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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Catalicious


Here is Block 5 of Bronwyn Hayes' Catalicious BOM. I really like the buttonhole stitch for the flowers and blanket edging. I'm only one month behind on this BOM now... but as you can see below I have started the next one so should be caught up soon!
I thought I could show you my latest little technique-discovery. I was reading somewhere about basting a quilt. The author said to cut a longish thread, pull only half of it through and baste with it. Come back to the other end of the thread and baste away in the opposite direction. I thought I would try this idea with my stitching.
Above I have started a new thread and am busy sewing away.
Underneath it is a long dingle-dangle thead, out of the way and waiting to be used (sometime I tack it loosely out of the way if it is being in an annoying mood).
In the next (bottom) photo you can see I have finished the stitching with the first half of the thread; I have threaded the second half (that was dingle-dangling below my work) and started a new patch of sewing in another direction.
This technique has been working really well for me; I have half the number of ends to tidy up and sew in at the back. I make sure I start in a spot that is in the middle of a pattern so I don't run out of places to go.
It's really good for this redwork / one colour stitching but I guess if you were multi-colouring it could be used in the odd place where there is a large amount of one colour.

Well that's my words of wisdom for today!! Hope you're all having a good weekend :-)
Happy sewing!!
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  1. LeeanneAugust 1, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    very cool idea...nice to hear it is working for you.Very cute cats.

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  2. vivAugust 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    It's time for me to lurk no more. Thank you for sharing this technique with inspirational photos. I have added your address to my blog as a source of great links for learning more about the process. Here, in ChCh, we have a fabric and crafts market called Stash reHash from which I have seriously expanded my collection. It's all a bit mind-boggling really just knowing how and where to get started. I think I need to try a sampler of some kind.
    I hope the floodwaters have subsided and that you are drying out and warming up. We've had a warming but blustery nor'wester today.

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  3. Angelikas quilts and knitsAugust 1, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    Thank you so much for sharing this :-) I´m shure that it will work very good for me too !
    Happy stitching :-)

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  4. BecAugust 2, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    Very cute!
    oh, and I worked out which Sara Donati book I need and it's only the last one I am missing. I have one here tucked away still waiting to be read!

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  5. BentaAugust 4, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    Thank you, I love anything that makes life easier :-)

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  6. NickyAugust 4, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    Gorgeous Raewyn, very cute cat. Thanks for sharing that technique - what a great idea!

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  7. Rose MarieAugust 5, 2010 at 1:28 AM

    Sweet block .... and great tip!

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