tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61112047023997214702024-03-13T20:33:15.588+13:00BKraftyCome join me on my crafting journeyBronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-80889490611764629692013-12-17T20:00:00.000+13:002013-12-17T20:00:06.267+13:00On learning from our mistakesI've been sewing for thirty odd years and I'm sure you'll believe me when I say I've made plenty of mistakes. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes, right? But there are a couple of mistakes that I just never seem to learn from, no matter how often I make them.<br />
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Another thing I have yet to to learn, it seems, is that it is a whole lot easier to unpick one row if stitching than a seam that has been stitched, overcast and top stitched. So it is better to check that everything is going as it should before doing all that stitching. Since I haven't yet learnt this, I spent half the day unpicking nearly all the sewing that I did on my last day off. <br />
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I've been working on a tiered skirt for Miss Missy. I'm making it up as I go along. Last week, I actually had it almost finished, I just had to do the hem and the waist band. But the more I looked at it, the more I thought that I'd gotten the proportions wrong. Not only had I skimped on the fabric for the second tier, so it was barely gathered, but I'd made it too long too. I spent half the week telling myself that it didn't look that bad, and the other half of the week trying to figure out away to fix it without unpicking everything. </div>
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In the end, I bought a little bit more fabric (actually, that's another lesson, I don't seem to have learnt yet) unpicked the whole thing, and I'm much happier with the way it looks now.<br />
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It's going to be one of Miss Missy's presents, so I'll share a photo of it after Christmas, when I can get her to model it.<br />
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Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-16720358919873966992013-07-02T21:02:00.000+12:002013-07-02T21:02:01.849+12:00A Quilt for the Young Lad ~ Part 2You can read Part 1 <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/quilt-for-young-lad-part-1.html">here</a> (yes, I know it's been a long time...I've been busy, OK?)<br />
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One of the things I love about quilting is the serendipitous way that things just seem to work out right, as if the fabric has it's own plans, and it knows better than me how my quilt should look. I've always been quite a planner - you know, the kind of person who NEVER does the groceries without a list, and who will add things to a "To Do" list AFTER they've been done just for the pleasure of ticking them off. You know the type, right? Well, I like to plan my quilts too. But, while I'm working things don't always go to plan...at the time, this usually causes me more than a little frustration, but in the end it usually works out better than I had imagined.<br />
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So, over the last few days I've been working on the Young Lad's quilt again. If you have actually been following this much neglected blog, you will know that it's going to be a Four Seasons quilt; this is how it has looked for the past year and a half since I last blogged about it:<br />
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I'll forgive you for thinking it doesn't look like much of anything, and for wondering what I'be been doing all this time. The thing is, after I happily cut, carefully placed, and busily sewed all those pieces, I was admiring my handiwork, and suddenly realised that I had placed the pieces with the seasons going in the wrong direction! I'd meant for them to go anticlockwise, not clockwise! Now I would have to flip all my applique designs, or they would all be going in the wrong direction too!! How could I have been so careless?<br />
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And my enthusiasm for the quilt flagged a little. Which may have something to do with why it has been so long since I worked on it (has it REALLY been year and a half ?!) Also, in between times, I made the Young Lad a quiet book and <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/the-stockings-were-hung-by-chimney-with.html">a Christmas stocking</a>, made this quilt:<br />
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Anyway, back to the quilt. The other day, I was fiddling round with my bit of pieced sky and planning all the applique that was to go round it, and I suddenly realised that I'd been going about my design all wrong. The Four Seasons trees I had planned to have on the sides actually needed to be in the corners, which meant that the applique designs wouldn't have to be flipped at all. Now, instead of an applique border all the way round, which I didn't have enough designs to fill anyway, the corners will have a pieced background representing each of the seasons. I have now cut and pieced three of these blocks, and I am really happy with the way it is all coming together. So here is<br />
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Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-26685107979271341962013-02-12T20:21:00.002+13:002013-02-15T17:02:30.655+13:00Our Mosaic Pathway ~ Work in Progress ~ Part TwoWe just finished off another section of our mosaic pathway, so I thought it was time for another update. We had to take a bit of a break from it over the winter, although Mr K has added a few sections since I <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/our-mosaic-pathway-work-in-progress.html" target="_blank">last blogged about it.</a><br />
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Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-40614925965978854352013-02-04T07:00:00.000+13:002013-02-04T07:00:05.053+13:00Quilting Tutorial 4 ~ Quilt backing from narrow fabricHave you ever noticed that your finished quilt tops tend to be just that much wider than the backing fabric you want to buy? When I first started quilting, I would have bought twice the length I needed so that I could add that narrow strip to make the backing wide enough. But what do you know, you don't need to! <br />
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Slide one piece down until you have the width you need (remember to allow for the width of the seam), then stitch and press the seam open.</div>
