Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Feb 6th, 2012 by SewWitty
I’ve finished the front of the dino cushion. The applifix worked really well and I will use it instead of vliesofix in the future.
For this applique I used normal machine cotton (last time I used embroidery thread), a blanket stitch (on my machine Mode 2, 35) and a width and length of 1.5mm.
Feb 3rd, 2012 by SewWitty
I’m onto the leg! There’s a bit of a hole where I rejoined the heel to the instep, so I might need to do something else on sock two.
The pattern on the instep and leg is a cross stitch rib (see below)
Cross Stitch Rib – Multiples of 3 stitches
R1: *Skip 1st stitch, knit into second stitch, knit into skipped stitch and then slip both stitches off the needle, P1, repeat from * to end of round.
R2: *K2, P1, repeat from * to end of round
Feb 2nd, 2012 by SewWitty
My applifix finally arrived from here, so I’m back onto the dinosaur cushion. Miss P picked the fabric – the ladybird fabric is for the body and the other one for the spiky bits.
It is very humid today and the idea of using an iron is extremely unappealing so I don’t think there will be much progress on this project – maybe some more sock.
Feb 1st, 2012 by SewWitty
I’ve turned the heel on my sock and now I’m knitting the heel flap (opposite to when you knit from the cuff down).
So far so good – although I think I am in a bit of denial as to how big this sock is going to be! Also, a fifth needle would be really handy – why don’t they come with a fifth needle bamboo needles do?
Jan 30th, 2012 by SewWitty
I’ve made a bit of progress on my sock.
It is turning out to be quite large, but I think that will be OK. I’m not quite up to the ankle/gusset part yet and I am intrigued as to how that will go.
We went here to escape the heat. We all had a lovely time; collecting shells, swimming in the pool and the Australia Day fireworks were spectacular.
Jan 25th, 2012 by SewWitty
The quilt top is finished.
It measure 44″ by 24″ – should be a good lap quilt size.
Nothing much is going to happen the next few days – I am just going to try to escape the heat!
Jan 24th, 2012 by SewWitty
This quilt is coming together easily (at least so far). The above image is the first row.
I took the girls here today – it is a great place to visit on a hot day (it’s air conditioned) plus they had craft activities.
Jan 20th, 2012 by SewWitty
I’ve begun the new quilt.
It has been crazy hot here for the last few days and Miss A has an ear infection, which has ruled out swimming. As you can imagine that has made for a pretty tricky week – there has been movies and shopping (both air conditioned) and play-dates, but finally today she was allowed back into the pool.
Jan 19th, 2012 by SewWitty
I’ve got a few projects on the go, but I am waiting for supplies. This quilt needs wadding, but I don’t want to take Miss A and P to the fabric store – too much nice stuff that they want and it always ends badly, and then this cushion for Miss P needs vliesofix, which I have ordered online.
So while waiting for these supplies I have designed another quilt.
It is going to consist of 12 blocks each 10 inch square. The two edge strips will be white (and will work like sashing). I’ve been inspired by the Fenced In quilt in The Practical Guide to Patchwork (By Elizabeth Hartman). The remaining four pieces will be one of six fat quarters (in the image above).
My plan is to rotate alternate blocks by 90 degrees (as happens in the Fenced In quilt).
Jan 18th, 2012 by SewWitty
I finished the quilt!
In the end I machined sewed (not very well) the binding to the back of the quilt. It certainly saved time and I will definitely do it again. However, I need to keep in mind a few things:
This should mean that when I stitch in the ditch on the front (made by attaching the binding) I should just catch the binding at the back.