tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51093040739545526122024-03-05T21:14:25.902-06:00Sew Sane JaneSew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-3742619371633716132013-04-09T20:25:00.001-05:002013-04-09T20:25:35.366-05:00More Wine Stoppers & photo hintsSo I seriously cannot quite stop myself from making these. Thankfully I am out of corks for a while yet. I knew that I needed to take more and better pics than what I had before (phone quality versus camera with photo edit quality). <br />
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Before I had taken a group shot of them, but in a white box instead of this clear, acrylic wine glass. Also, since I took the latter picture outdoors, the colors look better and were easier to adjust to more realistic colors. I took pics on the perfect day, it had been sunny out, but the clouds rolled in so had just the right amount of coverage. <br />
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Previously, I was desperate to share with you, so I took pics in a spare bedroom. The carpet is a great neutral color (great for carpet, not the best backdrop in this case.) I think that the contrasting background helps the colors pop better (the background is my patio - concrete stained and stamped to look like wood)<br />
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I also got to group the items a little more creatively when I was outside (I took my time instead of rushing). This allows better color combos as well as provides greater interest rather than having only the same "poses" over and over again.</div>
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I also found that the distance shot of the bottle was MUCH better, cuter, and had far more interest than my inside distance shots!</div>
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Good photos can make or break a post, but also an etsy sale!! Feel free to check out the SHOP section of this blog to see which wine stoppers on in my etsy shop.</div>
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<br />Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-84666886956095960602013-04-03T21:56:00.002-05:002013-04-04T15:17:50.537-05:00Hostess with the Mostess - wine stoppers<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/04/04/1769.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/04/04/s_1769.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />While I'm not the greatest hostess, I do like to try new, cute projects for such occasions. Every once in awhile I will pull them out at a party and use, but I am generally just as likely to give them to a host/hostess when I go somewhere or maybe even sell them to friends to do the same. <br />I did this around Christmas time this year, selling wine bottle koozies as the local handmade store and ended up at a party where three of us brought the same koozie! I laughed for awhile on that one. Thankfully I rarely make more than 1 or 2 patterns with the same fabric, so at least they were a bit different!<br />I still need to work on updating my koozies to include a carry-handle, but in the mean time, I created some bottle stoppers. I have looked for wine bottle stoppers for awhile - and found that while there were lots of cute options, they were all EXPENSIVE! Even ones with cork bases (which were hard to find) seemed high. So, I made some. Easy Peasy task! <br /><br /><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/04/03/2040.jpg"><img border="0" height="281" src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/04/03/s_2040.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="232" /></a><br /><br />I went though my saved wine corks to find the ones that were tapered (the non-tapered ones are just too difficult to get back in the bottle. (That was my test - I had an empty bottle on hand and used the ones that I could get back in the neck). After I found this worked and I wanted to make more, I just couldn't keep up on drinking enough wine :) I ended up buying some #7corks to supplement this latest obsession.<br />I went to the local crafty shop and found vintage looking drawer pulls.<br />Two options at this point:<br />1) get hanger bolts (looks like a screw with the head cut off, although if you look close it has a sharp side and a flat tip side with threads going in opposite directions) from your local hardware store. I did this option first. I used the pointy side down and used a pair of pliers to turn the threads into the cork.<br /><br /><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/04/03/2047.jpg"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/04/03/s_2047.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="281" /></a><br />2) After I got these new corks, I found they were too short for the hanger bolts I bought. Because I could not seem to find any of the diameter that I needed that were under 1", I ended up using a hack saw (shhh, don't tell my hubby that I hijacked his from the garage) to cut off part of the threaded dowel that came with these knobs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/04/03/2048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/04/03/s_2048.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="281" /></a></div><br /><br />Finish turning the threads until they are all the way down (careful not to go through the bottom of the cork depending on how long of screws/bolts you use) and VOILA. You have yourself a custom, adorable wine stopper for MUCH cheaper than you could buy.<br />I did notice that most places that sell them use the stainless steel stoppers (the cone shaped ones that have the rubber rings). Those are of course more expensive to buy than corks, but can be done. <br /><br /><br /><br />I now can't stop myself. More knobs, more corks, more wine must be drunk to keep up!!<br /><br /><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/04/03/2049.jpg"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/04/03/s_2049.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="281" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><center style="text-align: left;"><br />More pics to come.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpGiPmxWJ22a3uvmvfYpkUQRjoTPjdl4zaPbwZMl61ZtniBpQhjcqYd0SB5Ddtonrr4odMEY6GKUdw6XUl1Pma02WU6qDvPWh93YjUSO566GzKnJLNgmN3lE53-r2QALcFvI-pZa43K7U/s1600/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpGiPmxWJ22a3uvmvfYpkUQRjoTPjdl4zaPbwZMl61ZtniBpQhjcqYd0SB5Ddtonrr4odMEY6GKUdw6XUl1Pma02WU6qDvPWh93YjUSO566GzKnJLNgmN3lE53-r2QALcFvI-pZa43K7U/s200/34.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-80623595522443110272013-03-19T07:00:00.000-05:002013-03-19T07:00:11.506-05:00Houndstooth Happiness <h2 style="text-align: center;">
Houndstooth Happiness Quilt</h2>
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I LOVE this quilt pattern! </div>
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I like the challenge of being able to look at a quilt and being able to re-create the pattern. </div>
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This one however, I did not. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I got the concept of how it was pieced, but was unsure of sizing. This pattern is created by Vanessa C. over at </span><a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/12/new-pattern-houndstooth-quilt-pattern.html" style="text-align: center;">V and Co. </a><span style="text-align: center;"> Seriously AWESOME quilt! I have seen it done in so many different colors! </span><br />
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I found this fabric (when I was NOT looking for fabric for me - I was at the store helping my mom pick out fabric) and HAD TO HAVE IT! I LOVE polka dots - they end up being gender neutral in my opinion between the color/pattern.<br />
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I always struggle with what to do on the back of quilts. I almost always make quilts over 42", so I have to figure out how to piece the back in a way that does not look like I just added a swatch of fabric to the side. This one turned out even better than I imagined thanks to the print. The frames on the back are pieced with some leftover fabric from the front around small rectangles of the background fabric. Because the print is so busy, you don't see the piecing between the frames or from the frames to the swatch on either side. I actually think this adds just enough interest to the back.<br />
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I was unsure of quilting on this pattern. I thought about doing it on my regular machine outlining the houndstooth shape to accentuate it, but decided it was just a little too big for easily rotating the fabric. <br />
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So, I took it to my lady. She lives a bit from me, but it is SO worth it! In fact this last time I mailed her 4 quilts to quilt and she had them sent back to be completed within about 5 days! I like that she can do an allover pattern to add a bit of interest.<br />
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I am just loving this quilt! I smile every time I see it. I actually got the fabric and pattern with the idea of a baby shower gift, but I decided to make it bigger than I normally would for a baby quilt. Also, I just think it turned out so sophisticated that I don't think it would need to be relegated to baby. I think this would work for an anytime quilt (including just a throw for a living room!)<br />
