tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308718192024-03-05T23:31:33.423+00:00french-patchworkerFor people who like all kinds of needlecraft, be it patchwork and quilting, or embroidery, sewing, knitting and crochetPascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-27860891681537181472014-12-05T12:01:00.000+00:002014-12-05T12:01:57.928+00:00Noel is coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
First I would like to show you one of the cards made for the Brithday swap with the group BQLPC way back in 2013.</div>
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I made a few on this model with different positions for the elements .</div>
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And then I would like to show you some presents I received from my friends last Christmas, all sewing related of course.</div>
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From Fiona I received this lovely friendly penguin....</div>
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I think she made a hundred of them for her friends and family. She is such a nice woman.</div>
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And then Nicola made me this heart. I am in admiration of both their work.</div>
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She also gave this covered notebook, which I intend to use for my sewing of course. I. Like to make notes of my choices for size or material as a reminder.</div>
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These are so nice, and I feel so lucky to have such friends.</div>
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In the meantime I can wish everybody a lovely time at Christmas, and here is a photo of our tree from last year with lots of home made decorations, some dating to when the girls were really small.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-4131473240425908292014-05-04T12:21:00.000+01:002014-05-04T12:21:14.688+01:00A new bag, very french...First I must precise, if you are still following my blog, that everything is fine. I just got busy with life and not much time for blogging. I believe I need to find a way to quickly upload photos, as this slows the process of publishing by quite a lot.<br />
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So now I will try to resume where I left and show you what I am doing that is textile related. I didn't stop making things, but not as many as I was hoping.<br />
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My husband sent me this link to some knitted food if you want to have a look : <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/low-in-calories-high-in-wool-knitted-comfort-food-by-jessica-dance/" target="_blank">http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/low-in-calories-high-in-wool-knitted-comfort-food-by-jessica-dance/</a><br />
I don't want to copy their photo without permission so you will have to follow the link.<br />
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I will not stay on the theme of knitting, as I am working on things and they are not finished. But I can show you some things I made.<span id="goog_1390893390"></span><span id="goog_1390893391"></span><br />
For today I'll show you this bag I love.<br />
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This is printed linen, bought in Northern France while we were on holidays there.<br />
I had the leather handles in my stash. Love them.<br />
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The pattern comes from a book by Liberty "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberty-Book-Home-Sewing/dp/1844009769/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399202055&sr=1-3&keywords=liberty" target="_blank">The Liberty Book of Home Sewing</a>" (you can look inside at some pages on Amazon, but look around to find a good price if you want to buy the book...no affiliation...), which has lots of wonderful projects. THey have published another book, and I'm waiting to find it at a reduced price to get it. The projects are not too complicated.</div>
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Inside the bag I added a pocket. You never have too many pockets.</div>
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The lining fabric is from Ikea, but I don't know if they still sell it.</div>
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THere is some interlining ironed onto the fabric to give it a better shape.</div>
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This week end is longer in England as Monday is a Bank Holiday (first Monday in May in this country, where in France the day off is always the 1st of May).</div>
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DD1 came back for the week end a week ago. It takes her 6h30 to travel down from Glasgow. It was great to see her, but too fast .</div>
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First for fun, my friend Fiona just came back from Australia and brought back some goodies:</div>
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The small bags are really good to keep parts of projects together, like this </div>
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And the band aids say "quilted" on it.</div>
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Thank you again Fiona.</div>
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I'm working on some paper piecing as a hand sewing project, inspired by this book </div>
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I love the idea of using paper clips to hold the fabric on the card before basting. This book is very inspirational.</div>
