tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32769756787790013382024-03-05T21:11:31.234-08:00claire turpin designUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276975678779001338.post-18513562732927672022018-05-19T21:08:00.002-07:002018-05-19T21:08:28.484-07:00BREEZY QUILT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Can I just say I am really really happy with how this quilt turned out. I was faced with the task of introducing a brand new print to my Pondlife fabric collection and designing a quilt that would use an entire fat quarter bundle. It took a few weeks of planning and tweaking but I managed it. This quilt can be put together using all but three fabrics of the entire Pondlife collection plus 1/2m of the new print & 2m of plain white. . . I even designed a fancy template to help the process run smoothly.</div>
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The design is basically four identical quarters made up of nine blocks. It's a great project for making the brain work a bit harder to make sure the right fabric goes in the right spot!</div>
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. . . and if you turn the four quarters 90 degrees the colours in the quilt layout gives it a totally different look!</div>
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It was also a great lesson in the benefits of a scant quarter inch seam. I hadn't ever seen just what a difference it can make to a block but for this project it was the difference of it being smooth sailing and a disaster!</div>
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Kits and patterns are available wholesale through <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://creativeabundance.com.au/orders/index.php?manufacturers_id=26">CreativeAbundance</a></span></div>
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You may remember I did a set of cat pillows a while back but seeing as I am not a cat person it seemed only fitting that I added a set of dog cushions too. I did actually do this pattern a while ago but was never really happy with it until I re-did the entire set in Frolic fabric from Melly and Me. I love it so much it has been added to the Creative Abundance Quick Cut Fabric Kit range which is just the best news.</div>
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If you have missed my last post and don't know what a Quick Cut Fabric Kit is then get on board as they are truely fab!</div>
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. . . no tracing . . . no cutting . . . no spending hours trying to choose the right fabric - it has all done for you and all the applique shapes are ready to be ironed in place and for you to get on with the fun part - the stitching!</div>
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The pattern is of course still available as a regular pattern if thats your thing but if you are after something fun and quick then the pre-cuts are the way to go.</div>
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There are patterns for three different cushions. The single dog cushion is of course a portrait of my dog Kip - he is of course the centre of our household universe as you can clearly see!</div>
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The four dog cushion features all Kips local canine friends and the smaller cushion just says 'woof' in support of Kips annoying habit of barking at everything that moves!</div>
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If you are keen to get your hands on a kit then they will be available from June and I will add a stockist list to this post. In the meantime the pattern is available in lots of great patchwork stores & in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/claireturpindesign">Etsy shop here</a>.</div>
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Woofers pattern sold wholesale through <a href="http://www.creativeabundance.com.au/">Creative Abundance</a></div>
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Frolic fabric by Melly and Me and distributed through <a href="https://ellabluefabrics.com/collections/frolic/">Ella Blue fabrics</a></div>
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So there has been a tonne of stuff happening and I am about to launch at this years Spring Market in Portland, some totes fun pre-cut fabric kits! I have three cushion kits to start off with, two new designs and one favourite that I have reworked in some of Melly and Me's Frolic fabric.</div>
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If you haven't ever heard of a pre-cut kit then you are in for a treat! All that fiddly, laborious tracing & cutting out has all been done for you! All the small tricky bits pre-cut . . . all those curves have been pre-cut really nice and smooth . . . all the fabric choices I have made for you so once the project has been done it will look just like mine - winner!. </div>
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Now I know that for some people it won't be your cup of tea but for all the procrastinators, the colour choice doubters, the 'I don't do appliquérs' & everyone whose hands refuse to do what they used to do then these kits are a totally winner.</div>
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The kits come, (along with the pattern so you can make it again the traditional way if you wanted to), with all the fabric that has the fusible web already adhered to the back. . . </div>
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These pre-cut kits make for a quick project leaving you more time to perfect all the stitching and details. There are more in the range that I will introduce over the next few days. Hopefully they will start to pop up in shops from the beginning of June & hopefully I can add a stockist list to this post once I know where they are going to be.</div>
