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A little over a year ago I followed a short evening course on "Getting to know your sewing machine". Combine this with a bad bout of the flu and endless YT time watching videos of Kate at The Last Homely House and you find me cutting up an old unused towel to make some new cleaning cloths.

Who'd thought it!

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Testing two different layouts 4*4 left and 4*4 right.

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My house is too small for a large design board, so testing blocks on my bed is the easiest place.

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I'm working on my next quilt project: let's go on a trip around the world!

Slightly more muted colors than my previous big quilt, but the main row will still be Free Spirit/Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I think I have decided which configuration I will choose, but I have not yet decided on a size.

3 by 5 (each 4x4 blocks) or 4 by 4 (each 4x4 blocks).

Any quilters who have experience with this quilt block?

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New EPP project: let's see if I can make two small pillow cases with these hexagons.

Each pillow case will use 67 hexies, 5 rows of 7 and 4 rows of 8. :crossstitch_grl:

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After the takeover of our company by another competitor, behind the scenes a full blown integration plan was set up and is running.

As employees not immediately involved in the integration, we are encouraged to host or join so-called "Culture Circles", where in small groups - during company time - you talk about a variety of topics. The topics are brought in by the hosts, and this afternoon I will host/mediate a circle on the topic of "Fabrics & Textile Arts".
No idea what everyone will bring to our hour, but I have some samples ready, because basically I hope we'll all talk about our hobbies that have something to do with textile/fabric and such :neocat_heart:

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Alright, but while I'm working my way through all my christmas/holiday related embroidery work, I am also planning a next quilt.

I love the idea I have the winter months to work on these projects inside :neocat_heart: :crossstitch_grl:

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Another Kaffe Fassett Collective/Free Spirit project, this time purchased from The Last Homely House (warning to my future self: more expensive, because it's not shipped DDP).

Yellow/orange-ish 1 inch hexagons, basting was quite easy and fun, and now I just want to see if this is the configuration I want. I like there is some symmetry, but nothing too obvious (I hope). :crossstitch_by:

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Up and down, row by row: I'm loving the slow speed of this EPP project :crossstitch_by:

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My Sudoku Quilt is ready! :crossstitch_by: :neocat_lol:

The warm weather spell (it's been raining the past week), a quick wool washing machine program, and a gentle breeze made the scary washing process fairly easy. The stitches held up, but I might just give it one last iron before I use it on my bed more permanently.

The Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics still amaze me, and I've found that I have a new favorite each time I look at the quilt :neocat_heart:

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.... those last steps went quicker than I expected!

Next up: a cycle in my washing machine :lego_smallopenscared: :crossstitch_by:

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I finished the quilting stitches, attached the binding on one side, and now it's time to complete this part with tiny binding stitches.

Next I will need to add its name and details, and then follows the most scary part: the washing machine! 🫣 :crossstitch_by:

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Managed to extend the backing, repinned everything and when the courier brought my blended threads, I could not stop myself from starting the first rows of quilt stitches.

Only about 35 more meters to go, if I decide to run my thread every 2 squares/20 centimeters. I choose to stitch in the ditch, because I do not want to run through the middle of the squares, I might decide to run a thread every square, because the batting has a 10-20 cm quilt spacing advice.

For now, I'll continue my vertical and horizontal sewing, and I can determine later on if I want to decrease the spacing.

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Getting ready to pin this quilt.

The width of the borders is not yet fixed, because I had to Frankenstein the backing, so I won't have much or any leeway for the side borders.

So for now, after I've pinned it, I'll leave this quilt and think about the border and how I'm going to quilt it.

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While football fans are watching their teams play in Euro 2024 matches, I've been more productive making various items on my sewing machine :crossstitch_by:

My teddy bear needed a sleeping bag, of course! :Pooh_hearts:

And my neighbors gave me a large pillow they will not use, and I could do with some more comfort on my garden bench. 🦋

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The joy in spending my last days of vacation covered in loose threads and fabric pieces :crossstitch_by:

Playing around, some last minute changes/swaps of a few pieces of fabric, but I think I have finished the top of this quilt :lego_openhappysquint:

I am undecided if I want a border, and if I do, will I have enough of the light blue solid fabric which I'm also using for the backing?

If I do/don't add a border, which fabric will I use for the binding: if solid blue border, use all patterned leftovers for binding; if no border, go patterned or solid for the binding?

And the quilting pattern, what do I do? My sewing machine cannot handle a machine stitch, I do not want to farm this quilt out to a longarm-machine shop, but I am not looking forward to hand-stitching ... I might check in on the sewing course work space, to see if their big machines (with integrated tables) might be a solution.

Do I stitch in the ditch, or go wild? And which color/weight of thread? :lego_opencrossed:

More questions, no answers just now.

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Green or blue?

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Continuing my Sudoku quilt (I think I've found this quilt's name), working on a design with different solid support colors, all in a chequered lay out.

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This quilt feels like a sudoku without rhyme or reason :lego_opencrossed:

I have 13 different Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics, not all the same amount, and the end goal is a quilt of 160x200 cm (approx).

It's a good thing I cannot start immediately, I need to source a solid color for about 80 squares and the binding, because it will be good for me to get some distance and to mull about my pattern placements more.

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Now that I finished the latest cross stitch project, I can get back to the tiny hexie epp one! :crossstitch_by:

25 rows in total so far, stitching the hexies of row 23, and the first eight rows have been sewn together.

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Surprised how quick and easy this bag was to make, french seams and all :crossstitch_by:

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