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May8

Gift for Mom? Microwaveable Bowls!

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Gift for Mom? Microwaveable Bowls!

10 and 8 inch sizes

2 bowls for Faye

 

Last week, my hubby asked me to make his mom microwaveable bowls for her birthday.  Her birthday is today, so now I can show you!

 

 

Colors reversed

 

 

 

The bowls are made with 8 and 10 inch squares of fabric and batting.  Remnants are perfect!  And I always have cotton batting scraps, too.  It’s fun to pick out fabrics that look good inside or out.

Here’s the instruction sheet that my hubby sent with it.  He’s so creative!

Linda’s Microwaveable Bowl Instructions

If you’re not sure how to use them, click on the instructions!

If you’re not sure how to make them, here’s a link to the tutorial on my Pinterest board.  I don’t follow the instructions exactly, I never do!  But, the results are the same.  Cotton fabric and batting is important.

Thanks and Happy Birthday, Mom!

:) Linda

 

 

 

Apr19

Dish Mats Revisited Again!

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Dish Mats Revisited Again!

6 mats revisited

 

Six fat quarters + terry cloth + a few hours = 6 dish mats revisited!  I played with my stash and found 3 pairs of fabrics to put together for 6 new dish mats.  It was fun to find fabrics not purchased together as coordinates for this project!  I love how they turned out and will find some unsuspecting persons to gift them to!

Here’s the link to the tutorial post.  Have you made one yet?

Thanks!  :) Linda

 

 

Apr8

Dish Mats Revisited!

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Dish Mats Revisited!

looks great in my kitchen

 

Do you ever get an idea in your head that you can’t get rid of?  That’s happened to me regarding my dish mats.  My daughter recently asked if I had any dish mats available to give away.  No, but I can make some!  Then my brain went to work and here I am with a new tutorial for making dish mats!

Granted, this is not a new technique, nor an original idea.  My quilting buddy, Candace, uses this method when she makes double sided receiving blankets.  As with most things quilty, there are no new ideas, just new to me ideas!

2 coordinating fat quarters trimmed

 

It always starts with fabric, especially those purchased with no purpose, like these two.

 

 

 

shuffle 2

 

 

 

My thought was, “what if I cut these together, creating borders, leave a seam open and turn the dish mat through that opening.”

 

carefully turn inside out thru opening in border

 

 

 

 

 

all done, 2 dish mats in about an 2 hours

 

 

In no time, I had 2 dish mats!

As before, I used purchased terry cloth and fat quarters, both of which were pre-washed.  Here’s my previous post about making dish mats.

I’ve written a new tutorial for this method, I hope you have fun with it.  If you’d like to share your pictures, send me an email to   “linda at lrdesignsquilting dot com” and I’ll post them!

Here’s the pdf link for the new tutorial- Linda’s Dish Mat Tutorial Revisited

I’m linking with Judy at Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday and A Stitch in Time April Finish!

April Finishes
Thanks for looking!  I’ve got six fabrics ready to cut into the next set of dish mats, so stay tuned for more finishes!

:) Linda
 

 

Jan7

Lil’ Twister Potholder Binding Tutorial

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Lil’ Twister Potholder Binding Tutorial

Lil' Twister Potholders

What’s on my design wall today?  Two Lil’ Twister Potholders completed using my potholder or small project binding tutorial.

In a previous post, I gave brief instructions for using a 5 inch square to make this little potholder with the Lil’ Twister Tool by Country Schoolhouse.

After several inquiries about how I attached the binding with the little loop, I’ve prepared a complete tutorial!  Here’s the pdf of Lil’ Twister Potholder Binding Tutorial .

Have fun!

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday Projects!  :) Linda

Apr12

My Version of Rectangles and Squares Quilt

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My Version of Rectangles and Squares Quilt

A  couple of quilters asked me about my Rectangles and Squares Quilts, so here’s a mini tutorial on how to make your own.

Bryana + Sam Quilt is finished, and the greys and browns version is a work in progress.  I’ve sewn the body together, and need to add the borders.  For this one, I am adding a mottled black border which contrasts the squares, unlike Bryana’s which has matching borders and squares.

Check a previous post that refers to the inspiration for these quilts.  I like the way the  AllPeopleQuilt pattern clustered the colors, but didn’t take advantage of strip piecing like The Baby Bricks pattern.  So, I just combined the two patterns to create my quilts!  For Bryana’s quilt, I used larger blocks that finish 9″ x 3″ and the grey blocks finish 2″ x 6″.  You can use fat quarters or width of fabric.  The construction is the same for each.

The smaller block is a 4 1/2″ strip of print fabric (rectangles) and a 2 1/2″ strip of background fabric (squares) sewn together and pressed toward the print.  Cut the strip set into 2 1/2″ segments.  Do this for all the fabrics, arrange them and sew together!  That’s it!

The larger block is a 6 1/2″ strip of print fabric (rectangles) and a 3 1/2″ strip of background fabric (squares) sewn together and pressed toward the print.  Cut the strip set into 3 1/2″ segments.  Do this for all the fabrics, arrange them and sew together!

This would be a fun one to do scrappy if you wanted to cut individual squares and rectangles, but this method is so fast you can have all the blocks done in an afternoon.  It takes longer decide on the layout!

I hope this makes sense to everyone!  Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

 

 

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