Too much fun!

Ok, there are so many other things I should be doing. But, instead, I've been playing with this pattern from Quilting Arts Magazine...the Winter 2005 issue.. I'm going to use them as table favors for our small group party on ....Wednesday...yes, I'm hustling! But I get to use all my fun threads, do some bobbin work AND actually USE the iron on crystals I've been hoarding!!!! I just did some meandering on one with holographic thread using a free hand zig zag stitch. That looks cool!!! I'm going to use one as a gift package for a piece of jewelry for my niece.

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I'll try to post pictures when I get mine finished.

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KJ
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They're gorgeous!

I'm gonna have to try these.

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CATS

They are lovely, KJ. No wonder you have got caught up in doing some. They will look so pretty on your table. How many have you got to do? I love the idea of one as a gift package. They could also hold sweets etc for a wedding party - with colour co-ordinated fabric. Great find. Thanks for sharing. . In message , KJ writes

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Patti

I studied that little treasures box a few weeks ago and wondered this - I see pokies on the edge. If you can melt synthetic fibers, what would happen if you went around the edges where there were pesky little pokies with the tool for setting crystals? It just might work. Since you're having the fun with the project anyway, I wish you'd make a sample edge and see what happens. One time on Sewing with Nancy I saw her or Phillip Pepper melt away some strays on a bit of SM embroidery. If you dare to try it, please report back. Polly

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Polly Esther

Those are cool! Will you take pics of yours to share too?

I think I need to go to the store for some stabilizer and then have some fun!

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Louise

I think I'll put a chocolate truffle in each one for our party. We have 10 in my group. I have that many cut out in various fabrics, but I've decided to make it look more coordinated so I've switched to a couple different snowflake fabrics. After I finish the party favors, I'll go ahead and finish the others to have on hand as hostess gifts etc. They are very cute! They would be beautiful as weddding party favors! KJ

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KJ

You probably could burn them away. Or you can paint the edges if you don't want to satin stitch around the edges. I actually did a wide zig zag and I'm satisfied with how it looks. I'll see what happens with different methods if the time allows. I guess one has to remember that these are just little glitzy temporary projects. If there are too many pokies, maybe the scissors need sharpening. A smooth edge is so dependent on how well it was cut out. KJ

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KJ

I will post some pictures when I have some complete. I thought I'd put the crystals on them all at once. So right now I'm still cutting out and stitching. One thing, when you print out the pattern for the freezer paper template, you need to make sure you print it as a full page. At least that was the option for my computer/printer. I saved the picture from the website as a jpeg and printed from that. The small size that prints out should be enlarged 200% for the correct size box....that's how it was in the magazine. And, don't go by the instructions of cutting out an 8x8 fabric piece. That seems to be a little bit small for the print out. Your results may vary. :-) KJ

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KJ

If you had to make a whole lot I wonder if they would work with fabric ironed onto cardboard? You might even be able to print the template straight onto the cardboard and iron the fabric onto the back. If you used heavy Vliesofix (Wunder-Under or Heat'n'Bond?) and just cut the shapes you could glue trims on. Old glass and metal buttons would be good.

Hhmmmm - might need to stitch around the base square to give a clean fold line, and maybe across the base of the insert. But you should get a clean edge so no sealing frayed bits. You could use coloured cardboard, maybe even gold or silver. It wouldn't last as well, but for a quick item that you needed a lot of it might work. I might give it a go later and see.

I can imagine a larger fancier one (maybe made with Timtex) as a sewing kit too.

Oh dear - I am supposed to be doing my annual sewing room clean out, not experimenting!!

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CATS

Ironing the fabric on to stabilizer works pretty slick. The boxes are firm but still soft and pliable. I tried Timtex...but it was too stiff for the size of these little boxes. A

50 wt stabilizer was fine. You could get out your fabric paints and stamps, Angelina, and just have at it! Oh my! I should have started sooner. KJ
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KJ

I love these and wanted to try some, but I wanted a larger size. Does anybody have any thoughts about enlarging them? Would the proportions stay the same and all??? I'm not real good at this sort of reasoning..... heck, or any *other* sort of reasoning for that matter! LOL

TIA

Leslie (still > Ok, there are so many other things I should be doing. But, instead, I've

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KJ skrev:

First, thanks for posting this!!! :-)

Second, maybe I am a dork (or maybe just because it is 1:36 am as I am writing this) but WHY do you have to make TWO slits? It seem like one would be enough. Since you've made some and I haven't, I figure I'm probably missing something, right?

Erin the perplexed

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Erin

I think you could take the pattern to a copy center and get it enlarged. I don't know why it wouldn't be just fine. If you make it quite a bit larger, you might want to use Timtex instead of stabilizer to give it more support. KJ

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KJ

Now I'm perplexed. I don't quite see what you're seeing. To fold the box, you hold the two bulb/knob shaped pieced together, then pull the longer pieces up and over them. You need a slot in each "arm" to fit over the knobs. Clear as mud??? KJ

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Those are gorgeous!

I've bookmarked them for next year's Christmas Sale.

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Sally Swindells

KJ, those are SO pretty!! They would be beautiful done is some of those exotic, metallic batiks - I just love them. Yes, please do post some pix of yours. I'm going to save the site for future reference. Thanks so much for sharing.

Patti in Seattle

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Patti S

KJ skrev:

OK, now I understand. I had the impression you just folded the 2 "bulbs" under and then stuck one arm in the slot of the other arm. It's now 12:23 pm and I am (more or less) awake; that helps a lot!!! :-)

Erin

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Erin

Oh, no!!! Between you and Sandi posting free [online] quilt patterns, I'm going to just have to win the Lottery in order to stay home and do all the great projects!!!

I saved the first l> Ok, there are so many other things I should be doing. But, instead, I've

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Ginger in CA

Yes, a medium/heavy (but not board stiff) stabilizer. Also fusible for the back of the fabrics to fuse to the stabilizer. (I bought Pellon 50 wt. stabilizer....not interfacing....though if pressed, I couldn't tell you the difference between the two.) My printer printed out the correct size when I selected "full page fax". If you happen to find the magazine....be aware that the pattern in there isn't right. You need to get the pattern from the website. Something "smushed" the pattern when it was printed in the magazine.

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