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I put little stickers with numbers when I had decided the position of each star. I made 6 diamonds from each fabric, and used 3 of them for one star.</div>
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I have not completely decided on the edges, it will come in its time.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-74193823584150055242013-10-10T15:52:00.000+01:002013-10-10T15:52:10.217+01:00Medicine bagAnother quick project, or 2.<br />
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One bag is on it's way to Glasgow, with DD1, and the other one will be used by our family when we travel. Experience has taught me that if I forget the paracetamol, I will need it, same for anti-histamine tablets, or plasters, so I tend to take them if I am not certain there will be some in the house we are visiting, and especially if we are staying in a hotel.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-71247096529253940092013-09-29T18:15:00.001+01:002013-09-29T18:49:59.809+01:00Plum's card<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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In the BQLPC group, in our ongoing Birthday card exchanges this is my offering to Plum for her Special day.<br />
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Each letter was drawn in reverse on some double sided interfacing ( on the paper side), then ironed on the wrong side of the fabric, cut and free motion quilted on the white fabric.</div>
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Don't forget to reverse the writing! I drew them freehand, but you could use Word. I thought it would take too long. The glue side of the paper is ironed on the back of the fabric. Then you cut each letter on the line, take off the paper and iron them on your base fabric, glue down. This means they are easier to sew at the next stage.</div>
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Here you can see that I just lift my needle when i travel from one letter to the next. I come back at the end to cut the threads.</div>
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This is after I iron the fabric plus wadding ondo the piece of pelmet stiffener, and back fabric.<br />
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I have been around my shape with a zigzag stitch and can now cut the extra fabric.<br />
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I went around the card a second time to finish off the edges.<br />
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I enjoy this challenge, it forces me to follow a deadline, although at the beginning I thought that I would be able to make all my cards in advance. That didn't happen.</div>
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She chose this lovely print with the typewriters, I kept half of it. So completed with some cotton fabric I had. Pink gingham ribbon to finish.</div>
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I will miss her, but am grateful for modern ways of communication. Between emails, texts, Skype and Facebook I should be able to keep well in touch.</div>
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She is the last one to go back to school, the summer is over. I have several projects that need to be done around the house, but there should be some sewing as well.</div>
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Yesterday I led a workshop in Boutis for the ladies from my quilting group, the Golden Lion Quilters. They liked it and I will help them again at our next meeting in 2 weeks. I still have to finish a project started 2 years ago. It will happen.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-51801488912001030732013-09-06T17:07:00.002+01:002013-09-12T16:17:39.934+01:00A new birthday cardI'm still making cards for our birthday swap on <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BQLPC/info" target="_blank">BQLPC</a>. This one is obviously for Helen.<br />
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The free motion embroidery was done on my machine with some metallic thread, which shines a bit but it doesn't show much on the photo. I think I might use this model again.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-6772065502414515402013-09-03T00:00:00.000+01:002013-09-03T00:00:02.949+01:00Yarn bombing in Rosslyn near Washington DCWe were on holidays and happened on this as we were leaving the subway to go back to our hotel.<br />
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Yesterday was a great day as we had a party at home to celebrate our 20 years wedding anniversary. Lots of friends came but I was so busy that I forgot to take photos. Such a shame.</div>
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-80348760789922674412013-07-20T22:00:00.001+01:002013-09-12T16:20:36.952+01:00Little travelling bagsAs we are soon going on holidays I made some bags for the girls to carry their personal items in the suitcase. The seams are basted and they are very simple to make. The only tricky part is to leave an opening for the casing of the ribbon.<br />
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These are for DD3. She chose the fabrics from my stash.</div>
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These bags are for DD4, my youngest. She loves the Kath Kidston style, and has now got some curtains with red flowers. I saw this green fabric at the Malvern show in May, had to buy it for her.</div>
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I think the cushion pad is getting a bit old, it's not very square any more. I can assure you that my knitting and the backing are square.<br />
