Perfect for the backing of a quilt.
Also great for quilt top piecing too!
Extra Wide Fabrics
Thoughts and photos shared by me ... Marcia. I am a professional modern freestyle long arm quilter and a fiber artist, a photographer, and a novice gardener. I love to create quilted items using old and new fabrics. I am also a mother, a daughter, a friend, a wife and a Grandmama! I am a blogger and I share it all here... Welcome!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
New Spring Fabrics just arrived - Extra Wide Fabrics
Perfect for the backing of a quilt.
Also great for quilt top piecing too!
Extra Wide Fabrics
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Embroidery Stitched Greeting Cards
Update: This tutorial is now available in as a PDF Downloadable Tutorial
Click Here is the link to all of my patterns
Before I made the photo quilt note cards, I made embroidery stitched greeting cards.
Perfect item for Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Shows you stuff I used to do, before I quilted full time.
I didn't sell the cards. I just taught classes on how to make them. I made them for friends and family. I still make them for my Mom.
I found the photos under Quilts from 2004 and 2005. When I made them back then, I stitched right onto the folded card and it showed on the inside. I now stitch onto a smaller card stock and attached it with double stick tape to the folded card. Then you don't see all the stitching. Looks much neater. I would make them for all occasions, but I would always make one with scraps from a quilt that was a gift. I think that made it more personal.
Try them - They are fun to make! This would be a great project to do during "May for Me".
You can click on the photos to make them larger. See more photos at the link above.
I added a few of these pictures to my Flicker Group. Please feel free to add quilts and quilted projects of your own designs to the group. You are invited to upload your photos at Crafty Sewing Hodgepodge Patchwork.
Click Here is the link to all of my patterns
Before I made the photo quilt note cards, I made embroidery stitched greeting cards.
Perfect item for Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Shows you stuff I used to do, before I quilted full time.
I didn't sell the cards. I just taught classes on how to make them. I made them for friends and family. I still make them for my Mom.
I found the photos under Quilts from 2004 and 2005. When I made them back then, I stitched right onto the folded card and it showed on the inside. I now stitch onto a smaller card stock and attached it with double stick tape to the folded card. Then you don't see all the stitching. Looks much neater. I would make them for all occasions, but I would always make one with scraps from a quilt that was a gift. I think that made it more personal.
Try them - They are fun to make! This would be a great project to do during "May for Me".
You can click on the photos to make them larger. See more photos at the link above.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sewing with my Mom!
My Mom and I are making a Passage Quilt for Rainbow Hospice. We finished the center of the quilt top this weekend. I will add 2 borders and quilt it. Our sewing days go like this...I cut and sew and Mom presses. My Mom is great with colors, so she makes the colors choices. We make a pretty good team!
We also worked on making Comfort Pillows for Rainbow Hospice this weekend. We make the long stuffed pillows for Hospice to use to comfort and pad a person in bed. We started making these back in 1996 when my Dad had cancer and Hospice Care. We made some to help comfort Dad. Then we started to make them as a family with me sewing and my Mom and Jewels and BJ stuffing the pillows and then back to me to stitch them closed. Even my brother and his son have helped on occasion. Here's some pictures from our weekend of sewing. My Mom's dog, Toby fell asleep while we sewing.
Oh, yes! We make a pretty good sewing team!
Enjoy your day!
Marcia
Here is the link to the post of the completed Passage Quilt. and the post about how to make the comfort pillows.
We also worked on making Comfort Pillows for Rainbow Hospice this weekend. We make the long stuffed pillows for Hospice to use to comfort and pad a person in bed. We started making these back in 1996 when my Dad had cancer and Hospice Care. We made some to help comfort Dad. Then we started to make them as a family with me sewing and my Mom and Jewels and BJ stuffing the pillows and then back to me to stitch them closed. Even my brother and his son have helped on occasion. Here's some pictures from our weekend of sewing. My Mom's dog, Toby fell asleep while we sewing.
Enjoy your day!
Marcia
Here is the link to the post of the completed Passage Quilt. and the post about how to make the comfort pillows.
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