tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64997041497646475082024-03-13T14:30:04.717+00:00Issabella The CatSarah http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900538585877584119noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499704149764647508.post-83294621332117417462016-03-22T16:02:00.000+00:002016-03-22T16:02:32.780+00:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm now blogging at <a href="http://issabellasquilts.com/2016/03/22/house-warming/" target="_blank">issabellasquilts.com</a> and I'd love you to pop over and say hello.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I've loved this little space for a good few years, it's actually my blogs birthday tomorrow, but it seems the right time for a change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for reading along with my sporadic posts I hope to see you again at the new place :) </span></div>
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Sarah http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900538585877584119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499704149764647508.post-29106004804443742162016-02-12T11:25:00.000+00:002016-02-12T11:25:04.002+00:00So Many Changes<span style="font-size: large;">It's been nearly 6 month since I last wrote here and so much has changed, quilts have been made and yarn has been turned in to crochet blankets. Halloween came and went and with it my health went too, some sort of arthritis kicked in to knock me on my butt. Ankles were bad enough but then my hands and wrists joined in... as many of you reading are crafters you can imagine how I felt about that! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Doctors, rheumatology departments and a quick A&E trip later it seems to be settling down and I've had the ok to cautiously take up my day job again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amongst all of that mess at the beginning of December a little happy chap came to I've with us -</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This little man, who at the time of this photo was small enough to fit in my pocket, is called Mac. He is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He likes nothing more than sitting in front of the fire playing with his toys or getting cuddles, ok well he likes eating more than toys and cuddles but still he's very cuddly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just before Christmas we noticed Issabella seemed to be out of sorts, those of you that follow me on IG know this story well but I will share a short version here none the less, My fur-shadow was sleeping even more than usual and looked to be breathing very quickly. After many vets visits and emergency admissions to the veterinary hospital she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, heart disease. Fluid build up on her lungs, due to her heart not working properly, was causing breathing problems and the scans also showed kidney stones. My poor girl tried her best with the medication but it just couldn't settle her symptoms and in January she threw a blood clot and painful decisions had to be made. My loving, funny, bossy little cat crossed the rainbow bridge with me stroking her fur and it was one of the saddest days of my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over the next few weeks I will be moving my blog and changing the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IssabellaTheCat?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> name, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/issabellaspatchworkquilts/" target="_blank">Instagram name</a> etc but I will remember to pop a little note up here to let you know where I've gone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for reading along here for the last few years I really have appreciated every email and comment left for me.</span><br />
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<br />Sarah http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900538585877584119noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499704149764647508.post-72256921919412614092015-10-23T10:14:00.002+01:002015-10-23T10:14:53.759+01:00Pixelated Heart quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I received an order through my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IssabellaTheCat?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> for a custom rainbow pixelated heart quilt. It is going to be given as a wedding gift :) I love knowing what happens to the quilts I make when they go out the door! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So out came the Sizzix, and what felt like a million charms were cut. 213 to be truthful as I cut another set of two, no way I'd have done that with a rotary cutter and ruler! Him in doors was put on refolding duty as I make such a mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Popped them up on my design board and played with a colour layout I loved and then added in low volume squares for the background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As it was a custom order I had been asked to add some details, not all are shown in the photos, a little embroidery, some quilting-it was fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with a sneaky look at the Nani Iro sofa quilt I've been making myself too :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This sweet baby quilt was originally whipped up to be a class sample for a beginners quilt making class that I was teaching at <a href="http://www.sewingmachinesales.co.uk/classes/" target="_blank">Sewing Machine Sales in Whitley bay</a> The classes have gently wound down for the summer and will start up again in the Autumn, so this little quilt has made its way home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a great class to teach as we cover all of the basics and students leave with a finished lap/baby quilt. If your local or just fancy popping up to the North East coast and would like to take a class feel free to send me an email for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt is now listed in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/241148208/modern-geometric-patchwork-lap-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> and I'm already planning a more Autumnal colour theme for the next class sample! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I only have one progress photo of this quilt, I think I took it to check the block layout looked right at a distance; does anyone else do that? I find I can *see* better sometimes in a photo when blocks are too close to similar colours or if a stand out tone has slipped in there by mistake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've added this to my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IssabellaTheCat?