all of my official patchblasting tools arrived yesterday so i was able to start on judah's quilty stocking in earnest.
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my new $6 iron (not investing too much in this hobby), $5 cutting mat, $5 ruler, $15 rotary cutter (which i will still get use out of for making burp cloths if this doesn't pan out)
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those little triads of fabric did NOT come like that. there are like 40 different patterns that come in loooong individual strips. i made them into those 3 piece little building blocks by cutting and sewing and measuring and toiling. didn't want you thinking, geez, that's easy. here is the raw material i was working from:
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i picked out 9 boy/christmas-ish patterned from this "jellyroll" (ah, quilting vernacular) to use for the stocking. they are normally $35 but i got this one for $18 on ebay. the whole stocking should only take 9 of the 40 strips in here so i will have plenty left over for anything else i want to make.
i had to set up a crafty station in our bedroom since jesse had his youth boys' small group in the living room. it was cramped and awkward doing this junk on the floor. after 2 hours of work this is what i have accomplished:
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if my math is correct (and it always is) that's $49 for this stocking...not including the hours of labor. so if i always use this same set of fabric, i will need to have 4 more kids to make these stockings cheaper than the $12 ones we bought for us. perfect..
this little gem is about a foot square. the plan is to just keep doing this until i have enough of this new patchwork "fabric" to use as the next raw material for making a stocking. then i'll use our stockings as a template for the shape. i still gotta figure out how to back it and make it soft, but i am highly pleased with my start.
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8:45 AM
I'm impressed with your craftiness. And if you use the tools for any other projects then your cost for this stocking will go down.
ReplyDeleteAnd a random side note, I am trying to watch less TV so this morning I decided to catch up on everyone's blogs, so I happened to read your blog, look at someone else's and notice a new post from a link. I've never been reading a blog when a new post was added.
cannot wait to see the final result! do you like how I always make sure you know I am excited with an exclamation point?
ReplyDeleteThe best way to back it is to get some batting and cheap muslin, make a sandwich of your pretty material and muslin with the batting as the meat- then "stitch the ditch". The thicker the batting, the softer the quilt (although the thicker it is, the harder it is to sew together. Make sure you get the super long pins to hold it together)
ReplyDeleteyes! thank you...lacy? that's what i figured was the next step but i was definitely not trusting my instincts. glad to hear it from someone else who has rhyming tips!
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