Baby basket

Hello Sizzix friends!
Happy thursday!
Do you have already downloaded Free New Baby Paper Downloads?

They are so beautiful, adorable and particularly suitable for babies.

Today we use them to create lovely baby basket to use as favors!

I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 660515

Free New Baby Paper Downloads

Scissors

Glue

Chose two different pattern and die cut the boxes using the thinlits included in Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 660515.

Decorate the boxes with different embellishments chosen from Free New Baby Paper Downloads.

I chose the stars banner for the handle of the basket.

I chose baby boy and baby girl banners to decorate the boxes. And again stripes, pois, hearts and more banners.

I think they are adorable!!!
See you next week!

Giovanna

-PER LE LETTRICI ITALIANE-

Ciao carissime amiche e buon giovedì!

Avete già scaricato le splendide Free New Baby Paper Downloads?

Sono bellissime, adorabili e particolarmente adatte a creazioni per i più piccoli!

Oggi vedremo come usarle per creare dei carinissimi cestini da usare come porta confetti!

Per questo progetto ho usato:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 660515
Free New Baby Paper Downloads
Forbici
Colla

Scegliere due diversi pattern dalle carte che avrete scaricato e poi stampato su cartoncino bianco. Fustellare le scatoline con la fustella adatta inclusa nello starter kit della nuova big shot. Come vedete, acquistando soltanto lo starter kit è possibile già ottenere tante creazioni!! Basta davvero solo la fantasia!
Decorate le scatoline così ottenute scegliendo diversi abbellimenti dalle carte scaricate. Io scelto il banner con le stelle per creare il manico del cestino blu e il banner con i fiocchetti per il cestino rosa. E poi cuori, pois, strisce.....
Io penso siano davvero adorabili!!
Non credete anche voi???

Vi ringrazio per la visita!
Alla prossima!

Giovanna

A happy trio of baby quilts

Hello again, and Happy Easter to you.

As you can see, from the photo below, I have made progress on the baby quilts - and I think I might be able to finish them this weekend.

I have used the same fabrics and the rectangle die (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/659837/sizzix-bigz-die-rectangle-2-x-4-finished-2-1-2-x-4-1-2-unfinished) for all of the quilts, and added the 2" finished square (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/657607/sizzix-bigz-die-square-2-finished-2-1-2-unfinished) for one, and the 1" finished strip (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/657607/sizzix-bigz-die-square-2-finished-2-1-2-unfinished) for the third quilt.

I think you'll agree they look quite different, but all have the rectangle in common, it was a happy decision to make the task easier, which worked for me!

 

This quilt is a rail fence, using 2 rectangles for each block.

I laid the whole quilt out and then made the blocks for each row, joined the rows and there we have a cot quilt top.

This quilt uses the square with the rectangle to make a rainbow of blocks that I joined together in sequence.

 This is actually the quilt I made first - using the white strip to alternately with the bright spots.

Now they just need to be quilted and bound - but I think I might manage that this weekend.

So not quite HRH but certainly a bright beginning!
Next week I think I will be showcasing a 'new' die - it's not been in our catalogue for very long and this will be my first time using it - so watch this space!
Enjoy this very special weekend.
Angela

 

 

Cushion Confession

Confession time, very little sewing has taken place since my last post. Christmas most definitely got in the way and cooking (eating), liberating toys from their heavily fortified packaging and building lego well and truly took over.

There has been a bit of progress with the candy stripe cushion from last time though, it now has a chevron print back (which was torturous to match up along the opening and keep matching during sewing, not recommended!) and two button loops - although no buttons as yet.

There is binding fixed to the front and hand-sewing it over onto the back has begun...but only just.

It will be finished before the end of the year, promise!

Have a very happy, healthy and creative New Year x

Candy Stripe Cushion

Both of my boys have been poorly with a particularly nasty sickness bug over the last week and so any sewing has had to fall into the 'relaxing and not requiring too much brain-power ' category. For that reason I opted for something I've done before and piece half-square triangles to make a festive candy stripe design, the same design used for the background to the advent calendar I made a couple of months back.

