The Sewing Cottage

Issue 9 June 2012

In This Issue

Window Pane Quilt

+ Doll Quilt

Halvsies Quilt

Daisy Stuffie- vintage inspired

Bat Quick Stitch

Block #6 Foxie Adventures

My Creative Spot -Kari

In every Issue: Digital Goodies, Vintage Patterns, My Creative Spot and Q & A’s

Welcome to the 9th Issue of The Sewing Cottage Magazine. Thismonth as I started out sketching, sewing and finishing up theprojects I noticed that there was a theme going on……something Ididn’t even intend to do! That theme was ½ square triangles.

Not only are these addictive {read about that later on} butthey are easy to make –and they come free! I think that is myfavorite part. By sewing one extra line while piecing the blocks,you end up with a nice little collection of ½ square triangles.

To help you and your collection of these random blocks I havecome up with a vintage inspired pattern- Daisy the dog. Beforeyou conquer that, you can practice sewing that extra line andgetting those new, free ½ square triangles with the Window Panepattern.

Enjoy this new ‘technique’ and searching for ways to make morewith your fabric.

Becky

Table of Contents

Q & A- How do you display your quilts?

All About Triangles

Halvsies Quilt

Daisy Dog Plushie -Vintage inspired

Little Purple Pansies

My Creative Spot with Kari

Bat- Quick Stitch

Window Panes Quilt + Doll Quilt Mini

Foxie Adventures Quilt~ Block #6

Actually, I use a wrought iron curtain rod for one & Ackfeld hangers for some othersI don't display. I make my quilts to be used

Pushpins into the wall. Pants hanger, On the couch. On a footstoolI am just beginning with a table runner which is on my dining room table

I display my aprons on lines and on hangers. I've done fairs and shows for one year and am stillthinking of ways to do displays.

In my office I have a curtain rod across the wall so I can swap out whatever I am doing.

Wood hangers, table top frames and folded over the stair rails.Some with hangars, some on a standing quilt rack.

Quilt rack, railings on staircase, with doweling through sleeves or little corner 'sleeves' and patch abili-ties coordinating hanging holders

My couch back ,on my beds, and draped on a quilt rack.

My personal quilts are on my beds. Wall hangings have an attached sleeve and are hungwith cafe rods. I like them to be away from the wall and have air circulating from both the frontand the back. If they have been hanging for awhile, I will ‘air fluff’ them in the dryer to removedust. Smaller pieces are placed/draped on furniture.

I have no place to display so they are folded and brought out upon request or need.

I have a few small ladders to place in the living room to hang the smaller projects, a beauti-ful oak quilt rack that I fold up my larger quilts and stack them on the top of the rack and ofcourse have the wall hangings hanging on the walls - I use push pins which are great, noholes in the wall except tiny ones and they color coordinate with the quilt.

I have a pretty quilt hanging rod with shelf above (I think it was from Pottery Barn years ago)that I use in my living room. Otherwise, I sometimes hang quilts with pretty curtain rods, orif they are small, thin wood rods I cut apart to the correct size. I do use quilted table run-ners.

Generally draped over furniture- currently there are piles of quilts on top of the piano!I have several quilt racks that I use, also I put them on furniture and hang them on walls andon the floor....I stick a quilt anywhere I can find a place for it.

I have made bed quilts and wall hangings and I have just found a way to make a wooden hang-er for my extra big wall quilts that doesn't cost the earth and looks good too.

My husband (he is really SPECIAL) makes me custom wooden quilt racks to fit my quilts and I have them hang-ing in almost every room. I change my quilts with the seasons, so I need quite a few.

I have used a wooden curtain rod & hooks for a quilt that graces the entry way tomy cabin in Colorado. I do think they look better with some type of rod to keepthem level. I have used those small rectangle hangers...don't care for them much. Ihave some folded on top of my cabinet in sewing room. I have some on wrought ironrack from my daughter. I have some hanging on the stair case.