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Background fabric is <a href="https://ellabluefabrics.com/collections/classics/">Emma Jean Jansens Classics</a>. Bugs have all been cut from Jodie Carletons <a href="https://ellabluefabrics.com/collections/bugcity/">Bug City Fabric</a> both available from<a href="https://ellabluefabrics.com/"> Ella Blue Fabrics</a></div>
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Just reading back through my blog I have just realised I never posted the quilts that were made using my Pondlife fabrics! . . . how rubbish is that!</div>
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This is where the whole collection started as an idea . . . My eldest daughters nickname is froggy and I originally designed her a quilt using the frog motif a long long time ago. It was however one of those quilts that I was never quite happy with so for purely selfish reasons I'm glad that I got to redo it as this is how I imagined it. She has quite a cheeky spirited nature so hopefully I was able to capture that in the cheeky inquisitive expressions on the frogs. It was quilted with bubbles in the background but with pesky irritating flies behind the frogs!!<br />
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If you would like to make one of these fancy Frogface quilts click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/claireturpindesign/tools/listings/520941546"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a></div>
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New current passion is foundation piecing so this gem uses just that technique! This quilt has 30 fish each made from one of the fabrics in the Pondlife fabric collection. As I like to make things just a little bit more challenging I added a 'flappy' fin to each fish which my quilter had to patiently flip backwards and forwards to make sure that they didn't get quilted over!! I just love this and its flexible design means that you can make it bigger or smaller depending on your patience and love of foundation piecing ;-). the eyes were a challenge as I really didn't want to appliqué 30 tiny black circles but the problem was solved with a felt circle bought from Etsy & a black button.<br />
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One of the prints in the collection is called 'peekaboo' - I took the design for peekaboo and upscaled it to create an appliqué cushion. I teamed it with a quick quilt-as-you-go cushion. I think they make a handsome pair to brighten up your summer furniture.</div>
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My Pondlife fabric is making an appearance at the International Quilt Market in Houston next week so I have had the chance to make a few more bits for the booth that I didn't get to do last time due my severely stuffed back. I made a new pieced quilt using a fancy new template that I have had made (more to come on that in november) which show cases all of the 24 prints in the range.</div>
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The quilting was just perfect for it! I fortunately have a super lovely quilter that can always recommend just what the quilt needs. I didn't want the quilting to overtake from the fabrics, it needed to just melt into the background which I think the subtle and gentle wave pattern does beautifully.</div>
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I make a truck load of cushions with zips throughout the year and experience has taught me that making them with a double layer really helps to keep them nice and firm and maintain their shape. If you have found it difficult to make backs with zips, well let me make it easy for you . . . it really is much easier and quicker then making backs with buttons!</div>
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I have this friend called Jemima . . . you may well know her as she has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned with in the quilting world. I met jemima 10 years ago when she walked into my shop with her mum and signed up to do a class (although she knew what she was doing and didn't really need a class) She nows runs a very successful pattern label & blog called Tied with a Ribbon and is now the author of her first quilting book Weekend Quilting . . . see, you do know her!</div>
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If you are new to quilting then this book is absolutely perfect. It covers all the basic techniques with good clear instructions and beautiful hand drawn diagrams. It is broken up into chapters detailing the most traditional block designs to get you started as well as covering, appliqué, English Paper piecing and foundation piecing. Even if you have been sewing for a while there are some fun designs that you can easily put together in a weekend . . . just like the book says!</div>
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I promised Jemima that if she should do a book blog hop then I would put something together . . . at that stage I didn't know I was going to need back surgery . . . </div>
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So heres the thing with pretty pictures in books and being a little bit out of it cos the doctors still has you on a small cocktail of drugs . . . I either didn't read how big the project was that I picked or just didn't absorb it - I picked the really lovely Hearts on Fire quilt cos, you know, I though it was just a small mini quilt!! Um, no - its a really good lap quilt size and actually really so much much bigger then I was expecting!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Anyway . . . It all came out really nicely and it only took two afternoons to put together . . . just like the book says! I haven't quilted it but I am hoping that as I am only 3 weeks post surgery you will all forgive me for that!</span></div>