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This quilt is for sale in my Etsy shop. You can access it by going to the SHOP page here on my blog, or going to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/milliesews">MillieSews </a>on easy<br />
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Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-62809459518013762102013-03-14T17:57:00.002-05:002013-03-14T17:57:49.649-05:00Two Faced Green and Blue Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I love two faced quilts (what I have previously referred to as "trunked pieces") I tend to make the equivalent of two quilt fronts, but use them as the front and back of the quilt. I like the idea of a reversible quilt. This was based off of quilts I have seen pictures of.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9eMVd8CTR3Zp6zchva5TRF6G7SlxlGe9vwop0cL_9iXoFuhPNjzqITfMFyZmEXeGeqscwvQxgx-pcPZSqus7dXiTCm7iIM5HeHnhc2_5mv0rYhLZHucmi4t0e60UNrBD_7epUEirCp0c/s1600/DSC07575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9eMVd8CTR3Zp6zchva5TRF6G7SlxlGe9vwop0cL_9iXoFuhPNjzqITfMFyZmEXeGeqscwvQxgx-pcPZSqus7dXiTCm7iIM5HeHnhc2_5mv0rYhLZHucmi4t0e60UNrBD_7epUEirCp0c/s320/DSC07575.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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One other thing you should know about me, I find it entertaining and challenging to try to look at a picture of a quilt and try to replicate the pattern without a pattern. This works out better some times over others. This is an example of when things worked out pretty well.</div>
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The actual "front" of this quilt was based from a post I had seen at <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/movin-on-up.html">Crazy Mom Quilts</a> some time ago. I had it pinned on pinterest for a time before I attempted it. I was waiting and collecting various green fabrics just for this purpose.<br />
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The "back" of this quilt - turned out equally cute in my opinion. It was based on a French Braid pattern that I saw in this <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/145733737912700254/">Pinterest </a>picture. Although the link seems to go to nowhere at this point. Good thing I like to wing patterns or I would still be looking longingly at that picture.<br />
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I wanted greens, but also had originally had blue accents in my living room so wanted to have a stripe or two of blue to make it fit with my room. Since the original fabric collecting, I changed my couch to a dark brown and new accent color in my living room. The blue no longer goes (I now have a mustard yellow as accent). I made the quilt anyway - I already saw it in my mind, so I had to make it knowing it wouldn't match.<br />
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If you only see the couch it still goes, but that is also why I cropped out most of the rest of the living room in this picture. I still have not invested in my own long-arm quilter (someday, ahhhhh, someday), but the lady that I use when quilts are bigger than a throw, did an allover leaf/loop pattern. <br />
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Good news!! This quilt is for sale over at my Etsy shop: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MillieSews">MillieSews</a></h2>
Check it out at the SHOP page of this site, or click the link above for my etsy shop. Pass along if you think you know someone with a green/blue color scheme!<br />
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No Apologies (I always groan when I read them about this topic), but clearly I haven't blogged in awhile. I'm going to try to get back into it some. Since my bloggy leave, I've been working on a variety of projects that I plan to write about sooner rather than later. Stay tuned :0</div>
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The "UNpaper" towel sets</div>
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Two Faced (because I keep making two fronts of quilts and using them as front and back)</div>
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and Houndstooth Happiness Framed </div>
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Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-5243465513860197512012-05-25T05:19:00.000-05:002012-05-25T05:19:00.038-05:00Wedding Season - Clutch Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's wedding season!! So in my last post I blogged about my shoes for the upcoming wedding. I also started making clutches. I actually have made about 15 of these lately, but I think this is the one I will take for the wedding night (not sure which one yet I will take for rehearsal)</div>
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I ended up using the wrong side of a silky print, plain black as it had just the bit of texture (and I didn't end up wanting the shiny) for the outside and a silky print multi-color feather print for the inside. Obviously with the flap up you see the pop of color, but when closed, all you see is a barely there hint of color. </div>
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This clutch is an easy, afternoon project. I'm including a tutorial for it - although I took process pics with a different set of fabrics. I also ended up adding a magnet closure to the evening clutches, and I had not to the day clutches. It stayed closed fairly well even without the magnet, so either way should work.</div>
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<li>(2) coordinating fabrics. Minimum is 10.5"x18", although I had a larger swatch of fabric so I ended up adding an optional pocket for the inside.</li>
<li>firm, iron-on stabilizer (I used decor-bond)</li>
<li>thick craft backing (honestly, I no longer have any idea what this actually is. I bought it next to the stabilizer, but it is thick - like 1/8th inch thick. It is fusible on one side, but I didn't use that property.) </li>
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Fuse firm, iron-on stabilizer (decor-bond) to the wrong side of each fabric. Cut to 10.5"x18". If you have any fabric left, you can cut a 4.25"x6" piece from each color for the inside pocket. At one point I used the entire leftover piece and made a two inside pockets - up to you how much organization you will want.<br />
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Inside pockets: If you are going to create pockets, fuse stabilizer to the back of these pieces too. Layer the fabrics Face to Face (F2F - meaning right sides together). Pin and sew using a 1/4" seam. I left a three or so inch opening for turning the pocket. I like to do this in the middle of the long side, but I know others have preferences such as leaving one entire side opening - up to you on that one.<br />
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Trim the corners being sure NOT to cut any actual thread (this will allow better corners when turning)<br />
Turn right-side out through the opening, press with iron, turn in the 3" opening and press. I didn't sew this separate (although you could), instead I pinned to the inside layer of clutch and sewed three sides (sewing closed the opening). <br />
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To get this to work out correctly, I centered pocket about 9" from the bottom. Be sure one of the sewn edges is towards the top of the clutch so the pocket top will have a finished edge. Attach sewing only the three sides to be sure you have a pocket and not just a swatch of color when you are done :)<br />
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Layer the two big pieces of fabric F2F (right sides together). I pin a section of this just to be sure. I measured about 5" down from the top and used my square and triangle to cut an angle in the flap (this part is totally optional and you could also cut a rounded edge or even leave rectangular based on what finished look you were going for.)<br />
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Pin the entire rectangular shape, leaving an opening for turning. I again prefer the middle of one side and left an opening about 5" wide. Sew using a 1/4" seam. Trim corners and turn right-side out. Iron wrinkles out and iron the 1/4" seam for the opening.<br />
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Before you sew anything closed, this is your chance to add in the thick stabilizer. I cut a section to 6"x10" and slid it in through the opening. I wanted the "back" of the clutch to be the sturdiest, so I added it to the middle section - just below the start of the angle.<br />
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Take the bottom of the clutch and fold onto itself until just below the angle of the flap. Pin in place.<br />
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Sew (I used my walking foot - typically for quilting - as it handles bulkier items better). I used about 1/8" seam on all sides except for the bottom fold. Be sure to backstitch a few times on the points most prone to pulled stitches - where the bottom meets the top.<br />
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Iron one more time and you're all set!!<br />
