Sewing: Finished Bags & Pouches – Page 13

I rarely used a pattern when creating a quilt. I usually have an imagine in mind and the trick is figure out how to make the imagine a reality. If I am designing something way out of the box, I use the tracing paper sheets taped together to draw out the actual quilt and proceed to make the pattern pieces. In the case of this quilt, graph paper worked just fine to draw out my design.

The little notebook on the right has the quilt idea that I am working on. I sketch out sewing ideas the same way I do for painting ideas. The graph paper has the nuts & bolts measurements and design for this quilt.

I wanted the quilt to be a vertical rectangle with a center panel of painted flowers. The sides will be narrow strips that picked up the colors of the flowers. The main color will be white to give the over all quilt a fresh, bright, contemporary look. I have finished the center strip of painted flowers.

I used photos of clematis taken in the yard as my reference. Stay tuned to see the finished quilt – it is almost finished!

May 15, 2012

Kathy

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Pink Rose and Stripes Tote

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New painted and quilted tote up on my SibStudioSewing shop. The pastel fabric, with it's stripes of pink, rose, cream and sage green, reminded me of a rose bush in the back yard. I painted simple wild roses along the top with acrylic fabric paints in the same colors as the stripes on the top cream band.

I love how the quilting around the roses made the roses really pop. After sewing and quilting, I added a little line of leaves and vines about 2/3 down the tote. Inside is a cream and little pink roses fabric and lots of pockets. This was a really fun tote bag to make and is truly one of a kind.. You can find this tote and more at my sewing shop.

April 27, 2012

Kathy

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Monarch Butterfly Wall Hanging

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Sometime ago, I found the most beautiful Monarch butterfly wing fabric. It was a little remnant that I fell in love with. Unfortunately, that was all there was left …..just that little remnant. Just enough to make a border for a small quilt or wall hanging. I've had an image in my mind and finally got to work on making that image a reality. Below is the butterfly painted on lavender cotton.

I used a heat sensitive pen to sketch out the butterfly, then painted it with Jaquard acrylic fabric paints. You can see the butterfly wing fabric on the lower right. Below the border is sewn on, it's sandwiched with batting and a backing, pinned, and ready for quilting.

I used free motion stitching and mimicked the fanciful flitting that butterflies do as they move from flower to flower. The border is quilted to loosely look like a the monarch wing. Here is the finished wall hanging:

That is all there is left of the butterfly wing fabric. It turned out exactly as I had pictured. : ) You can find this at my SibStudio Sewing shop.

April 23, 2012

Kathy

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Second Shop: SibStudio Sewing

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I'm back! I've been working on getting a second shop up and running on Etsy. I forgot how long it takes to set up a new shop – banners, writing policies and welcome messages, writing out the description of new items….. And now my second shop is open and I am working on loading items into it.

What's in my new shop about you ask? I've been sewing most of my life and started playing with painting and fabrics together a years ago. I had a few painted purses in my Etsy shop and I wanted to expand on that idea. The results ? SibStudio Sewing is now a new shop on Etsy. I have a number of new items that need photographing and descriptions written. Over the next week or so I will be adding new inventory to the shop and will adding more weekly.

I will continue to paint canvases, wine glasses, etc for my SibStudio shop and locally. I have new artwork to load on SibStudio shortly as well. I'll be blogging about both here. The thought of trying to write for two blogs and two twitter accounts is overwhelming and, really, do people manage to do that? I know how that will work out for me……. disaster! That was part of the reason I named the new shop with the SibStudio branding, to make it easy. One blog and one twitter account to handle both SibStudio shops.
Do any of you have more than one shop of selling venue ? Any tips on handling multiple online shops?

March 6, 2012

Kathy

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A New Project

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I am in the process of opening a second shop at Etsy: SibStudio Sewing. I will continue to paint and add new artwork to my SibStudio art shop. I wanted to separate out the fabric work from the painted work in my shop. This new shop showcase my designs, and my twist on a sewn project. I've been sewing for years and have been incorporating painting into my sewn creations. I'll be giving you all a peak into what's coming over the few weeks, as I work towards the grand opening. : )

I needed to create labels for my items. The first label I wanted is for wall hangings that I am working on. I used a sheet of photo fabric – cotton fabric attached to paper for feeding through a printer. By using the mail label template in Word, it was a snap to print out a sheet of labels.

One of the last steps is to run the label under water. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the ink held up well and there was no smearing or fading. I'm not sure the labels will hold up in the washer, but for a wall hanging, they work well.

I kept the initial label simple for now. But you could add a logo or small artwork to the labels as well. Stay tuned for more updates, more paintings, and more peeks behind my easel.

Category: Sewing: Finished Bags & Pouches

Purple Clematis Wall Hanging, Part 1

Pink Rose and Stripes Tote

Monarch Butterfly Wall Hanging

Second Shop: SibStudio Sewing

A New Project