Monday, July 27, 2009

Vacation



Yeppiieehhh!
I will be in Spain till August 15th!
We will start tomorrow morning. The first time that all my kids stay at home....strange!!

I hope so to see you all again on my blog in two weeks.....
Have a nice time!
Fernande
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Friday, July 24, 2009

This and that.....


We got a photovoltaic system on our roof....
some pics of the installation....
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I really had problems to watch the guys climbing on the roof....brrrr...
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the work is done....oufff...
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Today my Dear Jane quilt had a ride in the washer......
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it came out perfectly clean.... :-)
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The last little quilt I made....as you can see...it was hot here in Luxembourg....
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Shoe bags


This bags I sewed a few days ago. The fabric is an old shower curtain....
This bags hold my shoes in the suitcase..........
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I will not give you measurements because I don't know the length of your feet ;-)
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fold your rectangle in half RIGHT side out! and pin..
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close the two open sides with an 1/8" seam......
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turn the bag and press fingerpress the two seams....
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sew another seam on the two sides (1/4") , to hide the raw edges on the right side of the bag......
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cut two strips 2" wider than your bag and 3" high.......
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on one small side double fold an sew.....
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mark with a pin the opposite side of the seam.......
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sew the stripe one of the strips on your bag beginning in the middle (pin)....
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sew just to the seam (or to the pin) ,let enough fabric to fold it twice, cut the excess fabric and sew in place..............
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the same with the second stripe....
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sew the folded seams on both stripes.....
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