Flower power pillow

June 1, 2023 | bunysanders

Step by step.

I like to make two of the same pillows.

For each pillow you will need.

Background 20” x 20” white

Batting 21” x 21”

Backing 21” x 21”

FQ green for leaves and stems.

Bundle of scraps for the flowers and bugs.

Optional spray baste.

Printable Heat n Bond sheets, available from Helenjuuldesigns.dk

½ meter fabric for the back of the pillow.

2 x 20” zips

White, green and mixed colours of thread.

Pillow pads I bought mine from Ikea, INNER 50cm x x50cm (20” x 20”)

You will find a downloadable PDF file with all the flower and leaf templates at the end of the tutorial.

Prepare your quilt sandwich, I used spray base but you can just lightly pin or sew baste them.

Print or trace the flower templates on to the Heat n Bond.

I have added a page of stems and leaves you can print and use for the green stems but I prefer to use one piece of Heat n Bond and cut my stems as shown.

Continue to make and cut out your stems, leaves, flowers and insects. You can use as many flowers as you like the design is yours so have fun, no two pillows will be the same.

Lay out your leaves first, remove the backing paper and press them to the background fabric as shown, or in your design choice.

Sew them using a straight stitch along the edges and make some extra lines to define the leaves

Now take all your flower pieces and lay them out as shown or in your design choice.

Peel the paper from the back of the flower as shown and press the flower sticky side down to your desired position.

Continue in the manner until you are happy with your layout.

Sewing the flowers. I used matching threads for each flower. Sew carefully around the flowers a few times, I did three rounds. Cut the tread.

Once you have sewn the petals, add the centers of the flowers and sew them in place as before.

Next place the insect bodies or wings on the pillow randomly.Sew them in place and then add the wings or bodies and sew them in place. Adding antenna and stingers where needed.

Now you are ready to quilt the pillow.

I used a simple swirl design all around the flowers, I did not quilt on top of them apart from when I added a spider’s web for fun.

Your pillow top is now complete, trim it to 19.5” square.

Prepare the pillow back.

Cut a piece of fabric 19.5″ x 11″, and another piece 19.5” x 12”, fold and press the top 2” inward as shown.

Sew the zip to the first piece as shown below.

And the other side to the second piece as shown, it must be close to the inner part of the 2” lip

Attach a ribbon to the sip pull and leave an opening so you can turn the pillow later.

Sew twice around the edge, taking care when sewing over the zip, trim the corners and turn the pillow right sides out.

Here is the pillow pad I used in my pillows.

flower-templates Download

Quilts packed and ready for delivery!

May 12, 2023 | bunysanders

Kunderne quilts alle smukt pakket den smukke indiske sari tasker!!!

Customers quilts beautifully packed ready for delivery in their gorgeous sari bags.

Wouldn’t you love to have your quilt deliver in one of these hand made bags from India, by the Beautiful Minds.

COURTHOUSE STEPS MINI QUILT.

April 25, 2023 | bunysanders

This month we are sewing a traditional courthouse block quilt, the quilt is 24″ x 20″ and consists of 20 blocks, 10 in a blue colourway and 10 in pink, I used reproduction civil war type fabrics, but can be made in any fabric of your own choice. The block size is 4 ” square unfinished , 3.5″” finished.

The following tutorial is an alternative to a strip pieced way of making this quilt, so it’s a little different from the pattern you’ve been sent, but some quilters like this way of sewing, so I thought I’d show it here.

I denne måned syr vi en traditionel quilt med blokke fra retsbygningen, quilten er 24″ x 20″ og består af 20 blokke, 10 i blå og 10 i lyserødt. Jeg har brugt reproduktionsstoffer fra borgerkrigen, men den kan laves i ethvert stof efter eget valg. Blokstørrelsen er 4″ firkantet ufærdig, 3.5″ færdig.

