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Tutorial: How to make a fabric mittens for your baby
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This days had been reaaally cold here! I think that we just had a maximum of -5ºC on the lasts 15 days!! Hard to believe, isn’t it? So it has been hard to go to promenade, it has been like an adventure!. I was completely concerned about: is my baby getting cold, is she to hot?? And I had also discovered how difficult is to … Continue reading
Improving my Free Motion Quilting technique – Several free motion quilting projects!
As I said on my post Quilting a patchwork quilt for babies, before starting to quilt the beautiful quilt my mother has done to my daughter, I’ve been practicing the free motion quilting. Having this objective in mind, I started reading some posts from Leah Day’s blog. It is so great, I really recommend you to read it! I bought a book about free motion … Continue reading
Posted in Patchwork, Practice, Techniques
Tagged free motion quilting, patchwork, practice, quilt, quilting
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Quilting a patchwork quilt for babies
I finally did quilted the patchwork quilt my mother hand-sewn for my baby daughter!!! And I have to say it is beautiful!! At the beginning I was not completely sure to be able to do so…and it was such a big responsibility.. On my birthday, I got as a gift an accessory for my sewing machine to make free motion quilts. And I thought I … Continue reading
Last minute Christmas Tree – Make a fast, cheap and easy Christmas Tree
For those that still don’t have a tree I want to show how to make this beautiful last minute tree. I made it by sewing together some fabric and painting it.Look at it: Do you like it? Want to learn how to make it? Keep reading: Tutorial: How to make a last minute Christmas tree, fast cheap and easy {Notions and tools} – A piece … Continue reading
Posted in sewing, Techniques, Tutorials
Tagged christmas, decoration, fabric, ornament, paint, tree
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A precious baby quilt – My mother has done a patchwork blanket for my daughter! And she asked me to quilt it!
As I said on the past post Visiting Bern, my parents had brought us a patchwork blanket for my baby daughter. My mother has done it on the past few months and I have to say: IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! Look at it: And now this little details: Don’t you love the fabrics she used? I love them! So girly!! The only point! She has … Continue reading
Posted in General Information, Patchwork, Techniques
Tagged baby, blanket, fabric, my mother, patchwork, quilt, quilting
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How to crochet. Part #4: How to make a magic ring or magic circle
When we want to work something round (say a hat, a ball, a round rug,…) there are two options. One to chain some stitches, close them and work on this base. Or the other is to use a magic circle. The difference between this two methods is that with the magic ring you make a foundation that does not have a hole in the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Crocheting, Techniques, Tutorials
Tagged crochet, hook, magic circle, magic ring, yarn
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First crocheted project: a scarf – Have fun crocheting: Practice single crocheting
On the past posts of the series ”Introductory course to learn to crochet” (Part 1 ,Part 2 and Part 3) we learned to choose the necessary material, how to make the firsts steps and to single crochet. Now it is time to start practicing what we learned and have fun crocheting. You can do plenty of things with single crochet stitch. It is the basic crochet stitch. To practice single … Continue reading
Posted in Crocheting, Practice, Tutorials
Tagged baby, crochet, have fun, practice, scarf, tutorial
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How to crochet. Part #3: Single Crochet
On the past posts of the series ”Introductory course to learn to crochet” (Part 1 and Part 2) we learned to choose the necessary material and how to make the firsts steps. Now that we know how to chain, we can learn how to single crochet. First observe how I single crochet on this video: {Steps to follow to single crochet} {To begin:} Step 1) Chain 10 stitches ( want … Continue reading
Posted in Crocheting, Techniques, Tutorials
Tagged crochet, introduction to crochet, single crochet, tutorial
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