I hang them on walls, I use tacks, drapery rods, and I have two quilt racks... Plus I have one over the back seat inmy SUV. I get stopped constantly being asked about that beautiful quilt ( heck its for the cold).

at the moment, HUGE thumbtacks

I like to keep a quilt draped over the backs of my favorite chairs. I have a wooden towel rack fromIkea that is great for quilts ranging in size from baby to twin size. I use wooden dowels, and woodbrackets to display wall quilts. I'm sure it's not surprise to learn that I love quilts on my beds.

I have poles going around the ceiling of my studio. I hang my quilts with padded pants hangers form the poles.

I have a ladder and a pie safe... folded on chairs, draped on everything, there is 174 quilts in this house... Hus-band saids that if you stay long enouph you will get one put on you sooner than later... gotta love that man...!!

usually just use furniture, or my blog. I usually make smaller quilts, like runners, and give away most of them! Ihave a few larger ones on the ends of beds or on the back of the couch for snuggling under and decoration!

in the unitly room, so no one gets to them till i'm finished

I have mine stored in a glass case

Usually I display the quilts I keep on beds and walls. Ones on the wall have sleeves that are threaded ontodrapery rods (1" diameter) and hung on heavy duty 3M hooks.

I use just a basic rod hanger and a small display rack with changable headers for my mini quilts. I have a smallapartment so my minis are on the display rack on top of the freezer in the dining room.

My favorite is hung on my stairway with a dowel rod slipped through a piece of fabric.

My husband built me a lovely hanger in my livingroom whre I have a large wall. Then I have a smaller one inmy sewing room, or they are just layed around the house to enjoy

I have a ladder, some are draped, my beds are covered, every wall surface is full, the couchesare full!!! Let see the most unusual would be the quilt of a dog peeing on a tree over my diningroom table. It has long horrified my husband! :-) I now use magnetic quilt hangers and metalbars. They are removable and easy to change out.

Shelf with wooden rod I have given my finished projects away as gifts so I do not have an answer for this.

Smaller quilts are put on wall with straight pins. Medium size quilts are draped over chair. Antique quilts storedin antique armoire and bed quilts used on beds.

A lot of my stuff never gets quilted but I never let that stop me from hanging it and enjoying it. I just use thosebig old quilters pins with the round heads and pin the tops right to the walls.

Usually as wallhangings although I do use them as covers for the back of my lounge, as tablecloths (sometimes).

I have some hangers made by a gentleman in the quilt group, on the bed or back of couch.

My husband built me a hanger for the way with a shelf above it to put favorite items. My daughter is using itnow as I'm a full-time RVer and don't have a place for it. I hang my wall-hangings on the only blank wall in theRV, hanging them on a curtain rod. My quilts are either on the bed or draped over the chair.

My quilts are totally functional. I use them in every room, generally over my lap or to lie under. I also quilt lotsof table runners for gifts and totes/purses.

I use the one quilt I have made for my husband and I as a quilt. I drape old family heirloom quilts over the backsof chairs, and across the back of my sofa, so I can enjoy them. All the over quilts I have made for my family asgifts.

back of couch, over doors that are open, foot of bed...I spend 6 months living in an RV and there aren't lots ofdisplay places, but over a chair or the steering Wheel is one.

I like to hang them over couches and backs of chairs. Larger ones on the beds. When we are having an outsidegathering I like to hang them over outdoor wooden furniture that is in need of some attention - making

I have several quilts hanging on my walls and I just use straight pins to do that... They are veryunnoticable....

I put eyelets in and hang 'em with ribbon - wall hangings, that is. The larger items I would usedrapery rings with clips on them.

I display with all of the above methods but I keep them out of the sunlight. When not un use, I store my complet-ed quilts, etc. on padded hangers in a closet.