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Rather then place the colours randomly I chose to run the colours in stripes as I love how they really make the heart shape sing right into the centre of the quilt.<br />
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Jemima recommends in her book investing in some Bloc Loc rulers - I can back her up here as they are a game changer. If you struggle to get all your seams meeting perfectly, or even getting the blocks cut square with the seams coming right into the corners then this is the tool that you need . . . </div>
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. . . a work in progress - laying the pattern to form colour stripes around the heart shape took lots of concentrating so Jemima's suggestion of placing the colours randomly is perhaps better for your brain!</div>
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I'm rather pleased with the finished quilt. I used the green and orange colour way from my PondLife fabric collection, although I think now (I'm blaming the drugs) that perhaps I should have used the orange and pink colour ways so it would look less like Victoria Beckham's carrot outfit (google it- its hilarious!!) </div>
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Now seems a good time to say a few things about Miss Jemima . . . <span style="text-align: center;">Jemima & I have had a working relationship for quite a few years now. We have run classes and retreats together and have been travelling buddies to quilt shows in Melbourne, America and New Zealand. It would be fair to say Jemima and I are are the ying and yang of the quilting world - complete and total opposites! She is neat, organised, a planner, a list maker, dedicated, competitive & has a dogged determinism . . . me on the other hand are none of those things - I must drive her bonkers but somehow we have just worked really well together and complimented each others teaching skills. I have watched Jemima over the past few years chase her dream of bringing this book together and I know exactly how hard she has worked. She has literally poured her heart and soul into the pages to make sure sure it is the very best version of herself and she has certainly produced a book she should be very proud of.</span></div>
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Thanks Jemima for letting me have a play with your book - you know how much I hate the monotony of sewing and trimming a gazillion HST but actually it wasn't that bad & I really love the design. You are a rockstar lady!</div>
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If you would like to see what everyone else has been up to with Jemima's Weekend Quilting book be sure to go check out all these other clever ladies.</div>
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Mon 29th May Lisa Cox - <a href="http://aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com/">A Spoonful of Sugar Designs</a><br />Tues 30th May Robyn Shapiro - <a href="http://www.thestrawberrythief.com.au/page/blog">The Strawberry Thief</a><br />Wed 31st May Melissa LeRay – <a href="http://www.ohhowsweet.com/">Oh How Sweet</a><br />Thurs 1st June Emily Dennis – <a href="http://www.quiltylove.com/">Quilty Love</a><br />Fri 2nd June Samantha Dorn – <a href="http://www.aquapaisleystudio.com/">Aqua Paisley Studios</a><br />Mon 5th June Nadra Ridgeway – <a href="http://www.ellisandhiggs.com/">Ellis and Higgs</a><br />Tues 6th June Peta Peace – <a href="http://www.shequiltsalot.com/">She Quilts Alot</a><br />Wed 7th June Stacy Olson –<a href="http://www.stacyolsondesign.com/">Stacey Olson Design</a><br />Thurs 8th June Sedef Imer- <a href="http://www.downgrapevinelane.com/">Down Grapevine Lane</a><br />Friday 9th June Elizabeth Chappell - <a href="http://quilterscandybox.wixsite.com/quilters-candy-box">Quilters Candy Box</a><br />Mon 12th June Suzy Williams – <a href="http://suzyquilts.com/category/blog/">Suzy Quilts</a><br />Tues 13th June Rachel Howard - <a href="http://www.familyeverafterblog.com/">Family Ever After</a><br />Wed 14th June Amy Sinibaldi - <a href="http://nanacompany.typepad.com/">nanaCompany</a><br />Thurs 15th June Jodie Carleton – <a href="http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com.au/">Ric Rac</a><br />Fri 16th June Ange Hamilton – <a href="http://www.alittlepatchwork.wordpress.com/">A Little Patchwork</a><br />Mon 19th June Heather Andrus – <a href="http://www.quiltstory.blogspot.com/">Quilt Story</a><br />Tues 20th June Elea Lutz – <a href="http://www.elealutzdesign.com/">Elea Lutz Design</a><br />Wed 21st June Lauren Wright – <a href="http://www.mollyandmama.com/">Molly and Mama</a><br />Thurs 22nd June Claire Turpin – <a href="http://www.claireturpindesign.com/">Claire Turpin Design</a><br />Fri 23rd June Jennie Pickett – <a href="http://www.cloverandviolet.com/blog">Clover and Violet</a><br />Mon 26th June <a href="http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com.au/">Fat Quarter Shop</a><br />Tues 27th June Alisha Orlando – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ministryoffabric/">Ministry of Fabric</a><br />Wed 28th June Minki Kim – <a href="http://www.minkikim.com/">Minki Kim Sewing Illustration</a><div class="MsoNormal">
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My 'PondLife' fabric collection will be available in stores from July. Available wholesale through Ella Blue fabrics & Checker Distributors.<br />