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The zip at the back is hidden and the fabric is from Benartex, Cool Britannia collection.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-4166580112229185762013-05-16T21:47:00.000+01:002013-05-16T21:47:22.936+01:00Little twister stars, tesselationsI made a workshop for our group The Golden Lion Quilters to realise the pattern of the twister stars. There are lots of illustrations on the internet of this block, and books and rulers.<br />
I couldn't ask every member to buy the ruler, so designed a cardboard square with all the marks to realise the twisting. All the ladies enjoyed my workshop, some of them finished their blocks and made it into something.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had some Liberty squares which I sewed together and added a border all around.</td></tr>
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I realised at that point that you need a very good contrast between the fabrics. And I don't think there was enough here.<br />
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I was left with my samples, and I have to use them. This one became a cushion cover. Another one you might think, but I have some wearing out on the sofa, so I'm trying to replace them.<br />
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I quilted around each little block, to show them better, and then added some FMQ (Free Motion Quilting) in the border<br />
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This cushion looks beautiful with the white background. Still pristine. And it means I can enjoy seeing my work displayed.<br />
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I wish you lots of sewing time. I'm off to see the Malvern Spring Quilting Show tomorrow, with 2 friends. It's bound to be a great day out.<br />
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<br />Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-8607578762637316762013-05-01T18:02:00.000+01:002013-05-01T18:02:00.161+01:00Busy with life , and sewing...During the February half term holidays in Wiltshire, while there was no school for the girls, they kept me busy in the house and out. We had 2 bedrooms redecorated after some flooding from a bathroom upstairs, and they want new curtains, bedding, and pillows.<br />
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This week involved a trip to Ikea and Dunelm to buy new things.<br />
I made 2 cushion covers for DD, in her chosen favourite colour, this aqua blue, or is it Teal, Turquoise, so many names. She loves them.<br />
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My next mission in her bedroom will be new curtains, as well as for her little sister. But I can't make them until I have finished the quilt for DD2, and that's an ultimatum !<br />
Lots of work in perspective, but I love them.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-58158630068988737892013-04-29T17:54:00.000+01:002013-04-29T17:54:10.063+01:00A new bag for DD1I made her one last year but it's starting to look grubby, so she needs a new one and it might be bigger with a shorter handle as she would prefer that. Of course she puts too many books in it and it weighs a ton. <br />
The fabric is oil cloth (toile enduite) bought in Glasgow while we visited for 2 days with all the family.<br />
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I must precise that DD1 is in her last year at College and passing her A levels soon. It's the equivalent of the baccalaureate in France.<br />
Next year she will be at University somewhere too far. Could be Glasgow in Scotland, 6 hours drive from here.<br />
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I know I will miss her dearly, so I'll probably be making a few things for her to take away.<br />
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<br />Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1Swindon Swindon51.549895 -1.768244tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-50458370843069073812013-04-22T18:21:00.001+01:002013-06-09T09:17:29.068+01:00Fabric birthday cardThis card I am sending to Miriam, as part of our birthday card swap with BQLPC.<br />
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The sewing machine is felted, and the writing and embroidery were done by hand.<br />
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-21752432325382841282013-04-16T17:40:00.001+01:002013-06-09T09:18:36.196+01:00New book: Mon atelier couture, by Sylvie BlondeauI forgot to show you the book that inspired my last project. It's in French, sorry if that makes it difficult to understand for you, and offered different projects and fabric choices to what I am finding at the moment.<br />
I am tempted to try something else soon.<br />
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-36679885796807319792013-04-13T10:36:00.001+01:002013-04-13T17:27:55.987+01:00Knitting bag and needle holderMy title is very descriptive. I found this book in France during our Easter holidays, and wanted straight away to make a project. This is the result.<br />
The purple fabric is by Kokka, Japan. The pink inside is linen, and the rest is plain cotton.<br />
I added a pocket inside for all the bits and pieces. <br />
I like that the bag is big enough to hold a book and lots of wool, or, I suppose, all the parts of a jumper.<br />