I drape them over the couch - over the recliner - over the rocking chair - in a quit rack - inside a quilt chest (sizeof quilt rack, totally inclosed with 3 sides made of glass, leaded dome top) - at foot of bed - as blanket on bed. Amlooking for a good size ladder.

I usually have a couple on the couches for display and for snuggling. I always have at least one on the bed. I'vehung a few on the wall with sticky back velcro. It's easy to put up and also easy to take down later and change.

I don't collect them i give them. I do take photos before i give away.

I hang the quilt using the slot on the back of the quilt. Yes there are quilts on my children's beds...all grownchildren now. I also hang them in the window and place them on tables.

I like outside in the garden or on the balcony.... if possible otherwise on a furniture. Grandson loves them fortents. Indoors of course.

This month’s collection of patterns was decided on because for some reasonall of the ½ square triangles kept showing up! They were in a lot of theprojects that have been on-going and I though, hey wouldn’t it be fun toput some together to showcase their goodness? So, here we are.

I would like to take just a bit though and talk about where these half squaretriangles are coming from.

Awhile back I had written an article on ‘Triangle-it is’

This is how it started:

So this is where the disease came about. Triangle-itis. I have a ten-dancy to sew the other ‘line’ when sewing a half square triangle. Ithink this is such a great idea! I will have all these little ‘extra’ halfsquare triangles that i can make something with!

Won’t that be just grand? Sure…it will!!!! i just know it. Well, knowthis…….you sure do get a bunch of half squares. they get tossedinto the no rhyme or reason drawer and get lost in the confusionof half sewn stuff.

Do I suffer for this? you bet….the aches and pains, and don’t for-get that guilt—they call me in the night (only because i have setthem free) and until i get a few of those things sewn up i won’t beable to sit quietly thinking up other projects to accomplish.

Of course does Triangle-itis ever go away? I am not sure. I thinkthat it can be kept under control. You know–actually sew them to-gether, maybe send them to someone to do something with….butfor some reason i am not sure that i can give up sewing that extraline. I might suffer from this as long as i sew.

Look familiar? Share yours if it does, and maybe we can all helpeach other get through this together. Isn’t that what friends arefor? the good, the bad, the traingles? Ahhh come on. Admit it–share it–and take a pill just before starting …..it. Triangle-itis.

To help you out with your own problems of ‘Traingle-it is’ I have come up with afew patterns here to use them– or make new ones! Weee

As mentioned in the previous page– triangles can be found everywhere in quilt-ing. They are super easy to sew…even when you aren’t planning on it.

Whenever you are sewing two pieces together and there is a chunk of fabric offto one side–- you can easily and quickly sew a second seam ½” away from the firstseam. Then you cut down the center of these two sewn seams– and viola! Youhave a free ½ square triangle. It truly couldn’t be any simpler really. Could it?

Now, I know you are wondering where these extra triangles or chunks of fabriccan be found. I have searched and came up with a little helpful guide on thebest blocks that extra triangles can be spotted.

As you can see the recurring theme is anything with a ½ square triangle! If youspot one in the block you are sewing you can sew that extra line and get a free½ square triangle to do as you wish.

Materials List:26 ½ square triangles 3 1/2” X 3 1/2”

½ yard sashing

Fat Quarter- outside trianlges

Wool or acrylic felt for applique

Embroidery floss and needle

Halvsies Wall HangingBy Patchwork Posse

Finished size: 25” X 25”

Daisy- Scrappy Vintage DogFinished size: 9” X 13”By Patchwork Posse

Materials List:Scrap fabric pieces or Cutter Quilt {warn and torn quilt}

Poly fil stuffing

Black buttons

Ribbon

Black embroidery floss

Pink scraps for cheeks

Little Purple Pansies Doll QuiltFinished size: 14 1/2” X 14 1/2”

By Patchwork Posse

Materials List:4 dark fat eights

2 light fat quarters

Med/light scraps for flower centers

Cutting Instructions:Dark Fabric~

24–- 2 1/2” X 3 1/2”