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If you follow my Instagram feed you'll know I bought budgies. I flew to the UK with only my youngest daughter and the day I left I bought two budgies as I thought they would be a distraction for my other two while I was away. . . my husband thought it was a dumb idea!</div>
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. . . it wasn't a dumb idea and now our house is full of their friendly chatter. OK, so sometimes we have to put them outside as they are louder then the TV and the dog still thinks we are going to give him one every time we go near the cage but they're very very pretty and it makes me happy to hear them sing.</div>
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The girls called out budgies Nibs and Slightly - apparently they are names of the lost boys from Peter Pan. Slightly is small and blue and male, Nibs is big, fat and female . . . so maybe one day we might get baby budgies!!!</div>
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If you would like to make these for yourself the pattern is called "Tweets' and is now up in my Etsy store. It is available for wholesale through <a href="http://www.creativeabundance.com.au/">Creative Abundance</a> who ship to every corner of the world but it is also available from Checker in the US</div>
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Pondlife has actually come to life and its a weird and wonderful thing. The journey of this fabric range started way way back in September 2016 when I bravely placed my design proposals in the hands of a fabric company. Thankfully they liked what they saw and gave me the green light to proceed.</div>
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It was quite the learning journey . . . although I have a design background, have qualifications in graphic and spatial design & I know my way around Adobe Illustrator, there was still a mountain I didn't know!</div>
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I didn't know how to successfully create seamless patterns, I didn't know that I needed to specify Pantone TCX colours (oh my word . . . trying to pic colours from a colour swatch about 1cm square!!!) and I didn't know that I could actually learn on my feet and that people could be so amazingly generous sharing their knowledge.</div>
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It took four hard weeks designing, tweaking, redesigning and doubting to finally get there. It was a challenge that let me drown in a creative wonderland and I loved it.</div>
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If I'm honest most of my design ideas start with a single moment. Last year when I was throwing concepts around in my head I already had an idea based on a painting that I absolutely adore by Becky Blair. I went to an exhibition when she was in Perth and she had done a gorgeous series of paintings of fish and ponds. Needless to say, I couldn't afford any of the paintings but they are what planted the seed of an idea.</div>
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. . . and when I was designing the fabric I kinda designed it especially for a redo of a quilt called Frogface. (my daughters nickname is froggy so this is for her!)</div>
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Designing and making a new quilt is an fun journey. An idea sparks and then if the planets are aligned, the house is tidy, everyone in the family is in a good mood then it all just flows . . . this is one of those designs. </div>
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I did a Goldilocks quilt for Homespun magazine last year and had always intended to expand on it. When my youngest daughter Heidi was a baby I had also made a Red Riding hood quilt to hang on her wall so she was always going to join the much larger scale quilt. </div>
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Heidis quilt - no stereotypical girlies in our family . . . Red is definitely in charge of this big bad wolf!</div>
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Anyway, in discussion with my three girls we decided which of our favourite stories would make the design, I chose a colour scheme based around a beautiful floral print with lemons and lilacs & . . . ta-dah! . . . its a fairytale feast x x </div>
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Red Riding Hood makes her appearance . . .</div>
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. . . on her way to Grandmas!</div>
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The pattern will be released at the up-coming International Quilt Market in St Louis and distributed through my global distributors <a href="http://creativeabundance.com.au/">Creative Abundance</a> and Checker US. A PDF version for instant download from my Easy store will be available from June 1st 2017</div>
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This years International Spring Market will see the release of my first fabric collection for Ella Blue Fabric. Its a collection close to my heart but also has a light side that makes me giggle . . . I will post more photos and projects I have made using it in the coming week.</div>
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Hopefully you have made a good start to the quilt and month ones' block is complete. To lay down the pond, rocks and mum and dad penguin follow the same principal as in month one using fusible paper and following the magazines fabric guide.</div>
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Once all the background has been done and stitched all you need to do is make three cute little penguins that can hop from one fish to another!</div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">STEP ONE - PREPARATION</span></u></div>
