Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Dolls for Halloween
Robin Campbell sent me the fabric I made into the bag. |
The autumn die off has begun, the vampire bunny is happy. |
The Wicked Witch of the West got her ruby slippers back. |
Clothespin Dolls and Mug Rug |
Crocheted Grim Reaper Inspired by the chess game in the movie, The Seventh Seal |
Casting a spell, my own pattern |
Halloween cat from a pattern by Susan Barmore |
After Easter people abandon bunnies in Van Cortlandt Park. Most are eaten by feral cats and coyotes, but some eat a mushroom which turn them into Vampire Bunnies |
Pattern by Frowning Frances, interpretation by me.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Doll ready for the Fourth of July
Doll from a pattern by Pamela Hastings |
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Rag Quilt, the true story
This is a good video that sums up the steps in 10 minutes.
Step one is to cut the squares. Some instructions say to make the batting squares the same size as the fabric squares, I decided to make them smaller.
The next step is to make the sandwich, with batting the filling. Then a big X across the squares to hold the batting in place.
As you see, I created 6" cloth squares and 5" cotton batting squares with a pattern I made. In spite of my best efforts this is what happened. This was true of two rows, I added a strip of red fabric, to the front and back of each sandwich.
After I fixed that mistake, when I had finished sewing all the strips I discovered that on one piece I had failed to catch the fabric on one side.
Did a rip, and resewed by hand the side. After that was done, I did the cutting that creates the rag quilt. I used the Fiskars rag scissors, but any scissor with a fine serrated edge will do, and I think a regular scissors would also have a good effect.
Ready to be washed, this step assures the fuzzy edges that characterize one side of this quilt.
Here it is in all its fuzzy glory.
This is what the back of the quilt looks like.
This was a lap quilt and I've already used it while watching television.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Sunday, February 09, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Saturday, January 04, 2014
Namaste
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