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Carry with flap out or flap tucked in...Endless color combos...I'm addicted - of course!<br />
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<br /></div>Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-443573533114889982012-05-22T22:26:00.000-05:002012-05-22T22:26:17.690-05:00Wedding Season - Shoe editionSo it's officially wedding season for me! We had a crazy summer 2 years ago that included 9 weddings!! That seemed crazy. While this summer isn't nearly that full, we do have several coming. One (the fanciest of all of them) is this coming weekend. In preparation, I have been crafting.<br />
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My hubby is in the wedding party for this one so we have a rehearsal AND black-tie optional reception that I needed to prepare for. Both are pretty formal events for my neck of the woods. I decided to wear a form-fitting, yet conservative sleeveless black number for the rehearsal. I wanted to punch it up a bit, so I went and got some pinkish shoes. I didn't like the brown wedge with the black dress, so I added the lace to the wedge (I used a glue stick to apply, so I am hoping it will come off later - I'll let you know how that goes). <br />
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So I got the lace at JoAnn's. I decided to get a floral lace, and it was a bit heavier on the "print" than some - which I thought would be darker coverage. I used my tiny scissors and cut to the needed shape. Then used a glue stick to attach the back center first then out from there.<br />
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The final product is fairly dark overall (which I was going for so it would match my black dress better.) If I remember, I will try to get a pick with my shoes and dress at the event.<br />
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I made a clutch that I thought would coordinate, but as pink as I thought my shoes were, they seemed quite red in comparison to my fabric. More on this in the next post.<br />
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I decided I didn't want to spend the money to buy a new black-tie-optional dress. I had this black column dress from who knows when that I thought I would wear. It was strapless and floor length. HOWEVER, most of my friends are wearing cocktail dresses, so I decided to have mine altered to just below the knee length instead. This made me think of shoes again. I thought about buying new, but I don't do formal all that often and all the shoes I loved, I knew I would only wear once. SO..... I decided to again alter a pair that I already have. Again, I was trying to think of something that would be temporary. Shoe clips!!! Great!! I looked around online for some inspiration, and found myself gravitating toward the peacock feathers. <br />
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So there seem to be two options with shoe clips - on the toe area or side. These ended up being fairly long, so I went with the side. I got the various feathers from the local Michael's. As you can see, I didn't have any actual shoe clips yet. I ordered some online and hope to get them tomorrow and plan to glue the feathers to the shoe clip (I used floral tape first to attach in layers until I liked the look - then glued the set of them together)<br />
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I added a bit of the same lace from the rehearsal shoes as I liked the background/texture it added to the mix. Again, I used the binder clips for pics, but I promise, it should look nicer with the shoe clips.<br />
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I am thinking about adding a feather or two to a headband or hair piece for the evening to coordinate, but that all depends on what happens at my haircut on Thursday (I currently have shoulder-length dark brown hair, but am thinking of short and blonde).<br />
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So I am organizing/hosting the <a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/04/swap-tastic-newness-ro-gb.html">ROGB fabric swap</a>. Red-orange, Green, and Blue is a great color combo. Unusual in some respects, but coordinates well. This color combo is called "<a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-of-choosing-split-complementary.html">split-complimentary</a>" as rather than using only two colors (opposite sides of color wheel), you use three colors (a Y shape - one from one side of color wheel, then split the difference on each side of the wheel. <br />
I am addicted to fabric, but like scrappy looking quilts with a nice variety of fabrics. One of the best ways to get a variety of fabrics is in a fabric swap. Each person purchases X amount of fabric, cuts as determined by the swap host, then sends the cut fabric to the host. The host collects all fabric, collates all prints so that each person receives some of every print, and sends the fabric sets back to each participant. <br />
I decided to do a "double-charm" fabric swap (I found out after I named the swap that these 5"x10" pieces of fabric are sometimes called "bricks.") oops - Next time I'll name it more appropriately. <br />
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1-yard of (3) fabrics: (1)red-orange print, (1)green, and (1) blue fabric. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I still have a few spots left on the swap</span>. I am going for 28 participants total (this will mean 1 brick each from each fabric to still total receiving bricks totaling 3 yards returned to you). Click <a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/p/ro-gb-brick-sign-up-2012.html">HERE</a> for sign-ups. Or, click<a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/04/swap-tastic-newness-ro-gb.html"> HERE</a> or <a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/04/ro-gb-sign-ups-and-finally-friday-linky.html">HERE</a> for other posts about the swap. <br />
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So some time ago I had seen <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/10/abc-book-and-snail-softie.html">THIS</a> tutorial by Angela Yosten for Moda. It is a tutorial for an adorable ABC book. I made them a couple of Christmases ago for my nieces.<br />
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I was addicted (go figure). I ended up making a few more - using different background fabrics. I have recently sold the last of them on my ETSY shop. <br />
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So.....here I go making more. You can still get <a href="http://www.quiltersroost.com/cart/agora.cgi?&product=fabric222&xm=on">this</a> same Deb Strain fabric panel - but because it is older, from an independent, small online shop rather than the big ones (I had bought like 8 of them about a year ago knowing that I would want to make more. I still have 6 remaining). **to get this to fit on 5" charms, you have to get the panel that has the LOVE U thing in the middle. The alphabet only panel has 5.5" blocks if I'm not mistaken. I know that I have seen another alphabet panel (<a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/store/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?sid=892454749478924&Store_id=499&page_id=23&Item_ID=72416&Parent_Ids=">10 little things</a>) that might be cute to make a book out of as an alternate. <br />
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I don't want to diminish Andrea's tutorial - so go check it out. But, I do make a few adjustments when making my own. For instance, rather than grommets, I make small button holes in the top corner, and use a piece of elastic or suede cording for the loop. I feel like this makes it more baby friendly. I'll update with pics as I get the new version completed.<br />
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So....I am organizing a double-charm(5"x10"), (3) yard, split-complimentary color swap - using red-orange, green, and blue color pallet. Each participant will purchase (1) yard each of (3) fabrics [(1) red-orange, (1) green, and (1) blue].</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I posted all the gritty details in my last post <a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/04/swap-tastic-newness-ro-gb.html">HERE</a>. Please refer to that post if this is the first you are hearing about the swap. For those that know and agree to the details, here is a bit more an the colors I have chosen. Again, I want to be sure to give credit to Jenni of <a href="http://www.incolororder.blogspot.com/">In Color Order</a>. She has been an amazing resource of color knowledge and expertise!! She wrote a blog series on "<a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/p/art-of-choosing.html">The Art of Choosing [Colors]."</a> I have learned a lot about color reading her blog - including about <a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-of-choosing-split-complementary.html">split-complimentary colors</a>. I love several of the color combos, but am leaning towards the red-orange, green, blue color combo. Below is the color wheel that Jenni made to depit this combo of colors:</span></div>