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For the front of the penguins, iron 3 of the large black rectangles & 3 small rectangles onto some lightweight interfacing - you will need interfacing that can be fused.</div>
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Lightly press the large rectangles in half matching the two longest edges together to mark a centre line. This will help position the penguins tummy. </div>
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Place the template plastic over the pattern template and trace the shape for the penguins body and the penguins wing and then cut along the drawn line.<br />
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To make the penguin wings, pair up the small rectangles. Each pair will have one rectangle with interfacing and one rectangle without. Place them with right sides together. Onto the interfacing side, trace around the wing template twice to make a pair of wings for each penguin.</div>
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Reduce the stitch length on your machine to 1.5 - this will ensure that the curve is nice and smooth and will not split once turned through. Machine stitch over the drawn curved line of each wing shape. Do not stitch over the straight line at the bottom of the wing!</div>
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Cut around the stitched line leaving about an 1/8in seam allowance. Turn the wing right side out. This can be tricky . . . place the end of a pencil into the tip of the wing then carefully roll the wing over the wing.</div>
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For a really nice smooth edge to the wings, roll the seam between your fingers working the seam right to the edge. Press firmly with an iron.</div>
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Repeat the process to complete 3 sets of wings.</div>
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To make the baby penguin bodies, trace the templates for the penguin tummies and beaks 3 times onto fusible web and cut them out roughly. Fuse the traced penguin tummies to the back of the white felt - make sure you use a heat mat over the felt. Fuse the beaks to the back of the orange fabric.</div>
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Cut the tummies and beak out along the drawn lines. To get a good smooth curved cut, move the shape into the scissors rather then moving the scissors around the curve. Peel the paper away from the baby penguin tummies and place onto the black fabric rectangles with the interfacing. Use the pressed line to help centre the tummies. Press in place again using the heat mat. Fuse beaks in place. Machine blanket stitch around the white felt and orange beaks with colour matched thread. For this project we matched the bobbin thread to the top thread.</div>
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Mark where the baby penguins eyes should be. Hand stitch a small cross stitch in place for each eye. Use three or four threads of standard embroidery floss to make the eye bolder or use a 12wt thread as we did.</div>
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Now that the front of the penguins have been done, turn over the fronts and on the back centre the template for the penguins body and draw around it with a biro. Make sure to centre the template over the stitch lines of the penguins tummies. Mark a 1 inch gap at the bottom of the penguin for stuffing. Cut out the shape of the penguins body along the drawn line. </div>
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Once the three bodies have been cut out turn them over to position the wings. Line up the raw edge of the wings with the edge of the penguin as shown above making sure the wings are laying into the penguins body. Pin them in place. Its a good idea the tack them in place or if you are confident then you can leave the in pins for now. </div>
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To the centre of the remaining 3 large rectangles which are going to be the backs of the penguins, hand stitch a hook fabric dot to complete the baby penguin backs. If you are using sticky hooks this can be a bit tricky as the glue likes to cling to the needle so it helps to use a thimble!</div>
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Place the front and back piece of the penguins with right sides together ensuring that the velcro dot is lined up with the centre of the penguins tummy.</div>
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Machine sew with 1/8in seam allowance around the shape making sure you start and stop at the marked lines at the bottom. Trim the shape. for a really smooth curve snip along the curved edge but be very careful not to clip the stitches. They actually work pretty well without snipping along the curve!</div>
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Next month, Jemima will be hosting a tutorial on her blog <a href="http://www.blog.tiedwitharibbon.com/">tiedwitharibbon</a> on how to perfect the quilting should you have got a bit behind with that!<br />
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Don't forget to send us your progress pictures, tag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tiedwitharibbon/?hl=en">@tiedwitharibbon</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/claireturpindesign/?hl=en">@claireturpindesign</a> in your BOM and #homespunzoobom #homespunbom2017 in your Instagram posts.</div>