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Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1Swindon Swindon51.549926 -1.768196tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-80172420091808227052013-01-30T11:39:00.000+00:002013-01-30T11:39:23.691+00:00Brithday fabric cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had 2 birthdays to celebrate in January, and they received this card below.<br />
It's all free motion quilting around the paper shape of the cup I drew. And then writing free motion as well.<br />
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This card with the cup full was my first attempt. The fabric was pulled by the stitching and is all wrinkly as a result. I need to work on this, so kept the card at home.<br />
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I am still working on my quilt from the Bonnie Hunter Mystery "Easy Street", slowly making progress.<br />
I am also preparing a little workshop for my quilting group, more to come later.<br />
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We had some snow for a week until last Saturday, so lots of things were cancelled, sewing included. England is never really ready for snow, roads get jammed, airports shut down, it's mayhem.<br />
We also have some builders, decorators and other tradesmen working to repair some water damage that happened in the house in July. It took that long for the insurance to authorise the repairs, and it was a minor leak, but with big impact. I can't imagine what it would be like to have some real flooding.<br />
It will be great when I can have the house for myself again, but then the girls want new curtains, cushions, etc...We will see.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-70888413340838920992013-01-13T17:01:00.000+00:002013-01-13T17:01:47.045+00:00Easy Street, progressI am still working on the mystery quilt called <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.co.uk/p/easy-street-mystery.html" target="_blank">Easy Street by Bonnie Hunter</a>. She continued to post clues over Christmas, and I knew that I couldn't keep up then. I was not in the same country as my sewing machine!<br />
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Since coming back for the New Year to England, I have worked steadily to try to catch up. It will happen eventually, because the mystery is not a secret any more. The last clue has showed us the end result, which makes it much easier to work on the quilt. I like to know what I'm doing.<br />
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So I am now working on clue 8, the last one but quite consequent as it involves making all the blocks 16 of one and 9 of the other, and then putting the quilt together....I have made 2 blocks, but I want to link up with Bonnie's blog and the deadline is tonight. At least I have made all the 4 corners and the 12 triangular blocks to set everything on point.<br />
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This is an arrangement not definitive to show the colours.<br />
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With extra corners ready.<br />
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There were some points when I thought I wouldn't have enough fabric in one colour-way but finally all my pieces were cut. It's just a question of assembling everything now.<br />
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I will hopefully be able to show you a finished top soon.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-51996894904515689052013-01-11T16:15:00.000+00:002013-01-11T16:15:00.554+00:00Mittens Pink and blue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have forgotten to post about these little mittens that I knitted. The wool was bought in a very nice shop in Devon, UK, in Bovey Tracey. The shop is called <a href="http://www.spinayarndevon.co.uk/" target="_blank">Spin A Yarn</a> and the staff is ever so helpful. I wish they were closer and I could visit often, take part in workshops and buy more wool. All the town is worth a visit for tourists with a river, art centre, and restaurants. There used to be a quilt shop, Serendipity, but it closed and was taken by new owners I believe, somewhere else in Devon. Too bad as they were very good.<br />
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So I made these mittens and I love them. I had more than enough for one pair, so started another one, and had to reorder just a little bit of wool. Maybe at some point I will make some more.<br />
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One pair has gone to my Mum for Christmas, the blue ones.<br />
They are very good when the weather is a bit cold, not for a blizzard, and you are going in and out of shops for example. You don't want to take your gloves off every 2 minutes, so mittens are perfect.<br />
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<br />Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-60562798887147917782013-01-09T16:05:00.000+00:002013-01-09T16:05:00.069+00:00Mug rug like Kate'sAs I was browsing on blogs, i happened on Kate North's and saw <a href="http://katesquilting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/cup-of-coffee.html" target="_blank">this with a cup</a>.<br />
I found it so nice and an evening I just drew it and made it using the technique of reverse paper applique.<br />
Mine is my own interpretation but there is a lot of resemblance.<br />
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It liberates me to think I could make another one easily, draw a design and go.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-63338951796184954632013-01-07T16:02:00.001+00:002013-01-07T16:02:29.631+00:00Some Christmas decorationsAs I am finally back home after a nice holiday in Paris to see the family, I can wish you all a Happy New Year for 2013, may it bring you what you wish for. To me it means a happy family, spending time with friends and a good health all around. 3 of my daughters have got exams coming up in 2013, so there will be a lot of revision and studying in the house.<br />
