Get out your cookie cutters, Christmas paper and scissors and join me in making this speedy 3D Paper Star Garland!
I love how effective this simple little project turned out! I have mine hanging joyfully on my bedroom door!
Coming your way tomorrow on Day 7, I’ll show you the how-to to making a very speedy, very simple door wreath!
Happy Sewing Friends!! xx
‘O, Christmas Tree! O, Christmas Tree! How lovely are your branches…’
Looking for an easy little project to do with the kids over Christmas? Well look no further!
This has to be one of the most sweetest, quickest and easiest festive crafts to get stuck into!
If you don’t like the whole photo frame idea, leave the photo step out and hang it up as is!
It’ll still look really Christmassy on the tree!
Day 6 is coming your way tomorrow – another super-dooper quick and easy project! Whoo!
Happy Festive Sewing Friends! xx
Ohh, this is one of my favourite Handmade Christmas items I’ve made this year…
Although it may look a little complicated to make (I didn’t make it seem easy by rushing through each step in the video! My bad!), I found myself on to making the next lil’ stocking with 10 minutes or so! Once I found my groove I was off producing, like a little factory!
Give making one a go by printing out my dodgy amateur pattern from my Flickr page.
I made each one a little more personal by free-hand embroidering each name onto the cuff. (A lovely little touch if may say so myself!)
See you tomorrow for Day 5! (You’ll be humming ‘O, Christmas Tree’ all day long!)
Happy Seasonal Sewing Friends!! xx
And so, Day 3 is upon us!
Here is a super simple, super effective Christmas Card that can be easily made within 10 minutes!
Enjoy!!
Happy Festive Sewing/Making Friends!! xx
Today’s little craft is a sweet little Hessian Bird Tree Ornament, the very same that I recently demonstrated at a Christmas Craft Night at my local Spotlight.
I forgot to mention yesterday, that the supply lists and instructions for each project will be in the description box of every video.
I hope that having them there will help you in making your own crafts at home!
Happy Festive Sewing Friends! xx
The day is finally here to begin sharing with you what I’ve been busily been working on over the past weeks!
Introducing Day 1 of 12 Days of Christmas Crafts with 3and3quarters! Enjoy!
Happy Festive Sewing Friends!! xx
Two years ago, on this very day, I found the guts to start writing a blog.
I was nervous, unsure and a little bit scared at the thought of writing and publishing my own quilty work on the internet.
But I was looking for a challenge, an expressive medium and a chance to reach out to other creatives around the world!
And two years later, here we are! Still writing. Still making. Still challenged!
I thought for today’s post I would look down memory lane of the past year – reflecting on the good (and plain-right exciting!!) things that have happened over the past 12 months!
Main picture: Me with my Minimalist: 101 quilt at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Show – my first ever entry into this show!
From bottom left to top right –
1. Hexie Cushion, detail. (I looove hexies!!)
2. London Phone Booth Embroidery, detail. (I wanna go to London so bad!!)
3. Mini Cot Quilt – hospital donation.
4. Painted Flowers Embroidery. (Click here to watch it come to life!)
5. Double Wrench Mini Blocks, quilt top only (ATM!!)
From left to right –
1. Olfa Rotating Cutting Mat – featured in my 5 Quilting Tools I Couldn’t Live Without post & video.
2. Small Plates Lap Quilt – This quilt featured in my Fast Forward Quilting video!
3. Scrumptious Double Wrench Mini Block units ready to be ironed. (Simply delightful!)
4. Coloured Hexie Stack. (I looove colour!)
5. A snapshot of my Fiskars Rotary Blade – featured in my #instagramjunkie post.
From left to right –
1. An array of fabrics used for Quilt Expo 2013 at Spotlight
2. Xavier’s Baby Quilt – read the post here.
3. Hexie Pincushion (Click here for the video tutorial!)
4. Lovely fabrics used in the Double Wrench Mini Blocks
From left to right –
1. I Heart Colour wallhanging – machine paper pieced wonky log cabin blocks designed by yours truly! Quilt made from 100% scraps – nothing new was bought to make this baby!!
