We normally have our local guild meetings every second Thursday evening of each month during the school year from September through June, as we meet in a nearby elementary school cafeteria. However, sometimes we have to move the date due to something going on at the school … like this month! Our first meeting is this Thursday…and it just dawned on me that I had not done anything with our summer challenge fat quarter! At the same time, I received an invite to a dear friend’s daughter’s house warming…sooooo, this little project turned out to be a “Twofer”. I love Twofers, don’t you?? I used some batik charm squares along with the purple batik fat quarter given for the summer challenge, to make a table runner that I can show at the guild meeting in two days… and then it will be a gift, along with a matching candleholder and autumn candle, for the housewarming gift!! YAY!! A Twofer!! Then, after making the table runner yesterday and going out this morning to find the candle holder and candle, I got home to remember that I wanted to make a new guild name tag. The one I had was made in 2000 and is beyond grody!!! Yucko!! Time for a new one!!! So, I spent this afternoon making a new one!! I saw this one on Pinterest and thought it was so cute! (http://megsmonkeybeans.blogspot.com/2012/02/petite-piecing.html) So that gave me the idea to make my nametag with a sewing machine on it! I snagged this logo off the Bernina newsletter to use as my inspiration!! I used graph paper to plan out my little sewing machine block. Then went through my stash scraps to find the perfect fabrics in fun colors. I knew I wanted to attach it to this cute sewing themed pin, which would make it easy to put on! It was really fun to create…and not a hard as I thought it would be with such tiny pieces. I am pleased with how it turned out and will be ready on Thursday now for our guild meeting!! Sooooo, whatcha working on???

Thanks to Aneela for the inspiration. www.meamomblog.com/2010/10/kids-are-still-alive.html

I need reminders, lots of them! Post-it notes, lists, bells on my phone, and blog updates! So I thought that a quick reminder would help inspire you to create a name tag to proudly wear to this month's meeting. Here's some more tags to get you inspired: Click Here for Sources Also every month, Susan, Ale, Nancy, Petra, and myself will be reviewing sewing/quilting books on our blogs. Then at our meeting, we'll raffle off the same titles! We're really excited to share and kick things off! So this month, Susan and I started it off: Susan made folded flower bowls from Brett Bara's Sewing in a Straight Line using Monica's fabric. She'll raffle off these bowls and the book at our meeting, click here for her full post! Thanks again, Potter Craft! I (Heather) made Sweet and Sour Apple Coasters from Scandinavian Stitches by Kajsa Wikman published by Stash Books. I'm also raffling off these coasters and the book at our meeting, click here for the full review. See you Thursday, February 16, 7-9pm Happy Sewing!

