Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Baby Rag Quilt

Recently, my sister and I got together to make a baby rag quilt.   I've made a few before so this wasn't a brand new experience but I still made quite a few mistakes.  When making a rag quilt, the seams have to be  sewn so they show rather than sewn so they are hidden.  This goes against everything that's "normal" to me, so needless to say, the seam ripper got a bit of a workout. The finished product came out really pretty.  We used two complimentary flannel fabrics on the front and a different flannel on the back.  We cut all the pieces into 12 1/2 " squares and stitched them together with a 1/4" seam allowance.  Then we clipped all around the entire quilt (every! single! square!)






Tuesday, November 10, 2009

New Skirt


Katie and I made this skirt last Friday.  I'm not the handiest with a sewing machine, but this was really quite simple.  No zippers or buttons, but we did manage to twist the elastic, so it wasn't mistake-free.  But it was a very quick project and when all was said and done,  it turned out all right.