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And there you have it! A backing wide enough for your quilt from a fraction of the fabric! </div>
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The finished width of my backing piece is about 118 cm, which is admittedly about the barest minimum, and I couldn't make it any wider or it would have been too short. I perhaps could have done with a smidgen more fabric, but it worked out OK in the end. There's probably some formula for working out how much fabric you actually need to make this work...but I'm not that mathematically minded! </div>
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Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-32828322062667254332013-01-28T20:49:00.000+13:002013-01-28T20:49:01.555+13:00Puppy CakeWe've had a busy weekend here in the BK house. It was Miss Missy's birthday (10. Double figures! My how the time flies!) on Thursday, so we had a party on Saturday and I made a puppy cake. <br />
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As usual, my plans got more elaborate the more I thought about it, and they did have to get scaled back a bit when I ran out of time and energy (and also realised that some of my plans simply wouldn't fit!) but I'm very happy with the final result!<br />
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I've made a few cakes now with fondant figures, and it's lots of fun making them! The shop I had been buying my supplies from has closed down, so I ended up using Pettinice icing which you can buy at supermarkets. I was a little nervous about using this, as my first ever attempt at cake decorating had been with that brand of fondant, and it was a complete disaster!! I now realise that it was the food colouring that was at fault, not the icing. Word to the wise: don't try to colour fondant with ordinary old food colouring! It simply will not work. You have to use gel icing colours.<br />
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I based the puppies loosely on a design from <a href="http://www.debbiebrownscakes.co.uk/easy-party-cakes-p-40.html" target="_blank">this book by Debbie Brown</a>. The instructions were really good and easy to follow, even though I didn't really follow them exactly!<br />
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The flowers are cut with a plunge cutter, which is a real cinch, but I didn't want to spend all the time rolling individual centres for each flower like I did last time I made icing flowers. I had a great idea which made the process so much quicker and easier! I cut the centres with the end of a round piping tip and then used a skewer to pop them out and into place in one step. It worked a treat! </div>
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Miss Missy said the dogs were "epic" ~ high praise from a tweenie!!</div>
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A while ago I shared s couple of tutorials on <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/quilting-tutorial-1-rotary-cutting.html" target="_blank">cutting</a> and <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/quilting-tutorial-2-chain-piecing.html" target="_blank">piecing</a> patchwork quilts. Today I'm going to carry on with some tips on adding borders to your quilt.</div>
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A quilt border is a bit like a frame for a painting. It makes your quilt look finished, and can add emphasis and definition to your design. There are three basic styles of quilt borders (not including pieced borders which can be in as many different designs as quilts themselves).</div>
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The simplest border is made by adding long strips to all four sides, like this:</div>
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This method is trickier than the others, but it looks great, especially if the fabric you have chosen is striped.<br />
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First, cut your border pieces. They need to be a little longer than the width of your quilt top plus twice the width of your border. <br />
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<b>Do not</b> remove the masking tape. Remove the pins, and pull the quilt top away so you don't accidentally catch it in the seam. Open out the creased border piece so that you can stitch the seam (the masking tape will now be folded in its place between the two pieces of fabric). Beginning at the intersection between the crease and the seam line of the long edge of the border piece, stitch the border pieces together along the crease. Try to keep the stitching exactly on the crease to avoid stitching in the masking tape, but don't worry if you catch it in a little. Remove the masking tape (if you've accidentally stitched it, you should be able to pull it away easily because it will have been perforated, just make sure you get it all out, you may need to pull some out from the wrong side). Press seam.</div>
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Now join the border pieces to the quilt at the corners. First you will join border piece 1 to the quilt, stitching from point A to point B, then you will join border piece 2 to the quilt stitching from point B to point C. I hope this picture helps to make that clear. (Clear as mud?)</div>
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Matching raw edges, stitch the remainder of the border/quilt seam to the corner of the quilt (stitching piece 1 from A to B). Stop stitching right at the point where the corner border seam starts (point B). This will line up with the corner seam-line of your quilt.</div>
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I started this quilt project a while ago (OK, it was over a year ago. Ahem, make that nearly two years!) and because the fabric I chose for the borders has a directional design, I knew I wanted to mitre the corners. I think mitred corners look much classier, especially when the border fabric is striped. But I never worked out how wide my quilt was going to be and checked that I would actually have enough fabric! Once I finished piecing the top, I realised that the fabric wasn't actually wide enough to do it. I didn't have any of that extra length that I told you you needed right at the start. You may have noticed in the photographs that my corner seams stopped a little short. The quilt sat in my sewing room for months while I debated with myself how I was going to finish it off. Should I mitre the corners but cut narrower borders so it would fit, cutting off some of that beautiful design? Put a square in each corner instead of mitring them? Or add a tiny bit of fabric to each corner? But if I did that, what fabric would I use? I didn't have anything that matched! Oh, what a dilemma!!<br />
