Friday, March 10, 2017

Material things

Oh my. I rarely do anything by halves, and in this case, I think I may have bitten off, more than I can chew!

It's my daughter's birthday, in approximately 2 months, and she'll have the Easter holidays off - so that's two weeks less I can work on her present. I'll have roughly, six weeks to finish a quilt, I always promised myself I would make her.


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I've never made a quilt before. I made a duvet many, many, years ago, with a small amount of appliqué. Never tackled a quilt though, so I'm absorbing Youtube videos and hoping I can pull it off in time.

This middle panel (not the whole quilt) measures 90 x 120 cms. It's taken me two days to draw the large image, that fits on our dinning room table.


Internet image printed on A4 paper


I took an image from the internet, and drew a grid on it, then scaled it up to the size I was looking for. In this case, I used a scale of 8, which I multiplied the individual measurements of each square by. That was the easy part! Then I had to sketch the details, into each grid, on the larger piece of paper. This will be my pattern for cutting out material pieces.

For those who are not familiar, this is Wolf-Link - a famous character in the "Zelda" games made by Nintendo. Sarah's favourite game in the series, is Twilight. So that's why I decided to make her a quilt with Wolf-Link. I hope I can finish it in time.

Wish me luck!




In the meantime though - how cool is this? Man sewing. Not a man sewing (even though it is) but the Youtube channel called, man sewing, is really cool. I've learned so much about quilting, from this guy. Let's hope I can put it to good use.

I'm sharing this particular video, because he demonstrates how to recycle old material bolts (what quilting material comes on) into a portable ironing board. Loved this idea.

Not that I buy much quilting fabric, mind you. I hope to use some of my regular sewing material for my quilting project.


10 comments:

  1. Chris I have been quilting, on and off, for years. I have rarely used specialty quilting fabric. I use fabrics leftover from other projects, old clothes cut up, old sheets and doona covers. I have a project on the go that I needed backing for. I found the right colour blue in an old cotton doona cover for $3 at the local oppie.
    Have fun with you quilt and do what makes your heart sing. Lots of luck.

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    1. Sounds like an excellent way to recycle, Jane. I can imagine, once you know what you're doing, any piece of fabric is fair game. Quilts are an excellent way to put them to use again. I like the idea of crazy quilts, using up bits of fabric like that.

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  2. Goodness me, Chris that is a big project. I can't wait to see the finished quilt. Your daughter will be thrilled.

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  3. What a beautiful, homemade gift in the making, Chris. Can't wait to see it when it's finished. Meg:)

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  4. Thanks Chel and Meg. I can't wait for it to be finished either, lol. ;)

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  5. What an awesome project, good luck with the progress and have fun.
    I have been making quilts for many years so if you need help or advice let me know.

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    1. Oh thanks! I do intend to write a few select posts, asking questions to other, more experienced quilters. As this stage, I'm deciding how many parts I will piece together with seams, and how many will be appliquéd. Cures are a challenge, but not impossible. :)

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    2. That should be "curves". ;)

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  6. Thanks for the YouTube link - very interesting

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    1. It's nice to see him so pumped about sewing!

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