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Cute projects

Amazing projects are poring in as the Tilda Showcase continues. Check out these super cute dresses in Lucille fabric.

It takes a brave soul to use a ginger fabric in this way, but it works wonderfully. Love the little appliqué hare jumping over mushrooms.

You can find out who made what here ShowcaseCalendar1.

Tilda Trunk Show

All the amazing projects made by Australian designers for the Tilda Showcase is currently traveling with the “Tilda Trunk Show” visiting stores that carry Tilda products and arranging Tilda Tea Parties.

Follow their journey below.

What a pretty welcome Hettie’s Patch arranged this friday!

 

Tilda Showcase

Our Australian whole seller is organizing a fantastic Tilda Showcase during the Australian spring.

Oh… how we Norwegians envy the Australians this time of year while it is getting cold and dark outside.

Here is what they write:

“During September and October we will be showcasing the talents of Australian designers, handmaidens and stores who have been creating with the latest Tilda collections Cabbage Rose & Memory Lane.

Projects will be launched daily starting September 1st, via Instagram, Facebook and designers blogs.”

As we all know there are so many talented designers in Australia and though we envy their September spring what a great way to spend the autumn for the rest of us. A project a day for two months!

Here is the ShowcaseCalendar for September.

Follow Tilda in Australia on www.instagram.com/tilda_australia/

Paper Piece Appliqué

You might have seen the new products called “Paper Piece Appliqué” among the Tilda news this autumn.

Many of you know about freezer paper appliqué, and this is kind of the same technique except the paper pieces are pre cut witch will save you a lot of work.

There are two different designs, and each package contains nearly 200 pieces so that you are able to make many different motifs.

Here is how you do it:

Place the card template on the fabric. Cut about 0,25-0,3 in outside the edge of the template for small pieces and 0,4 in for larger once. When using very small pieces make sure the edge of the fabric is not too large to be folded around the template.

Place the card template against the wrong side of the fabric piece. Spread glue along the edge of the template. Try to avoid getting glue on the edge.

Fold the fabric around the edge of the template, see figure A. On small pieces it might be easier to use a flower stick or the like instead of your fingers.

If you want to use stems or branches in your design cut strips slightly less than 3 times as wide as you want the finished stem/branch to be. Spread Paper Piece glue all over the wrong side of the strip. Fold the edges in towards the middle, first one side, then the other. See figure B.

Place the stem/branch and your fabric covered paper pieces on the background fabric and adjust until you are satisfied. Use paper piece glue to attach the pieces.

Sew the branches/stems and fabric covered pieces on to the background fabric using small “invisible” stitches around the edge. Try not to sew trough the templates. Then cut trough the background fabric from the back and coax out the card pieces. See figure C. It can be helpful to use tweezers to get the small pieces out.

If the cut-up edges on the back refuse to sit smoothly, you can glue them towards the middle of the applique with some Paper Piece glue.

Here are some examples of how you can put the pieces from the two different designs together to create different motifs.

And here is what you can make!

We have used both designs in the same motifs. This is fun, easy and requires no talent for appliqué techniques.

PINCUSHIONS

These lovely pincushions are very easy to make, and how you choose to put the fabrics together has a big effect on the result.

You need 8 lovely matching fabrics, embroidery yarn and needle, and 2 buttons.

Here is the Pincushion Template.

The dotted line on the template shows the seam, and the outside line is the 0.25in (6mm) seam allowance.

We suggest printing the template onto thick photo paper; you can then just let the pen slide along the edge of the paper shape when drawing the shape onto the fabric.

Draw the shape onto the back of each of the eight fabrics. See figure A. Cut out each piece along the drawn line.

Place the pieces in a “flower shape” on the table to see in what order the fabric pieces look best before you sew. See figure B.

Place two pieces right side together and sew 0.25in (6mm) in from the edge. See figure C.

Open these out and then place the next piece right side against one of the sewn together shapes. Sew on in the same way as before. See figure D.

Continue until all the shapes are sewn together. Now place the two end pieces right side together and sew along the line until you have a couple of inches of opening left for turning through. See figure E.

Turn through to the right side, fill the pincushion with toy stuffing/wadding and then hand-stitch the opening shut. See figure F.

Next, thread a needle with a long strand of embroidery yarn. Insert the needle through the back of the cushion to the front, through a button placed in the centre, and then back from front to back and through the other button at the back.

Pull the yarn ends to make a little indentation in the cushion where the buttons are and then tie the ends together securely and trim thread ends.

 

Patchwork Animals

We are totally in love with the new Rabbit and Squirrel Patchwork kits. You might have noticed the rabbit is on the cover of the Tilda catalogue. 
They are perfect projects for anyone who loves to sew and the right size project for new beginners who wants to learn patchwork.

The animals can work as decorative pillows and are perfect for children’s rooms. 
We added a gift tag and some string to the kit as a cute detail.

Cute dress fabric

If you plan to add a cute home-sewn vintage dress to your wardrobe the Libby fabrics are perfect. 
We love Libby Dark Slate but if you are going for more colour Libby is also available in Pink, Teal and Olive.

We found a good selection of vintage dress patterns at White Three Fabrics and Jaycotts.

For fun details you can add matching buttons, available in three in different sizes.

A colorful autumn

This year we just had to go for a colourful optimistic autumn look.

Whatever worries we might have or however sad it is to see summer fade into autumn; Cabbage Rose will make Tildasworld  a haven of positive colours this autumn and winter.

The second collection Memory Lane is inspired by the 20s colour scheme, blue black and olive greens combined with turquoise and pink.

Here is a presentation of the autumn collections!

CABBAGE ROSE

The Cabbage Rose Collection is a playful series inspired by colourful characters like 1950s comedian Lucille Ball and Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking.

Designs with rabbits and flowers in soft orange, blue-green, red and pink give the series a sweet and colourful feel – perfect for pleasant patchwork quilts combined with folklore appliqués.

Cabbage Rose is an homage to “everyday roses” who inspire and add colour to life with their creativity and joie de vie.

MEMORY LANE

The Memory Lane collection is inspired by the 1920s, with its innovative fashion and colours, jazz, the Charleston and Art Deco. The patterns comprise both classic and more modern floral designs.

Colours such as bluish-black, olive green and off-white with hints of pink and turquoise result in a beautiful, interesting combination for a style that is both classic and perfect for today.

The series is excellent for both patchwork quilts and formal bags.

 

Tilda Blog Hop Autumn 2016

Stitch Craft Create is doing a great Tilda Blog Hop with the autumn news Cabbage Rose and Memory Lane.

Follow the Blog Hop here:

1st August – Stitch Craft Create

2nd August – Stitch Craft Create

3rd August – Vicky Myers Creations

4th August – Strawberry Patch Ramblings

5th August – Charm About You

8th August – Crafting Not Cleaning

9th August – Popular Patchwork

10th August – Dinki Dots

11th August – Little Black Duck

12th August – Tea and a Sewing Machine

15th August – A Saucy Stitch

16th August – Very Berry Handmade

 

Colorful Autumn News

Colorful autumn news are poring in, and this week we are working on updating the Tilda web for a sweet floral Autumn with the new collections “Cabbage Rose” and “Memory Lane”.