Tuesday, 21 September 2010

A Little Sewing






Whilst pondering the flower tree quilt, I've done very little sewing (in fact, very little of anything), but I'm delighted to have been back behind a sewing machine again for the first time in over a week.

In about an hour and half I'd whipped up a little baby quilt (using my own 'free pattern') for a new cousin to two of my nieces (family, but not genetically entwined with us!). Unfortunately in my enthusiasm I managed to scorch it :-( so now the scorch mark is in iced water and I shall hope that it's gone in a couple of hours. It isn't time critical, though, as I'm not exactly sure which day over the weekend she was born (the perils of letting DH take a call with the news!) and I'd like to sew the date as well as her name onto the quiltlet.





I've also made this little piece couching some threads over a non-woven stuff, which was over some of my favourite batik. Just a small piece that will hang on my wall as a place to keep quilting badges.
Not tough, not big, not clever, but manageable and fun!



2 comments:

  1. If your scorch mark doesn't go with the iced water I'd be inclined to tea dye it instead to cover it up - sweet little quilt though :o)

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  2. Good advice - thanks Anne. I was lucky and it came out - the other advice on the web talked about hydrogen peroxide, which I've never used and don't have lying about just in case..... I think that I'd have tea dyed it too!

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