CHRISTMAS CLUB IDEA
08-20-2010, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by adrianlee
Originally Posted by MISHNJIM
Originally Posted by grandma Janice
This year I am cross stitching some nice somewhat simple pictures. Just will need to get them framed. I also have been giving them all home made orniments. some quilted, some cross stitched. they all seem to expect something I made.
Thank you,
Mish :0)
Thank you though.
08-20-2010, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm
Here's another easy idea. Buy stretcher strips at a art store, or make your own wooden frame if you have skill. Stretch & staple a large print piece of gorgeous cloth for a quick gift. Everything does not have to be quilted.
08-20-2010, 06:18 PM
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No, just beautiful prints stretched around the frames. I have become a real Kaffe Fassett fan. Some of his stuff is too pretty to cut! You could also do this with a crazy quilt that is pieced, not quilted.
08-20-2010, 08:09 PM
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Found a site for the Warm Tater Batting.
http://www.wholesalequiltbatting.com/warm_tater.htm
Price was $3.25/yd with a 4 yard minimum. Now does anyone have the pattern for the Potato Warmers???
http://www.wholesalequiltbatting.com/warm_tater.htm
Price was $3.25/yd with a 4 yard minimum. Now does anyone have the pattern for the Potato Warmers???
08-20-2010, 09:01 PM
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thought I would make a few tea towels and some home made jams and chutneys they always go down well - have also made 2 fabric bowls (using timtex) which can be filled with some goodies .
Like the idea of printing photos onto tea towels though so may have to borrow that idea
Like the idea of printing photos onto tea towels though so may have to borrow that idea
08-21-2010, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by JeanieG
Found a site for the Warm Tater Batting.
http://www.wholesalequiltbatting.com/warm_tater.htm
Price was $3.25/yd with a 4 yard minimum. Now does anyone have the pattern for the Potato Warmers???
http://www.wholesalequiltbatting.com/warm_tater.htm
Price was $3.25/yd with a 4 yard minimum. Now does anyone have the pattern for the Potato Warmers???
I just found a video tutorial for making Potato Bags.
http://www.quiltinglinks4women.com/articles/
08-21-2010, 07:21 AM
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One idea for sewing friends is a chatelaine. I made one for myself using a cathedral windows block, which I stuffed to use as a pincushion, and attached a long piece of ribbon to tie my little embroidery snips to. I got the idea from one of Georgia Bonesteel's books - the first Lap Quilting one, I think. But she didn't stuff the block, she used it to put things inside, like a pocket.
Anyway, the directions she gave leave you with a 4.5" block, which is bigger than I wanted. I think you could do the same thing with any miniature quilt block.
ETA - here's a pic, and also you can see how I put snaps on the ribbon to go through the handle of the scissors and hold them on.
Anyway, the directions she gave leave you with a 4.5" block, which is bigger than I wanted. I think you could do the same thing with any miniature quilt block.
ETA - here's a pic, and also you can see how I put snaps on the ribbon to go through the handle of the scissors and hold them on.
08-21-2010, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by MegsAnn
What's a chatelaine?
Historically, the word comes from the french for the lady of a manor or castle, and women in the 18th and 19th centuries used chatelaines to carry sewing tools (as well as keys, I believe).
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