Følgende vejledning er et alternativ til en strip pieced måde at lave denne quilt på, så det er lidt anderledes end det mønster, du har fået tilsendt, men nogle quiltere kan lide denne måde at sy på, så jeg tænkte, at jeg ville vise det her.

CUt your strips, blue 20.5″ x 1″ and 3 WOF strips x 1″

cut 1 second dark F8th into approximately 22″ x 1″ strips

cut a fat quarter of pink and one of blur into 8 – 9 1″ x 21″ strips.

Sew the blocks together as shown above, press the seams open and add your border, press.

Quilt as desired, I quilted mine using my walking foot in the ditch around the blocks then hand quilted the block around the light fabric.

Sy blokkene sammen som vist ovenfor, tryk sømmene op, og læg din kant på, tryk.

Quilt som ønsket, jeg quiltede mine med min gåfod i grøften rundt om blokkene og quiltede derefter blokken i hånden rundt om det lyse stof.

GÆS STJERNE

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Stof A baggrund.

4 stk 3,5″ firkantet

1 stk 7,25″ firkant, skæres fra hjørne til hjørne to gange for at lave 4 trekanter.

Stof C

1 stk. 4,75″ i kvadrat

Stof I

4 stk 4,25″ firkantet stof, skæres fra hjørne til hjørne to gange for at lave 16 trekanter.

Stof F

2 stk 4″ firkantet stof, skæres fra hjørne til hjørne én gang, så der dannes 4 trekanter.

For at lave en enhed med flyvende gæs.
Brug en trekant af stof F og to trekanter af stof I.
Placer en af de små trekanter ret mod ret på en af F-trekantens korte sider. Sy en kvart tomme søm. Åbn og pres til trekanten.
Læg den anden trekant ret mod ret på den modsatte side af F-trekanten, så den overlapper den foregående trekant en smule, sy en kvart tomme søm.
Åbn og tryk på I trekanten for at fuldende den flyvende gåsenhed. Gentag for at lave 4 enheder.

To make one flying geese unit.
Use one fabric F triangle and two fabric I triangles.
Place one of the small triangles right sides together on a short side of the F triangle. Sew a quarter inch seam. Open and press to the triangle.
Place the second triangle right sides together on the opposite side of the F triangle, this will slightly overlap the previous triangle, sew a quarter inch seam.
Open and press to the I triangle to complete the flying geese unit. Repeat to make 4 units.

Hjørnegæs enhed.

Corner geese unit.

Use four 3.5” square fabric A background fabric and 8 fabric I triangles.

Take a triangle of fabric I and sew it to the edge of a fabric A square, right sides together.

Press and repeat to sew another I triangle to the opposite side of the square, as shown above.

Tryk og gentag for at sy endnu en trekant i I på den modsatte side af firkanten, som vist ovenfor.

Nu har du en ny enhed med flyvende gæs, der måler 4,75″ i nederste kant.
Lav 4 af disse enheder.

Now you have a new flying geese unit that measures 4.75” at the bottom edge.

Make 4 of these units.

Sy denne enhed oven på den første flyvende gæs-enhed som vist.
Tryk sømmene op.
Lav en fjerde af disse enheder, vi kalder den (B-enhed).

Sew this unit on top of the first flying geese unit as shown.
Press seams open.
Make dour of these units, we will call it (B unit).

Sy en trekant af stof A på hver side af en B-enhed, så der dannes en stor trekant.

Sew a triangle of fabric A onto each side of a B unit to creat a large triangle.

Sy de to resterende B-enheder på hver side af stof C-firkanten.

Sew the two remaining B units to each side of the fabric C square.

Sy den første store trekant fast i kanten af C-firkanten/B-enheden som vist.

Sew the first large triangle to the edge of the C square/B unit as shown.

Gentag med den anden store trekant.
Tryk sømmene op, og klip dem til 12,5″.

Repeat with the second large triangle.

Press the seams open and trim to 12.5”.

Nu har du konkurreret endnu en strålende stjerne for dig Lancashire Quilt!

