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March 7, 2021

Textured Raw Edge Applique by Machine

Some photos showing details of my textured raw edge applique. And a photo of the entire design. Where did this idea come from? I’m working on a sample for my next Scrap Happy Zoom session, taking photos, writing notes, drawing diagrams, and this idea came from no-where.  Seriously, it popped into my brain.  From where?  Who knows.  Anyway, the project...

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January 31, 2021

Scrap Happy with me; SewWhatYvette

Got scraps of fabric?  Can’t get to a fabric shop?  Need sewing ideas?  Want to meet up via Zoom?  Then Scrap Happy with me! Here’s my plan for Scrap Happy To begin with: I’ll design a project that utilizes scraps of fabric.  I’ll make samples, write the instructions, create a PDF, then organize a Zoom session where you can join...

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January 26, 2021

Face Warming Cowl Mask to Sew

I’ve been spending quality time outside this winter, hiking in a local park with good friends, and freezing my face off. Sew, I sew, and am creative, and came up with a solution; a face warming cowl mask that I can pull up over my face when social distancing out on the trails.  With an optional nose wire for those...

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December 20, 2020

Fabric Christmas Trees, Using Scraps for a Rustic Look

  The Inspiration for my Strip-Pieced Fabric Christmas Trees I made a bunch of these fabric Christmas tree and it all began with a recent obsession with “strip-piecing”. (In the sewing/quilting world that means joining strips of fabric together to make larger pieces.)  This obsession has been with me for a while now, starting with a Quilt of Valour. Then...

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September 21, 2020

Non-Traditional Flying Geese 4 at a time

What are non-traditional flying geese you ask?  They’re flying geese that are NOT twice as wide as they are tall.  Traditionally they are.  2 x 4, 2 1/2 x 5, 3 x 6 and so on.  Kathy needed a bunch that were 3 1/2″ wide and 2″ tall.  And the idea of fussy cutting all those triangles didn’t excite her.  ...

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September 7, 2020

Sun Visor, a Free Pattern and Tutorial

With the days getting shorter, the sun has been right in my eyes when I take an evening walk.  My poor old sun-visor had seen better days, so here’s a new version, a sun visor, a free pattern and tutorial. No floppy brim on this one, thanks to “Craft-Fuse”. Supplies: • 2 pieces of fabric for the brim, cotton is...

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May 25, 2020

Add a Nose Wire Piece to my Mask Pattern

Adding a Wire Nose Piece to my Mask Pattern   I was wearing my mask at the grocery store the other day when I suffered a hot-flash.  Not just any old hot flash, the mother of all hot flashes, and the heat escaped my mask and hung out behind my glasses.  OMG!  Time to add a bendable nose-wire that might...

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April 5, 2020

Yvette’s Mask for Personal Use

  First, Greetings from my sewing room.  It’s my place of peace, surrounded by the flowering plants reminding me of the love of friends and family members who have gone. They comfort me in troubling times and inspired me to design what I’m calling Yvette’s mask for personal use. These last few days I’ve been focusing on keeping that COVID19...

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April 3, 2020

Scrub Cap

This pattern is based on a chemo cap that I designed and use to make caps to donate to people in need.  I’ve adapted it to make it larger so this scrub cap will fit over a full head of hair.   The opening at the bottom of the back allows for a pony tail.  You can make one in less...

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January 8, 2020

Tree of Strength for Australia a free Quilt Block (updated instructions)

I wanted to design another tree block to donate to Australia and came up with “Tree of Strength for Australia”. Many of us feel so bad and helpless watching the terrible news about the fires ravaging Australia.  Then I saw this post on Facebook from the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild: Our NSW communities have been ravaged by fire since August...

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