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> it is listed <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/210377731/patchwork-lap-quilt-in-muted-winter?ref=shop_home_feat_3" target="_blank">here</a> if you would like any more info about it or if you would like it to come and live at your house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying to catch up adding my finished quilts to the blog this week so sorry for the deluge of posts to come (given my record of blogging this year that made even me laugh!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the 14th I taught a lovely one day workshop at the shop, <a href="http://www.incolororder.com/2014/03/florette-quilt-pattern.html" target="_blank">Jeni's Florette quilt pattern</a> is a delightful quilt to make & I am totally smitten with it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew I wanted a deeper tone to this quilt than a lot of my recent finishes, so I pulled out a whole lot of fabrics and started stacking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am quite happy mixing cotton lawn and quilting cotton with linen blends but your milage may vary. It felt like a safe thing to do for the flowers in this pattern as I am using quilting cotton for the sashing and hope it will stabilise the other substrates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pattern its self is very beginner friendly giving options for both 12" and 15" blocks. For my own quilt I chose 15" blocks to show off the larger scale fabrics. On the topic of prints Him in doors has forever spoilt the top left print for me after pointing out it looks like Professor X finding mutants with Cerebo in the X-men movie *sigh* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My original plan had been to make this quilt 3x4 blocks, to be a throw sized quilt, but once I'd reached that point I still had more fabrics shouting out to be used so figured what the heck and went bigger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I felt the need to back it with cotton lawn too for a really soft snuggly quilt. I went with Mystery food in Navy (one for the prints I've used on the front of the quilt) from <a href="http://wattsalot.com/tokyo-train-ride" target="_blank"> Sarah Watts Tokyo Train Ride collection</a> and it feels Ah-mazing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all of the soft textures and muted colours it really would've been rude not to add some perle cotton and hand quilting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd share some photos form my 5th beginners class at <a href="http://www.sewingmachinesales.co.uk/classes/" target="_blank">the shop</a> (which I did remember to take photos of!) These classes have been going since November and are always great fun. We cover the basics of patchwork and quilting with the ladies getting to take home a project at the end of the class. This time we were making cushion covers from a 9 patch block with straight line machine quilting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and a final photo of the students with their almost finished cushions, I believe hand stitching the binding down that evening with a glass of wine was on the cards for a few ladies! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My next project is to sew up<a href="http://freshlypieced.bigcartel.com/product/summer-sampler-series-anthology" target="_blank"> A Summer sampler quilt</a> As we are hoping to offer this as a class over the summer holidays and someone needs to make a class sample :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're only 8 days in to April but thanks to some time off from my day job I've managed to get some sewing done. I've been posting on <a href="https://instagram.com/issabella_the_cat/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> rather a lot over the holidays but thought I'd best get back to my blog and share some pics here too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are some photos of my month so far, I hope you enjoy the peek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three customer quilts just needing binding Eeek! I had a large customer order come through at the end of Feb, they are due out the door by this weekend. I. Can. Not. Face. Binding. Them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four Winds quilt inspired by <a href="https://www.fancytigercrafts.com/blog/jaimes-cotton-and-steel-four-winds-quilt" target="_blank">Jaimes cotton & steel version</a> & too big to fit on my design wall! This has been my "get away" project, the one I have been planning in-between the Etsy order :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Due to all of the time out walking and sewing I think Issabella was wanting some extra attention so she climbed in my scrap basket, she isn't normally allowed in my sewing room so I think this may have been a touch of kitty revenge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will admit it, I jumped on the Moda Modern Building Blocks pattern like a pattern crazed, fabric hoarder when it came onto my quilty radar (months after everyone else had bought and started making theirs!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It has been a total revelation that one colour, in a project, can put my sewing mojo on hold to the point that I have to stop and re-evaluate the whole thing. So executive decisions were made, Issabella was consulted, and I have chosen to make the block into a "stand alone" baby quilt. To be fair its big enough, 36" square makes for a good sized baby/lap quilt so all hasn't been lost. It even managed a mix of machine & hand quilting And a funky backing fabric, I can't remember its name but I'm pretty sure its by Jay McCarroll. (I just know my bolt of britten nummer is in a huff)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I'm now left wondering where I should place Modern building blocks on my list of "Must make quilts" It's quite a large list. so large in fact I'm thinking of giving it its own page on the blog...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt started, unbeknownst to me, when my Sizzix arrived. I had ordered the dies I thought I would get the most use out of a 2.5" square and a 4.5" square (The collection has since grown!) and merrily <i>and mostly without a clue what I was going to make with them </i>started chopping up my scrap bin into useful shapes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the scrap cull was happening Heather of <a href="http://alamodefabric.