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Splendid colour tips for quilters: Beige colour in quilts

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This post is one of my Splendid colour tips series, where I share information to help you choose fabrics and colours for your quilts with more confidence. Today’s quilt colour is beige, and I’ll be sharing the following: My thoughts and helpful tips about using beige colour in quilts What to watch out for, and ways to use beige effectively in quilting Practical examples from my own quilts and quilted items Beige is a calm, balanced colour, and it can make us feel comfortable. Quilters usually categorise beige as a “neutral”. What to watch out for when using beige in quilting A quilt with an abundance of beige, especially if there isn’t much contrast may look and seem boring or drab because the colour is probably the most neutral of the colours that quilters call neutral. Because beige is a neutral, it will go with pretty much any colour as long as you remember value contrast: make sure that your colours are clearly lighter or darker than the beige fabrics next to ...
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vetoketju pussukkaan! 6 vinkkiä vetoketjun ompelemiseen.

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Haluaisitko ommella vetoketjupussukan, mutta vetoketjun kiinnittäminen tuntuu pelottavalta? Ehkä olet kokeillut vetoketjun ompelemista housuihin tai takkiin ja todennut sen vaikeaksi? Kannattaa rohkaistua! Pussukkaan tai laukkuun on paljon helpompi ommella vetoketju siististi, koska kappaleet ovat suorat ja kankaaksi voit valita joustamattoman puuvillan. Löysin aikoinaan erinomaisesti kuvitetun pussukan ompeluohjeen, jonka avulla opin tekemään vetoketjupussukan. Olin varmaankin tavallista pöljempi ompelija, koska minulle oli ylitsepääsemättömän vaikeaa tajuta, miten simppelisti tällainen vetoketju kiinnittyi! Valaistuin aikoinaan netistä löytämäni ohjeen ansiosta, mutta huomasin nyt katsoessani, että blogi on täynnä ärsyttävää mainontaa ja ennen niin hyvää tutoriaalia on vaikea katsoa. Päätin siis päivittää suositun blogikirjoitukseni, jonka julkaisin jo 1.9.2010. Muinoin löytämässäni ohjeessa oli erityisen hyvää se, ettei siinä lähdetty liikkeelle tietyn mittaisesta vetoket...
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Finished: the quilted Rumba shoulder bag (Quilt studio diary)

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In my previous post less than a week ago, I introduced a surprise project – and now the project is finished! I wanted to see if I could create as nice a zippered bag as I’d done a few years ago. Here are the two bags side by side: Sliver/Lastu on the left and the new Rumba shoulder bag on the right – you decide how they compare. For me, they look surprisingly similar on these sides, and are equal in charm. Before I share more photos of the finished Rumba bag, here are a few in-progress shots. First, one surface piece when quilted: And the other piece after quilting: Although I have many other go-to quilting patterns, easy enough to do and suitable for smaller surfaces that I quilt on my domestic sewing machine, I decided to use the same pattern that I used on the Sliver bag. I got the idea for this quilting pattern of intersecting arcs from my long-time IG friend Alfhild @alborve and it has become my favourite. Where the two arcs intersect, a crosshatch patte...
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