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Thank you to Jenni of <a href="http://www.incolororder.blogspot.com/">www.incolororder.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Okay, Color talk. In my details of the swap, I wrote that "the fabric can have flecks of other colors, but should still 'read' the specific color." This is somewhat hard to explain without pictures. What I mean essentially is that I should be able to glance at a fabric and say, "that's a X color fabric." For instance, if I am looking for green fabrics, I want to find something that is primarily green. If it has too many or too predominate other colors in it, I don't focus on the green. <br />
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I went to <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/colors/by_grid">Hawthorne Threads</a> (a great online fabric site where you can search for fabrics by a color grid.) and pulled a few fabrics for an example. You can click on each fabric for information about print and to go to the Hawthorne site for purchasing. While these are a wide variety of greens - they all read green. <br />
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While these have green in them, the other colors/patterns seem to pull the eye away from the green. Thus, while all great fabrics, I would not recommend them when searching for a fabric that "reads" green.<br />
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One Down, One Up, and More to Go. I am now ADDICTED to hosting swaps!! (and participating of course!!)<br />
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One Down: So I have recently wrapped up my Charm-Tastic Color Swap. We swapped 5" rainbow charms - each of 28 participants assigned a color to result in loveliness: </div>
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I had a great time hosting the swap (I know I vented a bit in my last update, but although I feel awful being the heavy, it worked) and want to start another right away!!! I have been kicking around ideas for a bit. I have (2) different ideas forming in my head, but think for this swap I am going to go for "Split-Complimentary Colors." <br />
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One Up: I love the idea of complimentary colors (colors that are across from each other on the color wheel) - which is likely why I have been loving the teal/red color combo lately. However, I also feel like that color combo has been in a few recent swaps. I don't want swappers to get bored with the same color swaps and not paticipate. Thus, I decided to try a variation on the comlimentary color swap - a split complimentary color swap.<br />
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Jenni of <a href="http://www.incolororder.blogspot.com/">In Color Order</a> has been an amazing resource of color knowledge and expertise!! She wrote a blog series on "<a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/p/art-of-choosing.html">The Art of Choosing [Colors]."</a> I have learned a lot about color reading her blog - including about <a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-of-choosing-split-complementary.html">split-complimentary colors</a>. I love several of the color combos, but am leaning towards the red-orange, green, blue color combo. Below is the color wheel that Jenni made to depit this combo of colors:<br />
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So....I am organizing a double-charm(5"x10"), (3) yard, split-complimentary color swap - using red-orange, green, and blue color pallet. Each participant will purchase (1) yard each of (3) fabrics [(1) red-orange, (1) green, and (1) blue].<br />
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<li>Once you choose submit for that section, that information will be sent to me but others will not be able to see it. I will send out a confirmation e-mail to you and solicitation to join our flickr group.</li>
<li>You will need to be on flickr to participate (so sign-up for an account if you do not have one). </li>
<li>Please only sign up if you are in a smoke-free home as smoke clings to fabric like you would not believe. </li>
<li>International participants welcome - we will just have to adjust shipping dates to ensure we get everything in a timely manner. </li>
<li>Our goal is that I have all fabric received by 6/4 at the latest so I can collate and send out directly</li>
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Once you get a confirmation of participation e-mail from yours truly:<br />
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<li>You will buy (1) yard of fabric of (3) different fabrics - [(1) red-orange, (1) green, & (1) blue]</li>
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<li>fabric should be 100% high quality quilters cotton (from LQS or reputable online quilt fabric store - NO JoAnn or Hobby Lobby fabric allowed - it really isn't as good of quality!)</li>
<li>Your fabric should "read" the specific color, but it can have small flecks of other colors if you choose. </li>
<li>You may go for solids or prints as you see fit. If choosing prints: you should steer clear of large print fabrics as once they are cut into 5"x10" double charms you loose the print.</li>
<li>do NOT wash your fabric. </li>
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<li>You will post on our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1999164@N22/">flickr group</a> which prints you have selected to ensure there are no doubles. When you do, this is where you should also include info about the print for others to see - fabric name, line, company (this is always helpful if you fall in love with a fabric and need more for your stash!).</li>
<li>You will cut your selected fabric into "Double Charms" = 5"x10" charms (Tutorial for cutting posted soon - careful as you cut these - or you might need 1 1/8th yard of fabric)</li>
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<li>You will put your stacks of fabric into a Ziploc baggie and include the details of you and your fabrics on an index card</li>
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<li>You will send me your fabric, index card, and a self addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) (Flat Rate envelopes are FABULOUS!) to me <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">no later than 6/4</span></b> (I'm going to be out of town a week in there so that's why the extra week). </li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">***Make sure that you get stamps for pre-paid or complete the transaction online as a print-out. There were some issues for my last swap about other methods of pre-payment. Namely, if your post office gives you the barcode version with the date stamped on it - my post office yells at me and threatens to not send it through unless I pay another $5.15. The ones with the $5.15 stamps or the print-outs from USPS online had no trouble or scolding</span></li>
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<li>Enjoy your (84) double-charms once they are sent back to you!</li>
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If you (international or not) would prefer that I cut the fabrics - Order fabrics online, have them sent to me, and for a nominal fee I will cut for you. If you are intested in this option, please contact me and I will set up an Etsy "sale" for this (to cover the nominal fee + cost of shipping back to you in lieu of SASE (US residents: this totals $9.00; international participants: $20.00USD))<br />
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Hopefully More to Go: Stay tuned to this blog AND the Fabric Swap Finder for more swaps coming throughout the year ... ADDICTED!!<br />
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For me, I have mostly had to work this week. I did work a bit more trying to fight with my inspiration and stacks project. I mostly have scrapped the idea of making it into a mini quilt (the pieces were too big for a mini, mini quilt, and I didn't have enough of all the fabric to make a decent size mini quilt). Instead, I think I might turn it into the center of what will be a new ironing board cover.<br />
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So you might be able to tell a bit from the picture, my current ironing board cover is dull and disgusting! I had a VERY cute one when I first purchased the item - but my iron has a tendency to spit brown water, and the old one quickly got gross. I went to a few stores, and to buy a cute new cover costs almost the same as buying a new ironing board!! So I thought I would just make one. That was about 2 years ago.<br />
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In the mean time, I got a boring, ugly one from Wal-Mart (I rationalized that I shouldn't pay too much money for it, but I could use it as a pattern/template when the time came. I still have the same one - only now covered with ugly brown water spots of its own. This will perhaps be the very inspiration I need to actually get to making a cover that I am not so ashamed of that I hide it in pictures!<br />
