Second Ric-Rack flower tutorial

1. I take a piece of Ric-Rack ribbon and pull strong tread throw the ribbon. I am pull the thread twice in each corner

first - from back side to right side of each corner

second - from right to back side.

2. After this I pull the thread tightly as I can, roll up Ric-Rack in circle ,hide an edges under the flower and sew flower onto fabric.
3. I put a bead in the center . I stitch all leafs to the fabric. It fixed the shape of flower very well. After this I am add a few green leafs.

Happy stitching.

My embroidered trims and beaded Cameos.

My dear dear friend Judyth received my crocheted motifs. She loved them!! I was so happy. I do for her not only motifs that you see in my previous post. I also do a few small flowers from regular sewing threads. You can see them in the right bottom corner.








This picture Judith put on the Crazy Quilting for Newbies list. All my list friends loved them and my friend Susan remind me about embroidered trims that I did. I am completely forgot about them. I forgot about my little Cameos too.

If you want them - ask me. I'll happy to sell them for you.

New crazy project finished

This weekend I worked on another CQ project. I stitched the the piece of CQ. It wasn't regular block. I do it in circle segment shape. I used a natural shades of color. I never don't used only this shades before and want to try them.

After this I embellished it and stitch 2 straight sides together. I hided a stitch under a piece of lace and sewed a circle bottom. This is the three sides of finished shape.

I don't know what the name of this thing but I love it! I think I can call it a Christmas ornament or just ornament.

If you have any idea let me know what it is.

I love this ornament so much and my family too that I do 2 more in other stile.

I used my buttons. There are ordinary buttons. I like then and can't call them bored. They are not!

I had a pleasure when I do them. Now I must to find a place for them. My be I'll Put them on my DaWanda shop for sale.

I love to do things. not to keep them.

Have a nice weekend.

Great comments

I get a great feedback. SharonB from "In a Minute Ago" wrote about my tutorials!!!!!
She wrote:

Before I dash off to work I just wanted to point to Old Crazy Stitcher as there are some great tutorials on using Ric Rac for motifs. Crazy quilters will love them as embellishments. Thanks Ira for drawing my attention to them in the comments - they are well done and well illustrated.
You can see full post here:

http://sharonb.wordpress.com/

I am so happy.

Ric-Rack flower tutorial

1. I am take a small piece of Ric-Rack ribbon and pull strong tread throw the ribbon. I am pull the thread from back side to right side of each corner.

2. After this I pull the thread tightly as I can. After this I open a leafs, hide an edges under the flower and sew flower onto fabric.

3. I put a bead in the center . I stitched the lines ( red) throw the ribbon and fabric. It's fixed the shape of flower very well.

Happy stitching.

Ric-Rack owl tutorial

1. I am take a small piece of white Ric-Rack ribbon and paint him with regular fabric paint. I paint two sides in the same brown color.




2. After paint was dry a fixed it with hot iron.


3. I fold ribbon according to white line and twist it down to receive this shape.

4. I sewed it on the fabric with small stitches.

5. You can do an eye with a bead or do any other stitches . I stitched a nose and legs.

Happy stitches

Ric-Rack fish tutorial

I want to share with you today this Ric-Rack fish tutorial.

1. I am take a small piece of white Ric-Rack ribbon and paint him with regular fabric paint.
I choose blue and yellow for contrast.

2. After paint was dry a fixed it with hot iron.

3. I fold ribbon on white (unpainted) side and and do a few small stitches according to red line. ( I did them with red thread only for contrast picture).

4. I opened Ric-Rack ribbon on color side. Pressed it and stitched a small eye.

5. I sewed it on the fabric with small like a fin stitches.

6. You can do an eye with a bead or do any other stitches for fin. You can stitch other tail.




Other Ric-Rack fish.


Happy stitches

New swaps in my group

We have a new challenge in my CQfornewbees Yahoo group.
Each one need to stitch the block and half embellished him. After this we send the block to partner and received back an embellished block.


THIS IS MY FALL THEME BLOCK


THIS IS MY WINTER THEME BLOCK

I was published in Readers' Showcase of CQMagOnline.com

My Crazy Quilting glass case from previous post was published in Readers' Showcase of CQMagOnline.com .



http://cqmagonline.com/vol06iss04/showcase/index.html





Now I am start a new project. I do a Christmas ornaments.

My family not a Christian. We have a Hanuka in this time. Many years ago, when I was live in Ukraine we was celebrated a New Year. It wasn't religion holiday, but we had a beautiful fair tree. I did a lot of hand made decorations. I am so liked to do them, I am like to do Christmas decorations now. I recalled my childhood. And I am pleased to received a feed backs from other people. Last year one lady bouth a full box of my Christmas bals for charity bazar. She sent to
me so god letter, she was really happy.

Because I can't use this decorations I sell them. For this money I can buy a supplies for my other hand works.

If somebody interested in this ornaments or in tutorial for folded balls email me privately to

ira12105@yahoo.com

I 'll put pictures of my new Christmas ornaments in this blog and on my Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49963927@N00/

Have a nice time

A new project finished

Hello

I don't write for a time. I did a new project.

I am never can't found my glasses between all similar glass cases that we have. I decided to do something special for me.

I did a 6" CQ block.

After this I an add a two pieces of folded fabric on the top, flannel fabric for lining and stitch three sides around from the wrong side of the block.

And i received this.

My block was on a cover page of my Yahoo group - CQForNewbies

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CQForNewbies

Thank you for visiting .

I am going to be in a magazine!

I am going to be a published!

It was a great project in one of my groups - Faber Art Traders. We did and embelished 1.5 inches squares (We call them Plus Size Inchies - PSI). We create them in batches of 24, based on different colors and swap them with other group members . This trade consisted of 120 sign-ups, at 24 each that’s 2,880 Inchies. The list mum Normajean Brevik help to us become published in August/September 2007 Issue of Quilting Arts Magazine®.

Check out the Quilting Arts website at

http://www.quilting arts.com/ qamag/qahome. html

and click on Inchie Mania. The participants in the our PSI trade are listed on the site!!!

I just went to the site and FREAKED out when I saw my name!!!!! WOOHOO! My first time ever, being brave enough to submit anything and I am going to be in a magazine!

Normajean let me know that my name is noted on the index page in the magazine! With white PSI with a gold heart and bow out my friends here at FAT .

Only one thing in this story is really sad - I can get this magazine in Israel and see this publication.

This is a picture of PSI that I sent to QA. I don't know each of them was in magazine.

Nice day for all.

Crocheting

Hello all.

Last weekend I was really busy. I take my old books and treads and have a lot of fun.

I feel like a small girl that I was when I learned crocheting. You can see what I get.

And more crocheting....

FIRST BIG PROJECT FINISHED !!!!!!

I finished my first big projects. I was need a wall hanging to hide electricity board. I had a bed cover that I do more than 10 years ago for children's bed.
But now it was to shirt for me and wasn't in right direction.

I decided to get out a panel with a trees. Add few stitches and beads and stitch it back in right directions (turn on 90

degrees). Also I decided to put crocheted motifs in different

places to do it more interesting.
But after I turn it it steel to short . I don't want to

sew more panels to this bed cover. I do a new separate

wall hanging. I had two printed panels, they was same

pictures in different colors. And I don't like one of

them (left on a picture). It was so blend. I do
with this panels the same treatment that I do with first

panel.

Finally you can see what I have now.