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I am on a quick trip back to the UK to catch up with my family when yesterday my sister-in-law kindly uncovered the first quilt I ever made. I was grateful she still had it and hadn't chucked it away (although she was a bit vague about its where about when I asked if she still had it!!)<br />
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. . . anyway, she did still have it and I'm pretty convinced I have learnt A LOT since I made it 16 years ago!<br />
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I made it for my niece Tilly . . . seen below with her favourite Aussie auntie! ;-)<br />
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It hasn't quite stood the test of time and the corners of the binding are decidedly dodgy but hey, I was a beginner!</div>
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Anyway - a big shout out to my brother Matt and my best friend and super sister-in-law Amy, thanks for having Tilly as she has unintentionally led me to where I am today!</div>
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Finally the cat is out of the bag or should I say the monkey is out of the cage! . . . my big project that consumed hours of my time last year is finally out in the world! I am very proud to say I, along with my sewing bestie Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon have designed this years block of the month for Australian homespun magazine!</div>
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We had quite a clear directive from the magazine to design a kids quilt with an interactive zoo theme - from there Jemima and I brainstormed some ideas and not content with producing just a plain quilt we had the crazy idea to turn the thing into a play mat come toy bag thingy and why not make it a weird shape whilst we are at it! Thankfully it turned out brilliantly & I am pretty sure even a relative beginner will cope making it. We have incorporated an interactive element into each month so as well as perfecting your appliqué skills there will be some toy making too.</div>
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We designed the quilt as a quilt-as-you-go so hopefully by the end of the year you will a beautiful quilt ready for christmas. It was a great project from start to finish and I hope that lots of you get on board and make one for yourself. There are plenty of stores around the country that are running classes and a full list is in the february edition of the magazine.</div>
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Its not like me to do something with such gentle colours but Amy Sinibaldi's Paperie fabric was just the perfect find for it. I added in some soft linens and a few touches of bright orange here and there. My Bloc-loc came in handy for the trees and I quilted around them to make them puff up! I also quilted in the shapes of the porridge bowl, chair and bed - evidence of Goldilocks crimes!</div>
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It has recently been retreat time in my world. Twice a year I run a sewing retreat with my sewing pal Jemima of Tied with a ribbon fame. It is always a fab and creative weekend sandwiched between lots of late nights! There are always new faces to get to know but always some regular faces who I have really come to look forward spending time with. A shared passion always warms the soul!</div>
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Its a non compulsory event that has become secretly very competitive to be the first one to the finishing line! Over the past nine retreats we have come up with some cool projects and some, not so cool but there have been a few winners. My challenge is always to come up with something that can be made in an hour or so, that we can kit up easily and everyone can follow the instructions even if a few glasses of wine have been consumed! . . . </div>
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. . . this retreat Jemima put together a cute fold over clutch bag. This is my version using a selection of totally gorgeous liberty fabrics from the <a href="http://www.thestrawberrythief.com.au/"><span style="color: red;">Strawberry Thief</span></a>. These would make great Christmas pressies. Nobody struggled with it as a project thankfully, and no one broke a needle trying to navigate the metal zips! (Jemima has a tutorial on her blog <a href="http://www.blog.tiedwitharibbon.com/2016/09/foldover-clutch-tutorial.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>)</div>
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and this is actually a gem . . . a Tiffany diamond coaster!</div>
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A few retreats ago I put together a pin cushion with an attached thread catcher - I think I was trying to 'work tidy' myself at that point and thought I'd spread the love. I'm pretty sure it was Jemima's idea as she is the master at 'work tidy' and I am shamefully lacking in that talent! It was one of the cooler projects we put together with everyone making their own amazing version.</div>
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. . . at the last retreat we launched the pin thingy as a Sew-Along pattern out into the world and we had a little competition to name it. </div>
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. . . and the winner is - 'PinPal'!</div>
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Our Pinpal Sew-Along pattern is totally cute, totally easy to make & totally available in all good patchwork stores and my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/478484425/pin-pal-pdf-sewing-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_7"><span style="color: red;">Etsy shop</span></a> as a PDF download. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(how cute does this one look in Tula Pink fabrics sitting next to Jemima's Tula Pink sewing machine!) </span></div>
