Added a few more borders to my Marcelle Medallion

This is still one of the most fun projects I have done. Have to put it aside to make a few Halloween costumes and baby quilts.

 

 

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Received my Strawberry Pincushion(s)

My Strawberry Pincushion Swap package arrived yesterday:

My swap partner was Heidi of Fabric Mutt blog.  The personalized pouch has the cutest strawberry lining too.  Thank you again Heidi.

This was a great swap and I may join again!

Strawberry Pincushion Swap

I joined in on the Strawberry Pincushion Swap on flickr as soon as I saw some of the inspiration photos.

The Bird Brain Designs pattern had caught my attention when someone in my guild has made some of the cute little items.

I ordered the PDF file and got started since I have a good collection of wool and perle cotton.

I also did some redwork on a linen tea towel.  This was lots of fun to put together and it went off in the mail today to it's new owner!

Purse Palooza

The follow was posted today at Sew Sweetness for the Purse Palooza, but in case you didn't see it there:
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The stars were aligned to create this bag!
* Sara of Sew Sweetness asked me to join her Purse Palooza pattern review
* I had previously purchased the Ewe Old Bags pattern by
Primitive Pieces by Lynda
* I came to own seven boxes of recycled wool through an acquaintance of my Son

Here is what I made:

 The pattern has instructions for making this bag from knitting and felting the background fabric, using felted wool (what I did) or using quilting cotton or decorator fabric.

 You will need:
- one of the backgrounds mentioned above
- one 60" leather strap
- 4 grommets (I made buttonholes instead)
- 1/2 yard of fabric for lining and pocket
- scraps of felted wool for applique

 

The pattern has four seasonal options:

 



 

The changes I made from the pattern were minimal.  I did assemble the lining leaving an opening, machine stitched and topstitched the lining to the bag rather than hand stitching it in.  This makes it much more sturdy.  I also added Pellon® SF-101 Shape Flex® fusible woven interfacing to the lining to make sure the bag kept it's shape.  My main bag fabric was from a wool coat - very heavy and thick.  This worked great.  I ordered the leather straps from an etsy store and it was reasonably priced.  The pattern pieces needed to be taped together and than you could choose the size you wanted.

I was very happy with the pattern result.

 

I would rate this pattern as an advanced beginner level.

 

Thanks for inviting me to join in the Purse Palooza Sara.  I hope readers try this bag and show us the results.

Mary on Lake Pulaski







Borders 1, 2 and 3 on Marcelle Medallion

So far, so good!  Now we'll see how those geese fly!

Marcelle Medallion part 1 of ?

I've loved the Marcelle Medallion since the first time I saw it.  Now I've started one too!

This is the center which I paper pieced. The pattern is from the book Liberty Love by Alexia Abegg.

I've chose a different color palette from most I've seen:

Hope this works out for the rest of the borders.  We'll see.

 

Machine Pieced Hexagon Quilt

Yes, I machine pieced this hexagon quilt ( and machine quilted it and applied the binding by machine)!

You would think it was a fast finish then right?  Well, not so much.  I attended an amazing workshop with the incredible Jackie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studios last fall and learned her technique for machine piecing the hexagon.  I finished piecing it at retreat last October and it sat until I based it in July.

 I finally got busy quilting it and I am so happy with the finish.  The hexagons are five inches diameter finished.  The quilt finished at 62" X 80".

Here it is for Finish It Up Friday: