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[livejournal.com profile] scarlettina and [livejournal.com profile] markbourne were successfully rebirthdayed yesterday, so now this doesn't have to be locked up anymore.

right. so i took the themed gift idea and tried out a new (to me) quilting technique.

watercolor hearts before

one-inch squares of fabric arranged on gridded fusible interfacing. (ironing makes the squares stick to the interfacing and the grid lines are visible on the back side. with seam allowances, the starting dimensions are approximately twice the finished size.

vertical seams complete

fold on the grid lines and sew 1/4" seams. halfway there.

sandwich

all there. see the red pencil in this pic and the first one for scale.

finished and washed

quilted, finished, run through a normal wash and dry. it was significantly softened - that's good - between the folds of interfacing and the heat-resistant batting, it was hard to fold. now it's as flexible as i would want a potholder to be. it should be sturdy enough for daily use.

Date: 2010-02-22 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scarlettina.livejournal.com
And the potholder was just as pretty--if not more so--in person!

Thank you thank you for the party! And thank you for the beautiful pendant. I'll remember the day forever.

Date: 2010-02-22 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pedantka.livejournal.com
That is beautiful. You are slowly inspiring me to overcome my fear of sewing and try quilting.

Date: 2010-02-22 03:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] katybeth
That's really pretty!

Date: 2010-02-22 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadow-and-veil.livejournal.com
This is cool.

There was some un-stitching at some point, wasn't there? What happened?

Date: 2010-02-22 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadow-and-veil.livejournal.com
Ah. Do you think this method is better for someone experienced, or would it be okay for a (methodic) beginner? I'm thinking of pointing L at it.

Date: 2010-02-22 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggrrl.livejournal.com
I'm not getting it. You iron the fabric squares onto the fusing, then you have squares of fabric ironed onto fusing, but no quilt, and as far as I can see, no way of sewing the squares of fabric together to make a quilt, because they're already fused right next to each other. And yet you clearly ended up with a quilt, so what am I missing?

Date: 2010-02-22 05:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggrrl.livejournal.com
Makes sense now! I thought about that, but I rejected the idea because of the flaps.

Date: 2010-02-22 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixxelpuss.livejournal.com
That potholder is GORGEOUS. I need to learn to quilt.

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