ASG Orlando - August 2020
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Sew & Tell
Nancy Martinez: This is an ‘I Spy’ quilt for my grandson’s fourth birthday. I decided to do a different style of quilt using flying geese of 2 different sizes, each fussy cut to capture the image wanted. The little squares along the bottom and top are the ‘ears’ cut off from the geese, trimmed and re-shaped into a border. Fun to do!
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My grandson loves the movie ‘Dory’ and especially Hank the octopus so I had to do it.
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Panel quilt for my soon to be one year old grandson. It was easy to do so I free-motioned like crazy on it. It was great practice and a good skill builder.
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This is the back of the quilt. You can see more of the quilting. I also like to piece together the remnants for a backing. That way I have less to stuff in my closet.
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Nancy Mason: Two quilts just finished
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This is the Aviatrix pattern. Bringing the pattern in a notebook form to retreat.
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Dawn: The are pictures of the front and back of a floating 9-patch quilt I did for a friend of my daughter's who was just diagnosed with breast cancer (she is only 31 years old). I don't know the friend well, but I felt compelled to do something for her that might make her treatment process a little more comfortable.
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Lyn: I used these two pretty Batik prints to fulfill some recent mask requests for family.
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Patty: The flower dress is the one that Kelsey posted on the Sewing Studio FB page. I have only been working at the SS for 2 weeks – and only working on Friday and Saturday since I have my “real” job during the week. I love it so much! I have been a customer since I moved to the Orlando area in 1984 and I feel like I am in my “happy place” every time I set foot in the door, and more so as an employee because I get to help so many people do what I love to do!
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The flower dress is sewn using New Look pattern 6392. It is no longer available in the stores, but you can find it online pretty easily (ebay, etsy). A similar pattern is New Look 6262, View B, sleeveless. I have made this pattern several times prior to making this dress. I lined the dress with Bemburg lining (also manufactured by the name Ambiance – sold at SS). I love this lining and will not use anything else. It is so smooth and silky feeling against your skin. It is only about $1 more than what you would pay for other linings in the big box stores, and well worth it. It makes me feel beautiful when wearing it!
When I made the dress (about 3 years ago), I made the armholes to show the bias binding around the armscye, but didn’t like how it felt, so being bored during the pandemic, I turned the binding under and hand sewed it against the lining. It shouldn’t look this way when you line a dress, but hey, I thought I would wear the dress more if I altered the armholes and wasn’t too concerned about how the underneath looked – until now. LOL
When I made the dress (about 3 years ago), I made the armholes to show the bias binding around the armscye, but didn’t like how it felt, so being bored during the pandemic, I turned the binding under and hand sewed it against the lining. It shouldn’t look this way when you line a dress, but hey, I thought I would wear the dress more if I altered the armholes and wasn’t too concerned about how the underneath looked – until now. LOL
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The next dress, is my wedding dress. I remarried in 2018 – yep – I am a very lucky and happy girl – and I used this same pattern as the top of the dress. I used another pattern for the skirt, and self-drafted the high-low toile overlay. The string of plastic beads are sewn on with my Babylock Ovation serger using the bead attachment – now that was fun!
I encourage you to make and wear dresses more. They are less restricting than pants or shorts and are cool in the summer. When lined, you don’t need to wear a slip, and you can get away with wearing sneakers or sandals for additional comfort.
I also wanted to share the plastic bins. I have used several organization methods for my patterns, such as file cabinets, large bins, boxes under the bed – LOL – etc. This is my favorite. These bins are the perfect size, stack nicely and allow me to grab one at a time and search for inspiration. They are Sterilite, 10” deep X 9” wide X 15” long. I think I got them at Target, about 2 years ago.
I encourage you to make and wear dresses more. They are less restricting than pants or shorts and are cool in the summer. When lined, you don’t need to wear a slip, and you can get away with wearing sneakers or sandals for additional comfort.
I also wanted to share the plastic bins. I have used several organization methods for my patterns, such as file cabinets, large bins, boxes under the bed – LOL – etc. This is my favorite. These bins are the perfect size, stack nicely and allow me to grab one at a time and search for inspiration. They are Sterilite, 10” deep X 9” wide X 15” long. I think I got them at Target, about 2 years ago.
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Maureen: In the 1970's I took a class on quilting by hand. We pieced and quilted five or six different blocks. One exercise was hand quilting on a point grid on a 14 inch square. I am proud to report that I quilted 6 stitches to the inch which is average according to the book I checked. So I never decided what to do with that piece until last month. When I was making the sunflower quilt, one of the Dresden plate circles would not lay flat no matter how many times I adjusted the seams, so I laid it aside. After the quilt was finished, I separated the wavy piece into four parts and appliqued them into the corners of my quilted grid. The resulting pillow recycles the wavy block and features my hand quilting from 45 years ago. The ruffle is made from leftover fabric in the quilt kit. I love it.
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A friend of the family is expecting twin girls in the next four weeks. I made Overall Bibs by Beverly Gunson. www.piecefulexpressions.com
The photo shows the front and back views. The bib lays over the top of the baby's clothes and fastens behind the head and the legs with velcro tabs. |
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