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">.House. of A La Mode</a> popped a # up on instagram #scrappypostagestampQAL</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*It measures 43" x 43"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*Each square is 1.75" because I goofed up my 1/4" seam on the first few blocks and couldn't face unpicking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is now sitting happily in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/215261317/traditional-patchwork-quilt-postage?ref=shop_home_active_7" target="_blank">shop</a> waiting to go to it's new home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to know what I'm making a little more frequently than my sporadic blogging allows I do tend to post to <a href="https://instagram.com/issabella_the_cat/" target="_blank">instagram</a> a couple of times a week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I should've guessed something was up when the stars aligned to have a child free evening out together!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made another picnic quilt, this one is a long time gone to it's new home but I love the fabrics in it and still wanted to share it here :) I whipped it together with mostly Tula Pink & Violet craft fabrics in a sort of rainbow. I had fun muddling up the squares to get the colours to flow from one to another, almost like watercolour paints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's true what "They" say starch sprays, which ever type you use, make for an easier and more accurate time piecing patchwork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to get a little more organised this year *Him in Doors stop laughing!* and actually make the time to try out new projects that have caught my eye. So we've had a bit of an overhaul (That obviously involved me buying half of <a href="http://www.paperchase.co.uk/?gclid=CIHi2dXzi8MCFczMtAodIkgAZQ" target="_blank">paper chase</a> in the process) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Todo lists at the ready and a reboot of my diet with another <a href="http://whole30.com/" target="_blank">Whole30</a> I'm ever so slightly hopeful that this year will have more focus on streamlining and working smarter rather than harder to get to where I want to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After plowing through my scrap bin it turns out I had rather a few larger chunks of citrus-y type fabrics, so whats a girl to do but make a quilt with them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adapted the <a href="http://issabellathecat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/turning-twenty-quilt-finish.html" target="_blank">Turning Twenty</a> quilt pattern I love so much and used each scrap for only 1 or 2 of the pieces rather than use a FQ to make each block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is listed in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IssabellaTheCat?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">etsy shop</a> ready to head out to a new home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later today I will be teaching a beginners patchwork and quilting class at <a href="http://www.sewingmachinesales.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Singer sewing centre</a> I'm looking forward to meeting local ladies that have caught the sewing bug, I'll let you all know how it goes! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As quilters we all know that when family or friends announce a new arrival, it's going to be a no brainer that the little one is getting a quilt to snuggle up with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isabelle was no exception!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as Him in doors knew he was going to be an uncle we started looking for bright, modern fabrics and a fun pattern to work from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew I was going to be sewing with Cotton + Steel basics as the colours are fantastic and I'd been itching to break them out of the FQ bundle since they had landed on the door mat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and given that at this point I was pretty exclusively sewing the arcs on my single girl quilt I was happy to go with the curves when Him in doors pointed out the <a href="http://greenbeepatterns.bigcartel.com/product/lots-of-dots-quilt" target="_blank">Green Bee patterns lots of dots quilt</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to say at this point I love this pattern. It is super straight forward, no enlarging of templates and space on the pattern to write notes to myself (i.e. 16 pinky-plumy-aqua wedges, 4 horse wedges, 4 rounded low volume L shapes. It made sense when I was sewing!) It is a total win. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The curves weren't too bad to sew, I use the "1 pin in the middle and wiggle the fabric under the walking foot" method. And Starch spray, lots of starch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I'd thought about it I would have tweaked the pattern to account for the fact I was using the same fabric for the centre circles, however in my excitement to cut onto the Mustang fabric I didn't think so spent a while worrying about horse butts, thankfully it worked out in the end - live and learn! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final layout and, again in my excitement to gift this quilt, the only photo I have of the whole quilt top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Backed in baby pink minky dots it is one soft, squidgy and warm quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Due to the Minky doing exactly whatever it wanted while I was quilting it I ended up straight line quilting the whole thing to keep my sanity intact and my swear jar empty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The binding a a fun spirograph pattern on a blue background, rescued from a remnant bin without a selvedge so if you know what it is please shout out in the comments as I'd love to get some more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gold, navy and raspberry is one of my favourite colour combinations</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt was gifted to Isabelle for her birthday on the 10th of September and both Him in doors and myself hope she has many happy years snuggled up with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyone that has been in a flickr swap or bee with me knows how much I love a good fussy cut. This quilt is what happens when I get a collection of fabrics in my stash that are great for fussy cutting and the time to sew up a meeeeelion Y seams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The way I selected the prints reminds me very much of the <a href="http://issabellathecat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/bloggers-quilt-festival-may-13-throw.html" target="_blank">Fairytale forest quilt</a> I made a few years back, basically if I like it I'm going to use it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The layout gives a nod to the traditional quilt pattern that I always think of with hexagons, Grandma's flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put my focus hexagons on the wall and then looked to fill the gaps with complimentary coloured solids, I wanted the