I made a lanyard.

June 1, 2014April 27, 2015Leave a comment

I got this idea when I saw a photo of Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts who was attending quilt market in Pittsburgh. She was wearing a beautiful lanyard. http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/to-market-and-back-again.html. Sorry about the link. I’m having trouble getting the “title” part to work when I insert the address. Oh well.

I took one of my Fat Eighths and went to work:

I cut a 3-inch strip along the length of the Fat Eighth.

I folded it in half and ironed it.

I unfolded it and then ironed into the middle seam like I was making binding.

I sewed one end about a quarter inch.

I added the ring. (they make rings which snap on, but I didn’t have one; I used the one from the one I was replacing)

I overlapped the two end pieces, matching the same stitched sides together.

Stitched it together.

To make it lay flat around my neck, I twisted it at the back.

Stitched across the two pieces about 1 inch from the ring.

The finished lanyard.

The happy employee.

Let’s go to work.

Folding Fat Eighths.

May 25, 2014April 27, 20157 Comments

Quilting Adventures, my local quilt shop, recently had a “Stuff Your Sewing Basket” sale which they have once a year. If you are on their email list, they send you an email with that day’s goodies for sale. They ship the items or you pick them up at the store.

Anyway, I purchased two sets of 6 Fat Eighths in orange and gray:

They were too cute to use, but I was curious how they were folded:

Fold the fabric into thirds:

This is the tricky part, from the left pull the fabric up to the right until there is about a half inch above the top of the fabric on the right corner of the triangle.

Fold the flap over the back and finger press it against the back. You should have a sharp edge on the left and the top of the fabric.

Now lift the creased top part and lay it inside and on top of the long strip. You can now start to make the triangles, back and forth until you get to the end.

At the end, tuck the end triangle tail into the back of the triangle stack.

That’s how it was folded.

The selection of fabrics made me very happy.

Okay, so I’ll have to use them now.

The Chicken Run: LOVE DOVE is on her way to Montana, USA

May 22, 20144 Comments

The Oh Sew Tempting Chicken Run Giveaway Sort Of is off to Montana, USA.

Sarah at Here We Are was the lucky winner, and the chicken pincushion has a new name, LOVE DOVE. Check out her wonderful blog for the next leg of the Chicken Run.

Sarah suggested I de-stuff LOVE DOVE and send her that way. So smart!

Even though LOVE DOVE looked deflated in leaving her birthplace, I know she’ll make new friends out West:

The good thing is I don’t have an empty nest. Lucky Stripper and I are planning our next sightseeing tour. Over Mother’s Day weekend, we visited our daughter in Abingdon where she is interning at The Barter Theatre. Lucky Stripper and LOVE DOVE had a great time. Oh the memories.