What is your favorite portable project?
05-16-2013, 08:26 AM
#31
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Phoenix AZ
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I do reverse applique.Love the ease of it. Would like any info on patterns. There does not seem to be many.
05-16-2013, 09:13 AM
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: East Arkansas
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Haven't read all posts but right now I'm working on hexies. It's really habit forming. I can only sit at the machine for a short period of time before my back starts to hurt so I switch between hexies & machine sewing. Before hexies I did a lot of hand embroidery. Love hand work.
05-16-2013, 02:00 PM
#35
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Cut out 2 hexagons (front and back) of each flower part. Cut out a hexagon of batting. Put right sides of hexagon cloth pieces together, then the batting hexagon and pin. Mark a quarter inch line around the top hexagon and use this as your seam line. Hand stitch the seam leaving one side open for turning. Turn the flower part inside out and hand stitch the open side closed. Mark your hand quilting line on top and hand quilt the piece. When you have made one center hexagon and six hexagons to go around the center, hand stitch these together. Then make 12 hexagons to go around the six and hand stitch those to the six. You have your flower made. You then put the flowers together with hexagons made from a solid neutral color. I'm doing my flowers-middle is yellow, 6 hexagons a color with the 12 hexagons a coordinating color. I used prints in the six and twelve. I'm using muslin as my neutral to put the flowers together. Hope this is sufficient for you to understand what I'm doing.
05-16-2013, 02:40 PM
#37
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NE Ohio
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My current take along project is actually knitting. I am making an afghan one square at a time so it is easy to carry. When I have enough I will sew them all together (sort of like a quilt).
That yoyo wreath is beautiful! I might just have to take a whack at that.
That yoyo wreath is beautiful! I might just have to take a whack at that.
05-16-2013, 02:52 PM
#38
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 161
Cut out 2 hexagons (front and back) of each flower part. Cut out a hexagon of batting. Put right sides of hexagon cloth pieces together, then the batting hexagon and pin. Mark a quarter inch line around the top hexagon and use this as your seam line. Hand stitch the seam leaving one side open for turning. Turn the flower part inside out and hand stitch the open side closed. Mark your hand quilting line on top and hand quilt the piece. When you have made one center hexagon and six hexagons to go around the center, hand stitch these together. Then make 12 hexagons to go around the six and hand stitch those to the six. You have your flower made. You then put the flowers together with hexagons made from a solid neutral color. I'm doing my flowers-middle is yellow, 6 hexagons a color with the 12 hexagons a coordinating color. I used prints in the six and twelve. I'm using muslin as my neutral to put the flowers together. Hope this is sufficient for you to understand what I'm doing.
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