Due to increasing senility, I needed somewhere to keep my camera, because I kept losing it, so I made this.  I used the tutorial from Sew-Mad's blogspot here http://sew-mad.blogspot.com/2008/02/triple-c.html.  I must have added a little too much 'wiggle' room and it has turned out a little too big so I will need to make another, slightly smaller, one, but (for now) I am happy with it.

(That "increasing senility" I was talking about above - well, I was searching high and low for my camera to take a photograph of this camera case.  Can you guess where it was?  Enough said.)

Another Crayon Roll

Another crayon roll to add to my Christmas present pile.  Well, honestly, the only Christmas presents I have so far are these two crayon rolls - but it's a start.

It's made from the same tutorial as the other one, as I think they are rather cute.

This one destined for a special little girl that my sister-in-law fosters, and as she's slightly older I have used ribbon ties instead of buttons. 

(You can still see the marks I made for the sewing line for each crayon 'tube' in some of these pictures, but they will soon disappear.)

[As an update to this, I decided I really didn't like the ties so I'm going to attach buttons and use a hair tie to fasten it.]

Crayon Holder

Now Thanksgiving is almost on us, my thoughts are turning to Christmas and so I thought I'd make this crayon roll for the little girl next door (me having no children of the right age for it!).  It's almost finished, but I just need to find a fastener for the two buttons.  I made this following a tutorial from You Go Girl which you can find here: http://yougogirl.typepad.com/you_go_girl/2009/02/guess-what-today-is-no-its-not-my-birthday-nope-not-my-anniversary-groundhog-day-has-passed-and-valentines-isnt-yet-here.html

In this photo, you can see that I 'flattened' the bottom of each pocket.

The back view (or would you class this as the front view?)

A closer view of the main fabric used.  All the fabric came from Connecting Threads.

You can see the inside fabric in the following two photos

I think I'll try making one with ties next time, for a change.  I'll keep you posted.

Cot-Size Hourglass Quilt

This is my latest offering!

A cot-size quilt - especially for a girl.  Made with Sandi Henderson's Meadowsweet fabric and machine-quilted in a very simple way with vertical and horizontal straight lines.  I pieced together the fabric for the binding from the same fabrics used in the quilt, and the top and bottom edges have a small, 1" square border.

Please visit my website at https://sites.google.com/site/theknottedthread/cot-quilt-for-a-girl?pli=1

How time flies

Another month gone by since I last posted. I'm still working on echo quilting each of the 'logs' in my log cabin quilt - it's going to take quite a bit of time to do it. And I still haven't decided on a name for it yet.

I have also been working on a child-size hourglass quilt made from Sandi Henderson's Meadowsweet range of fabric, together with white Kona fabric. I can't seem to get a good full-size picture of it as all the photographs look 'washed out', but you should get an idea of what it looks like from this one.

A Couple of Gingerbread Men

I wanted to make a few of these for Christmas gifts last year, but never got round to doing it, so I thought I'd start making them now for Christmas 2010. I think they are very cute.

Update

A quick update on my progress. Last week I went along to the local quilt shop and purchased a backing for the green log cabin quilt, though I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with it. Anyway, I basted the layers together and have started to echo quilt each 'log' by hand. I love to sit outside on the deck and watch the wildlife in the garden while I'm stitching but, due to the unseasonably hot weather we're having at the moment in southern Ontario, it's warm work.





I've also started to sew my hourglass blocks together for another quilt top. Not really sure exactly how I want the finished quilt to look yet, so it's a sort of personal mystery quilt. I'll finish ironing the blocks today and start to lay them out and decide whether to use sashings or not.

A Home for My Scissors

So, yesterday evening I decided I needed somewhere to keep my shears so that I can move around with them more safely, and so that they would be easier to find, and I came up with this simple case which I adapted from an idea in a book I have.



I used pieces of cotton fabric I had spare for the cover and lining, and some left over wadding from another project. It only took about an hour from start to finish and I'm quite pleased with the result. I think I'll make another one for my smaller scissors in a brighter colour this time - and maybe with a button closure instead of a front strap.

Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top

I've been working on this Double Wedding Ring quilt over the past few weeks now and thought I'd post a couple of photos so you can see how the quilt top is looking. I'm going to have my hands full hand quilting both this one and the green spiral log cabin quilt, so I'd better get a move on. Especially as I already have the material for another quilt - a child's one this time - even if I'm in two minds as to exactly what I want it to look like.

A sneak peek

I'm trying my hand at a Double Wedding Ring quilt. I don't have many pictures as I haven't got too far with it, but will post more images soon.



The coloured fabric is by Kate Spain from the Verna range by Moda, which I love and hope to get more of for other quilts. The quilt will be about 36 x 36 inches when completed.

Log Cabin in Green and White

I'm seeing a bit of a common theme in these quilts of mine - namely all of them so far have been blue and/or green! This next one's no exception. It's nowhere near finished yet; only the top has been pieced. The backing needs to be found (so a trip to the fabric store is called for very soon) and then quilting and binding. I think I'll echo quilt this one by hand. The quilt has been folded for a month or so and the pictures here do show the fold lines, but I thought I'd show you it as it is so far:-






100% cotton Kona solid fabric in various greens, and white; machine pieced; measuring approx. 54 inches

And I need a name for it too.

Whoops! Spot the mistake! I've just realised that one of the spiral blocks is the wrong way round! I'll have to sort that out before quilting it.

Double Irish Chain Quilt

Well, here we are again. Another month gone by - how does time fly!

This time I thought I'd show you another of my quilts.



Measuring 42 inches square, this Double Irish Chain pattern quilt is made with Amy Butler Mid West Modern 100% cotton fabric in blues and greens, and hand quilted in a simple grid pattern. The backing is a pale green gingham-style fabric, with a central pieced insert. The binding is also pieced from the prints from the quilt top.

Price: CAD 225
Plus $25 shipping

This quilt is for sale. Please check out my blog at cherylsteahouse.blogspot.com for more information on my other sewing projects. Any questions? Please contact me at cherylsteahouse [at] gmail [dot] com.