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Good morning, my lovelies! I've been away from the blog for a couple of weeks, busy with a trip to Chicago to visit with my sister and nephew, a couple of interior design projects for clients, and keeping up with the reading for a class I'm taking. But last night I finished my quilt guild name tag, and I can't wait to share it with you. I even put together a little tutorial in case you'd like to make a magnetic name tag of your own. Headless Helena Models My New Guild Name Tag To recap, I finally joined my local quilt guild recently and needed a handmade fabric name tag to wear at meetings and workshops. Since I have so many projects already in progress (and so little time to work on any of them), I rummaged around in my studio and came up with an orphan sawtooth star block to use rather than starting from scratch. I machine embroidered my name as legibly as possible -- not sure whether the last name was necessary, but put it on there to be safe so I wouldn't need to make another one -- and did some basic SID and walking foot quilting around the star. Pretty Boring Quilting, But It Gets the Job Done I had originally selected a black and white striped binding fabric, but after sewing it down and mitering all eight corners and then hand stitching it to the back, I was REALLY unhappy with my inability to get the stripes matched up where the binding ends joined. With the corners of this tiny quilt so close together, I just didn't have enough room to finesse the stripes into a perfect pattern match and I ended up with one heavy black stripe on one side: First Binding Attempted, Rejected and Removed Blech! See what I mean? My eye just goes right to that awful double black stripe on the right side of the name tag. The other thing is that, on a regular size quilt, the proportion of binding fabric to main body of the quilt is much smaller. I felt like, on a small piece like this name tag, the striped binding was distracting and overwhelming, not the subtle pop I was looking for. I put the project in Time Out for a few days to see if the binding would grow on me and whether I could get over the awkward join, but in the end I had to rip off the binding and do it over. The Magnet Magic! None of this is terribly exciting. What I AM excited about is that my name tag doesn't hang on strings around my neck or attach with pins that might snag my favorite sweater or blouse -- it's MAGNETIC! The neodymium magnets are super strong and will even hold the name tag securely through a thick sweater; I tested it to be sure. Here's how I did this. First, you need the magnet hardware. Many businesses use these magnetic name tags now (I first discovered the concept when my teenage son got a job at the grocery store). I looked locally at Michael's, JoAnn's, and Staples and nobody had them, but Amazon came to my rescue once again: The magnet bars aren't expensive -- at the time of this post, you can get a 10-pack for $7.99 with Prime shipping. You can make yourself a different name tag for every season, or make some as gifts for your friends. As you see above, the magnetic hardware consists of two pieces. There's a thin metal rectangle with smooth corners that has 3M adhesive foam on one side, and there's a thin rectangle plastic piece with smooth corners that has the two magnets attached. They do sell versions with three magnets instead of two, but my experience is that two magnets is plenty strong enough to get the job done. The metal bar is the part that gets permanently attached to the back side of your name tag, and the plastic bar with magnets attached is the piece that you snap in place on the underside of your clothing. That 3M adhesive tape on the back of the metal bar is what you would use to adhere the metal bar to the back of a plastic or aluminum name tag, but I sliced it right off with an Exacto knife since I'm going to sew the metal bar into the back of my fabric name tag. A razor blade would work, too. You don't have to be fanatical about removing all of the foam, either, as long as you get rid of most of the bulk and all of the sticky glue. I attached the metal bar to the back of the name tag with a tiny little sleeve, made the way you would make a hanging sleeve for a quilt show. I cut a rectangle out of my name tag backing fabric, folded it in half WST, and sewed along the two long raw edges. Then I centered that seam and pressed the little tube flat with my iron. I didn't measure this piece, just eyeballed it so it would finish close to the width of the metal bar, but with enough loose fabric at the edges for me to hand stitch it to the back of my name tag. Fabric Tube/Sleeve For Metal Bar I knew I wanted to position that metal bar about a third of the way down from the top of my name tag -- high enough that it didn't flop down when I was wearing it, but with that metal bar far away from where I would be machine stitching the binding. But I didn't want the metal bar to slide around inside the fabric casing, so I used my zipper foot to sew a triple straight stitch right up against both short ends of the magnet, trapping it in the center of the tube. Trapping the Metal Bar In the Center of the Fabric Tube Next, I positioned this little fabric tube horizontally across the back side of my name tag, trimmed the raw edges of the sleeve even with the edges of the name tag, and secured the short edges with machine stitching about 3/8" in from the raw edges, so the machine stitching would be concealed by my binding. At this point, you could go ahead and stitch the long edges of the fabric tube down to the backing fabric by hand, but I chose to attach my binding to the front of my name tag first and then secure the long sides of my sleeve when I was hand stitching my binding to the back side of the name tag. Long Edges of Sleeve Secured by Hand Stitching Easy-peasy, but oh-so-snazzy! Now I have a name tag for the November guild meeting, which is tomorrow evening. I haven't decided whether I need to jazz my name tag up with any embellishments or if I prefer it plain and simple, the way it is, but at least it's done! To Bling Or Not To Bling, That Is the Question... I mean, I could still add some beads, or sequins, or French knots, or additional "big stitch" quilting by hand in a decorative thread... Heck, I could wire it up with a battery pack and blinking lights if I REALLY wanted to draw attention to myself (not!). What's next on my sewing agenda? Well, I still need to load up that outreach cuddle quilt on my longarm machine and get it quilted. I'm running out the door for an appointment in a few minutes, but hopefully I'll get to that this evening. Anyway, that's my To-Do for Tuesday weekly goal. This Outreach Quilt Top is STILL Not Loaded for Quilting! Happy Tuesday and happy stitching! Today I'm linking up with: · To-Do Tuesday at Stitch ALL the Things: http://stitchallthethings.com Let’s Bee Social at www.sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/ · Midweek Makers at www.quiltfabrication.com/ · WOW WIP on Wednesday at www.estheraliu.blogspot.com · Needle and Thread Thursday at http://www.myquiltinfatuation.blogspot.com/ · Finish It Up Friday at www.sillymamaquilts.com · Whoop Whoop Fridays at www.confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com · Finished Or Not Friday at http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/ · TGIFF Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday at storiedquilts.com