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So one of the drawbacks to hosting is that I have to be the heavy. I have a participant that I knew was going to be up to a week late with her fabrics. At the time that I let her sign up anyway, I had 12 of 28 people, and figured that even if she sent it a week late, I would still be sorting and it wouldn't hold me up at all. Now, two weeks late, I am having to send a sad e-mail that says, now or never. That makes me feel awful because life happens and I know she really wants to participate! I also know that I have others waiting patiently for their fantastic charms. They are ready so send....almost. I have all the colors sorted (that's my OCD kicking in that they have to be in color order) and all I will need is about an hour or so to do the final collating line. </div>
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I also figured that I would give you a heads-up to a great little friendly competition going on over at <a href="http://sewhappygeek.co.uk/">Sew Happy Geek</a>. Jenna created a "<a href="http://sewhappygeek.co.uk/index.php/play-mini-quilt-competition/">Play Mini Quilt Competition</a>." You choose a card (from a deck of playing cards) and create a mini quilt using that card as your inspiration. She has found LOTS of fantastic sponsors to give fabulous prizes for winners of various categories. I'm excited to get designing and see what everyone else comes up with. Check it out and think about joining!</div>
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Depending on your reference point, the blocks could be stacked so the darkest color is the top of the block, the bottom of the block, or even the side of the block. This entertains me greatly, and I stare at it frequently!!<br />
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So one day while I was not grading, I decided i should try to replicate with fabric. <br />
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This is where the growling. Comes into play. I fist decided to try with some pinkish/purplish fabric as a trial run. I didn't have much of these fabrics, I just wanted to test out some different size ideas. <br />
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So I finally figured out the general size I wanted, but apparently put the triangle in on the wrong angle. Additionally, I forgot to shift when I was pinning to allow for the 1/4" seam, this it looked pretty awful when I got done. <br />
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I decided to try with another color family, a blue/teal combo. I was feeling confident since I knew what went wrong, and cut all the fabric of the relevant colors.....<br />
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This was fine except I forgot to cut on the opposite diagonal so when I rotated 90*, I realized it wouldn't line up right. More growling!!! So, I had to go back and cut all the pieces down a bit so they were 4.5" on all sides (previously cut to 4.5"x5.5"). <br />
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Which also meant that I had to re-cut the 60* triangles to 4.5" too.<br />
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I liked it all laid out (although I think the triangles might be too wide. I need to think about that a bit longer.) <br />
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More on the rest the the growls of this project later! I didn't have a fun time piecing this together and think it will become a runner down the center of a new ironing board cover.<br />
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So I have been obsessing over the pieces plus design for a bit if you remember. I showed layout options as I couldn't decide how to handle the charm size pieces pluses I had made. I finally made a decision.....</div>
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I finally decided based on reviewing the pics of the three options a few times after a bit of a break to get a fresh viewpoint. (comments also helped - thanks). </div>
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I used a few charms I had laying around - and some leftover "snow" Kona fabric from a previous project. Thankfully (once again) I am a perpetual over-purchaser as I had enough of this left. </div>
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I described a bit in the<a href="http://sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/04/addition-obsessed-and-help-needed.html"> last post </a>about how I cut the charms to create the 3 pieces of each print fabric I would need. I did the same with the Kona Snow fabric - only using yardage so I cut WOF to 2.5" and then cut (8) 2.5" squares and (4) 5" strips.</div>
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Once I was done cutting, I laid out the pieces on my work table so I could see what it looked like. I started in the center and worked my way out in each direction until I had a size just over 21"x31" finished (with the quarter inch seams - the actual layout was more like 26"x40"ish). </div>
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Pin and sew each row (chain piecing is your friend!!). Sew each segment in the rows, the press seams - I pressed to one side or the other, but it shouldn't matter much on this project. I like to sew rows together in even widths to reduce pulling and stretching - so sew two rows together, then sew a set of two to a sew of two, a set of four to a set of 4, etc.... (I pressed row seams open to reduce the bulkiness at each row)</div>
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I actually have a use for this size of "top," (it is a bit smaller than the last + quilt top I made) so I pinned a piece of terry cloth to the front of the "quilt" and sewed around the edge with a 1/4" seem. Leave an opening for turning of about 6-8". Once done, trim corners and turn right-side out. Press edges and turn in the opening 1/4". Top stitch around edge to ensure it stays together. </div>
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I added a few free-hand waves to quilt the layers together and - you now have yourself an UNBELIEVABLY useful item. </div>
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I use mine as one of these options nearly on a daily basis: dish dryer (especially when I empty the dishwasher and am left with all that water on the top of plastics), a massive trivet for a pan, an ovenmit for large pans and such to stretch from side to side, or a table runner as my needs fit.</div>
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I have been toying with the idea for a month or so, but finally decided to give it a shot. Now, something you need to know about me - I LOVE getting inspiration from you all, but I also like the challenge of re-creating something I see without actually following a given tutorial. (I do use patterns and tutorials from time to time - especially if someone picked out something in particular - ie// my Mom's quilt - or if I am trying a brand new technique that I lack confidence in). It gives me greater pleasure in completing when I can say that I am also improving my spatial skills at the same time. <br />
Remember, I am mostly on a fabric purchase break - so I decided to use up some of a leftover layer cake from last year. I didn't have a full layer cake that I wanted to use for practice, so this ended up being a VERY strange size!!<br />
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With the above in mind, I decided to "wing-it" when it came to this plus pattern idea. It is a generally simple row by row concept - the biggest challenge is sizing. squares are pretty easy - I just cut each piece of the layer cake into 3.25" squares so I could get 9 squares out of each piece. Once cut, I laid out 5 pieces of one pattern and began building from there. Clearly I could use some work on coordinating colors/patterns for the biggest impact. (I tend to put different patterns next to each other - but need to be more aware of the size and general saturation level of each. After I finished and sewed it all up, I definitely think I needed more of the "solid" pieces to help make the other prints stand out more.) I sewed each row and Voila - a pieced "addition" AKA plus pieced top. Now, if only I knew what to do with a "quilt" top that was this really awkward size!!! Hmmmmm - note to self - stop making mini quilts that are too big for anything and too small to be useful!!<br />
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Because I didn't love the colors (or size) of this when I got done, I decided to repeat with some charm size swatches I received as a thank you for hosting a deal a few months ago. Charms meant that I needed to adjust sizing. I didn't want too small of squares, so I decided to adjust the plus design a bit. I cut the charms in half first (= 2.5"x5"). <br />
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Then I took ONE of those halves from each charm and cut it in half again (so I had [2] 2.5"x2.5" squares and [1] 2.5"x5" pieces).<br />
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<br />Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-56570799313577437812012-04-08T04:00:00.000-05:002012-04-08T20:10:04.308-05:00Moda Tutorial DayFinally My fun, exciting news that I was trying to keep to myself for the last month. Not sure if I could have told you previously, but I decided not to reveal until the day of the tutorial. <br />
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Yaahooo! I was given another opportunity to create a tutorial for <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/04/may-flowers-quilt.html">Moda's Bake Shop</a>. Last summer I created a quickie tutorial for a <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/04/cozy-wine-koozie.html">wine koozie </a>which was loads of fun - but how exciting to create a big 'ole quilt tutorial!! </div>