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I just wish I'd figured it out sooner, so that Grand-baby number two got it in time for her arrival, not at 1-and-a-half! (Heck, I haven't even finished it yet, let's hope she gets it before her second birthday!!)<br />
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Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-54841943799616431042013-01-14T19:00:00.000+13:002013-01-14T19:00:02.149+13:00The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...It's been ages since I posted (I hope none of you were holding your breath!) but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy crafting! In fact, I've managed to get quite a lot done on several projects, not to mention writing numerous assignments for my diploma, and starting a new job. Phew! I <i>have</i> been busy.<br />
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The first project I finished was a Christmas stocking for the Young Lad. I started this before last Christmas, but didn't get it finished, partly because I wasn't quite happy with the embellishments that I had bought. I am pleased to say that it was finished in plenty of time for Santa to fill it up!<br />
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First of all, I wasn't happy with the star that I bought last year, because the only one I could find that looked remotely like what I had in mind had a loop for stitching at the top, and it was a little small for my tree. Then one day I was at one of <a href="http://www.handscraftstore.com/" target="_blank">my favourite craft shops</a>, looking for something entirely different, and I found these lovely star buttons. I couldn't make up my mind whether to buy the natural wood one, which was just the right size, or the gold one, which was a little small, but shiny, which a Christmas star really <i>ought</i> to be...<br />
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The other thing I wasn't happy with was the decorations for the tree that I found while we were on holiday, at <a href="http://www.apatchofcountrykaikoura.com/store/" target="_blank">another great craft shop</a>. Although they were very cute, I didn't like the way the shank on the back of the snowflakes and gingerbread-men made them sit.</div>
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I then checked that I could fit a needle through the hole, and there were my gingerbread-men, ready to go. I didn't need to make holes in the snowflakes, as the snowflake design had holes in it anyway which I could easily use to stitch them on.</div>
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And there you have it. The Young Lad was very happy with it, and he asked Santa to put a rubbish truck, Superman, and some chocolate in it!</div>
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So it seems like everyone but everyone is talking about Fifty Shades of Grey lately! So I thought I would jump on the band wagon, and put together 50 shades of grey of my own...<br />
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A little collection of shades of grey, just for fun<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, I couldn't actually do 50, since Etsy Treasuries only have 16 items, but I had fun, and I have to say, I think I found some really lovely things, and gained a new appreciation for the colour grey ^_^</span></div>Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-6564124908979821182012-07-14T16:30:00.000+12:002013-01-17T16:02:11.042+13:00Beginner Sewing Project ~ Cellphone CaseWe bought Miss Missy her own cell phone recently, and she wanted to make a case for it. We had fun working on it together, and when we finished, I thought, wouldn't it be cool to share how we made it?<br />
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This is a really simple project, perfect <span style="background-color: white;">for </span><span style="background-color: white;">kids</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">or</span><span style="background-color: white;"> beginner sewers. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I've made a pattern which is available <a href="https://acrobat.com/#d=QPGgnerN9kRUDgyKbaWFbQ" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I can't put together a step-by-step photo tutorial for you because I didn't think of it till we'd already finished making it ^_^ but I did take a few photos to show how it goes together, and I think it should be easy enough to follow.</span><br />
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All you will need is a pretty button and some scraps of fleece (we used scraps left over from the last batch of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=275580709130504&set=a.204293059592603.51601.204267399595169&type=3&theater" target="_blank">Blankie Babies</a> I made). You will also need the usual sewing supplies of scissors, pins, a needle, thread, and a sewing machine.<br />
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Using the pattern pieces provided, cut out the back and flap piece from one colour of fleece.<br />
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Cut the front from another colour of fleece. We decided to use two colours of thread, so that the stitching would contrast with the fleece - pink with the purple and purple with the pink.<br />
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Pin the front piece to the back and flap piece with the <b>wrong</b> sides together and the curved edges even. Stitch together as shown. Use a pin to mark the position of the button hole and button, then put the cellphone inside to check the fit (Mr K's fitted fine, as did Miss Missy's of course, but I would have moved the button a bit if I'd made one for my phone). Move the markings if needed. Make a buttonhole in the flap, and stitch button to the front.<br />
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A lovely cellphone case!</div>
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Blankie Babies are available for sale at <a href="http://felt.co.nz/shop/bkcrafts" target="_blank">my Felt shop</a></div>
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To make Bronwen's Super-duper Jean Patches you will need:<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">a bit of fusible interfacing </span></li>
