Tumblers

Slow and steady progress on my latest EPP project: 

I'm loving this project and when I run out of precut scraps I'll probably dig into my stash and keep sewing because it's so adorable. 

Quilt palette inspiration!

Each weekend I release an inspirational quilt palette which I have derived by performing a colour study on a photo I've taken. Usually the photo features something from the natural environment such as this week's banksia flower. 

This is one of my favourite palettes since beginning this habit mid last year. 

Would you sew with this palette? 

 

EPP Update?

I'm loving my tiny scrappy tumblers!  I'm not sure how big this project will be yet but I'm enjoying the process and the scrappy style. 

The printable templates PDF is available from my website (link in left sidebar).

New EPP Template!

I am starting a new EPP project!

I have a Tupperware container of 2" square civil war style fabric scraps that I want to work with.

So I designed a tumbler template for them!

You can download the template PDF here: My Download Website

I can't believe how tiny these are! I am just going to start and decide later if this will be a quilt center, table runner or cushion cover. I've never worked with templates this small so I might hate it who knows! LOL.

The resulting tumblers are super cute though!

Stay tuned to see how it goes!

Destructive Dog - time to recover some dog beds!

Molly our Westipoo is 15 months old and still hasn't outgrown her destructive phase! She's ruined so many dog beds already. This one we've only had about 6 weeks. She chewed the cover off it entirely and has continued to take out chunks of foam.

She loves zippers and straps/ties, so I couldn't use them when recovering because that would just encourage her! So I had to come up with another option for recovering dog beds. First I grabbed my bread knife and shortened that bit of foam to remove the holey piece leaving a piece about 25" square.

Then I improvised a huge Aussie pillowcase with a fairly long housewives flap (I have a tutorial for making these French seam pillowcases - click on my tutorials tab) and just popped the foam inside. 

Once completed I tossed it out into the hallway and got on with more sewing, Henry our 14 year old Spoodle appreciated my efforts straight away!

I used a lovely Moda flannel from my stash!

So I decided to do another one. I bought a new dog bed the same, removed the brand new cover because it has a zip (perhaps it'll be handy when she's older?). Then I made a big pillowcase cover for it too:

It is a relatively quick way of making a cover so I won't be too devastated if she destroys these too.

She gave it her tick of approval! 

That fabric was only about $3 a yard from a Hobby Lobby clearance table a few years ago so the cover probably cost less than $9 to make.

Then I hemmed six 1 yard cuts of flannel for dog blankets as it is almost winter here and dog blankets never go to waste around here in chilly weather.

So that bit of dog sewing kept me busy for a few hours!