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I had SO much fun creating this tutorial (although I fought with the pictures on the quilt back and never could quite get it right - that is what I get for quilting in a basement cave!!) and I <u>LOVE, LOVE, LOVE</u> the fabric that I got to work with. It is Modern Vintage (coming out in May) and is a FABULOUS set of fabrics!</div>
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<center style="text-align: left;">The 'Final'ly Friday Linky Party name came to me as I sometimes post only partially completed works from the weekend and wrap up my projects during the week. So.... 'Final' seemed like an apt play on letters (not really play on words as it is only part of the word - yes, I AM that nerdy!!)</center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">By all means - still participate in your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday link parties, this just gives us another opportunity to post our work throughout the week. Here will be the Linky Party rules (fairly standard from my experience)</center><center style="text-align: left;"><ol>
<li>Link up a Recent work you have blogged about (in the last week or two)</li>
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<li>Somewhere in your original post you should link to SewSaneJane </li>
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<li>you could either grab the button below (on in right column) and insert directly into your post, or insert a text hyperlink (such as: I am linking up here to<a href="http://www.sewsanejane.blogspot.com/"> 'Final'ly Friday w/SewSaneJane </a>or I am linking up here with [insert code from below grab button here in your HTML view])</li>
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So after I bought enough fabric for half a lifetime, my hubby finally got mad. I haven't bought new fabric for nearly 6 months. My logic is that if I use up most of what I have here - he can't use most of his arguments for why it is silly to buy MORE. (don't tell - I am hosting <a href="http://www.sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/03/rainbow-charm-swap-charm-tastic-color.html" target="_blank">a (2) yard fabric swap</a> and just signed up for a (<a href="http://modernpinkdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/yes-another-fabric-swap.html" target="_blank">3) yard fabric swap </a>- but really I haven't bought any other fabric recently.) Part of the time I was working on Christmas goodies - for any fabric goodies I used fabric I had laying around. While I was still on Winter break from work, I was hard at work quilting.<br />
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I finally got around to using some of the fabric sets I had been hoarding for over a year or so. This quilt is one of the fabrics that I bought at LEAST a year ago. I loved the fabric so much I could not get myself to use it - silly huh?!? I decided to finally make it into a quilt - figuring I could swoon over the fabric more if it was always sitting out in quilt form.<br />
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The fabric line is an older <a href="http://sweetwater.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Sweetwater</a> for <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/" target="_blank">Moda</a> line called, "Make Life." I had seen <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/05/simply-silly-quilt.html" target="_blank">this quilt tutorial </a>on Moda and fell in love with the line. I bought the requirements for the quilt - all except for the iron-on patches which no one sells anymore.<br />
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When I finally got around to using the fabric, I had found <a href="http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/2011/01/almost.html" target="_blank">this post </a>by Holly DeGroot over at <a href="http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/" target="_blank">BijouLovely</a> While I didn't follow the tutorial completely, I was Completely inspired by her fantastic appliqué idea that I used the same concept when creating this one.<br />
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I'm into piece-y backs at the moment, so I used a big square of fabric that I had left and pieced an asymmetrical boarder to complete the back.<br />
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I clearly have some work to do yet - like layering, basting, quilting, and binding, but thought I would share with you my work up to this point. I threw the top and bottom together in 1 day/night if you can believe it. I was just going to cut and appliqué a few to see what I thought, but it became addicting and did it all day instead! <br />
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I decided that rather than going to buy loads of fabric for a new quilt, I would participate in a fabric swap (charms to be exact) and feel like I was getting lots of fabric for only 1 actual purchase on my part. So I searched around blog-land a bit and kept finding myself a week, or day, or even an hour too late! (2) things came out of this debacle:<br />
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1) I decided to host my own swap. Now I was a swap host newbie - but I did some research (great post by ELQ about hosting) and have participated in my fair share. I designed a straight forward - rainbow swap (each of 28 participants are assigned a color - I assigned one of the following to each member: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white/cream, grey/black, brown. If you do the math you will see that left me with 1 participant - I gave her swappers choice - any fabric she wanted!) Participants were to purchase (2) one yard cuts from their assigned color. We are getting some great fabrics! I ended up with red (although red is a fav color 'o mine, it was purely random - promise!). I told participants that hues in the range of the color family assigned were just fine. I chose a red with pink flowers and a deep red hatch fabric.<br />
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2) Sign-ups were a bit slow for about the first 4 days of the Charm-tastic Color Swap - then we filled up quick (only did a 28 participant swap). It was slow at first (I think) because you mostly have to just search out blog-land to find swaps. I thought - there must be an easier way to find a swap than having to go directly to 500 blogs before I find one. Then a Charm-tastic swap participant posted the swap in the comment section of her flickr groups and before you know it we have a full swap. <br />
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I want a place I can go to on flickr that shows all the swaps available but again, without having to check 500 flickr groups. THE FABRIC SWAP FINDER it is! So I created a group. Feel free to join even if you are not thinking about participation right this moment. It is intended to be a place to post about swaps you are hosting or find out about - AND a place to peruse so entice you to participate in a swap. We are getting more members each day - if you get a healthy following finding swaps and filling swaps will be a breeze (and maybe I can stop missing out on all these fabulous swaps!) **feel free to grab the button too - on the right column here - to add you your blog or posts.<br />
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Well the swap finder is working great - at least for me - I already found another swap to participate in. It is a 3-yard Ispy, polka dot, and stripe swap (1 yard of each) that I just couldn't resist. Don't tell my hubby that this means I had to buy 5 yards (just over) of fabric for the swaps - I always sell swaps to him as a great way to get lots of cool fabric without me having to buy much at all! Here were my fabric choices for that swap: <br />
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This was obviously my polka-dot print. <a href="http://sweetwater.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Sweetwater</a> for Moda - part of their Reunion collection (I LOVE Sweetwater fabrics!! I think I have loved every line they have produced so far!!)<br />
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This is my novelty print - Put a lid on in green by Michael Miller. The picture doesn't do it justice - it is a CUTE fabric!!!!<br />
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My stripes - Moda - Modern Workshop line (pattern: 11171; color: 21)<br />
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I wanted a set of three the coordinated, but didn't necessarily match (Not sure that was required or even suggested of the swap, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.) Thanks to some help and suggestions from my fav LQS lady, I purchased these 3. <br />
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(Posted using BlogPress from my iPad)Sew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-2148146071633959552012-03-25T17:53:00.001-05:002012-03-25T17:57:42.296-05:00Yummy LeftoversSo I am NOT a fan of dinner leftovers. I eat them for lunch now and again - but out of convenience - not taste. However, fabric leftovers are a different story!<br />
