Patch Up A Pair of Jeans With A Mini Quilt Block!

Patch up a pair of jeans with

 a mini-quilt block patch square! 

 All you need is a few scraps of fabric

and some heat'n bond lite.  Oh, and

of course, a pair of holy jeans.

Here's the hole on my pair of jeans! 

I've selected my fabric.  

I cut one inch strips from each fabric.

As you'll 

see below, I decided to use 

the floral and solid fabric and

leave out the stripe fabric.

Place the two strips right 

sides together, sew 1/4" seam 

allowance and press.

From the sewn strips, cut six 1" 

strips as shown. Unless you need

more to cover a larger area.  

Place them how you want the 

block to look.

Begin to assemble your block.

This is what the block looks

like form the back once sewn

and pressed.  I ended up with a
twelve-patch block. You may only
need to make a nine-patch block.

You'll need some Heat'n bond.  It's lite

so the area where your placing the

patch won't be to stiff.

Cut one piece of heat'n bond the

same size as your patch.  

Also, cut one scrap of fabric a

little larger than your patch.

 

Place your heat'n bond, rough size 

down on wrong side of patch block, 

and press. Follow

manufacturing instructions.  

 

  Once pressed, remove paper

 and you're left 

with a film on wrong side of fabric. 

 

Place your backing against film side

of block, (this would be the wrong

side of patch).

Trim your block.  Now you can 

place your patch block over the

hole or

underneath the hole.

I decided to place the patch

over the hole.  First sew 

all around patch.  Remove from

sewing machine and check that the 

patch is laying down flat and 

you have no puckers.

Once your patch is where you want it, 

sew around patch with a statin stitch.

 There you have it.  Show off your

quilting on your jeans and make

it pretty!!!  This is great for  

kids clothes, as well as adults

clothes. You don't need to make a

9-12 patch block.  You can use

your favorite block pattern.  Just

remember to make it in a mini form

so you can show it off!

*You may have to remove the side seam of 

your jeans to sew in the patch, depending

where your hole is located.   

I was able to sew on the patch

with out removing side seam.

Thanks for stopping by!

Psalm 100:5a

For the Lord is good and

his love endures forever...

Flight / 54-40 Quilt Block

Fabrics from my stash!!!  

I decided to make these quilt blocks 

from fabric I already had. I ended up making four blocks of each color, green, purple and pink, ending up with 12 blocks.  Just got the blocks done. Yeah!!!!

This block is a combination

of an eight pointed star

and four block squares

  

I haven't had time to sew the

 blocks together.  Once I do, I will

 share my quilt with you!!

I'm excited to see them put together.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Psalm 100:5a

For the Lord is good and

his love endures forever...

Farm Girl Vintage Blocks 7-12 Part 2

#Farmgirlfridays

Farm Girl Vintage Blocks continue.

  Here you go, the next

 blocks completed (7-13). 

The plan is to make all the 

blocks and make the

quilt shown on the cover of

the book, but I just 

don't know.  I just may

have to make extras of

these cute blocks and

make some of these quilts

featured in this book.

  

Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt

Chicken Foot Block

#chickenfoot

Churn Dash Block

#curndash

Cool Threads Block

#coolthreads

Corn And Tomatoes Block

#cornandtomatoes

Country Crossroads Block

#countrycrossroads

Crops Block

#crops

You can view the first six blocks 

here First six blocks.

Thanks for stopping by!

Psalms 143:5

I remember the days of old;

 I meditate on all that you have done; 

I ponder the work of your hands.

    

Valentine Quilt!

Here's my Valentine Quilt!

  I choose three fabrics. The 

heart fabric which is the main 

top fabric, the dark gray border 

fabric, the binding and backing

were made with the same fabric.

Here you see it sandwiched together.

I top stitched between the hearts.

I totally machine quilted the 

entire quilt.

No hand stitching the 

binding.  In fact, I just 

trimmed the backing a 

few inches larger then the 

top and rolled the edge

around to the front to 

finish it off. 

Here's the back view!

This is my commandment that you 

love one another

as I have loved you.

