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Tomorrow we will start for a week to Spain...so no posts until next wednesday!
Have a nice week!!

Handytasche...bag for the mobile phone

Auf speziellen Wunsch von Heidi....

cut 2 pieces of fabric and one piece of batting 9" X 2 1/2"

This measurements are for my personal phone, you have to adapt the pattern to your phone, sorry! :-)

sew the three layers together and don't forget to let a 2" opening on one side for turning...

cut two little squares 3/4 "....

turn it inside out and close the opening by hand...

turn the edges under and appliqué in place (see the finished bag)....

sew a white button on the dark square and a dark one on the white....

cut four pieces 1 1/2" X 3 " for the sides of the bag....

sew two pieces together (without batting) and again let an opening to turn...

cut two more pieces 31/4" X 2 " for the closure....

sew a few big stitches around the two patches.....if you like!

attach the closure to the opposite side of the patches...

hand sew the two side pieces to the bag....

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your mobile bag is finished......

Heidi, I hope you like it!? :-)

it's just big enough for my handy...

tadaaaa.....

Fabric flower bowl

Nice little bowl, isn't that the right little gift for your quiltfriends for christmas? :-)
You can find the pattern and tutorial HERE

This and that......

Some time ago I found the pattern for this clever needlecase on the www, unfortunately
I don't remember the link....but it is easy to do........
Sandra from Switzerland found the link for this tutorial
HERE it is!
Thank you Sandra! :-)

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that is a pincushion I found on a french site......

I really like this little flower pincushion...

inside is one of this little cups....

today I prepared the weaver fever quilt for quilting...as you can see the top and the batting are already on the frame... The backing is for the moment in the washer.....

I also cleaned the mega quilter and gave it some oil....so I think one of the next days the weaver fever will be quilted. I was looking for a special quilt design but my daughter does not like a special quilting she asked my to stipple her quilt.

Very special....

Coriolis effect by JEN STARK

This sculpture is made with cardstock paper. When you like special effects like this go to the website of Jean Stark..........beautiful!!!!!


Have a nice sunday...it's cold but sunny here in Luxembourg :-)

Crown pincushion

I saw a similar pincushion somewhere on the www, but no pattern. I saved it in my brain and yesterday I remembered it......

Here is the pattern I made for my pincushion...

you have to draw the pattern on Timtex (see my post: couch-potatoe)
fold the Timtex like the pattern above...

sew two layers of fabric right sides together , but only on 3 sides...let one side open to slip the Timtex inside....close the open side and fold the whole thing like the pattern...

sew the two circles together and with an opening for turning, stuff it, close by hand and sew the pincushion on the square like this....

AQS online quilt contest

I entered my quilt "Schiessentümpel" in the AQS online quilt contest.
From october 6th - october 31st you can register to win weekly viewer drawings.
From november 3rd - november 3oth you can vote for your favourite quilt, there will be 8 randomly chosen winners.
Here you can see the prices you can win by voting for your favourite quilt.

anyway you can see some really eye-catching quilts by visiting the AQS site!

Indian Summer in Luxembourg

my garden is very colorful for the moment! :-)

The last flowers........

Another hankie bag....

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The pattern include 1/4" SA all around...

place enough for 10 hankies...

pieces to cut...

lay out two pieces of fabric and a very thin batting ...

sew all around (1/4" SA) , don't forget to let an opening to turn the piece inside out

before turning cut the 4 edges

turn it inside out and mark on the right side the 1/4" seam lines...

sew this seams (very small) on the right side....

cut two small pieces of velcro...

and se them in place...

sew the 2 side pieces, and don't forget the opening for turning...

cut the edges and turn the pieces inside out...

ooohh... I forgot to close the turning opening on the bag, but it's still time to do it :-)

now your bag looks like that....

close the opening on the small side pieces...

now you have to sew the side pieces in place, sorry, I have no clear picture of this...the seams are on the RIGHT side of the bag.......

I think here you can see how the pieces are sewed into the bag...

you're ready to use it....

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Hankie bag

More than 10 years ago I made some of this small bags for hankies for my kids......

today I sewed some new ones because the fabric with the little dogs is not so "cool" for a nineteen year old young lady.... :-)

Here's the pattern.....

two different fabrics and a piece of thin batting....

quilt the three layers.......

mark the pattern on the sandwich....

on the long sides the lining fabric has to be 1/2" larger.......

fold in half and press...

fold again and press...

sew it down....

cut two small pieces for closure....

pin them in place......

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now the small sides must be closed....

secure by a zig.zag stitch

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enjoy....

turn it inside out and voilà....

My version of the ready threader.....

they are really easy and fast to sew...

I think I will make some more.... :-)

Ready Threader tutorial

That's the next little thing I will do: the ready threader. I found this tutorial by Annie Ballarat from Australia on her blog FLOWERGARDEN.
She has a lot how to do pics on her blog. I think this will be a nice little gift for my quiltfriends....

Have a nice week! :-)

Pincushion...couch-potato

A few weeks ago I saw this pincushion somewhere on the www, but no pattern. This morning by visiting Sigrid's blog I saw it again. Thank you Sigrid for the visual reminder and by the way, your blog is fantastic! This afternoon I had to give it a try.....

Here is the pattern for my couch....

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don't forget to clip the inside seams....

I think the following steps don't need an explanation!?

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on the last rectangle sew only one seam.........

I cut5 pieces of timtex to give the couch a better shape....

I cute the pieces all around 1/4" smaller than the pattern pieces

I sticked the Timtex inside the little fabric box

fold the seam allowance of the last piece ....and stick the seam allowance of the little box inside the box...

stuff the piece and close the opening...sew two lines as indicated in the pattern...

stuff the little box and close the seams by hand....

sew the long piece to the little box...

stuff the mini-cushions and close the opening by hand....and have a siesta! :-)

another sunflower pincushion

That's from the site I gave you this morning.....I had to give it a try :-)
But nobody in my family is playing golf so I had no golf tee and used a srew...it works...

it's really so cute that you can also use it (of course without the screw, but with a safety pin) to decorate a quilt or your t-Shirt? ;-)

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For the moment it's really cold here in Luxembourg so I made for the first time after this summer fire...hmmmm!

The crazy Jackie...is still crazy!!

and Buddy....the best dog worldwide!

Tiny pincushion

This morning I found a tutorial for a lovely little pincushion.....
and I think a have to share it :-)
At Polka Dot Pineapple....have a look at this blog..it's great!