When Kerrie was visiting this week she saw our orange quilt and just loved it. I did point out all the faults in the quilting but she still wanted it. So I cut some binding of her choice and there was a lesson and experiment about machine sewing on the binding. It worked relatively well.
So this quilt has gone home with Kerrie and she has give our group a donation towards more supplies. It turns out that orange is Kerrie's favourite colour.
Thank you Kerrie.
For the last 2 days Kerrie and I have been playing upstairs in the cool of the air con when she came for a sleep over from the Blue Mountains. The temperature outside was in the high 30s so it seemed like the best plan.
We continued with my current project making some bunting to hang around the house now that I know such a quick method and the results it can give.
The process is so easy. First you tip all your strips and ribbons that are Christmassy onto the table. Then you cut a square of any fabric into squares of about 6.5" to 10". We found that any bigger is too big and any smaller is fiddly.
Next you attach an assortment of coloured ribbon (or fabric strips) diagonally onto the square of fabric.
Today Elaine came to play with some Christmas sewing. I found a great YouTube video on VERY EASY bunting so having tried it out I showed Elaine and we got a bit carried away. The bottom two strings below are done with this easy method. I even had a chance to add some little Christmas trees I'd made years ago.
We decided to attach some of my spare ribbon to some calico squares and noticed that the backs turned out as lovely chevrons. We did still more of these and are really pleased with the results.
Then I hit my doiley stash and experimented by cutting up a tiny tea cloth. I have still more of these to finish.
When we started dropping things and making mistakes we decided that was enough and came downstairs for coffee before Elaine went home.
So here are our achievements today...
Time I started to panic. I had an urge to make some Christmas bunting, not because I like it more than anything else but as a way to take some shortcuts with decorations both for myself and others.
I found lots of sites online encouraging detailed embroidery, using doileys, and using up scraps. So I decided to experiment with some ideas. These are the three options so far using just random scraps. There is also an idea to attach some of my decorations.
The first decision was the size - I just guessed at 10" high x 6.5" tops cut size.
The next decision was raw edge or turned inside out to hide the seams. Although the second idea appealed more it was really fiddly trying to turn through the point so I've abandoned that idea and gone for raw edge.
