. Alas, it's such a tiny project in terms of her stash it won't drop the level much. She's always trying to give stuff way, cos folks give her lots of stuff as she teaches, but strangely enough her stash keep growing. 4. I started a small bag with an applique panel to store my camping lights because I couldn't find them in the recent blackout. Like most other stuff in my bag of misc. stuff, they were in a plastic bag, so when I next camp they will be found in a smart blue bag with red motif. I had been planning to try applique for a while, but didn't want to do a mini quilt in such a tricky technique. 5. I'm also quilting the small bag I started in March, & bought a lovely purple fringe braid for the seams & handle. I'm using metallic thread & need to use very short lengths cos it frays. But it does look good! 6. My weaver friend taught me to make 7-braid cord - using a roughly cut cardboard circle with 8 slots. knityoga.blogspot.com/2010/01/7-cord-braid.html Just what I needed for the bag, had I not already bought the fringe, but it will be very useful for other projects where a twisted cord would be too thin or too short. sandra
|
|
ragdall
Global Moderator
Posts: 1,687
|
Post by ragdall on Jul 5, 2010 9:26:36 GMT
sandra,
You have so many projects on the go, it's dizzying trying to keep up with what you're doing.
Were you able to get the fabric pieces you needed from your friend's stash?
Those round tuits can be hard to find! When I get one, I'd like to use it to try making a 7-braid cord. The directions on the link you provided made it looks so easy, I'm wondering if my grandchildren might be able to do it?
rags
|
|
|
Post by sandrainsydney on Jul 5, 2010 15:20:39 GMT
Yes I did get a selection of fabrics - on Wed afternoon & its now very early Tues so I've had the fabrics for 6 days ... I really do mean to get round tuit before group - but I have a bit of shopping to do later today before I can settle down to crafty stuff. My drier died over a month ago & I'm fed up doing a small wash (stuff that can drip dry) & taking the rest to the laundromat. Round tuits are in short supply round here! check out image 4 of Open Day at The Guild, July 2009 for pic of small girl making a 7-thread braid nsweave.org.au/gallery/2009.html That was how I learnt at a similar display at the recent craft show. The circle was cut from Foamcore board www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&q=foamcore+board&btnG=Google+Search&fp=d35beb96d94df0f8 but ordinary cardboard would work as well then on Sat at the Doll Club meeting someone was giving away books of furnishing fabric samples - I only took 3 after other folks had their choices! Might come in handy one day. when I get round tuit. sandra
|
|
ragdall
Global Moderator
Posts: 1,687
|
Post by ragdall on Jul 6, 2010 6:54:42 GMT
Hello Sandra, One can never have too many fabric samples, can one? I hope that you were able to find time to put the fabric that you acquired last week to use . What an inconvenience having no dryer. Will you be able to have yours repaired or buy another one? Thank you for the link to the photo of the child trying the 7-thread braid. All but my two youngest grandchildren should be capable of doing the braiding, but I can only think of one, a nine year old boy, who might have the patience to stay at it long enough to produce noticeable results. I was thinking that it would be good to use something sturdier than cardboard for the circle. I was wondering about cutting a circle from a flat lid from a (plastic) margarine tub. Thinking was as far as I got. rags
|
|