Moore Patchwork & Quilting

Love to Sew

I have put the finishing touches on my Love to Sew needlecase.

As you can see, on the front cover there's a little stitchery design and of course some ric-rac braid.  This is more of that yellow braid I found in my mother-in-law's sewing room.  It seems to suit just about everything I do.  I ended up making the twisted cord from the pink and blue DMC thread.  At first I thought it might be a bit too bright but when I put in against the finished item, I really liked it.  So there it is.

The finished size is 5" x 9" when opened.

 

 

Inside I went for the pink fabric as the lining and the blue print for the pockets.  I settled for the grey wool felt rather than the blue.

On the left side, there are two pockets - just the right size for packets of needles. Always essential in a needlecase.  On the right side, the pocket is big enough to hold embroidery floss, clover cutter, unpicker, etc. for your current project.

The pattern is available in both pdf and printed formats, on my website.

Giveaway...

I Love to Sew design includes 2 of my favourite things - ric-rac braid and a twisted cord. All that's missing is a button and then it would have been 3 out of 3.   Whenever I'm looking for something to embellish a project with I usually choose one of those.  What are your favourite embellishments?  Maybe it's the binding? or the quilting? Just leave a comment between now and Friday morning about your favourite embellishment and you will go into the draw to win a pdf copy of the I Love to Sew pattern.

Until next time

Lyn

Garden Path

Recently I was asked by a customer to design a stitchery wall hanging based on the verse Philippians 3:14 which reads "I press on toward the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."  I'm always happy to do a custom order, so I started thinking about what the verse means to me.

The verse talks about keeping on moving forward to receive a reward. At the time I was  studying the book of Hebrews and in chapters 3 and 4 there's reference to 'God's rest'. The combination of pushing on and resting, gave me an idea of a path leading up to a garden.

The path represents our life's journey.  Along the way we come across obstacles and opposition - that's the beehive and stinging bees;  but we receive encouragement and refreshment along the way through the Holy Spirit - that's the watering can; and if we keep on going we reach our goal -that's the seat amongst the flowers.

I made the stitchery into a wallhanging.

 

It's very scrappy - I used fabric squares which I had left over from other projects.  I machine quilted around the stitchery blocks and then hand quilted with Perle 8 thread diagonally through the squares and then in the borders of the stitcheries.

Mary liked it - so I'm happy.

Finished size is 10.5" x 16.5". 

I have also made it into a pattern in both pdf and printed formats which is available on my website.

Giveaway...

If you would like to go into the draw to win a pdf copy of the pattern just leave a comment between now and Tuesday morning.

Until next time

Lyn

My Hexagon Garden

I managed to finish My Hexagon Garden design before I took my machine in for a service.

I machine quilted in the ditch of the border seams and hand quilted with Perle 8 thread around the hexagons, and inside the borders.

I joined together some left over pieces of fabric to make the backing and had enough strips of fabric left to make the binding.  I added a hanging sleeve on the back so that I have the option of using it as a wallhanging if i want to.

I'm so glad that I didn't give up on hexagons but had another 'go' at them.  I really enjoyed the handwork involved and plan to make some more hexagon projects in future.

The pattern is available in both printed and pdf formats on my website.

Colour Conference....

Tomorrow morning I'm heading off to Sydney for a couple of days to attend the Colour Conference (a women's conference presented by Hillsong Church).  I'm so excited about going and have been looking forward to it for months.  Whenever I go away I always like to take a craft project with me - something small and portable. This time I'm taking a stitchery project and I also thought I might throw in some knitting. The funny thing is, I don't always have time to do something when I'm away but I always feel better knowing that I have the option - just in case.

Giveaway...

Do you like to take a project with you when you go away? What is your preferred project? Knitting? Stitchery? Or maybe you prefer to have a break?

Just leave a comment about your preference between now and Monday morning and you will go into the draw to win a pdf version of My Hexagon Garden.

I will speak to you then

Lyn

IPAD Cover

I've put the finishing touches on my Ipad Cover and my IPAD is now safely tucked away!