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One of the fabrics I chose is a beautiful hand-stamped piece, made specially for me by the talented Nicola of <a href="http://coulterandcoulter.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Coulter and Coulter</a>. My plan for that fabric is to make a couple of log cabin patchwork cushions for my sewing room...but I need more fabric before I can start that project, and I figured I could spare one motif to make a patch. I decided to use the light blue, perhaps I'll use the dark blue for the next patch (the other leg is getting a bit thin already)</div>
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I like to turn under the edges of my patches as this gives a neat tidy finish, and ensures that the fabric doesn't pull away from the stitching with wear. Next, cut a piece of interfacing a little smaller than your square. F<span style="background-color: white;">use in place, u</span><span style="background-color: white;">sing the interfacing to hold the folded edges in place. I use the interfacing not only </span><span style="background-color: white;">to hold the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> edges, but also to </span><span style="background-color: white;">strengthen</span><span style="background-color: white;"> the fabric, as quilting fabric isn't as robust as denim.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now place the patches over the hole, arrange in a pleasing way, and pin in place. I am patching just one hole with my two patches, but I prefer the look of a few patches to just one lonely old patch. Somehow having more than one patch takes it from repair to fashion statement. Remember that the pins, and your stitching too, will just go through one layer of your jeans...you don't want to inadvertently stitch the leg of your jeans together!</span></div>
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If your sewing machine has a free arm option, now it the time to use it. Set the machine to zig-zag, and starting with the bottom patch, stitch all the way around both patches, taking care at the corner to have your needle on the right-hand side of the zig-zag before you turn your work. <span style="background-color: white;">This makes the corner look neat and tidy.</span></div>
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This step can be a bit awkward, because you have so many corners to go round, and the leg of the jeans can get sort of tangled up round the sewing machine, but that's why we tacked the patches in place. Just make sure that the seam you are working on is smooth, and don't worry too much about the rest of it. If your patches are anywhere near the front pocket, remember to move the pocket lining out of the way, you don't want to inadvertently stitch your pocket closed any more than you want to stitch your leg shut! >_<</div>
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Perhaps this is the first time you have visited my blog, or perhaps you are already a regular visitor, either way, I wonder if you know that I have a shop where I sell some of my crafty creations? I've decided to try and put together a wee showcase of some of the things I have for sale. <br />
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Thanks for visiting my blog, I do hope you come back soon. ^_^<br />
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/3790/Little-Red-Riding-Hood-costume-set-by-Purple-Dress-Up-Box" title="Little Red Riding Hood costume set by Purple Dress-Up Box"><img alt="Little Red Riding Hood costume set by Purple Dress-Up Box" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i4463/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Little Red Riding Hood costume set by Purple Dress-Up Box" width="132" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/shop/bkcrafts" style="color: #a7a5a7; text-decoration: none;">bkcrafts</a></div>
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$35.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/103680/Cars-on-the-go-Toy-Wallet" title="Cars-on-the-go Toy Wallet"><img alt="Cars-on-the-go Toy Wallet" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i160168/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Cars-on-the-go Toy Wallet" width="132" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/shop/bkcrafts" style="color: #a7a5a7; text-decoration: none;">bkcrafts</a></div>
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$25.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/55859/Delft-Blauw-Tie-side-Pinny" title="Delft Blauw Tie-side Pinny"><img alt="Delft Blauw Tie-side Pinny" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i85663/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Delft Blauw Tie-side Pinny" width="132" /></a></div>
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$55.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/70238/Car-car-Tee---Blue" title="Car-car Tee - Blue"><img alt="Car-car Tee - Blue" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i108763/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Car-car Tee - Blue" width="132" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/shop/bkcrafts" style="color: #a7a5a7; text-decoration: none;">bkcrafts</a></div>
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$25.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/48960/Keystone---Shoot-for-the-Moon" title="Keystone - Shoot for the Moon"><img alt="Keystone - Shoot for the Moon" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i73845/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Keystone - Shoot for the Moon" width="132" /></a></div>
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$22.50</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/66381/Twirly-top-Hat---Pink" title="Twirly-top Hat - Pink"><img alt="Twirly-top Hat - Pink" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i102796/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Twirly-top Hat - Pink" width="132" /></a></div>
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$19.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/68903/Quite-Contrary---Pink-Tie-side-Pinny-" title="Quite Contrary - Pink Tie-side Pinny "><img alt="Quite Contrary - Pink Tie-side Pinny " height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i106806/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Quite Contrary - Pink Tie-side Pinny " width="132" /></a></div>
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$55.00</div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/listing/104232/Blankie-Baby---Pastel-Pink" title="Blankie Baby - Pastel Pink"><img alt="Blankie Baby - Pastel Pink" height="108" src="http://felt.co.nz/user-images/itemuploads/u1258/i161395/t.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #ECEBEC; margin: 0; padding: 0;" title="Blankie Baby - Pastel Pink" width="132" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://felt.co.nz/shop/bkcrafts" style="color: #a7a5a7; text-decoration: none;">bkcrafts</a></div>