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The Jersey Shore Modern Quilt Guild drew names have a Name Tag exchange. And I was so elated to receive Eileen as my recipient. Chesley from Nini & The Sea belongs to the New York Modern Quilt Guild and she received her tag though a exchange with another guild. I thought the raffle ticket pocket on the back was such a great idea. I included that on the back of Eileen's. It was amazing how you start to know someone by stalking them on Instagram. Eileen has some great posts at "sew_ eyeball" on IG. The name tag was made by doing English Paper Piecing (EPP). Here are a few links on how to do epp at Bee In My Bonnet and The Scrappy Apple Yard. I also made one for my mom. If you would like to check out my Instagram, I am at "Till we quilt again" Till We Quilt Again, Linked with: Quilt Story  Blossom Heart Quilts-Sew Cute

It was great to start a new year with the guild last night! Thanks to all of you who came out and to those of you who couldn't make it, I hope we see you at another meeting soon. As discussed, our first challenge is a name tag swap. It's a challenge open to all who'd like to participate: newer members who don't have one, those who'd like an update from the older one, or like me, think that the more accessories to choose from, the merrier. This is one I received, made by Stephanie the last time we did this swap. If you were at the meeting and are taking part, you should have the name of the person you are making for as well as their preferred colour palette and geometric shape of choice as parameters for your creation. (Anyone who wasn't at the meeting and would like to take part, I will suggest it again at the next meeting and hopefully you can find a partner and make one for each other or simply create one for yourself and come show it off at the next meeting). The shape can be incorporated in the piecing, be appliquéd on, be embroidered, used as the overall form of the piece... the choice is yours. As our group discussion last night was about what brought us to a modern guild and many members voiced an appreciation for the modern aesthetic (but didn't necessarily think their work currently fit into that category), maybe this is an opportunity (on a very small scale) to try to push those boundaries and try something a bit outside your comfort zone. How about an asymmetrical design, a bit of improv or playing with minimalism? And this is the one I made Melanie last time. You can find ideas to start brainstorming your modern creation here and images of some fun name tags here. Don't forget to think about how the recipient will wear their tag (pin, lanyard...). DEADLINE: Our October meeting (Wednesday 9th). And have fun!

I was able to spend some quality time doing a little hand stitching this week while my son read me a few books. :) I love listening to him read and change his voice with each new character, it makes this Mommy's heart overflow. Of course since I've only embroidered one other time , and don't real

It’s getting very nearly time for our Stitch Gathering Retreat! And I know some of you still haven’t made your nametags yet, so I thought I would do a post with nametag ideas that might be of help with last minute panics. I’ve been making a few of these to show at my Bearpaw Craft …

I cheated and ironed on my name instead of stitching- too lazy!

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Guess where I went this past weekend? Quiltcon! Not wanting to show up empty handed (or rather empty necked), I wanted to sew a lanyard. It came out so cute, so here's a quilted lanyard

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Making a fabric name tag

I finally joined a guild, the Sacramento Modern Quilt Guild. I went to a meeting in January and it was great sharing a common interest in quilting, seeing other's projects and hearing quilting tips. I made myself a name tag :) I got the paper pieced pattern here. I have a MQG name tag board on Pinterest. I included all the things I love: paper piecing, hand embroidery, Heather Bailey, American Jane and Heather Ross. I wrote a new quote on my chalkboard for Valentine's :) I smile every time I walk by!

I made this name tag for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild meeting tomorrow! I used scraps of fabric and free-motion quilted my name using my BSR.