I'm so glad I chose the blue spotty fabric - definitely one of my favourites - but sadly I don't have any more left now!

The finished size is 10.5" x 8.5" - a nice snuggly fit for my IPAD.

For the flap closure, I was a bit uncertain about using press studs or buttons because I didn't want that pressure on the IPAD so I chose Velcro instead. 

It turned out to be a nice quick project and I'm really pleased with it.

The pattern is available in both printed and pdf formats on my website.

 

 

 

 

 

Giveaway...

One thing I really like my IPAD for is reading magazines.  I'm really pleased that so many magazines are now becoming available in digital format and this is especially true for overseas magazines. For example, I recently purchased Knitscene magazine through Zinio, and not only did it cost me less than half of what I would pay for it at the store, it was available the same day as it was released in US.  Normally I would have to wait weeks (sometimes months) before an overseas magazine was available here.  To me that's a huge plus.  Admittedly some magazines are best enjoyed in printed format - for example Cloth Paper Scissors.  I'm more than willing to pay the extra and wait for delivery on that one! But, at least now I have a choice. 

My question for you is - Do you prefer your magazines in printed format for digital format?  Perhaps you are like me and appreciate the choice or perhaps you are a printed 'person' all the way.  Just leave a comment between now and Monday afternoon and you will go into the draw to win a pdf version of the IPAD Cover pattern.

 

Sew and Sew

The last of the stitcheries from the Sew and Sew quilt:
Another two of my favourite blocks that I seem to use in a lot of my projects are the Pin Wheel and the Shoo Fly blocks.

Not sure what attracts me to them but it's probably that they work so well in scrappy quilts.  They look good in any project in fact!

The best part of sewing for me is the chance to do something creative.  It's very satisfying when I get an idea and see it turned into something that I like.  (Sometimes it starts out as one thing and becomes another.) I'm happiest when I'm creating.

 

 

The finished quilt:

This is the quilt all put together.  Finished size is 29" x 29".

I pieced left over pieces for the border and binding.  For the quilting I did what I often do - machine stitched  around the stitcheries and then did an stipple design over the rest of the quilt.

I had some fabric left over which I was able to piece for the backing (had to add a couple of extra pieces from my stash) so it also fulfills my SBS (Stash Busting Summer) requirements.

The pattern is available as a 3 part block of the month in printed format on my website.

Giveaway...

For the last week I've been telling you what I like about sewing so now it's your turn.

Just leave a comment about what you like about sewing between now and Monday afternoon, and you will go in the draw to win a copy of the Sew and Sew patterns. 

Until next time

Lyn

Love Is...

I have put the final touches on my Love Is... quilt.

Finished size is 38.5" (w) x 32.5" (h) - just the right size to hang on my living room wall where it will be as soon as Christmas is over.  (At the moment the space is taken up with a few Christmas things.)

I decided to turn the patterns into a block of the month project spread over 10 months.  Months 1-9 have stitchery patterns and month 10 is the putting-it-all-together.

The patterns are available on my website.

Gadgets...

I'm not much into sewing gadgets but the ones I do have I find to be indispensible.

This would have to be my favourite - not sure what it's called offically but to me it's a 'turnerouter'.  You know when you make fabric tubes for drawstrings or bag handles? This little thing is used to turn them out to the right side. You just push it into the tube and that little grabber thing on the left grabs onto the end and then you just pull on the circle and - ta da - the tube is instantly the right way round.  Beats using knitting needles, safety pins, or rulers. I bought this thing years and years ago when I used to make clothes from knit fabric.  Remember Knitwit shops? They had the best little gadgets and this is one of theirs. (I also have a couple of others but they are not as good as this one.) It's starting to go a bit rusty but that hasn't diminished it's usefulness.

Giveaway...

What is your favourite gadget?  Just leave a comment between now and Monday afternoon and you will go into the draw to win a complete set of patterns to make Love Is... quilt.

Until next time

Lyn

Ho..Ho..Ho..

Last night I put the finishing touches to my Ho..Ho..Ho.. design.

Once I had the borders on, the quilting was very quick.  I machine quilted in the ditch around the centre block and then in a stipple design over the rest of the quilt. The binding is pieced with leftovers from the blocks. 

