A long, long time ago, in a suburb far, far away … … I wound a very looong warp for tablet weaving a belt. A 292 cm long belt! I used 20 tablets (in reality, playing cards cut into a square shape, with four holes punched at the corners). Each tablet was threaded according toContinue reading “Birka tablet woven belt”
Category Archives: Handmade
Isobel’s Triangle Quilt
This Christmas I made Isobel a twin-size equilateral triangle quilt. This is the biggest quilt I’ve completed since I was in High School! It overlaps her single bed with enough to tuck in at the sides. This was the project that I hinted about last year, when I posted about using starch for the first timeContinue reading “Isobel’s Triangle Quilt”
Fabric Christmas Crackers
My family loves pulling crackers at Christmas time. In recent years I have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with them, though, as they are filled with ridiculous plastic disposable “toys” that everybody hates, and just fill up the garbage bin. This year I made a special effort to replace the junk disposable crackersContinue reading “Fabric Christmas Crackers”
Spring Bees Baby Quilt
This baby quilt was made for a new niece way back in March. March! I am still a little puzzled about why I have not blogged about this yet, because it is super gorgeous: Right? I originally pieced this in Springtime last year (about this time of year, in fact!), using a simple half-square triangleContinue reading “Spring Bees Baby Quilt”
Quilted cushions experiments
I mentioned that it was birthday season, right? This year I happened to be in a “quilting mood” as the September birthdays approached, so I got my mojo on and made some cushions! Each pillow is an experiment with a new (for me) technique. Last January I watched a fantastic Craftsy class in Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) withContinue reading “Quilted cushions experiments”
Feeling crafty — made an iPad stand!
Hello all! It’s birthday season again, which means my mind turns inevitably to creating gifts for people, and counting out the days that I can feasibly make something. Well, hey, an iPad stand turns out to be a fantastic gift idea! I made this little beauty in about an hour, using this tutorial. I usedContinue reading “Feeling crafty — made an iPad stand!”
Quilted Christmas gift tags
Hi everyone! I’ve been busy like a crazy caffeinated bee over the last two weeks. I wish I could show you all of my completed projects, but that will have to wait until after Christmas! 🙂 Today I wanted to share a tutorial for some re-usable Christmas gift tags. These are great because I can use the sameContinue reading “Quilted Christmas gift tags”
William’s “Wonky Cross” quilt
Pssst: This is my 100th post! 🙂 This is a busy time of year, and in the lead up to Christmas I’m making a bunch of hand made gifts! William’s birthday is just two days after Christmas Day, so this year I’ve made him a much-needed lap quilt: I’ll show you a fancy gallery inContinue reading “William’s “Wonky Cross” quilt”
Tips for cutting linen
Hey everyone! I’ve been working lately with linen, which is a wonderful and sometimes frustrating experience. Linen feels lovely. It’s rumply, and soft, and is very comfortable to wear. Linen is not what I’d call a “beginner” fabric, though. Why? Linen is a little slippery to cut and sew. If you mainly sew with medium-weight cottonContinue reading “Tips for cutting linen”
Stripey scrappy quilt binding
I have almost finished William’s birthday quilt! The other night I made some scrappy quilt binding, for the first time ever, and I wanted to show you how I did it. The idea with this binding was to use up some of the scraps from William’s quilt top and backing. I had some leftover scrappy strips thatContinue reading “Stripey scrappy quilt binding”
Simple Crafty Life 