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If you would like to come and see what Mystery project we are doing in 2017 then bookings are opening for our September retreat next week on <u>Monday October 3rd</u> (my birthday!!) We are only doing one retreat next year as we have a few other exciting things happening. If you are keen to come along check out the details on our <a href="http://sew-alongsewing.blogspot.com.au/p/retreats.html"><span style="color: red;">Sew-Along blog</span></a> and on my retreat page here. Bookings are made with Jemima at <a href="mailto:tiedwitharibbon@gmail.com">tiedwitharibbon@gmail.com</a></div>
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I had a blast with this new quilt! . . . mostly because I got to dip into my Liberty fabrics as well as maybe sneaking in a few extra ones!</div>
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Everything was cut on my Brother Scan N Cut & machine appliquéd onto a linen background. All the appliqué fabrics are Liberty and having not ever used Liberty to appliqué with I was pleased with how surprisingly easy they were to use. The nature of the design means that it can be made bigger or smaller by simply adding more or less blocks. I am about to make another one but this time I think I might raid my Kaffe fabric stash!</div>
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24 hens, 1 rooster + 1 very sneaky fox!</div>
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Chooks Cushion pattern - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/your/shops/claireturpindesign/tools/claireturpindesign/au/listings/450025690">buy here</a></div>
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Salt Lake City was surprising. . . genuinely a fabulous place to visit, Quilt Market was surprising . . . I though the show was going to be much bigger, but grateful that it wasn't. I got to meet some really gorgeous people, got to hear some wisdom from some very clever designers at School House, got to meet some lovely people that actually like my stuff and buy it for their shops (thank you). I managed to pick up some cool fabric bargains from Sample Spree & of course I had a blast with the all talented team in the Creative Abundance group.</div>
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View inside the booth with some new designs. I redid my Birdsong Quilt in fabulous bright fabrics from <a href="http://www.emmajeanjansen.com.au/">Emma Jean Jansens</a> new range 'Matilda' - fabric is about to hit stores very soon!</div>
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My 'Count on Me' quilt got to hang out with <a href="http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com.au/">Jodie Carleton</a> over on her booth at <a href="http://www.ellabluefabrics.com/">Ella Blue Fabrics</a>. It was made with her new fabric range Bunny trails.</div>
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There has been a LOT of late nights, a lot of egg on toast for tea, a lot of threads on the floor, a bit of unpicking, a bit of replanning, a few surpises (like my passport expired!), lots of encouragement from my fabulous family & despite the crazy state of exhaustion I'm in, I have actually enjoyed the journey and am really pleased with the results - fingers crossed everyone at Market likes my efforts too!</div>
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So I am one week in and all going pretty well. Things are getting ticked of the list, the sewing machine has been humming along nicely, my back is being looked after by a team of very handy professionals, all is well with daughter number 1 in France (in fact, so well I don't think she is missing me at all which is a tiny bit upsetting!!) I have fabric arriving every day & team of enthusiastic sewing helpers all lined up and raring to go.</div>
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I worked on a couple of cushion ideas, then it turned into a mini quilt and then morphed into a huge quilt. I currently have 26 stitched hens up on my design wall with a few more details to be added before you get to see it. I love it. . . it makes me smile!</div>
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There is of course a very magnificent rooster which daughter number 3 helped with - you know, the kind of help that is not very helpful!!!</div>
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There has also been a bit of planning and sewing for Sew-Along, the collaborative venture I do with Jemima of Tied with a Ribbon. New designs for christmas working with Leciens really lovely Sugar Flower Holday as well as some revamping of some existing patterns ready for market.<br />
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It is precisely six weeks until Spring Market in Salt Lake City, Utah. My flight is booked so I have just six weeks to get my self organised and ready. I would have had a lot longer had I not 'fip-flopped' on the decision to go but there again the decision would have been easier to make had I not had overseas visitors staying with me for seven weeks (it's OK, it was my folks so plenty of coffee and procrastinating occurred) as well as crappy pain in my lower back from a bulging disc leaving me in a state of hideously constant pain. Also there has been the looming departure of my 16 year old daughter heading to France and the UK on an exchange visit for a month.</div>