Now you have competed another shining star for you Lancashire Quilt!

Lancaster quilt del to!

April 15, 2023 | bunysanders

Whirligig block.

Lav de flyvende gæs enheder.

Skær
4 x 3,5″ x 6,5″ rektangler af baggrundsstoffet
8 x 3,5″ x 3,5″ firkanter af guld og sort stof.

Making the block, whirligig

Cut

4 x 3.5″ x 6.5″ rectangles of background fabric

8 x 3.5″ x 3.5″ squares of the gold and black fabric.

Tegn en blyantslinje fra hjørne til hjørne af de guld/sorte firkanter på 3,5″ og læg dem ret mod ret på et rektangel af baggrundsstoffet som vist på billedet.

Draw a pencil line from corner to corner of the gold/black – 3.5″ squares and lay them right sides together on a rectangle of background fabric as shown in the picture.

Sew over this line.

Klip det overskydende stof af, så der er en kvart tomme søm tilbage.

Cut off the excess fabric, leaving a quarter inch seam.

Press to the dark fabric.

Gentag med de resterende firkanter på den anden side af rektanglerne.

Repeat with the remaining squares on the other side of the rectangles.

Klip det overskydende stof af og efterlad en kvart tomme søm.

Trim, leaving a quarter inch seam.

6.5” x 3.5” unit.

Press and set the units aside for now.

Sy den midterste enhed i blokken.

Sew the middle unit of the block.

Klip 1 x 4,25 kvadrat af stof E og stof J, og klip to gange fra hjørne til hjørne, så der bliver 4 trekanter af hver farve.

Sy en lille trekant af stof J og en trekant af stof E sammen som vist på billedet.

Cut 1 x 4.25 square of fabric E and fabric J, and cut twice from corner to corner to make 4 triangles of each

Sew together a small triangle of fabric J and a triangle of fabric E as shown in the picture.

Skær 2 x 4″ firkanter ud, og skær dem ud én gang, så der bliver fire trekanter.

Press to the dark fabric and sew the larger triangle of J fabric onto the above unit to make a 3.5″ square unit.

Tryk på det mørke stof, og sy den større trekant af J-stof på ovenstående enhed, så du får en firkantet enhed på 3,5″.m

Repeat to make a total of 4 units.

Læg dem ud som vist og sy dem sammen til en 6,5″ firkant i dette layout.

Lay them out as shown and sew them together to make a 6.5″ square in this layout.

Afslut blokken.

Klip 4 x 3,5″ firkanter af stof A

Cut 4 x 3.5” squares of background fabric.

Lay out all the units as shown above.

Sew them together as three rows.

Carefully press the seams open.

Godt gået, nu er din blok færdig.
Glem ikke at lægge billeder af dit arbejde ud på Lancaster-quiltgruppen på Facebook.

Well done, now your block is finished.

Don’t forget to post pictures of your work on the Lancaster quilt group on Facebook.

Dobbeltstjerne

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En lys og enkel blok at lave.

Klip 4 rektangler på 4 x 6,5″ x 3,5″ i baggrundsstof og 4 rektangler på 4 x 3,5″ x 2″ i guld.
Klip 8 x 3,5″ firkanter og 8 x 2″ firkanter i grønt.

Cut 4 x 6.5″ x 3.5″ rectangles in background fabric and 4 x 3.5″ x 2″ rectangles in gold.

Cut 8 x 3.5″ squares and 8 x 2″ squares in green.

Brug dit yndlingsmærke til at tegne en linje fra hjørne til hjørne på alle de grønne firkanter.

Use your favourite marker to draw a line from corner to corner on all the green squares.

Læg en grøn firkant på 3,5″ ret mod ret på baggrundsrektanglet og en firkant på 2″ på det gyldne rektangel, sy øverst på den markerede linje, og tryk.

Place a green 3.5” square right sides together on top of the background rectangle and a 2” square the golden rectangle, stitch at the top of the marked line, and press.