Teaching the Trade... sewing

So glad my daughter loves to sew with me :)

I gave her my scrap bag I was going to use for a Crumb quilt but she needs to practice and I thought it was perfect. She had fun making things up.

she made this 'bracelet' for her baby sister

Any ideas on how to teach the craft of sewing? I don't want her to only think quilting is all she can do with a machine :) Thanks in advance for your ideas!!!

*hugs*
Jackie

My First 9-Patch... block!

Ok I have quilted off and on since 2006, so I am not *that* experienced, but you would think I have done a 9-patch by now! LOL! Any way, I wanted to show off my first one...

So what inspired this FIRST Nine Patch block? Last Fall, I was searching for fabric and came across... eBay and what all was sold on eBay as far as fabric in all shapes, sizes, and precuts! My favorite Search is Fabric, Free Shipping, 99 cents and under... Click the link and see the list on the Left and make your choices... "100% cotton" or "squares" and so on!! WARNING: Can be very addicting and such! I am NOT responsible for any purchases made! LOL :) I didn't buy anything with shipping fees and never spent more than 4-5 bucks a purchase and I only made 4 purchases! :)

I bought those sets of precuts, why not!? And Actually forgot about them. I looked for them a few months back and couldn't find them. My daughter and I were setting up to sew one day and I found them! YEAH!!!

One pack was a whole bunch of 4" squares of different material. I kept thinking, I cannot wait for a project to come along, what can I do with these, now!? So 9-Patch came to mind.

I may not have put them in the right orientation but that is what is fun to see, test, try, and learn. So go easy on me if you choose to comment below - I DO love comments by the way :)

So, now what? I will post more on my 9-Patch Project later, but for now, you know the inspiration for it! Getting rid of precuts and wanting to learn something NEW!!

Ok here is one more photo of my 9-patches made with that pack!

*hugs*
Jackie

Sewing is FUN! DO it! and Teach someone to!

Leaders and Enders, a start

A friend I send a lot of quilt links to came across "Leaders and Enders" and thought it was a great idea. She explained it to me, and I too think it is brilliant!

I went through my scraps and got all my 2-1/2 inch squares. I even cut a few to go with it all.

Using these to lead and end my rows of my box of chocolates quilt top, then I found myself wanting to just sew a whole bunch of them. So it was fun to work on two projects at once. No deadlines, just Sewing Fun!

Then, I gathered my baggies of more smaller scraps and then went to town cutting a ton of squares so I had more of a variety in making 4 squares wide. My thought would be to do 4x4 blocks (16 patch) but then I saw a quilt that had solid fabric blocks with sashing as these smaller colorful blocks! Sew many ideas!

Two squares sewn together:

Four sewn together and pressed!

My selection of 2-1/2 inches x 2-1/2 inches

My work space (corner in our master bedroom, lol)

For now, I keep making these strips of four of similar color, and we'll see where to go from there.

Anyone else do this and have ideas?
Experience to share?

*hugs*
Jackie

Ticker Tape Quilts...Great Scrap Buster

Have you ever heard of a Ticker Tape quilt?
Me either? Or well I have not!

Photo: Ticker Tape Placemats from Brown Dirt Cottage

Looked it up (Image search), and love it, you may not, but I do… basically scraps sewn on as rough edge appliqué. I think in most or all cases, it’s sewn all the way through the layers… so it’s quilted too. Not bad if the quilt stays small.

I guess if you didn’t like the rough edge so much you can FUSE them (wunder under) or use fray stop, someone got me this, and I have not used it, yet.

Here are some links, ENJOY!

• Step-by-step PHOTO How TO: http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=2311
• This one is cute! http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2009/09/ticker-tape.html
• click the photo to enlarge: http://livingpeacefullywithchildren.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/ticker-tape-quilt/
• ticker tape color wheel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32350579@N02/4342142316/
• Flickr Group of Ticker Tapes: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1347527@N21/
• this one has a dark background: http://monkeydogquilts.com/?p=450
• Simple Sandy’s Ticker Tape: http://sewingsandy.blogspot.com/2010/03/ticker-tape-quilt.html
• Tuesday’s Designs on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/42451330/baby-scrap-ticker-tape-quilt-soft-and
• Baumcat’s Ticket Tape Quilt not so random and beautiful: http://baumcat.blogspot.com/2010/02/ticker-tape-quilt.html
• Quilty Girl 1981: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj0pxMJPXcbeOmDZHHJSfXJI9LOS0eIwuvOlwi_V0RimVoio0cCstTLujTYzEpbowJr4TR818dhToUvSqQMvJyQBMFs7gByKyHmn-83fRBvNR1UsrKtzJjI68Ez28DnLPSh7FmrzJF7M/s400/DSCN8377.jpg
• Peggi’s Mini Ticker Tape: http://www.seamstobeyouandme.com/wordpress/2009/10/avoidance-projects/

Ok, you get the idea and can search for "Ticker Tape Quilt" yourself too!

It could be one of those quilts you make using a sample of material from all your other quilts. I am adding it to my “SOME DAY” list already! Great Scrap/Stash Buster!

Blessings,

Jackie