I realize that this is NOT a news flash, but I've been playing with scraps again. Ha! It's messy work, but someone has to do it! I made these banner blocks for the Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild. The only requirements were to use brights and white fabrics and they needed to be 6.5" square. I had a lot of fun making them. This one is my favorite! It's a mini version of my bright birch trees quilt. The block is made up of 31 teeny tiny scraps....and one big white scrap. I love it so very much! I like this one, too, although not quite as much. It also uses 31 scraps...that must be the magic number or something. After making these teeny tiny ones, the pinwheel pieces felt absolutely huge! I could have kept going and made scrappy blocks all day long, but I kind of ran out of time. I'm counting these blocks as scrap project #58/101. These name tags are for some of my friends at the MMQG. (Can you tell that it's meeting night?) Also made from scraps. I love making these because they use small scraps of batting, too. There is never a shortage of those floating around the craft room. These are scrap project #59. This is an orphan block-turned-pot holder. Each square finishes at 1"! I used Insulbrite AND batting, so the quilting got a little bit funky....but it will just get used and stained...so, to quote my daughter, "it don't matter!" This is scrap project #60! Woo-hoo! And these are still waiting to be sewn up into something, someday! I wonder what they will become...

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Good morning, my lovelies! I've been away from the blog for a couple of weeks, busy with a trip to Chicago to visit with my sister and nephew, a couple of interior design projects for clients, and keeping up with the reading for a class I'm taking. But last night I finished my quilt guild name tag, and I can't wait to share it with you. I even put together a little tutorial in case you'd like to make a magnetic name tag of your own. Headless Helena Models My New Guild Name Tag To recap, I finally joined my local quilt guild recently and needed a handmade fabric name tag to wear at meetings and workshops. Since I have so many projects already in progress (and so little time to work on any of them), I rummaged around in my studio and came up with an orphan sawtooth star block to use rather than starting from scratch. I machine embroidered my name as legibly as possible -- not sure whether the last name was necessary, but put it on there to be safe so I wouldn't need to make another one -- and did some basic SID and walking foot quilting around the star. Pretty Boring Quilting, But It Gets the Job Done I had originally selected a black and white striped binding fabric, but after sewing it down and mitering all eight corners and then hand stitching it to the back, I was REALLY unhappy with my inability to get the stripes matched up where the binding ends joined. With the corners of this tiny quilt so close together, I just didn't have enough room to finesse the stripes into a perfect pattern match and I ended up with one heavy black stripe on one side: First Binding Attempted, Rejected and Removed Blech! See what I mean? My eye just goes right to that awful double black stripe on the right side of the name tag. The other thing is that, on a regular size quilt, the proportion of binding fabric to main body of the quilt is much smaller. I felt like, on a small piece like this name tag, the striped binding was distracting and overwhelming, not the subtle pop I was looking for. I put the project in Time Out for a few days to see if the binding would grow on me and whether I could get over the awkward join, but in the end I had to rip off the binding and do it over. The Magnet Magic! None of this is terribly exciting. What I AM excited about is that my name tag doesn't hang on strings around my neck or attach with pins that might snag my favorite sweater or blouse -- it's MAGNETIC! The neodymium magnets are super strong and will even hold the name tag securely through a thick sweater; I tested it to be sure. Here's how I did this. First, you need the magnet hardware. Many businesses use these magnetic name tags now (I first discovered the concept when my teenage son got a job at the grocery store). I looked locally at Michael's, JoAnn's, and Staples and nobody had them, but Amazon came to my rescue once again: The magnet bars aren't expensive -- at the time of this post, you can get a 10-pack for $7.99 with Prime shipping. You can make yourself a different name tag for every season, or make some as gifts for your friends. As you see above, the magnetic hardware consists of two pieces. There's a thin metal rectangle with smooth corners that has 3M adhesive foam on one side, and there's a thin rectangle plastic piece with smooth corners that has the two magnets attached. They do sell versions with three magnets instead of two, but my experience is that two magnets is plenty strong enough to get the job done. The metal bar is the part that gets permanently attached to the back side of your name tag, and the plastic bar with magnets attached is the piece that you snap in place on the underside of your clothing. That 3M adhesive tape on the back of the metal bar is what you would use to adhere the metal bar to the back of a plastic or aluminum name tag, but I sliced it right off with an Exacto knife since I'm going to sew the metal bar into the back of my fabric name tag. A razor blade would work, too. You don't have to be fanatical about removing all of the foam, either, as long as you get rid of most of the bulk and all of the sticky glue. I attached the metal bar to the back of the name tag with a tiny little sleeve, made the way you would make a hanging sleeve for a quilt show. I