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$19.00</div>
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<!-- End felt showcase -->Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-30797905373295781472012-06-25T07:30:00.000+12:002012-06-25T07:30:00.463+12:00Our Mosaic Pathway ~ Work in Progress ~ Part OneMany years ago, when I was on my Big OE, I stumbled upon an antiques and junk shop somewhere in California (I can't now remember exactly where I was) that had absolutely stunning pathways, all made of broken china mosaics. I absolutely loved them, and wanted to make one of my own. Years later, when I had a house that needed new pathways, I set to work on my first little bit of mosaic path.<br />
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For this mosaic, I used coins that I collected from my travels, and some old New Zealand coinage, as well as broken china, off-cuts from our kitchen tiles, and stones from our stone pit which was swallowed up by extensions to our house.<br />
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The path has grown slowly over the years. This little section is outside my sewing room window, so I wanted to do something that would look a bit like a quilt. It's a bit rough in places :)</div>
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It's a family project...Mr K and Miss Missy have also made their own bits.</div>
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A lot of our inspiration has come from the mosaic garden at <a href="http://www.thegiantshouse.co.nz/default.asp?page=home" target="_blank">The Giants House</a> in Akaroa.</div>
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<br />Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-91920314977058715832012-05-28T20:31:00.000+12:002012-05-28T20:31:22.239+12:00Mighty oaks and baby acornsOn Saturdays, Miss Missy goes to horse riding, and while she is having her lesson, I take the Young Lad to the park up the road so he can play in the playground. Last weekend we noticed lots of acorns on the ground. He was quite fascinated by them, with lots of exclamations of "What's that, Mum? What's that?!" <br />
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He gathered up handfuls of them, some with caps, some without. I used to love collecting acorns when I was small, and helicopters (sycamore ones, that is) and conkers. Especially conkers: I loved the beautiful, swirly, shiny patterns they have.<br />
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While we were admiring all the acorns, I had a sudden idea: how cute would a knitted acorn cap be for a little baby? I haven't made up my own knitting patterns for years, although I used to when I was making dolly clothes, but I really think I should give it a go.<br />
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What do you think? Cute, no?Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-28400067477071662052012-05-14T20:54:00.001+12:002012-05-14T20:54:58.064+12:00Apple Crumble...from tree to table<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our apple tree has been loaded with fruit again, and Mr K has been busy bottling.</div>
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With only a few fruit left on the tree, I thought I'd better get in quick and make an apple crumble!</div>
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When we were kids we used to drop the peel and see if it would make a letter, and that would be the first initial of the person you would marry when you grew up :)</div>
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All sliced up and in the dish.</div>
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Crumble topping made with sugar and spice and all things nice.</div>
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...then eat and enjoy! Mmmm-mmm! </div>
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And the best part is, left-overs for breakfast, yum!</div>
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When I was small, my Mum planted a Lord Wolseley apple tree. It was years before it had any apples on it. In fact, the first year that it did was the year we moved house. I picked some, and made a delicious apple crumble...it was so good that while the house stood empty, I rode my bike back to the house specially to pick apples to make more apple crumble. And now I've planted a Lord Wolseley in my garden, and it's always loaded with delicious apples. The crumble recipe I use is by <a href="http://www.holst.co.nz/Home" target="_blank">Alison Holst</a> from her book <a href="http://www.aabooks.co.nz/store/cooking-&-drink-celebrity-chefs-meals-without-meat-vegetarian-recipes-simon-alison-holst-p-397.html" target="_blank">Meals Without Meat</a>.</div>Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-68671754186702152042012-04-10T07:00:00.000+12:002012-04-10T07:00:02.800+12:00Old blue jeansDo you have a favourite pair of jeans? Jeans that are just so comfortable, and you feel great when you're wearing them? But what do you do when those jeans get a hole in the knee? People do all sorts of <a href="http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/bluejeansartscraftsideasprojectskids.html" target="_blank">different things</a> with old jeans! Some people turn their old jeans into <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=gcumqop3dmsuabmjbbihgob797&topic=211611.0" target="_blank">bags</a> or <a href="http://www.michelemademe.com/2010/08/series-2-part-3-and-then-there-were.html" target="_blank">pencil cases</a>, and even <a href="http://www.etsy.com/search?includes%5B0%5D=tags&q=blue+jean+quilt&page=3" target="_blank">quilts</a>! Who remembers the amazing <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580175/project-runway-recap-episode-nine.jhtml" target="_blank">episode of Project Runway when the contestants had to make outfits out of jeans</a>?<br />
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If any of you are regular readers, you may have noticed that I haven't been posting quite as often, and perhaps you've wondered why. Well, I'm studying full time to be a librarian, and it is taking up quite a bit of my time, so I haven't had as many opportunities for crafting or blogging.<br />
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As you can imagine, there's an awful lot of reading involved, and I get the fidgets...so the other day, it suddenly occurred to me that I could knit while I study! What a brain wave! Last week, I knitted 3 baby hats! That's more than I would normally knit in a <b>month</b> when I <b>wasn't</b> studying. In fact, I knitted so many hats, that I thought I'd better think of something else to knit...<br />