finished quilt to almost shimmer - super hard to explain, like a cut gem will reflect different colours back at you :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I machine pieced the top, so much easier with bigger hexies and loved how the back looked so snapped a quick photo before pressing the seams. As a side note if you haven't pieced hexies on your machine and want to, let me know and I'll try and put together a little walk through. It is so satisfying to whip up a hexie quilt at top speed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to go with an aqua and white polkadot for the binding, which is machine stitched too, to stay with the soft solid colours in the filler hexagons but still be just a touch different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want to distract form the fun fabrics with the quilting so I went with a simple straight line quilting through the hexagons centres creating a diamond pattern, I think it looks clean and modern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here it is all finished, photographed in the back lane not the beach as normal as I seem to remember it was rather chilly and no one fancied the walk! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Firstly is my Anna Maria Horner Herringbone quilt. I used this <a href="http://www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-herringbone-quilt-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Maureen Cracknell tutorial</a> it was super easy to change the size of the panels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one has been on my bed since I finished the binding, claimed by Him in doors as his own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other big finish was a custom request through my Etsy shop, the client loved <a href="http://issabellathecat.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/chunky-quilting-and-blue-sky.html" target="_blank">This quilt</a> but the size just wasn't right for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So using Pure Elements in Ocean Waves, Patina Green, Verve Violet, and Parisian Blue as a starting point I pulled coordinating Anna Maria Horner fabrics and started cutting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fabrics when all pooled together make me think of a calming spa, very restful and just what is needed in a quilt. </span></div>
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<br />Sarah http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900538585877584119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499704149764647508.post-64744729245651942822014-10-27T16:56:00.000+00:002014-10-27T20:25:25.189+00:00Overwhelmed and making the most of it! <span style="font-size: large;">Well that summer blogging break lasted a bit longer than planned! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Over the last 2 months I have made a lot of stuff and photographed most of it with the intention of getting it on here with a well worded post...however its been the well worded part thats held me back! Sometimes I don't know what to say other than "hey look I made this!" or "Aren't these pretty fabrics" and that seems a bit show and tell, a touch shallow and a bit like I'm bragging.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But I do love my little blog and I enjoy sharing the things I make without the pressure I seem to be putting on myself to validate why I'm doing it. I also like showing off pretty things simply for the fact they are pretty to me and might be to you too, if you happen to get a new idea for a fabric combination or an idea for a quilt pattern or sewing inspiration all the better :) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So moving forward I will remember that this little space is mine to do with as I like and you all wouldn't be popping back to say hi if you thought it wasn't a fun place to have a look around once in a while :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the last 6 weeks have been really crochet heavy! <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/noro-silk-garden" target="_blank">Noro silk garden</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RepublicOfWool" target="_blank">Republic Of Wool</a> sock yarn have been in heavy rotation. The Noro is going to be a simple granny square blanket and is great for killing time on my commute! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mighty matter from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RepublicOfWool" target="_blank">Republic Of Wool</a> is going to be my <a href="http://quinceandco.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=239" target="_blank">Haiku shawl</a> I do think I would have better stitch definition with a solid yarn but I love the pattern and love this colour way so it is what it is :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In other news from August I went down to Peterborough to see a lovely lady <a href="http://instagram.com/horrorgirl" target="_blank">Abbie Williams</a> She created the perfect tattoo for me featuring Issabella! It has so much personal meaning to me with lots of little details that make me smile whenever I see them, if you look closely at the bottom it even has a Lone star quilt block just waiting to be coloured next time I see her :) I will share more photos once its finished! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">September was my birthday too so lots of celebrating was had, I even got a Dave the minion cake! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And just so that this post has some actual quilting in it, I have been working sloooowly on my single girl quilt, hand quilting each block is enjoyable but not a fast way to work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So expect a few more "catch up" posts over the next few days and I hope you've enjoyed this look into the last few month at Chez Issabella! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I promise my cat lady tendencies have not driven my lovely man away and I am in fact referring to the outstanding <a href="http://www.dsquilts.com/fabric_and_patterns.asp?PageID=83" target="_blank">Single Girl Quilt pattern by Denyse Schmidt</a> I will admit that once I realised it was a pdf download I was a goner! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the second run and is going to be a pillow/cushion front for my partner in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2651816@N25" target="_blank">The Great Pillow Fight Swap</a> if she is happy with it once it's finished (I've started super early to make sure I have time to make another if she doesn't love it - we don't post until September!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there is now a Single girl quilt in the works and a Herringbone quilt, that has stalled due to wadding issues, that shall hopefully be gracing my bed in the near-ish future! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was on a roll till Monday tea time and then things started going downhill quickly so I've managed to make it through to Saturday lunch time without even turning on my sewing machine! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However Monday had been quite productive and I had made a significant dent in my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2078052@N20" target="_blank">Sew Sew Modern 5</a> partners gift. I still have the lining to add over the coming week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time today rolled around I figured I had better work on something non too challenging while I got back up to speed. My <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/1958424@N21" target="_blank">Sunday Morning quilts</a> bee blocks have been coming in at a nice pace so I thought I get cracking with them. I'm sewing the blocks into groups of 4 then quilting them to join up later on in a quilt as you go style. </span></div>