cut a rectangle out of my name tag backing fabric, folded it in half WST, and sewed along the two long raw edges. Then I centered that seam and pressed the little tube flat with my iron. I didn't measure this piece, just eyeballed it so it would finish close to the width of the metal bar, but with enough loose fabric at the edges for me to hand stitch it to the back of my name tag. Fabric Tube/Sleeve For Metal Bar I knew I wanted to position that metal bar about a third of the way down from the top of my name tag -- high enough that it didn't flop down when I was wearing it, but with that metal bar far away from where I would be machine stitching the binding. But I didn't want the metal bar to slide around inside the fabric casing, so I used my zipper foot to sew a triple straight stitch right up against both short ends of the magnet, trapping it in the center of the tube. Trapping the Metal Bar In the Center of the Fabric Tube Next, I positioned this little fabric tube horizontally across the back side of my name tag, trimmed the raw edges of the sleeve even with the edges of the name tag, and secured the short edges with machine stitching about 3/8" in from the raw edges, so the machine stitching would be concealed by my binding. At this point, you could go ahead and stitch the long edges of the fabric tube down to the backing fabric by hand, but I chose to attach my binding to the front of my name tag first and then secure the long sides of my sleeve when I was hand stitching my binding to the back side of the name tag. Long Edges of Sleeve Secured by Hand Stitching Easy-peasy, but oh-so-snazzy! Now I have a name tag for the November guild meeting, which is tomorrow evening. I haven't decided whether I need to jazz my name tag up with any embellishments or if I prefer it plain and simple, the way it is, but at least it's done! To Bling Or Not To Bling, That Is the Question... I mean, I could still add some beads, or sequins, or French knots, or additional "big stitch" quilting by hand in a decorative thread... Heck, I could wire it up with a battery pack and blinking lights if I REALLY wanted to draw attention to myself (not!). What's next on my sewing agenda? Well, I still need to load up that outreach cuddle quilt on my longarm machine and get it quilted. I'm running out the door for an appointment in a few minutes, but hopefully I'll get to that this evening. Anyway, that's my To-Do for Tuesday weekly goal. This Outreach Quilt Top is STILL Not Loaded for Quilting! Happy Tuesday and happy stitching! 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... well it nearly is, and yesterday we had our Christmas party. There were about 20 of us, and Liz decided we needed a Christmas tree, so she brought her own, which she decorated with very appropriate baubles. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you'll see what I mean. In order to have room for everyone, this meeting was declared a sewing-machine-free zone and Hazel provided a super handsewing project for us all. We all made little key-fobs, and here you can see some of the finished ones. This was a great project, which also allowed plenty of time for chat - always good at a party. They are very addictive, and I can see more of these in my future for sure. Thanks Hazel for doing this for us. Of course, a party wouldn't be a party without food, and boy was there food. There was mock-mulled wine too, which Sue provided (and I have to say, in all modesty that it was lovely) with not a drop of alcohol in it, so all drivers were able to enjoy it too. I was going to show a photo of some of the food, but it seems I was too busy eating to remember to take any photos of it, sorry. Take my word for it though, it was all yummy. After lunch we had our show and tell. Anne had made a lovely cushion cover. I loved the back just as much as the front, and a great pair of flanelette Christmas lounging trousers. She also made a great table runner, but I'm not showing that cos my photo did not show her best side, and trust me, she would not be happy with me if she saw it! Muriel showed us her hexagon quilt and, as always with Muriel, the back was as wonderful as the front, and she also brought along her finished Christmas stocking which she started at the last meeting. Drew brought along his quilt, and told us that he made all the bias bindings himself, and hand appliqued the whole thing. He has marked it for quilting and plans to hand quilt a one inch diamond grid on it. He also brought along a stunning quilt with something over 100 blocks in it, but I seem to have lost the photo of that one, sorry Drew. Anyway, the photo below shows what he is doing with the left over bits from that quilt. I also had a quilt to show, but, since I was showing and telling, I didn't take a photo of it! So, moving swiftly on, a couple of months ago Helen suggested we did a name badge Secret Santa swap, which she organised for us and here are some of the badges. I love how different they all are. We had a little party game too. I scrambled up the names of 20 quilt blocks, and people tried to unscramble them. Some were easy, some were not! The winning team was Lis, Pauline and Drew. The Secret Santa swap was so popular that it was suggested we had another group activity. Someone who shall remain nameless (ie, me) suggested we made quilted postcards on the theme of Spring, so come on YMQG members, get your thinking caps on and start sewing. The plan is to display them all anonymously in March, and I think we may even vote (also anonymously) for our favourites, and who knows, there might be a prize involved too. Finally, as we were clearing up, Hazel announced that she had bags of scraps that she did not want to take home. I couldn't resist this photo - they're going to kill me!

