Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last post, I really appreciate them!
Today is all about my Coffee Koozie! This is my DrEAmi (Drop Everything and Make It) project which I will be linking to Sandra's DrEAMi party! And as it is a finish I will also be linking to Crazy Mom Quilts on Friday for Finish it up Friday.
But first of all, just to let you know, I'm still working on my CV bag (Camper Van)
One of those changes being the lining. "Don't do this at home!" as they used to say on some programme on TV ..... was it Blue Peter? well, maybe not! But anyway, I put my front and back together, stitched them, bound the edges and then decided I had to quilt the inside as well as the back of the bag .....
it wasn't easy! I had to have one hand inside the bag to make sure the stitches didn't go through to the back (front actually!).
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| I decided to quilt the inside because the lining sagged once the bag was turned through. |
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| I only quilted the middle, it didn't really need quilting all over. |
..... but I got totally distracted when I visited Patty's blog and saw her Coffee Koozie! Patty has a link to the tutorial! (Mind, if you go to visit her right now, don't forget to come back!)
Anyway, I couldn't resist making one, could I?!
Well it all started with the idea that the squares could be "leaders and enders" while I stitched my CV bag .....
Edited 31.08.18: Adding the binding:
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| I was really happy with the finish of the binding, bit hard to see maybe, but it's gone really well. |
but, once I got as far as stitching the blocks together this was where my Coffee Koozie became my DrEAmi project which I just had to carry on and finish!
Made using the "Quilt as you go" method (see it on the tutorial).
Everything went swimmingly ..... until I started "top stitching" .....
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| Disaster struck big time! |
I machine stitched all the way round but wasn't happy with the way the stitching looked and had to pull all the stitches out, which was tricky because when my machine had hit the joining seams they had gone from size 4 to 0 .... it was almost impossible to get that lovely pink thread undone.
Anyway, I eventually finished the Coffee Koozie, replacing the machine top stitching with hand stitching.
Don't you just love that apple green lining ..... ?
Soooo ...... this does mean my poor CV bag is still waiting to be FFO (Fully finished off)!
Oh, and this is my latest little cross stitch kit ..... just started. More about the details next time.
and no doubt you can tell ..... I can't decide which method to use to keep my place!
Anyway, you can see I still have plenty of stitching to amuse me!
Hope you are all keeping well! I'm off to try to catch up on visiting all you guys now!
See you soon!!!
Hugs,
Barbara xxx
Anyway, you can see I still have plenty of stitching to amuse me!
Hope you are all keeping well! I'm off to try to catch up on visiting all you guys now!
See you soon!!!
Hugs,
Barbara xxx
Linking to: Sandra's DrEAMi party
and Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday
P.S. Sorry guys, that header is a bit big, I'll try to find something smaller next time!
