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Halloween Hanging Candy Bucket

August 21, 2016 By Katie

Well Hi there;)  It’s been awhile.

I’m looking toward Fall in the studio, or more specifically Halloween.  So I began looking through my Halloween Pinboard for projects to hone our skills this coming season with a little more excitement than usual.

sew katie did | hanging halloween candy bag

I’ve made plenty of Trick-or-Treat bags (though Roan might need a larger one), but this round I had an idea of creating a bucket I could just hang on the inside door knob for handing out candy instead of a bowl. You could certainly add another handle to make it into a bag.

I combined Twiddletail’s paper pieced Skully pattern with the bucket idea to make a new sample for September and October’s paper piecing workshops.  I’ve got one more fun project idea with this pattern to add to my Halloween home decor trick out.  It’s not necessary to do this pattern in these workshops dedicated to paper piecing, but I thought it would be fun to try something new.  There are certainly a lot of free paper pieced Halloween patterns out there to choose from.

sew katie did | paper pieced skull door candy bucket

Speaking of choices, I not lacking in Halloween/skull print fabric and even added this new Cotton and Steel to the collection.  I have more napkins in my future.

sew katie did | paper pieced halloween candy door bucket

I considered it, but ended up going with a more “traditional” print that matched the feel of the paper pieced pattern for the interior and trim.

sew katie did| door hung halloween candy bag

I quilted the bucket in a simple grid hoping that it wouldn’t obscure the skull and I think it worked out pretty well.

sew katie did | halloween hanging candy bucket

Instead of batting I quilted my panels with a layer of Soft and Stable to give it more structure and I used muslin as backing for the quilting process.

sew katie did | Halloween hanging candy bucket

You can see how I’ve tricked out in past years here and here.  I’m almost done with some locker bags using the same one-handle idea.

Two more weeks of summer and I’ll be back to this little corner of the world more often.  Happy summer peeps;)

 

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:: Go Where Your Scraps Lead You ::

June 8, 2016 By Katie

SEW KATIE DID | Paper PiecingI’m a creature of habit.

On weekends the habits change.  Since it’s guaranteed I will be the first up by a long shot and I can’t make the beds over those sleeping in them, I make a cup of tea and retreat to the studio.

On Sundays I don’t look at the ‘to-do’ list, it’s my little mental reinforcement of telling myself that I am doing enough in my world.  I allow myself the important opportunity to play with an idea, accomplish just one small step on a project, finish up something small, or teach myself something new.

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Most of the time I go for my scrap bins.  Which brings me back to habit.

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I’ve started each Sunday for the past few months by making at least one arch, sometimes more for my scrappy New York Beauty blocks.

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Placing all print fabrics in the arches wasn’t how I first envisioned these, but when I was backing into the visuals for teaching paper piecing, the explaining and demonstration became easier when I used prints.

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Changing up the placement of the color values throws a little theory in to boot.

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It’s coming along and I don’t think I’ll be running out of scraps anytime soon.  I decided yesterday since I was going for King size that I should probably be making it a weekly first morning habit.  So I did.

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I’ve had input from others that they’d love to make time for a project like this or learn paper piecing so I’ve added a monthly paper piecing date to the studio’s calendar.  Included are all the scraps your project can consume while here.  We’ve worked on Double-Wedding Rings, Flying Geese and Pickle-Dishes.  I have to be careful and not be tempted to start another project, it’s a ‘bad’ habit.

Hope all is well in your corner Peeps;)

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::A Summer Workshop::

June 15, 2015 By Katie

Thanks to all of you that have kept in touch about my workshops and teaching!  I had the opportunity to make it to Circa 15 Fabric Studio in Kirkland a few weeks ago to talk with my friend and the owner Kristen.

Finally, all you East Siders that have continually come this direction don’t have to drive, it’s my turn to come to you;)

Circa 15 fabric studio

Kristen and I decided on a paper piecing class.  I really enjoyed teaching this workshop last round and once you can repeat the little mantra that I teach, paper piecing will become second nature.  Looks like we’ll do some other favorite small project classes in the fall, like quilted zip pouches and invisible zipper pillows.

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::The Foundations of Paper Piecing::

Sunday, July 19th from 10:30am-4:30pm at Circa 15 Fabric Studio in Kirkland. Call (425) 309-9553 to register.

The traditional technique of piecing quilt blocks on paper is well known for its precise results. Sharp triangles and sleek curves are easily a stitch line away. Learn and practice the fundamentals of basic paper piecing while creating all types of star blocks.

This is a great workshop to refine skills in choosing fabric and where to place it in a quilt pattern, we’ll cover how color, value and prints work and drive design in quilts as we create our own unique blocks.

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As always, let me know if you have any questions or wish to be added to my newsletter;)

Happy week peeps!

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