Med or Light fabric~

6-- 2” X 2”

Light fabric~

24–- 1 1/2” X 1 1/2”

Border~

2--- 1 1/2” X 12 1/2”

2--- 1 1/2” X 14 1/2”

Sewing Instructions:1) Place light 1 1/2” square to corner of dark rectangle

2) Draw line from corner to corner on WRONG sides of fabric

3) Sew on drawn line

4) Cut off extra corners. Fold corner back and iron

5) Repeat for a total of 24

6) Sew 4 rectangle blocks together- notice placement of corners

7) Repeat step 6 for a total of 6 flower blocks

8) Sew blocks together to make center of quilt

9) Sew borders on outside of quilt center

10) Sew 2” X 2” squares in center of each flower block

I started sewing in Grade 8 and throughout high school. I sewed allmy kids sleepers jackets, , and various clothes for both kids they arenow Trevor 23, and Krista 20. I have always enjoyed creating some-thing. I tole painted for many years and went back to sewing andlearned to quilt.

I belong to the Blue Mountain Quilter’s Guild in Coquitlam, BC. We areabout 130 ladies which we do a lot of donation quilts to the premmiesat the local hospital and various charities around the area. It isvery rewarding. I enjoy going to retreats and sew sew sew with mytwo quilting buddies (neighbours) Joanne Nelson and May Bollong. Welike to hang out together and sew, check out quilt stores and traveltogether with quilting adventures.

My Creative Spot with Kari

Kari’s collection of sewing machine ornaments

I work part time in a Quilt store in Ladner, BC called The Quilt-ed Bear. I love this job and find it so rewarding meeting fellowquilters, sewers etc.… I alos make samples for the store

I think I own every quilting ruler possible. I enjoy buying fabricsonline, (ebay) and shopping at quilt stores where ever I go.

I have a very understanding patient husband Ray. We own a boatand he loves to go fishing in his spare time. We both travel to dif-ferent hot spots to get that needed sunshine in the winter months. Ialways check out quilt stores in the Caribbean, Hawaii or where ever

My husband built my “L” shapedsewing center many many years

ago. It has been great and holdsso much.

I own a Janome 7700 HorizonSewing Machine.

My sewing window looks out totall trees which is very

peaceful.

The yellow Poppies/Sunflowers Ibought as a kit from The PineNeedle shop in Oregon. I did allthe thread painted and I reallyenjoyed doing this wall hanging.

The blue mountains/ocean withOrca whales was an applique kitI bought a couple years ago fromSatin Moon Quilt store in Victo-ria, BC. I have this hanging inmy living room. I love thecolours in this quilt.

Thanks Kari for sharing your Creative Space with us.

Whipstitch:Hide knot inside layers. Stitch straight or diagonallyevenly across the edge. Don’t pull tightly or the sideswill pucker.

Running Stitch:Begin with hiding the knot inside the layers.Stitch in an up and down motion- makingSure you are sewing through both layers.

BatQuickStitch

By Patchwork Posse

Materials List:12” X 12” wool or acrylic felt- body,wings, ears

White scraps for teeth

2 black buttons

12” X 12” cotton for wings & ears

Embroidery floss, needle, poly-fil stuffing

Window Pane QuiltFinished size: 40” X 40”

Materials Needed:16– 5” X 5” squares these could be fussy cut if you’d like to show off a cute design in thecenter of the block

1 yard striped fabric

By Patchwork Posse

½ Square Triangles Mini QuiltFinished size: 17 1/2” X 15 1/2”

By Patchwork Posse

Materials List:72– 2 1/2” X 2 1/2” ½ square triangles

1 yard ribbon, ric-rac or lace edging

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FoxieAdventures

6th Block

By Patchwork Possewww.patchworkposse.com

Materials Needed:· 6” X 6” light cotton fabric

for background· Various colors of fabric

scraps· Black thread· 2‐‐ 5” X 5” cotton squares

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