I love to sew, mainly quilts and bags. I am 66, married to Fred and have one son, Matthew, who is 27. I enjoy embroidery and applique and prefer to machine piece and quilt my projects. I love my vintage Singer sewing machines especially my Featherweight 222K. I’m enjoying treadling on my 201K Singer and I collect Miniature Sewing Machines and currently have three Essex , one Singer 20, one Singer 40, two Vulcan Miniatures and my latest, a Grain. My love of sewing I believe comes from my Grandmother - I still have the drawings she made for me to embroider on tea towels many many years ago!
Showing posts with label Mini I Spy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mini I Spy. Show all posts

Monday, 11 November 2013

I SPY………..

All machine binding, triangle label - quick and easy! 
I used a 5" charm pack and included two of each block
As usual, I have included some little books plus a little teddy!
This photo was taken outside.  The little quilt was just out of the dryer!
This idea of a "mini I Spy" is not my original idea!   It comes from here.  The cute thing about these little mini quilts is that they can be used as dolly quilts eventually!

This little parcel will be mailed tomorrow.

Happy Sewing!!
Cheers from Helen
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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

SEWING ON WEDNESDAY

Working on my improvised cutting/pinning "kitchen bench" table, pinning a mini I Spy for Maisy. Maisy often visits us, which usually involves a plane trip so I thought a mini quilt to keep her entertained was just the thing. I had just the right size piece of wadding (I measure the odd pieces of wadding so it makes it quick and easy to find what I need) plus there was a piece of fairy fabric in the stash which was perfect for the backing. Now to get it quilted - will do diagonal - easy when the quilt is longer than it is wide - starting in top left corner and keep turning clockwise. Then start in opposite corner and repeat the process. This top is 6 blocks wide by 7 blocks long. I use blue painters tape to mark the quilting lines.