Within A Quarter Inch

Shownotes for Episode 17

OK - here is the infamous (?) block with the tiny tiny square in a square center... It is from the Civil War Book page 86/87 and the block is titled 'Gardening'

The top photo shows my 'tip off the old podcast' for this week - using a small water spritzer and a wooden iron on your foundation paper piecing. With Carol Doak's paper - the printing bleeds when spritzed - not too bad, but it does. With some non-descript paper that I must have purchases from J. Hittle; no bleeding. Go figure.

Also - do use the add an eighth ruler! It really cuts down on bulk!

If you are interested in EQ6 - then this is the best price I found.... You need to add it to your basket for the discounted price to show up...

Book-e-Pod A Great Japanese embroidery book. You can find it at this ETSY shop .

Shownotes for Episode 15 - NOTIONS!

Here is a photo of majority of the notions I spoke of during the podcast...

please note that the picture above includes the tip off the old podcast - the homemade bias tape wrapped around a tp roll!



Below: The blue 'scalpel' like object - yes - awesome! (link is for a metal one, even better!)  The clover glue stick (green cap) - yes - not awesome!  And a photo of the wooden pencil without a led?? Wow, I really need to work on my descriptive abilities! As well as the sandpaper paddle.
The tweezers from EK Success.

NOTE: I HAVE NOT PURCHASED FROM THESE WEBSITES MYSELF - THEREFORE, I CANNOT SAY WHETHER THEY ARE SUPER GOOD OR NOT:)

The chalk mechanical pencil set that I like a lot...  Curious about this though...

Found where you can purchase this transfer pen online!!

BLOG OF THE POD: BLOCK A DAY 
She (Lily Boot) is an extremely talented crafter and also has a wonderful sense of humor!  There is much to ooh and aah over, and enjoy:)

BOOK-E-POD:  Cute Stuff
By Aronzi Aronzo!  Very cute stuff to sew, embroider, create, and applique!

TIP OFF THE OLD PODCAST: See photo above (the first one) for the TP roll with homemade bias tape wrapped around it!

Oh my, I nearly forgot - here is the link to J. Hittle Sewing - do sign up for the newsletter, the prices are great!

Oh and here is a couple shots of the lecien fabric in all it's glory!

Shownotes for Episode 13

Well well well - wonders do exist - posting the shownotes on the SAME day as I posted the episode?!  Impressing myself over here...

The fabric boxes that I use are sold by the gross - at firstchoicepackaging.com

The Dear Baby Jane blog that is a great gathering of woman (are there any men?) working together to keep motivated and create this mega quilt!  Here are the two squares I have done:
A2 is the gold and awesome background fabric (Same as seen here but in brown)

A1 is the green and background fabric - after I made that one I decided that my blocks would be 5" finished (easier to keep it straight in my head) so I added a border to it.  I do that A LOT - because I never really seem to get to the right size!

Blog of the pod:

That Silly Lil Doe - She has a great sense of humor that really comes through in her postings AND she is one crafty lady - my kind of combination! 

Tip off the old podcast:  (really, if anyone has a better working title for this bit of the episodes, I'm all ears!)

This is really last weeks Tip - creating your own one of these - with a little cup, fabric scraps and a seam ripper you have a great tool for cutting apart any chain piecing you do - try it, it really works well!

This week's tip is to use your pins diagonally rather than horizontally - this way, it is much easier to remove the pins when sewing AND you have less pin distortion on the fabrics as well - it is not my original idea but for the life of me, I don't remember where I heard about this... If you know, let me know so that I can give proper credit:)

 

And now for some of the websites I mentioned during the episode...

Quilters TV

Sew on TV

Twiddle Tails (the lady behind the dear baby jane site)

Big Slider Close Bags in Bulk

Hhhmmmm - I think that's it folks!