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So how excited do you think I am to have been mentioned in a magazine? I think everyone I know in person has been sent a copy of this photo :D Love Crochet May issue has a little note in the editor's picks section on crochet edging and, yes you guessed it, my pillowcases made a mention!</div>
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So obviously Him in doors and I used it as a perfect excuse to go out for Saturday afternoon tea, I had to snap this pick to share as I have a total soft spot for goats and these three chaps are the friendliest (and most petted) pub goats I've ever met.<br />
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For those of you that don't like goats here are some pretty rhododendrons to look at instead, they are blooming all over the park at the moment, it's quite the display! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this is more of a catch up post than I had planned, time seems to get away from me and before I know it it's been weeks since I last posted! Never mind though I'm here now :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know some times you make a quilt and you like it once its finished, then other times you make a quilt and really really like it once it's finished? Yeah this is one of *those* quilts :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore this print from Pat Bravo, it's a ditsy floral with super strong colours and I knew pretty much straight away it was going on the back of these hexagons! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The quilt is now <a href="http://issabellaspatchworkquilts.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">in my shop</a> ready to go to it's new home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sugar free jelly, low fat ice-cream and a glass full of berries makes for a reasonably satisfying pud, it's not chocolate cake but it's still sweet enough to kill a craving! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hexie quilt is taking shape nicely too, if I'm being honest the thing that takes the longest is picking the fabrics and cutting them. I haven't pulled a stack of fabrics for this one, it's just sort of growing as I go, I'm pulling a print from here and raiding my scrap pile for a hexie to go there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then last night I needed some hand work to do while watching a few episodes of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/" target="_blank">Agents of S.H.I.E.LD.</a> totally getting my geek on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well I went and did it, I joined the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/4x5modernquiltbee" target="_blank">4x5 modern quilt bee</a> again :) I'm in hive 6 with Shanna of <a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">fiber of all sorts</a> as our caretaker. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to go with a Weathervane block for my hive mates and got the final one finished off this afternoon.</span></div>
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Earlier in the week this little lot was weighing my postman down and making my day :)</div>
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16 days to get from <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/home" target="_blank">hawthorne threads</a> in NY to Northumberland England, with a small hostage situation at UK customs, is not a bad wait at all!</div>
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After completing the <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2014/01/color-intensive-registration-opens-today.html" target="_blank">Color intensive</a> class with Rachel I realised my stash is seriously lacking in monochromatic prints, so I went off in search of some "Stash-gap-fillers" some more <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/lizzy_house/pearl_bracelet" target="_blank">Lizzy house pearl bracelets</a> and <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/violet_craft/waterfront_park" target="_blank">waterfront park domino dots</a> came to live with me, but I will say I'm at a little bit of a loss as a lot of other prints that in theory should've ticked all the boxes just didn't appeal to me. I like bright overly saturated, high contrast fabric combinations! I think this is partly why I love low volume prints so much - they make the colours POP!</div>
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With that in mind I headed off to my stash to find the Queen of brights Anna Maria Horner :D I pulled out All of the fabrics! (I will admit to wanting to roll around in them, however I contented myself with patting the prints...a lot!) Cotton, flannel and voile - Just so Yummy!</div>
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Long hoarded prints were stacked and cut until I had nearly 400 strips and by the time I went to bed last night my design wall was looking something like this.</div>
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Totally inspired by <a href="http://www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-winter-herringbone-quilt-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Maureen's beautiful quilt</a> </div>
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Mine is going to be larger to cover our bed and have a good drop on all sides. </div>
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I hope to get a few of the panels sewn up today, while surrounded by madams Easter eggs and Him in doors is cooking roast lamb for dinner. I'm thinking a walk down to the beach maybe in order too :D </div>
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I hope you have a lovely Easter sunday and get to spend some time doing the things you love with the people you love.</div>
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