I made small quilts 50 by 60 and matching baby doll quilts for my gr daus. and they loved them
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Wine bottle holders, applique on hand towels, saw directions for fabric postcards that were beautiful and not too difficult, utensil cosies, Christmas or everyday (I see them everywhere this year), small quilt block Christmas ornaments (always put the year on it) you could make a series. Good luck and have fun stitching!
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I would love to see the luggage tag pics. Also where can I get the pattern for the Kindle??
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I've machine embrodered light houses and covered bridges so far with magnets on the back to put on the refrigator. Kids like this for some reason.
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Like others, I too am waiting to see the picture of the suitcase tags, Meanwhile on recent trip to Calif four of us traveling used 3 inch wide red and white gingham ribbon on our suitcases of which three were black. You couldn't help but see them. We even went so far as to put more than one ribbon on each one.
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Have any directions for the bag tags?
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Coasters, candle mats, reversible placemats ( one side Christmas and other side Thanksgiving) or any other season/holiday , aprons, tablerunners, lap quilts.
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I LOVE_LOVE_LOVE the four-sided placemats. Imagine two 2-sided placemats that are connected at the center - without a north-south center seam! If you lay the placemat flat, then fold back the right "page" like a book, the second placemat appears, which you fully open to that "page" for a completely different placemat. Then fold back that "page" as you did before for the third placemat to appear, and so on. Pictures of this just aren't able to do this any real justice, but I've provided some weblinks below.
One woman in my class did a four-sided placemat for each of her grandkids with fabrics that were all about them. A vegetarian attendee did several sets of four with fruits and veggie fabrics to auction off to raise funds for a charity cause, another made a four seasons placemat set and ... well, you get the idea. I transferred artwork my grandkids made onto photo transfer fabric, and used their original fabric for their individual placemats; I sewed a loop on the left side of each for their napkin, since they're learning how to set the table and refine their table manners (they are pre-school age). I have also made several individual four-sided placemats to give as door prizes for seniors group's holiday dinner to use as centerpiece-type placemats, since so many seniors live by themselves. A single four-sided placemat would work also for a married young adult or college student, too. This weblink has some great photos of what I am talking about: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-59266-1.htm Here's a good weblink for an idea of the instructions: http://dunnvillequiltguild.com/uploads/2010_January.pdf for an idea of the instructions. (see page 4 of the link's newsletter) Here's the link to the Nancy's Notions website, which is selling the hard vinyl template for $10. http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...cemat+tool.do. I used a paper template for the class I took, but making more than one, well, let's just say it's best to pay for the "hard" template to make sure they all have the same shape. Figure one yard for one four-sided placemat (fat quarters are perfect), so a set of four 4-sided placemats would take four yards total; I used the thinnest fusible batting for just one of the placemats to make it "not-fat," but that's a personal choice. If you try this and run into problems, just let me know! |
Here is a pattern for bag tags. I made lots of them last year.
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/11/0...-luggage-tags/ |
Originally Posted by glassnquilts
I am new to this forum so maybe this has been discussed before. I am making potholders, potato bags, purses, and mug organizers for Christmas. Anyone have any other ideas!
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Thanks so much for the tag directions.
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Originally Posted by amma
Bag tags are popular in the stores now too. They are over sized luggage tags, used to help locate baggage on the airport carousel, or in other circumstances where all of those black bags look the same LOL
They don't necessarily have the window in them for a name/address label. They are just a distinctly colored tag, hopefully one that no one else has. I put one on either side of the handle of my bags :wink: :D:D:D |
I don't know if you read this thread, but since you said you are making potato bags, I thought you might like to read the posts. :wink: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-77011-1.htm
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You should check out the blog for Sew Mama Sew. Every November she hosts 30 days of tutorials from other bloggers for the Handmade Holidays. Every day has gifts for different types of people. It's going on right now. You can also access previous years.
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Where do you get patterns for these type of quilts. I bought the 10 degree ruler but can't find any patterns.
Thank you for any information you can give me. |
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Is there a pattern for your quilt?? It's fabulous!!!
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Originally Posted by amma
Bag tags are popular in the stores now too. They are over sized luggage tags, used to help locate baggage on the airport carousel, or in other circumstances where all of those black bags look the same LOL
They don't necessarily have the window in them for a name/address label. They are just a distinctly colored tag, hopefully one that no one else has. I put one on either side of the handle of my bags :wink: :D:D:D |
Originally Posted by glassnquilts
The round quilt is from Cheryl Phillips Quilts without Corners. It uses a 10 degree ruler.
THANK YOU !!! |
I'm making pillowcases for my grandkids and putting a new pillow in them too. They make big fluffy packages under the tree. Then on the oustide is an envelope with their name on it and cash inside. It makes shopping so much easier when there are so many to buy for.
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Googled "Skit to my Lou" an they have full instructions on how to make them. plus some other items. I basically Googled Fabric luggage tags and found the site. Jan
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Originally Posted by mshawii
Purse organizers are popular around here right now. Jan
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Originally Posted by mshawii
Googled "Skit to my Lou" an they have full instructions on how to make them. plus some other items. I basically Googled Fabric luggage tags and found the site. Jan
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For the bag tags there is a great tutorial at:
http://quilt-knit-run-sew.blogspot.c...-tutorial.html |
Thanks for all the great ideas. Now to just find the time! I've made snap bags for most of the kiddos, but that's all so far.
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