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I thought I should show you some of the new Christmas decorations we had on the tree this year. It was very special for us as last year, or rather in 2011, after moving house in December, we didn't have a tree. There were too many things to do, and we were away for Christmas anyway. But for 2012 we put up a Christmas tree and all the new decorations were special because they were made by friends or by myself.<br />
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This one was made by a lady from my knitting group, her name escapes me at the minute, but it is quite a big bauble, all hand knitted.<br />
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This beautiful robin was made by me following a <a href="http://gailpandesigns.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/11/aurifil-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">pattern</a> by <a href="http://gailpandesigns.typepad.com/my_weblog/" target="_blank">Gail Pan</a> for the Aurifil Christmas Ornament series, when we were given 12 designs to make over 4 weeks I believe. You might still be able to copy them from the website at Aurifil, or follow the post made by Gail Pan. I only made 2.<br />
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She explains very well how to make this ornament.<br />
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The second one I made was a pattern from Lizzie B found <a href="http://dreamlaughcreate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aurifil-ornament-hop.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This one is new, made by me this year in our quilting group, Golden Lion Quilters. There is a ball covered with fabric. You cut the foam with a knife slightly and push the fabric in. Hide everything with the ribbon. There was a bit of calculation first to draw the lines on the ball.<br />
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This was a present from Fiona who lives not far from me and Nicola who introduced her to me. They both love sewing, with a slight preference from them for hand work and embroidery.<br />
I love meeting for some afternoon sewing, they have so many ideas. They go to charity shops to buy outfits in nice fabrics and then give each other half a skirt or jacket, so funny. It is only if you love sewing and making things that you can imagine the pleasure of receiving half a woolen jacket, washed to felt it. Wonderful.<br />
Fiona made many ornaments like this one for Christmas for her friends and family. I believe she didn't sleep much sometimes. I feel privileged to have received one.<br />
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I suppose you could copy some links and keep them for next year, ready to be made for Christmas 2013.<br />
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Pascale.Pascalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278744410478339073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30871819.post-91163595126145191872012-12-20T16:23:00.000+00:002012-12-20T16:47:04.475+00:00Part 4 of the mystery quiltI am still keeping up with the clues given by Bonnie Hunter to make her mystery quilt called <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.co.uk/p/easy-street-mystery.html" target="_blank">Easy Street</a>. We are on week 4 and the pieces are starting to add up.<br />
I would like to do the extra cutting she gave us as well as I don't think that I will be able to do much in the next 10 days really.<br />
Here are some photos of the finished pieces, just put together to try to make a pattern <br />
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This week we made more flying geese with purple for the geese, and blue for the background. We then sewed them to purple and white geese made previously.<br />
I can only try to guess what the quilt will look like. Still no green has been used.<br />
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The "festivities" are kept simple and include a raffle, where we all get a piece of fabric, and we exchange a secret present. They are all put in a bag and we pick one.</div>
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This is what I made, and Yvonne picked it up, as well as a tin box for buttons.</div>
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I made a sewing roll and you can find the patttern here, on <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/bags-pillows/sewing-roll_1.html" target="_blank">All People Quilt's website</a>. The paper is on the left side of the photo.<br />
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I didn't have time to add the embroidery or the flowers in fabric. I kept the design simple.<br />
I was hoping to add some ribbon but found nothing suitable in my little stock.<br />
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There are 4 pockets, 3 small and one bigger, and I added a needle holder piece.<br />
You can see that the bigger pocket could easily be embellished.<br />
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And as its name indicates, you can roll it up to carry your sewing necessities.<br />
The pattern was so easy that I am considering making another one for myself, using different fabrics. We'll see.<br />
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