Cute Pouch!

 A couple of weeks ago I took part in a sew along (once again with the Miniatures Group with the UK Quilters Guild - they do great work keeping us busy!).

It was to make this cute drawstring pouch, using various scraps.

It's a useful external pocket - useful size to take a phone and a chocolate bar (ideal for a winter walk?) or sunglasses and suncream in the summer!

Mine has been gifted to my osteopath (so I can show it here now!), who is always keen on extra pockets, so when I made this I was thinking of her.

Happy New Year, everyone, and happy sewing in 2024!

A Christmassy Make

I wanted to make a table runner, and had these four Christmas fabrics to hand.

I followed this pattern, which was really easy.

https://www.centerstreetquilts.com/christmas-tree-table-runner-tutorial/

You start with 2.5" strips (always popular!), cutting them in two types of ways, depending on whether you are making a full tree or two half trees.

Then it's an easy sew to make them into blocks, then add the blocks to each other in order to make the runner.

I really wish that I'd waited for some dark green saturated fabric for the other trees, or a different fabric for the border, as when it was laid out I realised that the 'white' trees bleed into the border, and just look like background.

Lessons! Lessons everyday!

I quilted the tree shapes with red thread, to try and give them a bit more punch, but I think that I need to add even more quilting to them (or some inktense pencil work!) in order to make a real difference!

Never mind, as it's only really going to be used under our Christmas themed ornaments for two weeks or so every year, I'm not going to stress about it too much!

Happy Christmas everyone!  Hope that you enjoy the festive season, however you spend it.
 

Look What I got!

 Look what I got!  This is the cheery Christmas postcard that I got from Anne in Argyll (thank you Anne!) through the Miniatures group, part of the UK Quilters Guild.

I enjoyed the swap.  Fun to do after so long of not making fabric postcards!

Welcome, December!

I thought that it would be nice to welcome December in with a photo of my fabric post card, all ready to write when I hear who the recipient will be.

The Miniatures Group - part of the UK Quilters Guild - is hosting a swap this year, and this is my contribution to it.

I wove a background from 3/4" fabric strips, then applied a simple Christmas pudding to it.

On the back you can see the outline of the quilting, and the pen divide that I've drawn between where my message will go and where the address will go.

It's ages since I've made a fabric postcard, so it was fun to make this one!