Friday 21 February 2014

Library Project update!


Can you spot the Basset Hound amongst these scraps?  I pulled a few scraps  (these are Karavan by Valori Wells) and placed a few here and there to see if these will work for my Wilbur the Basset wall hanging and I'm pretty happy with them! I've hand sewn a Basset outline with Perle cotton (earlier post) and am going to fill him in with more of these scraps.  This is one of my projects for the Library Project link up, inspired by an elephant design in Scrap Happy Quilting.
Adrienne at Chezetcook Modern Quilts has a linky party encouraging us to make stuff from the books and magazines we buy, instead of just browsing, admiring and putting them back on the bookshelf.  I love this idea.  I've tried to pick smaller projects that I could work on in between quilts.  I have 1 work in progress, 1 finished and 2 not yet started!

This one in progress uses the Ticker-Tape technique.  It's really neat and I'm going to do it as a quilt as you go to add the scraps.  I found 2 tutorials that explain this approach really well.  One from Stitched in Colour and one from Crazy Mom Quilts.  Apparently this is addictive and I can see the attraction already.  A really fun project so far!


I do have one finish to share with you.  I made a patchwork charm bag and the last post had it nearly done, only needing some binding and a button - ta dah!  All buttoned up now and finished!


This project was from Creative Quilting and uses 30 charm squares ( a 9 patch for front and back, 6 patch for flap and the rest for the strap!) so is very economical to make.  It is a surprisingly roomy bag and I can get a small laptop or net book, phone keys, wallet and camera into it!  The fabric is Spa by Deb Strain with lemon solid to contrast.  It's a bit summery for this time of year but I hope to use it for carting bits and bobs to Thursday night sewing meetings.

It came from Creative Quilting magazine and I followed the instructions without making any changes.  If I was to make another I'd make a longer strap but that's about it.  Everything else was spot on.

I'm really enjoying these smaller projects.  Nice to have a finish under my belt for a change!  Linking up to Finish it Friday and
Chezzetcook Modern Quilts

10 comments:

  1. Your Bassett Hound is coming along nicely! Lovely fabric choices!

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  2. I love this linky idea. I'll need to check it out. I also loooove the Bassett hound scrap layout! Can't wait to see it finished!

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  3. how fun with your basset for inspiration! I have a ticker tape mini on deck for my miniQuilt series - it looks so fun and quick! I hope yours comes together nicely for you and meets your four-legged friend's approval : )

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  4. Cute bag! And the basset hound is going to be very cool.

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  5. Great idea to choose smaller projects. Wish I would have thought of that. Your hound will be amazing. Looks like such fun.

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  6. cute puppy, what a great idea, better not show my hubby, or he will want a cow made!!

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  7. Your wall hanging is looking great so far - I'm going to check out those links you provided and check out that process.

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  8. The hound shape looks great. Looking forward to the finish!

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  9. your hound makes me smile :) I cannot wait to see him emerge even more. And I love the button on your new bag :)

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  10. Your Basset hound is adorable. What a great idea for a quilt.

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