SCRAPPY POUCH FOR HARD DISK DRIVE

 

Someone needed a pouch to hold a hard disk drive.

 

I was happy to oblige.

 

Gathered together medium-weight cotton scraps then
spent several hours playing with them.
 

There was no plan, no pattern.

Just sew-ed together pieces in a way described in
Crazy Mom Quilt's scrap vortex post.

When it became one big rectangle,
I folded it into half and seamed both sides.

Added a bead zipper pull and a cute label.

 

Lining is a striped scrap left from making pyjama pants.

Blue zipper from stash and in just the right length (7 inches)!

  

The pouch is larger than the hard disk drive
as paper and pen are sometimes tucked in too.

This was fun!

And it feels good to know something I made
is being used and appreciated each day :-)
 

~Ema N~
 

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EPP ~ STARRY NIGHT NECKLACE

The theme for Le Challenge this month is “direction”.
 

I recently read Dava Sobel's “Longitude”,

a book about astronomy, navigation and horology.

It's my inspiration for this month because

long before maps or GPS, people relied on stars for direction.

 

So I English Paper Pieced these stars to make a necklace.

 

They are 4cm across from point to point,
with fusible woven interfacing on the back.

 Faceted blue beads represent the sky.

 

It's whimsical.

It's patchwork I can wear.

I like it!

:-)

~Ema N~

***
What I made for recent Le Challenges
love token earrings: "Single"
 flower brooch : "Wood"

***

 

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POUCH ~ FOUND AND FINISHED

 

Found an unfinished pouch in the scrap box...

 

How did it get there?

 

It's almost done, just needed to hem the edge.

 

This is probably going to be a gift bag.

 

Are there more unfinished pouches waiting to be found in the other scrap boxes?

 

~Ema N~

 

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BIRD BLOCK FOR TOKYO INT'L QUILT FESTIVAL 2016

 

This my contribution, winging its way to Japan as I write.

 

It's one of hundreds of blocks being sent to organisers of
 the Tokyo International Quilt Festival by patchwork enthusiasts,
mainly from Japan but also around the world.

Volunteers will join and quilt these blocks by hand
to form Partnership Quilts.

 

These will be displayed, then raffled off, at the Festival in January 2016.

 

The theme for next year's Festival is "Music".

 

I made this block as I enjoy listening to
the melodic calls of birds that visit plants and trees
around the house each day.

It's framed with a ribbon from stash.
The block is 23x23cm including seam allowance.

 

This is foundation paper pieced using a

 free pattern from McCall's Quilting website.

 

It's the first time I've tried this technique.

I had to do lots of unpicking.
It was frustrating at first but I'm glad I did it.
 

 ~Ema N~.

 

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HALF-CIRCLE SKIRT & MORE

Sewing time in the past two weeks was devoted to skirts.

Not mine, but a close friend's.

First, a half-circle wrap skirt.

Pattern was traced off an existing one she bought years ago.

It was my first encounter with this type of skirt.

So I would like to remember these in case I ever need to make another:

 

^align the straight edges of skirt with fabric selvedge.

This saves heming!

^stitch along the hem allowance to prevent stretching of the fabric.

^use a lighter weight cloth.

This cotton batik-print fabric is a tad heavy, may strain the waistband.

Use interfacing to support the waistband.

 

*****

 

The next three skirts were the result of alternations.

Truth is, I don't like doing alternations.

I'd much rather sew up something new.

 

But my friend's absolute delight

in having "new" skirts from clothes
she almost threw away
made it all worthwhile.

 

 

This skirt originally had a yoke.

 

It became too tight at the waist. 

 Fortunately, the circumference of the skirt below the yoke was just right.

 

So unpicked the lining, unpicked the yoke, unpicked the zipper,
unpicked the side seam of outer fabric and lining to reposition zipper.
 

Re-inserted zipper etc

And finally, added bias binding waistband.

 

 Now, what do I do with these?

Do they go into the rubbish bin or the scrap fabric bin?

Oh, I confess to being a hoarder.

So into the scrap bin they go!

:-)
 

~Ema N~.

 

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