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When I ordered fabric for my <a href="http://www.sewsanejane.blogspot.com/2012/03/fun-news-ahead-and-social-networking.html" target="_blank">Mom's quilt</a>, I over-ordered. I generally over purchase fabric (I always believe I would rather have too much than not enough) - but I WAYYYYYYYYY over ordered fabric for her quilt. I ordered the fabric about a year ago- and it sat in my stash until last month. Thus, I don't know why I ordered so much fabric (as in, I'm not sure if I had a logical reason why - or if it was just a mistake). None the less, too much fabric. So once I was done creating a front and back for her quilt, I made myself one too. Finally - a quilt that matches my Living room.<br />
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This ended up working out perfectly as this fabric line had a black base for some fabrics and a brown base for others. Somehow I ended up with some of each (This is why I suspect I MIGHT have had a rationale for buying so much fabric - (2) of the fabrics were dominantly brown based and would not have fit with the other quilt).<br />
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I didn't want to use the same pattern (I generally only like to use a pattern once - there are soooo many patterns out there - why limit myself!) So I had to figure something else out. I went with a simple pattern of strips. I alternated between horizontal and vertical and to change it up a bit more I added frames around some of the sets.<br />
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I then used still MORE leftover fabric to piece a back. I used to be Very scared of just throwing fabric together to make a back. I generally like symmetry - but lately I have been better about realizing that it is a quilt back and you can't really go wrong with it!<br />
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Clearly I still need to sew the binding on - but thought I would share my progress for now. <br />
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Quilting itself was done by my contact, Clora (from Coal City, IL). I still cannot get over how fast she is. This was one of three quilts that I took to her one morning and picked all 3 up later in the afternoon. Couldn't believe how fast it was. I end up taking all my quilts over 50" or so to her as my machine and I just fight when a quilt is larger than that. (I SO need to get myself a QUILTING machine!!!)<br />
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Whoo-Hoo!! My father-in-law and brother-in-law came down this weekend to help install the new floors. We only had to deal with the sub-floor for a week (I had ripped up the carpet on a break from work last week) - but a week was long enough. You couldn't walk on the sub-floor with bare feet or even socks for fear of splinters. </div>
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The variation in the color of each piece was a bit more than I had thought it would be - but I like it BETTER than what I thought I would too! My 80lb dog shouldn't be able to scratch it, but if he does - I don't think it will be noticeable with the high contrast variations.<div>
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We purchased vent covers from the same company. They didn't have the exact color match (they didn't come in java patina - only java) - the same color minus the black contrasts - and I'm very happy we ended up doing that. They seemed a bit expensive, but I think our old white ones would have looked hideous. I had figured I'd just buy cheapish black ones from a home improvement store - but these blend so nicely they just disappear in the overall scheme!</div>
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I also ordered t-mould strips for the tile to wood transitions, but they did NOT appear to be the correct color! They were supposed to be the same color as the vent covers. They were NOT!!! The actual floor we installed is on the top right of this pic. The color that the vent covers and t-mould was supposed to arrive in is on the lower right side. I had to order like 11 samples from this company before I found the color I liked, so I also had this color called, Kona Fossilized (top left of pic). The t-moulds match that dark, red color and NOT what I ordered. I am still fighting with the <a href="http://www.calibamboo.com/">company</a> over returning these. At first they said, sure - We'll give you a refund - then I called Friday to find out why they hadn't processed anything - they said I had to take <u><b>MORE </b></u>pictures to prove to them it was the wrong color!?! Really? This seems like proof enough to me!!</div>
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Because we didn't have t-mould transitions by the time we were installing, we decided to just do without. Our tile flooring had this tiny metal transition already - we just butted the wood up to that. It turned out pretty great. We have a transition to tile in 3 different areas - to the front entry (picture), to the dining room - no pic, but for it the flooring was laid parallel and that transition turned out even better, and to the bathroom (see below)</div>
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For all the hallway doorways, we did this transition board in the door jam area. It looks great as the bedroom doorways (going to carpet) have this same style transition piece too.<br />
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Overall, SUPER excited that the floor is down! We rented a pneumatic nailer and used cleats for installation. There were 4 of us total - my hubby used the nailer and officially laid the floor, my brother-in-law was on his knees the entire time - tapping the boards into place to be ready to nail, I chose board placements and otherwise hauled around floorboards to get them ready for tapping, and my father-in-law was our cutter - he is a master at the saw and cut the boards as needed (to start and end each row and deal with the hallway).<br />
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We started Friday around 7pm. We were just going to lay a row or two to get things ready for the morning (psi, routine, etc). We worked until about 10:30 - 10:45ish. We got up and got started by 7 or 7:30 - and finished the entire project by 7pm!!! Wow - that went so much faster than I anticipated!<br />
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One more DIY project down. Who knows what's next!<br />
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I am starting to think that my hubby and I are insane! We bought a very nice house 4 years ago (a ranch built in 2006) that was open and airy. One of the reasons that we purchased was because there wasn't anything that we needed to redo - it was move-in ready - unlike some that we looked at. We did know that we would want to finish the unfinished basement at some point, but otherwise we were content. Apparently finishing the basement has led our brains to spin out of control!!<br />
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I painted the upstairs last summer (more on this later), and thought I would be done with DIY for a bit. Nope.<br />
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Noteworthy: if you shampoo your carpets - reapply the scotch guard stuff OR ELSE!! Can you guess the problem?!? So for my birthday I asked for a spot bot shampooer (a little shampooer for small doggie spots - of all varieties). While this helped some, every stain still seemed to show through. I started thinking I wanted new carpets. I found some I wanted. <br />
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Our friends got this <a href="http://www.mohawkflooring.com/flooring-products/carpet/smartstrand.aspx" target="_blank">Mowhawk Smart Strand</a> stuff that is supposed to be dog-proof!! Supposedly the stain stuff is embedded in each strand of the carpet rather than applied as a top coat after the carpet is woven. They love it. We were at their house and I wanted to sleep on their floor!! They bought the top line stuff with a thick pad - and it might be the softest thing in the world! <br />
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One night our Doberman vomited a sock onto the carpet at 3am (yum! - sorry about that). I had to bust out the spot bot shampooer and try to get the stain out before it set. I decided I wanted hardwood floors so I didn't have to deal with it. We are still going to get the fancy carpet for the stairs to the basement and the bedrooms eventually. <br />
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After much research and browsing, I selected a strand bamboo. Traditionally, bamboo is a less durable wood. However, there are some companies starting to complete a different process on the bamboo while it is stranded (before compressed into planks) to make it rated harder on the JANKA test scale than even the hardest exotic woods. I scratch tested every sample I brought home, and liked this bamboo stuff the best. We ended up going with a company out of CA (we live in IL) called <a href="http://calibamboo.com/" target="_blank">Cali Bamboo</a>. I mostly liked dealing with them (I spent a bit too much time on the phone with them getting things figured out - and Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde - what I named the sales guy - was a bit too moody for my taste.)<br />
