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04-01-2023, 12:22 PM
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FFP on fabric!
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FFP on fabric!
Some years ago someone donated me some fabric with pattern for crazy patchwork on it: I found out it was from Benartex, and it lasted long till I tried to use it! I am not so fond of FFP because of...
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04-01-2023, 12:04 PM
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....and once again scraps without end...
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....and once again scraps without end...
My never ending story: scraps scraps and more scraps! I use a big jar where I gather all the the little scraps: "Schnipsel" called over here!
And from time to time I try to make new fabric out of...
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01-24-2023, 11:22 AM
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Scraps, scraps.... never ending scraps....
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Scraps, scraps.... never ending scraps....
I think you all know the problem with scraps?? You go to your sewing room and must recognize there are more scraps than last day...
I once again started to make new fabric out of some of these...
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01-16-2023, 01:20 PM
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UFOs: when did you start your oldest project?
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UFOs: when did you start your oldest project?
Long ago in the year 2011 I participated in the BOW of the "Civil War Quilt", all over the world many quilters waited for the new block every Saturday! I sewed 48 blocks, made the quilt with sashing...
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12-19-2022, 02:04 PM
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New dishes - new place mats!
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New dishes - new place mats!
Quilters always know what to gift when someone bought new dishes! These place mats are always welcome and are fun to sew!
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10-22-2022, 01:25 PM
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Unloved quilts....
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Unloved quilts....
I am little bit sad about what I read lately: some members in different groups told that their quilts weren't used by their children, DIL, SIL, grandkids.... The quilts were put in cupboards, or...
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10-18-2022, 10:04 AM
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Ironing trick sewing stripes together
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Ironing trick sewing stripes together
There are about 30+ stripes in a Jelly Roll and to make the sewing together a little bit easier I iron one end of every stripe diagonally: this line is the line to sew on when I put two stripes...
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10-18-2022, 09:22 AM
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Jelly Roll Race with surprise!
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Jelly Roll Race with surprise!
Years ago I bought a Jelly Roll and I never knew what to do with it, but I decided to make a Jelly Roll Race with these stripes! All stripes sewn together and the race started: but half way done I...
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10-12-2022, 11:24 AM
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Some new Preemiequilts!
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Some new Preemiequilts!
Preemiequilts or as we say: "Frühchenquilts" are so much fun to sew. they are about 60x60 cm to 80x80 cm big which mean between 24x24 inch to 30x30 inch!
They were donated to much too early born...
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10-12-2022, 08:19 AM
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Scrappy stripes again...
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Scrappy stripes again...
I am lucky, some other quilters spend me some fabric for making preemiequilts because I ran out of fabric with motifs fitting for kids! And there were some stripes between which I won't cut into...
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06-18-2022, 01:22 PM
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Too much loved quilts....
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Too much loved quilts....
About 25 years ago I started with patchwork: at that time no real patchwork fabric was available so I used the left over scraps from clothes sewing!
But these fabrics are not very solid and so it...
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06-09-2022, 01:10 AM
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I wonder about facebook group "Quilting Free Patterns"
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I wonder about facebook group "Quilting Free Patterns"
Hello, I am a little bit confused: I found this group on Facebook: Quilting Free Patterns, but to me it seems a really strange group...
Often they post a quilt with the text: nobody likes my quilt,...
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05-11-2022, 01:07 AM
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Update: Grandmother's Flowergarden!
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Update: Grandmother's Flowergarden!
As we had rain yesterday and no gardening was possible I went to my Flowergarden and sewed on the binding! And made a colorful binding and it fits perfect to the quilt! I attached some pictures: the...
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05-10-2022, 06:47 AM
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Grandmother's Flowergarden
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Grandmother's Flowergarden
Hello, I try to explain how I did it!
I took a green fabric stripe about 10 cm or 4 inch wide, ironed it into half so that I have a straight marking where to line up my hexagons!
I pinned the top...
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05-09-2022, 01:14 PM
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Grandmother's Flowergarden
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Grandmother's Flowergarden
For years I sewed hexagons together to use up scraps! But now I must end this projekt because hand sewing is no longer possible....
And so I decided it is time to finish the "Flowergarden": I sewed...
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04-28-2022, 12:07 AM
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Inspiring Granddaughter!
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Hello, you are so right! I have 5 grandchildren...
Hello, you are so right! I have 5 grandchildren aged 10 to 4 and they say that: if Oma can't repair it no one could!!!
The most important things an Oma must have: hammar, nails, glue, tape... and...
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04-27-2022, 01:12 PM
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Inspiring Granddaughter!
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Inspiring Granddaughter!
A few days ago I got a picture of what my granddaughter (age 5) made out of colored paper and some scissors and glue: I at ance thought of a wonderful suggestion to do it in patchwork! And so her...
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04-08-2022, 10:39 AM
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Selvages: don't throw them away!
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I made these turtle pincushins from selvages!
I made these turtle pincushins from selvages!
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04-06-2022, 11:34 AM
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Selvages: don't throw them away!
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Selvages: don't throw them away!
As my avatar name says: I am the Mother of 1000scraps! And so I even don't throw away the selvages! And as my box is well stocked I started to sew these scraps together not knowing yet what I may do...
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04-05-2022, 06:25 AM
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Backing too small: part two!
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Backing too small: part two!
Now I can show the quilt: it is a Chandelier Quilt made from my blue left overs!
On the backside you can see the quilting much better than from the front!
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04-01-2022, 12:02 PM
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Backing too small?
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Backing too small?
As I use often fleece as backing for my quilts i have the problem that it is a little bit too small! And here I want to show what I am doing to make the backing wider so that it will fit to the quilt...
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02-24-2022, 12:35 PM
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..... never ending crumbs....
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Hello, I just sew the crumbs together, without...
Hello, I just sew the crumbs together, without any foundation! Just grab into the boxes with the left over crums and put them together!
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02-22-2022, 02:09 PM
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..... never ending crumbs....
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..... never ending crumbs....
Left over fabrics without end.... I started to sew some 8x8 inch blocks grabbing "blind" into the scrap boxes and sew the crumbs together!
And so I got a quilt top with 6x8 blocks!
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I...
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02-02-2022, 02:45 PM
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New Crumb Quilt: WIP!
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New Crumb Quilt: WIP!
https://servimg.com/view/16730898/89Left over fabrics are becoming more and more… So I decided to make some „Crumb Blocks“! (https://servimg.com/view/16730898/89)
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10-03-2021, 08:24 AM
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Some more ideas needed for scraps?
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Some more ideas needed for scraps?
Yes, you are right, I am scrap addicted: there are lots of them.... My family is calling me "Mother of all Scraps"....
As there are stripes without end I make place mats out of them, very colorful...
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