2. Sewing Notions – from the post #instagramjunkie
3. Tape Measure – from the post #instagramjunkie
4. Scissors Embroidery – made specially for my new sewing room door.
5. Scrap-Happy String quilt, detail.
This also happened during the year…
And this is what happened in my life behind the blog…
Main picture: I became an Auntie again!! My fourth nephew, Xavier, was born in August! (Isn’t he just the cutest!!)
From left to right –
1. I decided to grow my hair out long – I’ve always had it really short (think, pixie/short-bob style for 6 years!) and decided a change was in need! (Change is a good thing, right?)
2. I took my ‘challenge’ mantra to the next level and started making YouTube videos featuring quilty stuff, life stuff and lots of other stuff. (I think of it as a cleansing [and confronting at times] way of finding my self-confidence…). Don’t forget to subscribe while you’re there – it’ll help boost my self-confidence even more!! 😀
3. I drank a lot of tea!
So…wow!
It’s definitely been a busy year!
And I’m thankful it’s been a busy one, otherwise I would’ve just gone insane! Literally…
Thanks to everyone who has ever read my little blog and has left messages of encouragement and support! It really does mean a WHOLE LOT!
I’m terribly excited to see what the next 12 months will bring!!
*whoop-whoop*
Happy Sewing Friends! xx
Oh! And one last thing…
This happened during the year too –
My own precious sewing space!!
My place.
My hub.
My den.
My heaven.
Uh-Oh!
It’s been so long since I last blogged!
Well, just a little under two weeks to be exact but there’s like being a tad over dramatic about these things!.
But I do promise that I’ve been working very hard over the last couple weeks.
For starters, I’ve made another video! (Yay, go me and my evolution with modern technology!)
This one is a tutorial of sorts where I show you the method of how I make hexies! (Oh gosh, I just looove making hexies!)
Apart from that, I’ve been busily getting ready to take part in this years Quilting Expo at my local Spotlight store!
There I’ll be demonstrating to the masses (!) how to cut, piece and sew up some classic quilt blocks as well as some quick and simple crafty/sewing projects.
I’ve chosen some really sweet fabrics to work with and if I get the ok, I’ll post up some pics from the day!
A few other projects are currently along the way, but I’m not quite ready to share them with you just yet…
Oh, ok! I’ll share!
But only just a little glimpse!
Happy Sewing! xx
It’s gone. Posted. Ready to be hung and judged by strangers….
It’s actually quite a nice feeling to finally sit back and not have to worry about getting it finished before the cut off date. Ah, relief!
However, this does not mean I haven’t been doing anything. On the contrary I’ve started, unexpectedly, another new quilt as well as completed my August Craftsy BOM.
I’m currently taking another class on Craftsy called Magical Jelly Roll Quilts. Although I’m not using jellyrolls, charm packs or layer cakes, I’ve been able to finally find the perfect project to break into my luscious Denyse Schmidt fabrics. The first project is making a Jacob’s Ladder Quilt. This is what the block looks like…
It’s made of five four-patch units and four half-triangle units. It’s quite an easy block to make up but is time consuming to put together (cutting, sewing and pressing). Here are the stats for this quilt:
I am happy with how it’s coming together. It’s looking very scrappy, which I intended it to be, and have only four more blocks to make to complete the quilt top. I’m thinking of adding a flying-geese border with the left over 2.5inch squares to frame the main quilt design – I think that might look good. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it when it’s finished; I might stash it away and enter it into a quilt competition some time down the track.
[CLICK HERE] To see my Jacob’s Ladder Quilt Finished!
[CLICK HERE] To see my Jacob’s Ladder Block video tutorial!
It’s August! (Winter’s almost over! Huzzah!) Which means I had two new Craftsy BOM to make. Stars are this month’s theme and I learnt how to make the Ohio Star Block and a Double Star Block.
I like the Ohio Star Block best (the top one), it’s simple yet has character.
Any-who, I’ve got four more Jacob’s Ladder blocks to make up and then some much needed crashing-on-the-couch-and-watching-mind-numbing-tv to do….
Happy Sewing! xx
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