BYC SEWING/QUILTING CLUB

[ChevygirlBeth]

peeplessinNC, those are pretty! I especially like the butterflies!

 

[SewingDiva]

Very pretty Teresa - these will be cherished gifts I'm quite sure! I love Redwork (and Bluework, and Blackwork, and Whitework too!)

Phyllis

 

[newchickenfamily]

So cute peepless!! The chickie is my fave!

I get WAY too many good ideas on this site.

 

[prairiegirl]

Hello. I've been trying to read this thread and wanted to post when I finally got to the end. I admire all the talent shared and the projects and great.
I love to sew, quilt and craft. I've made clothing and many things for the house. A few years ago I started quilting. Well, mostly quilt blocks. I have completed a couple of quilts. But, I have many more in the making.LOL Some in boxes and some still in my mind.
I have so little time these days for sewing and quilting................

I just finished a bath mat for my DD and her family. I cut a large bath towel in half. I stripped together coordinating fabrics and sewed it along the decorative strip of the towel (hope that makes sense) Then I sewed another at the other side. Then I chose one fabric for the border binding. I still have a couple of hand towels to do that will match.

I look forward to "sewing and quilting" with all of you. Just need to find the time.LOL

 

[newchickenfamily]

Welcome prariegirl!

 

[SewingDiva]

Here are some great holiday gift sewing projects that you might like:

Georgene, a friend of mine and one of my cohorts over on Sewing Divas, did a post on these this morning , and there are links to patterns, instructions and sources for Insul-bright thermal batting and Thermaflec, that reflective silver coated fabric.

Phyllis

 

[peeplessinNC]

Diva, thanks for posting those casserole carriers! I've made one similar, but I really like the look of the carrier with the rings down over the loop handle. Are there directions for that one somewhere on the web? I loved browsing the Divas' web site.
Thanks, Teresa

 

[SewingDiva]

I don't think there are any directions out there; I know Gerogene would have inlcuded them if she had found any. But MissPrissy just asked me the same question, so here's what I told her in an email - this is how I'd do it:

1. To make the pattern; take your dish, and use a dressmaker tape measure to measure the diameter from under the dish and around to the center top, adding maybe 3 inches of ease (which adds 1.5 inches ease all around). This measurement is the corner-to-corner diagonal of the finished square, so just mark two 90 degree intersecting lines of that length and draw the 4 points into a square. This will give you the bottom plus the fold over for the top. I'd mock up the pattern and just do a quick fit to the dish to make sure it fits.

2. Cut the fashion fabric, the lining, batting and the binding. Cut the same layers for the handle, which appears to be maybe 2.5 or 3 inches wide and the length is the diagonal corner-to-corner measurement of the folded up square. So if the folded up square is 14 inches from corner to corner, that's how long to cut the handle, which will have a 7 inch drop when the carrier to closed up.

3. Quilt the layers (walking foot of course) and bind the edges. Quilt and bind all four edge of the handle.

4. Attach the binding to the quilted square.

5. Cover the rings (Susan Bates knitting rings, either 1 or 1.5 inch) with 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon. I think a dab of bridal glue like Magna-Tac 809 would hold the ribbon to the rings, and then you could add another dab or a few hands stitches after the rings are wrapped. (Those bare rings in the photo bug me: I like finished surfaces.)

6. Loop a piece of binding (looks to be 4 inches maybe) through the rings and sew those loops on two opposite corners. And with me being the fussy type I would also make the fabric loops neater (i.e. not spread apart as in the photo) and I'd stitch the loop closed at the edge of the ring with a zipper foot.

7. Sew on the handle and you're done!

Here is the photo again so you can follow along with the directions:

Phyllis

 

[SarahBeth9394]

The quilting bug bit me 5 years ago. This years gift quilting I have done are a table runner and placemats for my mil and a Route 66 lap quilt for my fil. I'm working on 9 blocks for an exchange with my bee. Of course I chose something that is hard and is taking way longer than I thought it would. But it's paper piecing so I should've expected that. In fact I need to get back to it. Next year I only have one gift planned and the rest will be stuff for me (which is runners and such for the house). I have a personal rule of only 3 projects going at a time. It helps me not have a pile of UFO's.

 

[newchickenfamily]

hehehe... I try to keep the UFO's list short too. I have several UFO's and a couple kits that I haven't started yet. I won't allow myself to start the new ones until the others are done!!