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Now, let me tell you a little bit about these teddies. I first knitted some of these way back in my primary school days, when I was, probably about 9 or 10, I think. One of the girls in my class told me the pattern. I even made little outfits, and bibs and nappies for my two teddies. <br />
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Then the other girls in the class wanted teddies too, so I started knitting teddies for anyone who wanted them...the deal was, they had to provide the wool, and pay me 50c per teddy! Big business! Then when I was in my teens, my step mum had a market stall, and she suggested I could try selling something at her stall, so again I knitted teddies. They didn't all sell though, and I ended up with a sack of little teddies in need of good homes. Some years later, when I joined my craft co-op, I sold every last one of those teddies...and then I didn't bother making more, I was too busy with painting and quilting and other things. But now that I've discovered how neatly reading and knitting goes together I'm knitting teddies again! Also, it is a fantastic way to use up little bits of wool that are too small for just about anything else.<br />
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So then I thought I'll bet there are people out there in the blogosphere who would just love to knit teddies too, so here is how you do it...<br />
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...and tie in a bow. If you don't knot it first, it will sit the right way round. If your teddy will be played with, you might want to stitch this in place. If it is just going to be for decoration, you wont need to worry about this. Using your embroidery thread, make a few stitches for eyes, you can hide the knots of your thread at the back under the wool round teddies neck.</div>
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And there you have it! Cute knitted teddies! I've made a whole family already ^_^</div>
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<br />Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-3862027596619831482012-03-10T10:14:00.002+13:002012-03-10T10:14:32.676+13:00Beautiful StitchesNo tutorial today, but I will get onto that applique pattern tutorial soon, I promise.<br />
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I went to the library yesterday so that I could pick up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Metric-Pattern-Cutting-Childrens-Babywear/dp/140518292X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" target="_blank">this book</a> that I had requested, on<b> interloan</b>, no less. I'm hoping that I will be able to get an idea of how to grade some of my patterns simply...lets hope it works! So far, I'm not sure if I'll be able to understand it, never having done a single class in pattern drafting. I've heard good things about it. I've only got the book for three weeks, sadly. I'm hoping that I will have time to study it enough to have a go with at least one pattern. It cost me $7 to get it on interloan, I tried to get it from the public library, but sadly it was one of those books stuck in a box in a container somewhere, from one of the libraries that are still shut after the earthquake. Ah well, luckily I don't have anything worse to complain about. <br />
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Anyhoo, while I was at the library, I remembered that there was an embroidery exhibition on, and just managed to keep the Young Lad interested enough to let me have a quick look...Miss Missy thought it was boring, and ran off to get herself some books. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/sets/72157629520453453/" target="_blank">Here are some photos</a> of this spectacular stitchery (of course, I didn't have a camera with me, so couldn't take any of my own). The little flowers in white squares (5th photo) is a detail of an entire cushion, it was truly stunning, such tiny stitches. <br />
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Also on the topic of embroidery, I have a little project waiting to be started that involves hand embroidering letters, and I found this fantastic <a href="http://www.needlenthread.com/2009/12/hand-embroidery-lettering-and-text-15.html" target="_blank">tutorial series</a>. This is the final installment, there are 15 tutorials in all, so lots of wonderful ideas if you've even wondered how to go about it.<br />
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Happy Crafting! ^_^Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-79247678536374103212012-03-02T21:28:00.000+13:002012-06-20T19:07:58.995+12:00Tutorial ~ Even Simpler Machine AppliqueIt typical fashion, I've done things backwards. ^_^<br />
The other day, I put together a tutorial on machine applique, and while I was working on it, I thought to myself "You should have done a simple motif applique tutorial first" But since I'd already taken the pictures and started working on <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/tutorial-simple-machine-applique-using.html" target="_blank">that</a></span> tutorial, I figured I might as well finish and post it first, which leads us to <span style="font-size: large;">this</span> tutorial, even though, logically they should have been the other way around. And I'm also thinking that in the interests of completeness, I should also do a tutorial on making applique patterns...which will end up being third, but should have been second...I always do seem to go about things in a somewhat circuitous route!<br />
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Anyway, without further ado, lets get on with it!<br />
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Last time I showed you how to do applique using a stencil or pattern to create your applique shape. This time, we won't bother with that, we will simply find a nice motif and applique that. Even simpler!<br />
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You will need fabric with a fairly big motif on it. I love these cute dinosaurs, so I'm going to make a T-shirt for the Young Lad.<br />
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Ahh, that looks better! Now, just use your iron to fuse the motif in place, remembering to clean your iron before you do, just in case any adhesive got on it (you did read that other applique tutorial, right? So you already know about cleaning your iron. No?? Well, you can have a quick <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/tutorial-simple-machine-applique-using.html" target="_blank">read</a> now ^_^) </div>