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. . . . So the dream is I am going to exhibit at the worlds biggest trade fair in a booth space of my own, I will have an astonishing amount of awesome new quilts, I'll get to meet or at least stalk some of my uber favourite and inspiring designers, I'll get to hang out with the creative talent on the Creative Abundance stand space & I'll be well, rested and calm and totally living in the moment of pure bliss.</div>
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So here goes . . . . this is my list of what needs to be done</div>
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1. Make a time plan of the next month (taking into account it is school holidays for two of them!)</div>
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4. Plan stand space and how I am going to hang the quilts (In my previously life I was an exhibition stand designer so you'd think that this one would be a cinch)</div>
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Missing bears in our house are a regular fixture - it is part of our nightly ritual to find 'bear' . . . and it drives me just a little bit bonkers!!</div>
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So when Melanie from <a href="http://www.mellyandme.com/">Melly and Me</a> fame sent me sampling of her new range of fabric for <a href="http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/">Riley Blake</a> fabrics, 'Teddy Bears Picnic' I had a little notion . . .</div>
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Bear buddie cushion has a foundation pieced pocket to the front in which to tuck a soft toy. I also appliqued 'Hello Bear' above the pocket but you could applique a child's name or some fun shapes.</div>
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My latest commision for Australian Homespun magazine appears in Januray's edition. The brief was to bring a taste of summer that incorporated beach umbrellas and beach balls & as we spend most of our summer weekends at the beach I didn't think it was going to be too tricky!</div>
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As you can probably tell, I love colour & the brighter the better. My collection of Kaffe fabric was attacked as it was perfect for the design & I put together a series of bird eye view umbrellas that I blanket stitched and foundation paper pieced. With a bit of extra wadding behind each one and a very cool tight quilt pattern I was really happy with the way each brolly 'popped'.</div>
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how cool is this quilting!!</div>
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This summer I headed into the school holidays armed with good intentions and a wish list of projects to be done. however, my dreams of idyllic mornings at the beach and leisurely afternoons in my sewing room isn't quite what was acheived! My mornings at the beach turned into afternoons at the beach and my sewing room saw very little action.</div>
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It wasn't all fun and frivolity though as I did manage to sneak a little time to get my teeth into my stack of Cats Pyjamas fabric from Jodie Carleton and the team at Ella Blue fabrics. Admittedly it did start out as a quilt (thats now coming later!!), and I did make a few disastrous cuts at the wrong dimensions as someone was yelling at me but never the less I managed to pull together a cushion trio as per my original design idea.</div>
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The pattern includes three different designs, two for an 18" cushions & one slightly smaller or a 16" cushion. I teamed the Cats Pyjamas with some reds, black and text from Ella Blues basics range as I loved the way they made the border fabric sing.</div>
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Ridiculously cute feature fabric from the range with yes . . . those are tooth brushes!</div>
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The pattern is available wholesale through Creative Abundance <a href="http://www.creativeabundance.com.au/">HERE</a></div>
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Finally after holding onto this design for quite a while it is done . . . phew!</div>
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When I was sent a layer cake of Leciens modern L's fabric in all those delicious array of colours the design unleashed its self and it gave me a chance to attack my stack of liberty fabric too.</div>
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I'm always quite exhausted once a quilt is finished - the pattern writing, photography, checking, tieing all the quilting thread ends in leaves me a bit brain dead so I am just going to leave you with the photos of the finished quilt . . . </div>
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. . . i rather love it x x</div>
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Backgrounds - I used a pastel rainbow fat 1/4 pack of Michael Miller Cotton Couture Fat Quarter Bundle of 12 - Spring Rainbow Sampler from <a href="http://polkadottea.com/shop/">Polka Dot Tea</a></div>
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The castles and unicorns I used <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/lecien-fabric/ls-modern-basics-lecien-fabrics">Leciens</a> Modern L's basics in cool and warm packs. All the unicorns tails and manes as well as the triangles and sashing are Liberty fabrics bought at <a href="http://materialiseyourlife.com/">Materialise</a> in Perth.<br />
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Quilting was expertly done as usual by the wonderful Julia Punlar at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Beachside-Quilting-308757969295535/">Beachside quilting</a> x x </div>
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