Crafts by Erlina

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Dinosaur Ragworks frayed seams spread

Here is one of my sewing projects given as a gift to a boy, a "dinosaur spread". Made this at the same time with the turtle spread, you have to have patience to make them.....but easy to sew.

Hello Everyone!

You all probably wondering what I have been up to since the last time I posted since November...well, first off I would like to greet you all Happy New Year and wishfully that your Christmas was merry and wonderful celebration with your family, friends and relatives. I for one had a wonderful Christmas with my husband's family and his relatives. As you know I am from Canada and my family lives in Toronto, Canada. Christmas day here in our neck of the woods was a pleasant day but after Christmas the weather had changed dramatically. It has been freezing cold and almost every day we had a windchill factor....January is the coldest month of the year as we all know!

I had been sewing projects since before Christmas and these projects were given as Christmas gifts to families. What I have here were ragworks (frayed seams), a turtle design frayed seams spread for a 2-8 year old girls where she can use it while napping, place on a hardwood floor, or even put it on top of a bed by using it as a cover......

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Handmade PUL fabric wallet-zippered bill pocket & zippered change pocket

PUL fabric wallet with zippered bill pocket and zippered change pocket. Different style from previous wallets I made with binding...this one does not have binding.

More on Quilted Wallet

More on quilted wallets, I used one fabric only on some of these wallets.

Handmade Quilted Wallet

It was my determination to make a quilted wallet, however it took me almost 3 days to complete and make this happen. Basically, I have to re-cut and re-purpose some of my fabrics...this is how I made them....well, wherever you go, this zippered change pocket, credit card and bill pockets, and hook and loop closure will keep your valuables secure. This red, white and blue fabric was initially my first project, I cut up 3 different kinds of fabric for patchwork

Quilted Wallet

Supplies:
Yardage is based on 43"/44"
8"X9" rectangle eah of 3 different fabrics for patchwork.
(You can also use one fabric and batting for quilting)
1/4 yd of fabric of your choice
1/4 yd of fabric of your choice

You will also need:
12 1/2" x 5" rectangle of Pellon heavyweight fusible interfacing
8"X20" rectangle of medium weight fusible interfacing.
2" piece of hoop and loop fastener (velcro)
6" plastic zipper

All measurements include 1/4" seam allowances.

From each patchwork fabric:
*cut 3 strips 2"x7" *remember you can omit this if you want to use just one fabric, batting to be used for quilting* see below

*cut 12 1/2" x 5" if you want to use one kind of fabric

From 1/4 yd fabric of your choice
*cut 1 lining 12 1/2" x 5"
*cut 1 zippered pocket top 2 1/2" x 5"
*cut 1 zippered pocket bottom 5" x 5"

From 1/4 yd fabric of your choice
*cut 1 credit card and bill pocket
18 1/2" x 4 3/4"

*cut 1 credit card and bill pocket lining
18 1/2" x 4 3/4"

From any one of 1/4 fabric of your choice
*cut 1 binding strip 2 1/2" wide

From medium weight fusible interfacing:
*cut 4 3/4" x 18 1/2 "`
*cut 1 zippered pocket top interfacing 1" x 5"
*cut 1 zippered pocket bottom interfacing 2" x 5"

Handmade Christmas scrappy potholders

After finishing all my quilting projects, I started to make Christmas scrappy potholders which will be useful to give away for Christmas as gifts...here are some of my handmade Christmas Scrappy Potholders

Quilted Baby Bedspread 50X60

Last week I completed this quilted baby bedspread, a log cabin block style. It was quite tedious as I cut up a 1 1/2 inch and 2 inches of fabrics. I ran out of fabrics and decided to use some of my green fat squares fabrics that were bought on sale from Hancock Fabrics for $.99. However, the outcome is excellent. Backing was made of broadcloth green fabric. Showing the overall and completed quilted bedspread.