This time it's destined to become a Christmassy cushion cover to fit a large square cushion that lives on our sofa.
I used the Half-Square Triangles, 4 1/2in Finished Square die and my Big Shot to cut all of the red and white triangles. It was soothingly repetitive cutting them all out and then sewing them together - and much easier than convincing either of my sons to have some "disgusting" medicine.

Once I had pieced a block to the size needed for the cushion I gave it a final press and set to quilting it. I've seen a few quilts quilted with a spiral working out from the centre recently and loved the effect and so was inspired to try something similar. Whilst this is a Christmas cushion I thought using a star as the central shape and then continuing out and winding around it might look good. I made an 8 pointed star template by cutting out two squares with 2in sides and sticking one on top of the other at 45 degrees to the one below. Then with a water erasable pen I drew around the star in the centre of the cushion front and using those lines as a guide, also drew a smaller star inside it.

I quilted around the smaller star, beginning at a point and then when back at the start-point carried the stitch-line out to the larger star and wound out from there, using the previous stitch lines as a guide to form each new layer of the star-shaped spiral. The seams of the half-square triangles helped to keep the quilting in line and not skew off course.

I had no concept when I began quilting it quite how long it would take to complete as I don't normally quilt so densely but it was, as before, soothingly repetitive and easy enough once in the swing of it.

It might not be finished by Christmas Day but it will be nice to sit down and bind the edges in front of a film over the festive break.

Have a very Happy Christmas!

Advent Calendar part

This is my first ever blog post for Sizzix, it's about an advent calendar project and I'm a bit worried that posting a Christmas-related project in October is a risky move, I know it's still a long way off so please keep reading! The head start is only to ensure that there's plenty of calm making time before the hectic Christmas season with all of its other commitments starts up in a month or two.

The first stage is the background that the pockets will be sewn onto.

I used the Half-Square Triangles, 4 1/2in Finished Square die to cut 48 white triangles (approximately half a yard) and 48 red printed ones to arrange in diagonal stripes to look like candy-cane stripes.

I used a selection of 6 red printed fabrics, 8 of each different print works out perfectly (approximately a third of a fat quarter for each print) but I just chopped away with my Big Shot as the mood took me (it's easy to carried away) so have more of some than others. Also, a fabric that has a print with a clear 'right way up' like the deer one can't be folded over for cutting but needs to be laid the right way up on the die with the diagonal line dividing the triangles on the die running in the same direction as the pieced stripes will. Otherwise some of the triangles will be cut the wrong way round (I *might* have some leftover wrong-way-round triangles lurking on my cutting table).

Next each red triangle was sewn to a white one, pressed and then laid out in a 6 squares by 8 squares rectangle.

After much tinkering with the layout they were finally sewn into 2 x 2 blocks and then into rows before being joined fully (finished size approximately 24" x 32").

It was so quick to make and I'm so pleased with the result that I think a festive cushion in the same candy stripe pattern may have to be added to my to-do list for later.

Next up is the Square, 4in Finished die and Lollipop Shadow Numbers to make the pockets - which I'll post about next time.

Baby layout

Hi!

Time for a Sunday layout from me. 

It is in bright happy colours. 

And I have used some of my favourite Sizzix dies - frames, stripes and doilies.

I hope you enjoy it!

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

657481 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip – Vintage Lace

657496 Sizzix On the Edge Die – Distressed Doily

658948 Sizzix Thinlits Die – Frame, Fancy Rectangle

658949 Sizzix Thinlitz Die - Frame, Ornate Oval

Have a nice Sunday!
See you next week.

Camilla

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Hej!
Det är dags för en söndagslayout från mig.
Den har starka och glada färger.
Och jag har använt några av mina favoritdies från Sizzix - ramar, remsor och doilies.
Jag hoppas att ni gillar den!

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

657481 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip – Vintage Lace

657496 Sizzix On the Edge Die – Distressed Doily

658948 Sizzix Thinlits Die – Frame, Fancy Rectangle

658949 Sizzix Thinlitz Die - Frame, Ornate Oval

Ha en härlig söndag!
Vi ses nästa vecka.

Camilla