Finished size is 27 1/2" x 17 1/2" - it will look nice on my Christmas table.

The pattern is available in both printed and pdf format on my website.

Giveaway....

One of the highlights of Christmas Day is of course the food.  My favourite food is the Christmas pudding.  The funny thing is I've never actually made a pudding myself.  When I was a child it was always my Nana's job and she would hide threepences and sixpences in it.  (We had to give them back so she could use them the following year!) Then the job passed to my Mum.  Now, it's passed to my local bakery! Mum and I are the only ones who like pudding. Every year I make a trifle which Robin and the boys love and that leaves the pudding for Mum and me to devour.  On Christmas Day I like it warm with a nice custard poured over it and then over the rest of the holidays I eat it cold with icecream or sometimes just by itself. Yummy.

What's your favourite Christmas food? Write a comment about it between now and Monday afternoon and you will go in the draw to win a pdf copy of Ho..Ho..Ho.. pattern.

Until next time

Lyn

 

Faith Hope Love

I put the finishing touches on my Faith Hope Love project and am pleased with the finished product.

For the quilting, I machine quilted around each stitchery block and then hand quilted around each block with Perle 8 thread.

I really like the chooky fabric and will have to buy some more! I have some other prints in that range and think it would make a really nice quilt.

The pattern is available in both printed and pdf formats on my website.

Giveaway...

Are you a morning person or an evening person?  Me, I love early mornings.  I find that since living in paradise, I seem to get up earlier and earlier!  This morning I was out running at 4.45am!  It's just starting to get light here then and it's very quiet and as you might expect there's no one else around.  Gives me a chance to clear my head, think about the day ahead and the things I need to do.  Even when I'm not running, I still wake up early.  On those days I like to get a head start on my housework and have most of it finished by breakfast.  I then feel set for the rest of the day.

Leave a comment about your preference - morning or evening - between now and Monday afternoon and you will go  in the draw to win a pdf version of Faith Hope Love.

Until next time

Lyn

In the Garden

I must have had my fingers crossed hard yesterday because I finished my In the Garden quilt.

There are a total of 12 stitcheries and the finished size of the quilt is 16.5" x 24.5".

For the binding, I joined some of the left over charm squares together. I like the way it adds to the scrappy look of  the quilt.

The pattern is in printed format only and is now available on my website.

I think it looks really 'springy' and it will definitely brighten up my pergola area. In fact, I couldn't wait to see how it looked and put it on the table immediately.

I think it's a huge improvement. 

One of the things I love about paradise, is being able to spend so much time outdoors without fear of freezing to death!  Being outdoors seems to clear the cobwebs from my head and makes me feel more rested.

 

 

Giveaway...

Are you an outdoor person like me or do you prefer indoors?

Just write a comment about your preference between now and Monday afternoon and you will go in the draw to win a copy of the In the Garden pattern.

Until next time

Lyn

Pretty Blooms and a giveaway

I recently had a design in Creating Country Threads called Pretty Blooms.  The design is a tablerunner that matches a small quilt design called Pretty Little Quilt.

I have now combined them both into the one pattern that I'm calling Pretty Blooms. 

The little quilt has 4 stitchery designs mixed with Shoo Fly blocks. (finished size 19" sq)

The tablerunner uses 3 of the stitchery designs and also has some Shoo Fly blocks. (finished size 10.5" x 28.5").  The tablerunner is suitable for 5" charm squares.

The pattern is available on my website and in my Etsy shop.

To celebrate the new pattern I'm having a giveaway.

What do you have for breakfast every day?...

This is what starts my day - a small serving of Just Right cereal, topped with fresh fruit and natural yoghurt and washed down with a big mug of Earl Grey tea. I always choose fruit in season and at the moment you just can't go past delicious strawberries. (Bananas are still my favourite fruit but at the moment they are still a bit of a luxury item.)

Leave a comment sharing your favourite breakfast before Tuesday morning and you will go in the draw to win a pdf pattern of Pretty Blooms.

Until next time

Lyn