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Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Vintage Quilt: Swallows or Hummingbirds?


Long time no see.  Why so long? I could not manage to find a way around a broken camera and then a replacement that would not cooperate with my computer. And the deeper story is I lost a grandchild in the summer of 2020. Beyond that, we all lost friends and family to a flu that was not managed well. Many of us lost our people to the fast tracked rescue plan that many had horrible reactions to. Then the death of a beloved father-in-law to that rescue plan. 


This beautiful quilt was gifted to me from a beloved friend. It was retrieved from a thrift shop as an unfinished quilt top. it has 9 of these squares and is about 60 x 60 ,  a nice lap quilt. Looks lovely on the back of the small couch.


My friend added the backing and quilted around the swallows on her Singer sewing machine. Looking up the pattern on line, there really isn't one, not that I have found.  They kind of look like four humming birds at a feeder. On-line I've found swallows holding four corners of a kerchief  and ther possibilities.


These blocks were machine sewn together from pieces, not appliquéd. Whoever made them did a great job, they lay really flat.




Some day it would be fun to re-create the pattern and make another version of this quilt, perhaps a queen size. The yellow tone in the photos is from the sunlight coming in a window where I took the photos. 
Have a Blessed Day!

 

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Just Quilting with my New to me Featherweight


Starting a new quilt with a new to me 1960 222K Singer Featherweight sewing machine. It's a challenge for me with bad eyesight and arthritic hands, but a welcome challenge! This beauty is a gift from my husband bought from our wonderful friends at the Singer Featherweight Shop in Kamiah, Id.





She pieces pretty nicely even without a special foot!





Every part is metal, precise and smooth. Unlike my 1984 Singer which has metal, nylon, and plastic all playing together and not smooth at all. Many times, older is better.


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Rose Needlebook

Design from "Needle Painting Embroidery Fresh Ideas for Beginners" by Trish Burr.

I wanted the back petal to have more definition as seen in this second photo so I used DMC 150, 3685, and 154 and left out the DMC 3803 that I used in the first photo.

Washed and pinned to the ironing board to block and remove all the wrinkles and slight hoop marks. 

Ready to complete the inside.

Two pockets and two wool felt needle keeps. Fabric is a vintage rosebud cotton.

Bullion roses to hold on the buttons and felt.


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Grandson's Cloth Book - Stump, Bees, Snail, Butterflies, caterpillars







My daughter went from making a Spot Sample from ideas we got from Mary Corbett's  Needle N Thread to making pages for her nephew's book. Her favorite stitches are turkey work, button hole and couching. She also used a bit of lazy daisy, satin, padded satin, french knots and a few others.

Grandson's Cloth Book - Grasshopper




A three dimensional grasshopper idea from jane Nicholas Stumpwork Medieval Flora. On a budget so there are no fancy materials. It's worked on osnaburg with DMC floss and organza ribbon from one of my daughters wedding gift packages.  Stitches are; applique, satin, buttonhole, padded satin then couched.

Grandson's Cloth Book - Hidden Caterpiller



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A padded and embroidered oak leaf that can be lifted for a peek-a-boo effect.

Cloth Book for a Toddler

A cloth quiet book for my grandson. The idea was to create a book for him to play with and practice as many embroidery and sewing stitches as I could work in. On this page: applique, reverse applique, and ruching.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Visiting Beautiful (Blogs) Parlors on the web

I have been visiting some embroidery/ sewing pages on the web that inspire and motivate creativity.

 I went back to Francesca Vanucci's,  La Soffitta del Tempo Perduto to see if she had posted any more progress on her very intricate embroidery project and was delighted that she had worked some of the embroidery after teasing us with her beautiful drawing. She has also added many other pictures of her fine work in sewing and embroidery. I love her balance of color.


While looking for some ideas for handkerchiefs I came across Southern Matriarch  and The Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room with many examples of heirloom embroidery.



Thursday, June 3, 2010

Handmade cards & Lavender filled gift bags


The path from sewing and quilting gave way naturally to scrap-booking and card-making. So long as I can incorporate beautiful prints and textures from fabrics into this new to me world of paper crafts I'm a happy camper.