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 in 'Yes, I Know the Way to San Jose...', California, USA |
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Although the maker of this video used an Accuquilt die, of course, you could use your own pattern. Her technique makes adding a cuff an absolute cinch. And you gave me an excuse to share my stocking completed last night! Yeah for the Grand-dog
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Blessing from Northwest Indiana, USA
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Lorchen, thanks to the lovely Lego company, filling the stockings is easy for boys --- that part is done
 Just grateful we bought the little mystery figures in the US where they are $3/ea. (or even $2.50) vs. here in Brazil where they are US $11/each.....!Rita, youtube is such a great idea; I always forget about it. Although, my sewing/quilting mentor, She-Quilts (Joyce) has made me some videos before on how to do tricky things; that was fun! |
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Lovely stockings, Heather! Now you just have to fill them.
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From the edge of Sherwood Forest, home of Robin Hood
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lorra wrote:
Heather, I really like the stockings you made. They will always be special to the boys. Keep learning. You are doing great. If you every decide to do clothing, try to find an older pattern. The instructions in the older patterns are so much better. The new patterns think you know everything already. I have been busy making table runners. The ones out of striped fabric with the 60 degree pieces on the ends to make them pointy. I have 5 quilted, waiting for binding. I also made 5 candle mats out of the leftover cuts of fabric. I have a couple more to do yet, then bind them all. A couple of years ago, I started wrapping my daughters gifts in Christmas fabric. I thought they would eventually make a quilt out of them. One daughter is into quilting, but the other two aren't yet. They are just too busy right now. The one that pasted away this year was into quilting too. I sure miss her. It still does not seem possible she is gone. Christmas will be very hard for all of us. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring anyone down. Betsy was very fond of Christmas and she would want everyone to be joyful. That said, we are leaving for Branson tomorrow to see all the Christmas lights. Her two babies will love that!!! Oh, (((Cathy))), I am so sorry for the heartache this Christmas without your daughter. I can only imagine how hard that must be! Of course you miss her! I'll keep you and your family in my prayers this season. your table runners and candle mats sound lovely! I hope you'll post a picture sometime. And thank you for the tip about seeking out old patterns if I ever branch into clothing. I don't plan to, but one never knows....I never planned to sew or quilt at all, and look what's happened! Enjoy the Christmas lights with your grandbabies, as best you can. (((hugs)))) |
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Heather, I really like the stockings you made. They will always be special to the boys. Keep learning. You are doing great. If you every decide to do clothing, try to find an older pattern. The instructions in the older patterns are so much better. The new patterns think you know everything already.
I have been busy making table runners. The ones out of striped fabric with the 60 degree pieces on the ends to make them pointy. I have 5 quilted, waiting for binding. I also made 5 candle mats out of the leftover cuts of fabric. I have a couple more to do yet, then bind them all. A couple of years ago, I started wrapping my daughters gifts in Christmas fabric. I thought they would eventually make a quilt out of them. One daughter is into quilting, but the other two aren't yet. They are just too busy right now. The one that pasted away this year was into quilting too. I sure miss her. It still does not seem possible she is gone. Christmas will be very hard for all of us. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring anyone down. Betsy was very fond of Christmas and she would want everyone to be joyful. That said, we are leaving for Branson tomorrow to see all the Christmas lights. Her two babies will love that!!! |
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rehak wrote:
Learning-As-I-Go wrote:
PosyP wrote:
Those are really great looking stockings, and really special too. For another time when you are sewing in a tube, like the cuffs on stockings or shortening jeans, I find it is easier to sew it from the inside like thisCIMG7245.JPG. I'll have to try that! I turned them inside out and fitted around the free arm and sewed that way, just moving around the arm. When I put the hanger loop on though I did it as you show. The hard part was that I did not make the cuffs extra long, so I had to figure how to make them fold over at the right point; first one kept folding over and having raw edges sticking out the top, LOL! It was a lesson for sure! If I understand what you're saying, you could also have sewed the cuff on the other way so that the raw edge is between the cuff and the stocking when the cuff is in its final position. Then there are no worries about that raw edge. But they look great to me the way they are! Nancy thanks, Nancy! What I took *forever* to figure out was that I needed to fold the cuff into the inside of the stocking and then sew through all 3 layers, not just sew the raw edges together at the top and then fold over, because then the raw edges stick up out of the top. hard to explain without seeing it, sorry 'bout that, but it took me about 3 stockings to get it just right. The others all have extra "decorative" zig zags in various places where I had to fix what I'd tried to do. Luckily the boys are easy to please |
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PosyP wrote:
Fitting around the free arm ( also know as the sleeve arm) is great, but sometimes the tube isn't big enough. For hems, turn it in, then turn it in a second time, that way your raw edges are hidden. Or if you only want/are able to turn in the fabric once, use one of the fancy wide stitchs to cover the raw edge and distract the eye  I'm sure you have a number of fancy stitches as well as just straight stitch on your new machine Oh! that would have been brilliant!! Definitely filing that away for the future.... I did use a zig-zag instead of straight edge, and could definitely do a really close zig-zag as needed next time. Not sure what all else I have, mostly garment-y stitches. I'm still playing with all of that.... But double folding the fabric, genius. Sometimes it amazes me how much I don't know.....so glad I have all of you!  |
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 It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived ! |
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PosyP wrote:
Or if you only want/are able to turn in the fabric once, use one of the fancy wide stitches to cover the raw edge and distract the eye I'm sure you have a number of fancy stitches as well as just straight stitch on your new machine Like your idea of distracting the eye from the raw edge, Rosemary; I'll keep that in mind when in a pinch! |
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