John 15:12

I Love To Quilt

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I'm so excited to share this mini quilt,  I've had the pleasure to be a tester for  Lorna McMahon @ Sew Fresh Quilts newest pattern!  

Here's a picture of just the top I sewed before realizing I had sewn the letter (I) upsized down! I did fix it!  I also changed the blue on the iron!  I decided to use gray as you will notice on the finished quilt below.

It's so adorable and you have the option of making it horizontal or vertical.  I choose to make the horizontal mini quilt because it best fits my wall space.  I'll be making this quilt again and again for a few of my friends. This mini quilt really makes a great gift for either a birthday, Christmas, or a just because gift for yourself! 

Lorna includes full color photos and diagrams with easy to follow instructions.  Her list of materials, fabric requirements  and sewing directions makes this quilt fun to sew! This mini quilt measures about 17" x 32".

Here's my finished quilt!!  

Here's a picture of the backing and the binding I used!

Thank you Lorna for allowing me to be a tester! 

Don't forget to visit Lorna's site to see both mini quilt options!

Sew Fresh Quilts

What's in the Bag and Making Bias Tape

Thanks for stopping by because this week it was time for me to pull out one of my patterns I had purchased while on sale at JoAnn's Fabric Store.   I chose Simplicity #2381.  I really liked  4 out of the 5 bags featured on the front envelope and decided to make View D first.

Here's the finished bag.  I love the way it turned out. The pattern called for a light interfacing, and a package of 1/2 inch bias tape (also known as binding).  Most packages contain 3-4 yards (but I used about 5 yards on this bag). I wanted the bag to have more body so, what's in the bag! Instead of light interfacing, I used a light cotton batting (batting is used for quilts).   Don't use thick batting unless you quilt the fabric before you cut the pattern pieces out.  Otherwise,  your bag will not turn out correctly.

I located the center front by folding the pattern pieces in half.  Marking center with sewing pins. Then I quilted the two layers together (front fabric and batting) by sewing on the center bag front.  Next,  I lined up the pressor foot with the first line and kept using each line has a guide for the next sewn line. I did come across extra bulk when matching some of the seams especially along the binding areas. Also,  I decided to make my own bias tape  because I wanted a coordinating fabric and nothing I had seen was available to match my bag.

I made my own bias tape and below are two ways to make it.

1. Strip Method~

Take a strip of fabric.  The example here is 7" by the length of the fabric.

Fold your fabric over.

Cut on that folded line.  Remember this is your 45 degree line. Cut out your strips to desired width.

Here you have your cut strips.

Place right sides together and sew 1/4" seam allowance to create your strips.

2. Continuous  Bias Tape
The second method  and the method I prefer.~ A fabric needs to be made in to a square of your desired fabric and cut from corner to corner. (For the bag above,  I made my square 20" and  had about 7 yards of bias tape.)  Fabric is right side up.   I placed a pin on the top and bottom of the square because it makes it easier to understand placement of fabric when your moving it around.  Take the bottom triangle

and place it above the other triangle where pins meet. The fabric is still right side up.

Fold over top piece (right sides together) and sew a 1/4" seam.

Press seams open and place fabric wrong side up.  Draw 1/4" seam allowance lines at top and bottom.  Measure out desired width and draw lines. (For this project, I cut the strips 2" wide.)   Place a pin on the first line drawn (top) and place a pin on the second line drawn (bottom).

Match pins with right sides of fabric together and sew.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Take your scissors and cut on drawn lines. You will now have a continuous strip. 

To finish the bias tape I like to press my strips in half with an iron and then guide it through the bias maker tool (these tools come in different sizes).  If you don't have a bias tool, don't worry.  

All you have to do is fold your strip in half, press.  Open up pressed seam and press raw edges toward center fold line. When using your iron be careful.  Your fingers tend to feel the heat of the iron especially when using stream to really get a nice crisp fold.

How to Determine the width of your bias tape:

The way I determine the width of by double bias tape is very simple:

Width needed for project  X  4 = width of cut strips

For this bag I needed

1/2" double bias tape X  4 = 2" (width of cut strips) 

I hope you have enjoyed me sharing this project along with some tips on how to make your own bias tape.  You don't have to follow the pattern exact.  If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks!