magikquilter July 9th, 2009
Had a lot of success with thrift shopping recently. I think I have enough now of the basics for my summer 2009 wardrobe. Here are my nine easy pieces, turquoise version, all thrifted! Starting with Jendi handbag BNWOT which looks great with the Mysize skirt in linen with tulle and lace edging and the Basler Jacket from my suit…see below.
This skirt by Elizabeth is silk and simply adorable …it also works with the Basler jacket
here is the skirt without the jacket, am going to make some silk camis to wear with it.
Wonderful Marina Rinaldi knee length linen jacket and pants
the rest of my Basler of Germany silk and linen mix suit and lastly an artisan glass choker, simply gorgeous.
Can’t wait for summer!
magikquilter July 2nd, 2009
sugar
and spice
and all things nice
that’s what these big girls are made of!
I hope you enjoyed my take on that old poem! I adore these fabrics which are all on my wishlist on equilter.com. I particularly love the last one of the grown ups but the anime one is pretty tempting too.
I have always found equilter to be very quick and helpful and even with shipping to Australia to be reasonably priced. If you are interested in the fabric just click on the gold under each picure and you will be on the page at equilter. I will be presenting regular updates on fabric as I love it so and also because it is so time consuming for a lot of people to go through the various websites and etsy stores which sell fabric.
Tags: Alexander Henry Thunderflower from the Indochine Collection, Little China Girls from the China Doll Collection, Michael Miller Fabrics Little China Girls In The Garden, Robert Kaufman Oriental Traditions6 Exquisite Gardens
magikquilter July 1st, 2009
congratulations ladies…I think the generator got it right for this giveaway!
Tags: random generator.org, winners of giveaway
magikquilter June 30th, 2009
Robin Sweet of Gilded Cage Design has been at it again….this time designing and crafting the most superb and decadent items for the boudoir or ladies sitting room.
All in the most must have shades for we ladies who are in the know. These creations are so close to perfect that I dare not say much more ….for want of offending the gods. You know what happened to Icarus after all.
We have more of her fabulous jewellery which is available in her etsy shop here.
How wonderfully decadent…I adore the touch of opaline colour in the button.
More of her wonderful work can be seen here on her flickr stream.
Tags: artisans on flickr, decadent aertisan jewellery, items for the boudoir
magikquilter June 29th, 2009
This week I sewed the eighteen strips together.
I did this over a few days and I scrupulously pinned each block so that the joins would be accurate. Mostly I was in luck, I think I only had to redo a couple of joins.
I agree with Aneela who said usually a gentle tug of the top or with me the bottom strip would usually make the seams abut. I think when I have done a few more of these I will not need to pin as much as I did this time.
I was unsure whether to go with a rectangular quilt which would establish more of a pattern but I really want to use this as a tablecloth for a circular table so I did not need it to be any larger. I toyed with the iidea of adding a dark narrow border and another floral border but am going with the simplicity of the top as it is. I scrupulously snipped off all my threads and pressed the seams in the direction they were sewn. Aneela advises pressing the seams open but I do not think my hands are up to that so am hoping to hide the seams with the quilting.
Aneela and others were at this stage at week four. Now on to the sandwiching and quilting!
Only one day to go until I draw the winners to the giveaways!
Tags: Add new tag, half hexagon quilt wip, hexagon quilt, mosaic quilt, secondary pattern, tutorial
