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Thursday 26 June 2014

How about a Quilting Selfie?

Summer has arrived and I've decided to slow down. Slowing down blogging means more time for sewing. There is more time for hand sewing too. I'd forgotten what a pleasure sewing by hand is. A part from being very relaxing it's also a bit like going back in time. It reminds me of when ladies used to sit together outside their houses and, with the excuse of sewing/mending, they'd have a chit chat. They still do this in Italy, especially in small villages.


So what's all this got to do with a Quilting Selfie? Blogland is our "small" sewing village and it would be nice to be able to look each other in the eye while we're sewing together. A Selfie could be a way of doing that. I know I always enjoy seeing photos of my bloggy friends at work. I love this photo by Mara (Secretly Stitching) sewing a feather while watching her children play in the park and the photos Hydeeann (Splish Splash Stash) posts of herself sewing and EEPing.
The idea of the Creative Selfie is Antonella's at Totto's Design and I think it's great.
So above is my selfie, sewing hexies for my latest project. It's a WIP at the moment but I hope to finish it for the weekend.


More hexies. Using some paper templates I found as a free gift with the magazine Love Patchwork & Quilting. If you're interested too, you can download free hexagon templates here. Very useful! 

Linking up with a few of the great parties on our Best Link Ups page

I'd love to see your Quilting Selfies! Have you taken one recently? Send me a link to your photo. Happy sewing! 

Linky Party C'e' Crisi

Saturday 14 June 2014

Pom Pom Tutorial + Bookmark Tutorial = The Pom Pom Bookmark


What do you get if you put together a tutorial on how to make mini pom poms just by using a fork and a tutorial for making bookmarks? You get the Pom Pom Bookmark! A fun and fast project we used to make something to sell at Ella's end of school year concert to help raise some money for the school.




Ella made all the pom poms just by using a fork and some scraps of wool. This is the very easy tutorial at Small Good Things she used: Craft Tutorial: Make Pom Poms with a fork.


I made the bookmarks using this tutorial at Little Birdie Secrets and adding pom poms instead of the flower decoration.


The pom pom sticking out of the book looks really cute! These bookmarks are really fun to make and are good as little presents too. The trickiest part is choosing your favourite fabric!


(these two photos: thanks to Daniele Di Ciccio for taking these photos before the bookmarks rushed off to school!)



Don't miss our giveaway: until the 19th of June you can win a copy of Love Patchwork & Quilting. Just leave a comment on the post: A Perfect Picnic Blog Hop!


Linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts, TGIFF over at Riddle and Whimsy, Fabric Frenzy Friday at Fort Worth Fabric Studio and the other great Friday linky parties on our Best Link Ups page.

Also linking up to:  

 
 
 
 
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Thursday 12 June 2014

Random Cool Stuff - Lots of giveaways included!

A list of random cool stuff:





elizabethsquarters
  • How about receiving a Fabric Bomb? Elizabeth @ Elizabeth's Quarter has come up with this really fun idea: someone sends you a parcel containing fabric and other sewing goodies and your challenge is to make something with them and photograph/post about it. You then send your own fabric bomb to someone else, starting a creative chain reaction. If you're interested in joining, read Elizabeth's Fabric Bomb post here. Fun!

  • My bloggy friend Mara is having a fantastic Big Birthday Bash Giveaway on her blog Secretly Stitching to celebrate two birthdays: her daughter's and her own! Go and take a glimpse at the wonderful prizes you could win!





Plum and June
  • Last year I joined the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop organised by Beth @ Plum and June. This Blog Hop changed this blog's life completely and a year later I have made many good bloggy friends thanks to this experience. This year the event has changed name and expanded. Below you can find the full list of The 2014 New Quilt Bloggers. Beth is also having a great giveaway this week here. Don't miss visiting all the talented new bloggers!

Michelle @ 
Michelle Bartholomew

Jana @ 
Jana Machado

Yvonne @ 
Quilting Jet Girl


Afton @ Quilting Mod


Barbara @ Suzy Homemaker


Mary @ See Mary Quilt



Rebecca @ One Wee Bird




Chelsea @ Patch The Giraffe (http://patchthegiraffe.blogspot.com/)

Daisy @ Ants To Sugar

Rachael @ The Floral Suitcase 

Elizabeth @ And Pins

Jennifer @ Never Just Jennifer 

Alice @ Blossom Quilts


Stephanie @ Late Night Quilter



Camelia @ Camelia Elliott

Nurdan @ Hug a Bit Quilts


Lori @ Sew Psychd

Kitty @ 
Night Quilter

Christina @ Wips and Tuts


Marcia @ Cozy Capatiller

Jasmine @ 
Quilt Kisses




Janet @ Simply Pieced


Kristyn @ Melon Patch Quilts

Jo @ Riddle and Whimsy (http://riddleandwhimsy.wordpress.com/)



Rachel @ Quiltineering

Shauna @ Shauna's World

Pam @ 
Sewing Wilde


Lin @ Lin's Quilts



Cheryl @ Texas Quilting Gal 

Jenn @ Sew Crafty Jenn

Heather @ Bobbins and Bullets 


Serena @ Sew Giving

Carmit @ Quilting Rainbows 


Jenny @ Jack's Room





Elli @ Lovelli Quilts



Camelia @ Camelia Elliott


Sally @ Wonky Patchwork

Leanne @ Devoted Quilter

Karen @  Capitola Quilter

Linden @ Vine Lines Quilting http://vinelinesquilting.com/



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Tuesday 10 June 2014

How to make a Baby Poncho: Tutorial with free template

The last last two days here in the north of Italy have been so hot, it was funny taking photos of my Baby Poncho under the sun! But if you love sewing, you don't mind the season, do you? 
I designed The Baby Poncho for fresh days and cool evenings when you want to quickly slip something over Baby without all the sleeve hassle! 


The Baby Poncho in fact has armholes to make it super easy to slip on and to stop the poncho from moving out of place when it's on.


The Baby Poncho was made for Fort Worth Studio Fabric Blog and you can find the tutorial here, including a free template. The talented Lindsey invited me to write this tutorial for FWSF Blog's Oh Sew Baby! series. Don't miss the other posts on the series, there are some beautiful ideas for presents for babies. You could also win a $50 gift certificate for the FWFS shop just by linking up a post about something you made for a baby here.

Fort Worth Fabric Studio Blog


Join in our giveaway here (until the 19th of June 2014), you could win this fab magazine:




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