Happy New Year... I can’t believe that we are finally in 2013. We have had a really chilled over the Christmas and New Year period, here at Willowbeck House. January has kind of snuck up on us. I have been longing to do a bit of sewing, so last Thursday I got up before the family and did an hour of sewing. I made my hipBee blocks for Collette. They are a simple Disappearing 9 Patch block. I have not made this block before so it was a first for me. The blocks went together really quickly and look nice in Collette’s Field Study. The quilt will look lovely when all the blocks are put together.
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| D9P for Collette |
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| D9P for Collette |
Yesterday, despite (or because) the house was full of boys, I moved my sewing machine downstairs and set up camp in the dining room. I wanted to make a start on this bag. I bought the pattern when it was on offer in the Black Friday sales and I have been itching to get started. I wanted to make this bag in yellow & black but I didn’t have a ‘feature’ print to build the patchwork around. Before Christmas we had a day out in Cambridge, and in a curtain fabric shop, I found the print that I knew would fit into my colour scheme so I bought a 1/4m and have managed to get some complete birds in the yardage.
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| Perfect quilted tote - a WIP |
I thought that this would be a time consuming bag to construct as you have to quilt over each piece of fabric at 1/4” intervals. In fact the opposite is true, and it is going together really quickly.
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| Quilting detail |
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| The tedious bit - going up and down... |
I have nearly a complete free day ahead of me so whilst the boys are revising, (if I ever get them tipped out of their beds) I am going sewing!
Di x
Happy new year! Your bag is looking lovely, beautiful fabrics x
ReplyDeleteYour bag looks lovely already. Love the bird print.
ReplyDeleteThe new bag looks fab, and have a great day sewing! : )
ReplyDeleteOoooo this looks like the start of a fabulous bag. Enjoy your day of sewing (funny how much I've missed sewing over the Christmas holidays) x
ReplyDeleteLove the fabrics you have chosen for the bag. QAYG is so satisfying I think!
ReplyDeleteYour bag is going to be stunning! I love the birds.
ReplyDeleteLove love the look of that bag Di, the blocks are interesting. It's my turn for block of the month and I don't know where to start!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks for Collette are great. I love seeing your bag in progress. Your colour combo is going to be lovely and the birds will make nice feature fabrics. Keep at the good stuff! Hope you had a fun day sewing and that the boys surfaced for their revision.
ReplyDeleteDisappearing 9 is a very dear old favourite of mine, being the first patchwork I ever stitched. I still can't believe that for my first quilted item I chose a king size quilt :doofus:
ReplyDeleteYour bag is going to be amazing.
Bag fabric choice is lovely! I love the D9P as a block. It's so simple but once you put them in a quilt it looks like you've spent ages on each block to get the pattern!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it good to get back to sewing?
ReplyDeleteLove your fabrics! Quilt as you go gives a wonderful structure and sturdiness to bags! This is going to be fab! Lovely blocks for C too! jxo
ReplyDeleteDi this is such a lovely bag idea! Love the birdie! X
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