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I'm ready for installation! A couple of days ago I ripped out the old carpet and padding - and soon my dad-in-law, brother-in-law, and hubby are going to install our new gorgeous floors!<br />
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Doesn't the sub-floor look pretty in the mean time?<br />
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I participated in a fabulous Rainbow Charm Swap about a year ago and LOVED it! I have been trying to catch ones to sign up for since, but have been too late on every one of them! I decided to create my own. I hope the rest of the people who missed out on other's swaps will sign up (or even those whom are participating in one of the others are welcome too!).<br />
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Sign-ups begin Immediately and will continue until all 27 spots are full (or until 3/25, whichever occurs first - I will fill in colors if needed). <strike>Please complete the open fields below (name, flickr ID, e-mail) to sign up for the swap -</strike> (<span style="color: red;">thank you - swap is full) </span>once you choose submit for that section that information will be sent to me but others will not be able to see it.<br />
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I have decided to keep it simple for my first swap. We will do 2 yard rainbow swap - colors assigned to you (this will mean each person will receive (2) charms from each fabric selection). You will need to be on flickr to participate (so sign-up for an account if you do not have one). Please only sign up if you are in a smoke-free home as smoke clings to fabric like you would not believe. US participants only please (remember, trying to keep it simple for this first one). <br />
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<li>Once sign-ups are closed, you will be assigned a color. </li>
<li>You will buy (1) yard of fabric of (2) different prints in your color assigned</li>
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<li>fabric should be 100% high quality quilters cotton (from LQS or reputable online quilt fabric store - NO JoAnn or Hobby Lobby fabric allowed - it really isn't as good of quality!)</li>
<li>Your fabric should "read" the color assigned you, but it can have small flecks of other colors if you choose. You should steer clear of large print fabrics as once they are cut into 5"x5" charms you loose the print.</li>
<li>do NOT wash your fabric. </li>
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<li>You will cut your selected fabric into 5" charms (see this great tutorial by <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2010/05/charm-squares-101.html">Elizabeth Hartman </a>for making your cuts). Each yard of fabric should = (56) 5"x5" charms. Which means that total you will be sending me (112) charms.</li>
<li>You will put your stacks of fabric into a Ziploc baggie and include the details of you and your fabrics on an index card</li>
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<li>your name, e-mail address, physical address, fabric name and company, ...</li>
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<li>You will send me your fabric, index card, and a self addressed stamped envelope (see below) to me no later than 4/1 if we can pull that off with sign-ups. </li>
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<li>OR you can include a self-addressed flat rate priority mail envelope for me to send your charms back to you in</li>
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<li>You will post on our flicker group which prints you have selected to ensure there are no doubles. When you do, this is where you should also include info about the print for others to see - fabric name, line, company.</li>
<li>Enjoy your charms once they are sent back to you!</li>
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Thank you for your participation!<br />
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-SewSaneJaneSew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-2132415381275888862012-03-11T13:37:00.000-05:002012-03-12T15:56:56.367-05:00Fun News Ahead - and Social NetworkingI know, I know, mean title since I'm not telling you yet....but I just got some exciting sewing news that I can tell you about in a month or so!! Okay, I can't wait that long - and I think I can tell you early......<br />
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On another front, I've been quilting my heart out lately. First up, a quilt I have been making for my Mom (for her birthday that has since passed - go figure!). I showed her my progress on her b-day - I was done piecing the front and back, I just hadn't quilted it yet. It is now quilted (see below about quilting) and I finished up the binding this morning. <br />
The quilt is from a pattern called, "<a href="http://www.quiltsoup.com/patterns.html">Social Networking</a>" from Quilt Soup. I saw it in a local fabric shop about a year ago, bought the fabric and pattern, and let it sit until January or so. Then decided I should make quilts using fabric sitting around my house instead of buying new fabric (although I LOVE new fabric!!!) My hubby was getting a bit annoyed with the stacks and stacks of fabric sets. One down - a few more to go. <br />
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It took me most of the morning to do the binding. I've gotten faster at hand-stitching the binding, but sometimes wish I had a better ability to machine sew it down instead. (I've tried and it is fairly ugly when I get done).<br />
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The front was from a pattern and I just threw together a pieced backing with leftover fabric. Not sure what happened, but somehow I ended up with quite a bit of "extra fabric. While I generally a, annoyed with myself when I do this, it did make piecing a back much easier than normal!<br />
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I love this cabinet - it is in my entry way. I finally made a quilt that matched it perfectly and could use it as a background.<br />
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I had my acquaintance, Clora, quilt this for me - my machine and I just fight when I try to quilt a quilt over about 50". This one is more like 70x65 or so and thought she would be able to make it cuter and complete it faster than I. I took (3) rather large quilts to her house and she quilted all 3 in about 4 hours!!!!<br />
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More completed quilts to post soon! (I need to go back to binding one more and quilt and bind one other sitting around. <br />
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Linking up with<br />
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Sew Sane JaneSew Sane Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475264411614536440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109304073954552612.post-86960405158384464142012-02-29T05:00:00.001-06:002012-02-29T05:00:18.046-06:00Still Obsessed with Number BibsI Love these and can't imagine why they are not taking off. Now I don't mean, "I can't believe you don't want to buy these," I mean "I can't believe that I haven't seen a version of this popping up on blog-land!" I think they are so cute and avoid the size issue with onsies.<br />
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Then again, I don't have kiddos, so I'm not always the best judge of what Mommies are into. <br />
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My sister IS into them. I first gave her one of the trapezoid versions, and she swooned (which made me strut like a peacock!!). Then, she asked if I would make a few for upcoming baby showers that she had. I happily obliged.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A friend of mine bought me vintage fabric from the local flea market last summer. It was very thin, but very cute fabric. I literally tore (4) ~3"strips of the fabric (WOF was closer to 60"). Using tiny push pins, I started a strip and used a push pin to attach it to the back of the wreath form. I wrapped the fabric around the wreath form overlapping each rotation. As I ended one strip, I made sure it was on the back side so I could use push pin to attach and another to begin the next strip. Repeat until the entire wreath is covered.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the raw edges</td></tr>
</tbody></table> You know my obsession with these fabric flowers right? I made three blooms (1) 2.5", (1) 3", and (1) 3.5". I still used the lapel pin glued to the back and simply pushed the pin into the foam wreath form. You can just see the edge of the pin in the above photo.<br />
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I leave it hanging on a simple nail in the entry as a way to add a bit of height to the space. <br />
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I've seen this basic tutorial using multiple strips of fabric, modern prints, with finished edges, with yarn, with...., ....., .... and on and on!! I need about 100 more wreath forms now as I like this one too much to unwrap and re-use as I originally intended. <br />
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TaTa<br />
Becky<br />
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