Welcome to Week 37 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along!
Week 37 – Project 80
Mitered Square Blankie – designed by Patricia Hoskins page 226
Cindy selected Jennifer Paganelli Poodle Siobhan Blue.
Materials Needed:
27″ x 33″ piece of flannel for receiving blanket
1/4″ sewing-machine presser foot (optional) or masking tape to mark 1/4″ seam allowance on sewing machine face plate
Cindy’s Tips and Thoughts
- Cindy would recommend pre-washing and then starching the fabric before cutting. She didn’t pre-wash her fabric and thought it caused a little bit of distortion with all the pressing.
- Pin, pin, pin! It’s time consuming but definitely helps line up each stripe.
- Cindy chose to add a little bit of quilting – stitched in the ditch around each block – to help hold it together when it needs washing.
- The finished quilt is 18 inches square.
Week 37 – Project 81
Bird Mobile – designed by Oona Peterson page 228
Pink Chalk Team project. Fabric selection surprise.
Pattern on sheet #3
small amount of fiberfill
small beads or embroidery floss for eyes
1 yard of 1/4″ ribbon
6″ plastic or metal ring
4 yards of 1/4″ ribbon to cover the ring
fabric glue
clear nylon thread or fishing line
1″ plastic or metal ring
Pink Chalk Team Tips and Thoughts
- The bird mobile is a cute project. Super fun to do as a group! Awesome to see what was selected for fabrics and embellishments.
- When sewing the gusset to the bird body remember to begin and end stitching 1/4″ from the end of the gusset points.
- The Pink Chalk Team suggests carefully clipping the seams before turning.
- Use a knitting needle or a chop stick to help push of the fabric after turning. When turning be careful not to push too far.
- Have more stuffing on hand than you’d think necessary to stuff it firmly!
- The Team found sewing the “loop” a bit past center and closer to the head helped the bird to hang more upright.
Meet the Pink Chalk Team
Kathy is the owner and team leader at Pink Chalk Fabrics. She is a pattern designer and a sewist of many things. When she is not quilting she is cooking fabulous dinners for her family.
Jacqui is the solids specialist and a cutter at PCF. She is a garment sewist and even makes her own jeans!
Tracy is a cutter at PCF. She keeps us organized, she is a big fan of little shelves and baskets! At home she has many sewing interests and is involved in 4H.
Cindy is a PCF cutter. She is an amazing quilter and loves spending time with her family.
Melissa also a PCF cutter is the Modern Quilter extraordinaire! Applique, improvisational…just plain amazing!
Diana is Pink Chalk Fabric’s Swiss Army Knife! She does it all. Color matching is her cup of tea. At home she is the beach girl designing and creating jewelry with seaglass.
Alicia is the downloadable pattern girl here at PCF. She selects the beautiful front page fabrics each week. In her real life she is a knitter. The lovely scarf on her bird was knit by Alicia and the yarn was spun by her husband.
Julia is the Pink Chalk member who sends out the mail. In her life outside the shop she is a master gardener and in charge of a local farmer’s market…she is busy!
Janis runs the cutting room at Pink Chalk. She is busy keeping everyone on task and contacting customers. She is a quilter, caregiver and has her own slipcover and alterations business. Like so many of us, she has so many things she likes to sew, there just aren’t enough hours in each day!
Carrie is PCF customer service, social networker, photos and a bit of Blog writing. At home she is passionate about many crafts. Paper, fabric and yarn all play an important part in her everyday life. Like Janis, too many crafts too little time!
How to participate: One Yard Wonders Sew Along Details
pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale
Kathy Mack
Carrie + Diana
Thanks for the info on who’s who – fun!
Love the mitered quilt, it turned out sweet!
and all those little birds are really cute, especially the last one with the squiggly little tail!
Love the projects, the birdies are so cute! Especially love the wings!
The bird mobile is adorable. I may need one for my newly remodeled sewing room. And loved hearing about all the people that make Pink Chalk one of my favorite places to “visit”.
