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Quiltey Quips: Chenille Applique Baby Cot Quilt
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Tuesday, 12 February 2013. Chenille Applique Baby Cot Quilt. QAL – (Faux) Chenille. This is yet another application for Chenille –it makes a lovely outline for your appliqué. This is great for baby quilts as it creates a really tactile quilt which babies love to play on. Today we will work on making this cot quilt. What you need to start:. Fabric scraps to for your appliqué shapes. Larger fabric squares for your chenille strips (contrasting fabrics work best).
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Quiltey Quips: December 2012
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Friday, 28 December 2012. I want to introduce my self to the blogosphere. My name in Vanita and I am a quiltaholic! I love quilting, I can't stop thinking about it, I buy way more fabric that I need, I buy way more thread than I need and I dream about quilting almost all day! This blog is my way of keeping you up to date with what is going on in my quilting business "Vanita's Quilting Services". So here's to a long bloggy friendship. Yours in quilting,.
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Quiltey Quips: July 2013
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Wednesday, 31 July 2013. I have been making a few backpacks for my nieces for their birthdays, so I thought I'd share this as a tutorial with you all. Hope you have much success. Before we do this I just wanted to share with you how I join my scraps of batting. This is very useful when you are making these kinds of smaller projects. I am too stingy to buy batting tape! Well now for Elmo. What you will need:. 2 x 18" squares of RED fabric for the backpack. Fusible w...
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Quiltey Quips: September 2013
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Thursday, 19 September 2013. I recently made this wall hanging for a Quilt Challenge and I incorporated some 'bobbin work' to use metallic threads. I just love the way it turned out. This is an original design by moi and I wanted it to be distinctly modern in style. I think I achieved it - what do you think? And when adjusting the bobbin tension, you want to do this in small increments (like turning 5 minutes on a clock face! For your top thread, you should choose ...
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Quiltey Quips: January 2013
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Monday, 14 January 2013. Make your own Faux Chenille. I have always loved texture on my quilts, so recently I have been experimenting with making chenille cushions. So I thought, why not have a tutorial on this technique. I am doing this for a Quilt Along lesson with my Desi Quilters. Group, so I thought I'd share it here too. This is a tutorial about making your own Chenille. Making your own chenille is very simple. Detailed instructions to follow. This can be cot...
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Quiltey Quips: Elmo Backpack
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Wednesday, 31 July 2013. I have been making a few backpacks for my nieces for their birthdays, so I thought I'd share this as a tutorial with you all. Hope you have much success. Before we do this I just wanted to share with you how I join my scraps of batting. This is very useful when you are making these kinds of smaller projects. I am too stingy to buy batting tape! Well now for Elmo. What you will need:. 2 x 18" squares of RED fabric for the backpack. Fusible w...
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Quiltey Quips: February 2013
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Tuesday, 12 February 2013. Chenille Applique Baby Cot Quilt. QAL – (Faux) Chenille. This is yet another application for Chenille –it makes a lovely outline for your appliqué. This is great for baby quilts as it creates a really tactile quilt which babies love to play on. Today we will work on making this cot quilt. What you need to start:. Fabric scraps to for your appliqué shapes. Larger fabric squares for your chenille strips (contrasting fabrics work best).
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Quiltey Quips: Bobbin Work
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When life gives you scrap, make quilts! Thursday, 19 September 2013. I recently made this wall hanging for a Quilt Challenge and I incorporated some 'bobbin work' to use metallic threads. I just love the way it turned out. This is an original design by moi and I wanted it to be distinctly modern in style. I think I achieved it - what do you think? And when adjusting the bobbin tension, you want to do this in small increments (like turning 5 minutes on a clock face! For your top thread, you should choose ...