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Here's a tip for the benefit of any absolute beginner sewers out there. When you are sewing round your shape, the only thing you need to worry about is curves and corners. The thing you want to remember is that you want your stitching to cover up your fabric, not leave gaps, so just make sure that when you go round the corners and curves, you've got your needle on the correct side of your zig-zag. I've made a couple of diagrams to show what I mean. The black dot shows the needle position, and the yellow arrow shows where the stitch will go when you turn the fabric.<br />
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Using vliesofix makes applique very quick and easy to do, and it looks great for things like T-shirts, bags, or jackets. I personally don't like to use it when I am quilting, but you certainly can. For kids quilts that have a more fun, funky look, it would work just fine. I guess I just tend to go for a more traditional looking quilt, so I prefer hand applique for that.<br />
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What the heck is vliesofix? I hear you ask. It is a fusable web that comes on a backing paper. You use your iron to fuse the vliesofix to your fabric, and basically turn the fabric into a sticker.<br />
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A T-shirt (or something else to applique onto), fabric, a shape to draw around (ok, maybe I should also do a tutorial on how to make applique pattern stencils, would anyone be interested?), vliesofix (or another type of fusible webbing), a pencil, sharp scissors (but not your best fabric scissors, as you'll be cutting the backing paper of the vliesofix), and an iron (and the ironing board, but that didn't fit in the picture ^_^ )</div>
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First draw your shapes onto the backing paper (the smooth side) of the vliesofix. I've got just one wheel pattern, but of course, I will draw two wheels. If your shape is <b>directional, </b>you will need to turn it over to trace round it, so that it will end up the right way round, as you will be fusing it to the <b>wrong</b> side of your fabric. This is particularly important with <span style="font-size: large;"><b>letters</b></span>!</div>
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Place this on the <b>wrong</b> side of your fabric, with the backing paper up, and use your iron to fuse it to the fabric. If your fabric has a directional design, do make sure that you have it the right way round! You can see through the vliesofix, so do check what will be in your shape once you cut it out...it would be a shame to find that you've cut off your favourite part of the motif, say, or all the heads, if it's a fabric with characters on it!</div>
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And there you have it! A beautiful applique tee!</div>
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(Yes, I know it's a different colour... I already made that one, so I couldn't photograph the process, but I just had to share this picture of the Young Lad in his Car-car Tee)</div>
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I just couldn't decide what to giveaway, so I am going to let the winner choose! Just comment here on the blog and tell me which of these handmade treasures you would like to win, and you will be in the draw!</div>
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Would you like this beautiful Keystone?</div>
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I just love this scene of Lake Forsyth in Autumn.</div>
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Keystones come packaged in a handmade pouch.</div>
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100% cotton tee (made in Mexico) and appliqued by yours truly.</div>
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Currently available in size 2, 3, or 4, so you can even choose which size you would like.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">First, a word about seam allowances. When you are piecing patchwork blocks, always use a 1/4" seam. Some quilters buy a special 1/4" foot for this, but you probably don't need one to sew perfectly good 1/4" seams. </span><span style="text-align: left;">If you haven't done 1/4" seams before, it is a good idea to do a test first on some scrap fabric. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Simply move your needle to either the half-right or right position, and, with your raw edges in line with the edge of the foot, do a little test seam. Measure this seam. You hopefully will find that by moving your needle, your machine will be able to sew 1/4" seams without a special foot. It is much easier to keep your fabric in line with the foot and move the needle, than to line up the edge of your fabric with an imaginary line on the footplate! And it is much cheaper than buying a special foot! On my machine, I have the needle at the half-right position, and it works a treat :-)</span></div>
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For this project, I needed one hundred 2 1/2 " squares. (I actually cut a whole lot more than I needed, because I couldn't be bothered working out how many strips I needed to cut to get the right number of squares. Never mind, I'm sure I'll find a use for the extras) </div>
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This method can be used to piece quilt blocks, or to piece an entire quilt, as long as the pieces you are piecing are square or rectangular. If you have triangles or other shapes in your blocks, these pieces can be joined together to make square units which can then be chain pieced.</div>Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-71930825834188904072012-02-14T20:43:00.000+13:002012-02-25T09:12:59.117+13:00I Love Ponies ~ FREE Applique Tee-shirt Pattern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I saw this fabric on our recent trip to Kaikoura, I just knew I had to buy some for Miss Missy!</div>
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I decided to make her a tee-shirt. She really loves the mother and foal, so I decided to use that motif. I like the way it turned out :-)</div>
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I've been thinking for some time that it would be nice to share some of my patterns, and as today is Valentine's Day, I thought, wouldn't it be just the perfect pattern to share?</div>
