My daughter, Katherine, and I had great fun making it.
His reaction on first seeing it, "It's the best birthday cake ever!". I think he liked it.
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Showing posts with label Blue. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Noah's 4th Birthday Cake
Here are a few pictures of my grandson, Noah's 4th birthday cake. You will see from his t-shirt that he is a great Mario Bros. fan.
My daughter, Katherine, and I had great fun making it.
His reaction on first seeing it, "It's the best birthday cake ever!". I think he liked it.
My daughter, Katherine, and I had great fun making it.
His reaction on first seeing it, "It's the best birthday cake ever!". I think he liked it.
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
Hello and a very belated Happy New Year!
Over these last few months (and excluding Christmas, of course), I've been working on a project to reuse all our old jeans/denim material. In the spirit of reducing the items our household throws away each day, I decided to use some of our old jeans to make our labrador, Millie, a blanket which we can throw over any surface for her to lay on.
So I cut up the jeans - keeping the zips because you never know when they might come in useful - and made a quilt which will almost cover a twin-sized bed. I used a very, very old duvet cover for the backing which has been sitting in my linen cupboard, unused, for years. There's no batting inserted, or any actual quilting, and the binding was completely machine stitched on.
The denim is 100% cotton, and the backing is a 50% polyester/50% cotton material, but that won't matter as this quilt will not shrink because there's no new fabric in it. Everything's already been laundered many times over.
The top took me quite a while, but the backing and the binding took no time at all - not even 2 hours to cut and press the binding, pin the backing to the top, and sew on the binding strip.
Now I'm off to search the Internet to find other ideas for using old denim.
Over these last few months (and excluding Christmas, of course), I've been working on a project to reuse all our old jeans/denim material. In the spirit of reducing the items our household throws away each day, I decided to use some of our old jeans to make our labrador, Millie, a blanket which we can throw over any surface for her to lay on.
So I cut up the jeans - keeping the zips because you never know when they might come in useful - and made a quilt which will almost cover a twin-sized bed. I used a very, very old duvet cover for the backing which has been sitting in my linen cupboard, unused, for years. There's no batting inserted, or any actual quilting, and the binding was completely machine stitched on.
The denim is 100% cotton, and the backing is a 50% polyester/50% cotton material, but that won't matter as this quilt will not shrink because there's no new fabric in it. Everything's already been laundered many times over.
The top took me quite a while, but the backing and the binding took no time at all - not even 2 hours to cut and press the binding, pin the backing to the top, and sew on the binding strip.
Now I'm off to search the Internet to find other ideas for using old denim.
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
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.
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.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
English Countryside - Hand Quilted Napping Quilt
I've named this quilt "English Countryside" as it is reminiscent of the English countryside with its patchwork of fields, hedgerows and giant oak trees. At 61in x 61in (or 155cm x 155cm), this napping size quilt, made with 100% cotton fabric in blues and greens, was machine pieced, and hand quilted with a 'square within a square' pattern. The backing is made from a cream spotted fabric, again 100% cotton, and the binding material matches the spotted border.
This quilt is for sale. Further details are posted on my website at http://sites.google.com/site/theknottedthread/test
Price: CAD 300
Plus $25 shipping
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Blue and White Churn Dash Queen Size Quilt
My first ever quilt! Solid royal blue and white Kona cotton fabric in a Churn Dash pattern, alternated with a plain white square. This queen-sized quilt is machine pieced, and machine quilted with a simple square pattern.
A closer view of the Churn Dash square.
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