Easy Sew Jar Openers

An Easy Sew Kitchen Jar Opener

Cut one 6" Square each of:
 top fabric,

lining fabric 
and 

easyLiner

(or you could use  a small quilt block)

The grip is made from rubberized shelf liner,

which is machine washable on cold and may be put in the dryer on low heat.

I found this easy to work with and am considering using it for coasters and non-slip table runners and maybe even slipper soles.

I assembly lined these and made several in an hour. 

I like to pin the layers together with one pin on each side which I remove as I sew.  

Make a sandwich by

placing the top fabric square front side up,

then the rubbeshelf liner in the middle

then the flannel or cotton.

Stitch around all corners and three sides leaving an opening on the fourth side ...

Katniss supervised my work.

Trim the corners to cut down on bulk.

Turn right side out.

Topstitch around the square to secure all layers.

I used my walking foot and had no trouble feeding the liner through my machine,

I also tried stitching with the gripper liner up and this also worked well.

I have a couple of these in my kitchen drawer and use them all the time.

These are sew easy to make that soon you will 

have a stack of nifty new giftys or bazaar table items.

Giveaway Time!

This Giveaway has Ended. 

For another project using Easy Liner

sew my

No-Slip Fabric Boots ~ Post Here

Thank you to all who have left lovely comments.

My daughter and grand-darling are flying in today for an extended holiday visit ...

... which is the best Christmas present of the year!

I have been busy cleaning up my shared sewing space and tucking stuff in closets.

I hope to respond personally to all the kind words as soon as I have time ...

well ... when I am not cuddling the baby girl .... ;) 

<3

:)

Easy Tumbling Blocks ~ Free Tutorial

Easy Tumbling Blocks ~ No "Y" seams!

I blogged about the quilt I made for Christmas HERE

and the complete tutorial may be found in My Tutorials

Part 1 ~ Cutting

Part 2 ~ Piecing

Part 3 ~ Adding the Border

Part 4 ~ Quilting and Finishing

I am working on a new quilt pattern with this easy piecing method for a baby quilt ... 

Hope to find time to sew this one soon. 

Hope you will be sewing along!

:) 

Pretty Posies All In A Row

My "Pretty Posies All In A Row" Border

I was inspired by my Most Popular Pin on Pinterest  

It is Pretty Posies @ Do You EQ

The leaves in the EQ version are paper pieced.

Although I like the pointy ones, 

I decided to change up the leaves to make the piecing a little easier,
as I had to make 56 of these leaves,

and I adapted for a regular piecing method.

If you wish to make the pointy paper pieced leaves, click on the link above
and follow the instructions for their Pretty Posies.

Do You EQ  is a great site for inspiration and how-to's.

If you wish to make the same leaves and flowers as in my border,
here are the instructions:

Each flower and leaf measures 4.5" square.

Fabric Requirements and Piecing ...

For each  Flower Unit:

Four 2.5" squares for petals
Four 1.25" squares for the centers
Four 1.25" squares for the background, leaves and stem

Sew the small squares on the corners as shown and flip and cut away extra fabric  for snowball blocks.

I like to press my corners alternately inward and outward to "nest" seams.

For each Leaf Unit:

One 3.5" by 2.5" rectangle for leaf
One 1.5" by 4.5" strip for stem
Two 2" squares for background
Two 1.5" by 3.5" strips for background

To create the vine effect,
alternate the leaves on the left and right of the stem.

This is the left leaf unit showing the pressed back.

This is the right leaf unit from the front.

Chain piece the leaf pieces being
taking care to alternate the placements of the background squares.
It is important to have you quilty kitty assistant staying up with you to help and check your work.

Press the leaves and sew the stems to the sides.

Here is the back of the pieced Flower/Leaf units.
I pressed outward toward the leaves to nest the seams
when I sewed the units into the long borders.

Butterfly also stayed up and helped me many a night to get these done.

The leaves should all grow "upward" when sewn into the units.

My flowers are scrappy
and I used three green fabrics,
on for the background,
the strip for the leaves and stems
and the dark green for the frame.

I laid out all the units on my table
randomly placing the flowers and alternating the leaf directions.

There are fourteen Flower/Leaf units on each side
and eight in the corner blocks.

When planning this border I decided to add
narrow background strips to the sides and to then frame the border with dark green.

