Well I made a start on the stitchery for "Blå visdomsord - Inspirasjonsmodell".Hanne sent me this kit in January - these fabrics are really pretty. The pattern is by AnnAKa, and is is a mixture of stichery and applique - by hand this time, not machine!! Everything that you need to make the runner was in this kit - the fabrics, the ribbon, the Vliseline H250, the stitchery stabiliser - even the backing and binding fabric..... .....after some very late-night messages last night with Eva to help with the translation, this has proved to be the easiest applique method ever - drawing the template onto the Vliseline, sewing it to the fabric, making a cut in the Vlisoline..... .....then hey presto - turning it the right way through, iron it onto the backing fabric and a few slip stitches later this is the result..... .....blocks and borders all sewn together, and the quilting has started. I've quilted this runner very simply, just using stitch-in-the-ditch around each block, and around each appliqued heart, and some straight lines along the borders..... .....runner is finally completed with the binding on. This shows one end of the runner, with the block decorated with a vintage picture and lace trimming (this was a scrap of lace left over from Beth's Christening gown that I made her when she was only a few weeks old - my mantra was NEVER to throw anything away), and the block with a ribbon trim..... .....and the other end of the runner showing the block with the stitchery and the block with the buttons (these little heart shaped buttions were salvaged from one of Beth's frocks when she was a little girl - see?? NEVER throw anything away)..... .....and here is the completed runner - this looks so pretty. The stitchery translated says "As long as there are grandmothers, there will be love in the world" :)
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My friend Hanne left me a comment, saying that she wanted to see the whole runner - so here it is - I really liked this pattern - as I liked these hearts so much, I might have to do another runner with appliqued hearts, the truely utterly gorgeous "Blå visdomsord" Inspirasjonsmodell (translated into English means Words of Wisdom - inspired model) next - it has a mixture of applique and stitchery, and the kit that Hanne sent to me(yes I know - ANOTHER kit) is absolutely beautiful :) For the last few weeks, my daughter Beth has been suggesting we go out to lunch, so today we went off to the Farm Shop at Friday Street, Farnham - sorry, no pics of our lunch - we ate lunch before I had time to get my camera out of my bag!! On the way home we called in to Snape Maltings and had a lovely look round at the shops there..... .....there were lots and lots of lovely things to look at..... .....hmmm - might have to go again next week..... .....it was nice having a browse around, and even nicer spending a few hours with my daughter - it'll be Alice's turn at the weekend!!! First of all I quilted around each centre 4-patch..... .....then I was let loose on the runner with lots of "wiggly-woo" free motion quilting..... .....the borders were finished much more simply - (my nerves couldn't cope with any more "wiggly-woo") and here it is, quilted, bound and on my dining table!! Hanne, these fabrics look great - your kits are wonderful!! I drove over to Framlingham on Saturday, and stopped off on the way at Wickham Market to get some bacon from Revetts, the butchers, and called in to Quilters Haven to see if there was some linen - there was only a couple of colours in stock, but luckily this parchment colour was just right - and then I saw some batiks that I thought would go with it really well - oh and I wasn't sure if I had the right colour quilting thread in my stash to go with this linen, so had to buy that too...... .....and then I trotted off to Framlingham - there is a market there every saturday. First stop was the bread stall..... .....the bread here is really very, very good. I bought some HUGE bread rolls to go with the bacon I'd bought earlier - this just shows a selection of the other yummy breads for sale..... .....I didn't buy any pecan pie this week, but I can assure you it is DELICIOUS! Well I made a start on the Sommerhjerter tablerunner at the weekend - lots of little black and white 4-patch centre blocks surrounded by a grey border - these fabrics are lovely to sew with..... .....then I made a template to use as a guide for the stichery - lots of backstitch and lazy-daisy flowers..... .....and finally these blocks are sewn together with the borders - now I've just got to practise my free-motion quilting before I get this runner completed. In my previous blog post I wrote about the lovely kits that Hanne, from Lappedilla, puts together - and here is one that she sent me in the summer of 2009. This pattern is called "Sommerhjerter" (Summer Hearts), and is from Quiltmagasinet issue 3, 2009, and is designed by AnnAKa. As you can see, I haven't used this kit yet, but maybe over the weekend?.....I had already made a runner using another one of Hanne's kits in 2009, using fabrics similar to the one in the magazine, and it looked beautiful when it was finished.
Last week my friend Hanne sent me a great parcel from Norway - the latest issue of a Norwegian quilting magazine, Quiltemagasinet, and a kit to make some placemats - Vårlige tulipanhus (translated - Springtime Tulip House). Hanne is so good at picking out fabrics, and means I have no excuse in doing this project :) .....and yes, you guessed it, Vårlige tulipanhus was designed by AnnAKa. When I went to Norway recently, Hanne had a sample in her shop of a runner made from linen, so that gave me an idea. I bought some of this beautiful linen from Lappedilla - which I thought would go beautifully with some batiks from my stash (my absolute favourite fabrics). The pattern I used is by AnnAKa called "En Lappeløper" (A Patchwork Runner)..... .....linen is not the easiest fabric to sew with, so Hanne had given me a tip - to iron some fine interfacing on the back, so it is not so slippery when you try to cut it. I used Vilene G405 (I normally use this for backing my fabric for stitchery projects). The batiks went together with the linen really well. One of my top tips when sewing with batiks is to use really sharp needles. I prefer Schmetz Microtex Sharp size 60 for this..... .....this runner is quilted very simply with straight lines - I used my Hera marker for this - and found JUST the right colour thread in my stash - Mettler quilting thread shade 820 - which matched the linen perfectly. I used some more batik for the applique. Recently I've used Bondaweb (bought by the metre) for this, and I'm really pleased with it. Now for the machine applique..... .....finally finished - En Lappeløper quilted, appliqued (Mettler quilting thread shade 618, again found in my stash!!) and bound (hei hei Eva - I used your method of binding again!!)..... .....this is going to look great on my dining table - I am really pleased with it - and have enough linen left over for another one!! Now, where did I put that GREEN batik fabric?? Hop over here and read all about the "Buy Handmade Campaign" - it's all about getting people to buy handmade and supporting independent designers and makers throughout the UK. Sign the pledge and join the cause!! I get great pleasure out of making gifts for friends and family - and hopefully they get pleasure from the gifts they receive :) |
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