I belong to a local quilt guild, and we have our monthly meeting coming up this week. The guild encourages people to create name tags to wear at the meetings since there are quite a few members. I&…

Friday Night with Friends! After spending some time on the computer, I got a late start to FNWF, and an even later finish, but I did complete a name tag for my local quilt guild, Quilters Unlimited. It's been on my To Do list since I joined the guild last June, and saw the other ladies with their block name tags. Block pattern for name tag. The block pattern is for a 4" finished tag. I drew the design in Electric Quilt to audition my own fabric with it. I decided on the following fabrics: Here is the EQ rotary cutting instruction for this block showing my fabric. Printout from Electric Quilt software. I cut the pieces and then assembled... Rows Assembled Block together. I decided to add a small border and embroider my info on it: Embroidered and border added. I sandwiched some batting and backing fabric, plus a neck strap and stitched and turned it, pillow-case style. Used the walking foot to stitch in the ditch. Finished tag. Butterfly fabric is on the back. I'll be checking out the others who stitched last night too. Love to see other's projects. Happy Stitching!

This year, the Portland Modern Quilt Guild decided that it would be fun if we each made our own name tags. Last night I realized I better get going on mine if I wanted to wear it to our meeting tonight! So here's my super-teeny-tiny paper pieced sewing machine name tag! The entire thing measures 3" x 4" so it's pretty small. Sewing machine details are embroidered on and I stamped my name with Versacraft ink, which is then heat set to become permanent. Tape measure print is a lovely scrap from Ayumi (thank you!) and the binding is heath by Alexander Henry. All in all a very fun and satisfying project that took relatively little time. Can't wait to see everyone else's name tags at the meeting! UPDATE: Free paper-piecing pattern for the sewing machine HERE.

Last week was Quilty Name Tag week. I had fun creating and sharing the tutorials and I hope you have enjoyed them. If you make one, consider sharing it. You can revisit each of them by following t…

When your name is on a SIT name tag that looks like this, it’s a wonderful thing! My gorgeous tag was made for me by the very talented Helen, who will be travelling all the way from Kununurra…

After a very busy weekend, I now have time to sit down and write about the meeting of the local quilt guild I joined a couple of months ago- Canberra Modern Quilt Guild. I joined them just on time to be a part of the secret name tag swap. You might remember from my last post that I was making a name tag for my secret partner and waiting for the meeting to post some photos here. Here is what I made for my partner Amira. And here are "some" of the name tags! Aren't they so cute? I have received two: the first one is on the bottom left, under the red sewing machine. The second one is just above the other sewing machine on the bottom right corner. Mine stands out with its huge size- only 11cm while it was supposed to be just 9 :-) I also won this yummy, hand-dyed jelly roll in a raffle on that night. I am so glad that I found these women because they are so much fun and full of creativity. I find it a great way to socialise with other people who share the same passion and a great place to get inspired during the "show and tell" session. I also enjoy having some time only for "myself". I highly suggest you to join a group like this no matter what your hobby is. I am sure you will enjoy meeting with new people and getting inspired as much as I do! Happy sewing! xxx

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