The narrow light green border strips are 1" by WOF
and the dark green outer border strips are 2" by WOF,
pieced together to form a continuous strip.

 For this Round Robin border I needed to adjust for slightly uneven sides
so I did this by making eight extra "spacer" units of stem with no leaves
and then sewed on the corner blocks.

Butterfly and I did enjoy sitting back and relaxing and admiring this border
when it was done and ready to mail.

I really like this pattern.

I plan to make this pattern into table runners
one for each season.

Time to sew a fall one and a Christmas one.

Hope to have pictures soon!

... just keep sewing ...

:)

Stitchin' Sisters Round Robin Update ~ This One is Home!

Katniss says, "You sent this one away?"

Yes, Katniss, this one is not ours.

This is the border I designed for the final border on my friend ...

Cherie's Medallion.

Here is the journey of this beautiful Round Robin ...

1st Border by Debbieann

2nd Border by Tricia

3rd Border by Gina

4th Border by Annette

5th and Final Border by Pat

Closeup of My Border.

There are 56 flowers and 56 leaves in this border

for a total of 128 pieced units in this border.

Butterfly and I sitting with our feet up and relaxing after completing this border.

My Tutorial for this border may be found by clicking HERE

All our borders may be found on our ...

Stitchin' Sister's RR Album Page

My Round Robin is also home!

It is gorgeous!

More Stitchin' Sisters Round Robin updates soon!

:)

Spider Web Quilt-Along 2014 ~ My New Spider Web!

My New Spider Web Quilt!

To wrap up this year's 

Spider Web Quilt-Along 2014

I would like to share the how-to for making this larger web ...

Materials Needed:

168 squares 2.5"

21 are needed for each of eight sections

2 yards of black fabric for web, backing and binding

40" square of batting

Method:

Piece rows.

Press seams open as you go.

Using your 45 degree ruler or lines on your mat ...

cut triangles.

Layout

Time to add the curved black web.

I cut 13" by 7" sections and used my Quick Curve Ruler or a plate to cut the bands.

I cut two 17" by 10" sections to cut then longer outer bands and sewed these on first.

I cut the outer curve first as shown.

Then, using this as a point of reference, I cut my other curves.

I took photos and put them up on my desktop and checked each placement before I cut 

It is important to cut each curve in the same place so the web will align.

Ready to sew ...

Sew the concave to the convex curves, easing carefully.

I use a pin to mark the center.

I press toward the black.

Align your pieced and pressed units to the 45 degree line on your cutting mat

and trim evenly cutting off the extra black fabric.

Turn and trim the other side.

Top layout  ... ready to add black sashing web.

Cut 8  WOF strips 1.5" wide and sew to the right edge of each of the wedges.

Piece into two halves ...

Sew one WOF strip to one side.

With your quilty helper sew the two halves together.

Prepare your quilt sandwich and quilt as desired.

40" square of batting and backing

I use Softy and Crafty poly batting which I buy off the roll from my nearby JoAnn Fabrics.

For most quilts I use cotton batting but this batting works well for the web 

as it is thin and holds it shape well without being too stiff.

I do not pin or baste or use basting spray.  

I smooth the top and baking over the batting and

I press the top and back of the quilt sandwich before I quilt,

being careful not to touch the poly batting with my hot iron.

I used Superior King Tut "Orange Zest" for this quilt and used my walking foot in the black sashing to accentuate the spooky spider web.

I cut four 2.25" strips of the black fabric for my single fold binding.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

This wraps up my

Spider Web Quilt Along 2014

This free tutorial will remain up on my blog.

If you make a spider web quilt at any time, please send me a photo 
or add it to our Flickr album.

It would make me sew happy to see your version of the pattern.

This quilt was featured at

Sew We Quilt

Thank you, Madame Samm!

For more photos of  my quilt please 

 Click HERE for my Black Cat Crossing Blog Hop Post

Happy Halloween!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Edit Nov 4th: 

Linking up this new tutortial today at




Linky Tuesday @ Freemotion by the River

Click on the link above to also see that the

Spider Web by Marcy @ Made by Me in Red

is featured there today!

Congratulations, Marcy!

It is a joy to see this beautiful quilt made with my tutorial featured
 on Connie's wonderful blog.

:)