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Of course, it doesn't have to be I Love Ponies...it could be I Love Puppies, I Love Cupcakes, I Love Fairies, I Love Teddies... You are limited only by the fabric you can find! For the central motif, you need a fabric with a relatively large motif, the one I chose is about 6.5cm (2 1/2"). For the coordinating fabric, choose a tone-on-tone design, or a very small motif. I first chose a dotty fabric which looked very pretty en masse, but when I tried it out, it looked a little silly, as not enough of the dots actually showed up round the heart. So I chose instead to use the green, which has a slightly sparkly swirly pattern. I bought the horse fabric <a href="http://apatchofcountrykaikoura.com/store/" target="_blank">here</a>, and the green fabric <a href="http://www.stitchplayroom.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. You will also need a blank t-shirt, of course. </div>
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So... if you would like to make one of these yummy tees yourself, I have made the <a href="https://acrobat.com/#d=Mn1hf7IEZR7PhmMY63WvTw" target="_blank">pattern</a> available for FREE. </div>
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And now it's time to make a quilt for the Young Lad. As with Miss Missy's quilt, I want to make something that won't look too childish as he grows up, and I decided that a Four Seasons quilt would be the thing to make. So the fabric collecting began. On every family holiday, I always hunt down any quilt shops, and so the fabric has come from <a href="http://apatchofcountrykaikoura.com/store/" target="_blank">up</a> and <a href="http://www.needlenthread.co.nz/" target="_blank">down</a> the country...anything that said "nature" or "seasons" to me, I bought it. It can be hard to shop for fabric for a boy...oh, there's plenty of cars, trains, and whatnot, but I didn't want that sort of thing...it can be very hard to find florals (which you really need for spring, of course) that aren't too girly, and that is when discovered fabric shopping on the <a href="http://www.sewaddictivefabrics.co.nz/" target="_blank">internet</a>... oh the <a href="http://www.kiwiquilts.co.nz/shop/New+Zealand+Fabrics/Trees+%26+Flowers.html" target="_blank">fabrics</a> I've found! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(If I could add multiple links at once, I would, I don't know how to do that though, do you?)</span></div>
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Well, the Young Lad is 2 already, so a couple of weeks ago, I decided that it was time to start sewing! So then I busily <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/to-pre-wash-or-not-to-pre-wash.html" target="_blank">washed</a>, ironed, and <a href="http://bkcraftsandkeystones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/quilting-tutorial-1-rotary-cutting.html" target="_blank">cut</a>...</div>
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It's a work in progress, and the next stage, no doubt, will take a lot longer, as it will involve a lot of applique, and I like to do that by hand. It just has a nicer look than machine applique. Plus I don't have a fancy machine that does buttonhole stitch.<br />
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And if I ever have any other projects that need any sky fabric, I think I've probably got that covered...<span style="font-size: large;">plenty</span> left over!Bronwen @ BK Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118989292867800035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111204702399721470.post-20215876244786227352012-02-07T09:39:00.000+13:002012-02-11T14:03:44.615+13:00Quilting Tutorial 1 ~ Rotary CuttingI know there are lots of tutorials on rotary cutting available online already, but since I am starting on a series of quilting tutorials, I thought it makes sense to start with rotary cutting.<br />
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You need to cut one edge off first, so that you have a nice, neat, straight edge to work with. I like to start with the selvedge, since you need to cut that off anyway. Line the edges of your fabrics up with one of the lines on your cutting mat so that your cut will be on the grain line, and remember that the edge you are cutting off is the one on the <b>right</b>. If you are cutting off a raw edge, fold your fabric along the grain line, and line the fold up with the mat.<br />
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Next, lay your ruler down, lining it up with the lines on you mat, and have the right edge of your ruler far enough over that you will cut off all the selvedges (check all your fabrics, not just the top one, as some selvedges are wider than others)<br />
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Hold your ruler firmly in place with your left hand, and pressing firmly, hold your rotary cutter against the edge of the ruler, and cut away form you.<br />
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Before you move the ruler away, make sure that you've cut through all layers, all the way along. If you've missed a bit, just cut again with your rotary cutter.<br />
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Now you will need to turn your mat round so that you can cut your strips. This would be easy if I had one of those fancy <a href="http://www.olfa.com/MatsDetail.aspx?C=27&Id=503" target="_blank">rotating cutting mats</a>, but I don't. You can also use two rulers, or a ruler and square, to <a href="http://quilting.about.com/od/rotarycuttingskills/ss/cutting_strips.htm" target="_blank">cut off the edge without turning your work round</a>, and this is handy if you're cutting from a long piece of fabric. But I find it easiest to put my board on the corner of the table, and when I need to turn the board, I just move to the end of the table and turn the board a quarter turn, like this:<br />
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Working from left to right across your fabric, cut as many strips as you need.</div>
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Now, turn you board around so that you can cut your squares, working from left to right. If you have just one strip, you can simply turn the strip, but if you have several layers, you want all your edges to stay lined up, so turn the whole board. Line up the top edge of your strip with a line on the ruler, and the short left hand edge with the correct line for the size of square you want to cut, and cut away.<br />
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And voila! You can quickly and easily cut hundreds of squares, ready to be made into a beautiful quilt!</div>
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