Adorable! I love the details added to each bird, how fun!!! Happy weekend to each of you. ox Mel
I love the birds. And it is really nice to “meet” all of you! What a great team of workers and friends.
The birdies are wonderful. Wish I had a string full of ‘em!
I love the decorative stitching on the blanket, what a nice touch. The squares line up so beautifully, I don’t think I could ever do that!
The blanket looks fabulous. Great attention to detail. Nice job. The little birds are so cute. It is nice to read a little about the team. I once ordered some fabric and asked you all to add a yard of Kona cotton to match. That must have been Diana, and she was spot on! I’ve seen these names on my orders when they arrive. Now I feel like I know them a little more.
Love, love love the bird mobile! So clever to have each lady’s personality in it
My favorite part about this post is getting to hear a bit about all the ladies at Pink Chalk and see their personalities through the bird that they made! What a fun project
Love both projects, but that little blanket is ADORABLE! Love the fabrics they used, sure shows off the pattern!
Well this has to be one of my top favorite OYWSA posts!!! Firstly, I love how the flowers dance along with the stripes-turn-squares in the flannel backed quilt. Starching sounds like a good tip.
And the birds and their creators!! I love it – thank you for coordinating this fun project sharing about every contributor!
Love the bird mobile and hearing about the wonderful Pink Chalk team!
Both of those projects are super cute! I love all the birdies, but Kathy’s, Melissa’s, and Carrie’s are my particular favorites.
The birdies were such a nice way to (re)introduce the team!
So cute!!! I don’t think I’d have the patience for the blanket myself, LOL, but it’s lovely! I think the birds are adorable – being a fiber artist myself my favorite is the one with the handspun, handknit scarf!!
Jess
Cindy’s blanket turned out so sweet–so worth all the pinning! Love the flock of birds-very creative!!
I love the blanket, but the birds really made my day! Thank you for the introduction to your team, the birds might well give away more about their makers than any photo would have!
I always enjoying seeing your One Yard Wonders posts and reading the notes about what you thought of the projects, but this was WONDERFUL. I’m an especially big fan of the bird mobile because we (my coworkers and I) just did something very similar for a coworker’s new baby. (Ours were fish, because that’s what we study!) I had the honor of organizing our project, and I absolutely loved seeing how unique and personal each contribution was. The finished mobile is entertaining for the baby, but it’s also one beautiful reminder to the mom of how much she is loved by so many people! And those first few months are tough — it’s a good thing to be reminded of! I loved getting to see all your different interpretations of this cute little bird pattern, but also getting a surprise introduction to the (much larger than I realized) PCF team! Does this mobile have an intended recipient, or will it be shop decoration?
Both of these projects are as cute as can be. The mitres are done very well and the birdies reflect the personalities of your PCF team. I enjoyed the visit today.
It’s so nice to find out a little bit about the team. I love all the different birds!
Cute idea to make the birds. Good to see a “face” of who I order from.
All the birds are adorable! I love how you showed each one as a member of your team.
I love how these projects came out, the blanket is beautiful with those fabrics and love how the birds came out and all the different colors and fabrics. I always mess up with my gusset points, need to remember that.
Debbie
Thanks, once again, for the ultra helpful hints. Knowing where to put the loop for the birds would make the difference (for me, at least) between disappointment and giddiness.
I loved reading the introductions to the Pink Chalk Team. I had two thoughts: I wish I lived close enough to gather with you all for lunch! And, with so many cutting specialists at Pink Chalk, perhaps you can give some super-secret hints on avoiding unintentionally wonky strips.
These are so adorable!!!
I’m feeling a bit yuck and could do with snuggling up with that cute blankie right now!
Another great week.
What a flighty bunch your team are! All beautifully coordinated and very sweet
While I’ve enjoyed the progress of this project and don’t comment often, I had to say this post was awesome because of hearing about everyone. Thanks!
I’m loving the birds, all so individual and gorgeous, I might just have to have a go for nephew and nieces Christmas presents!
i especially love tracy’s green bird with the embroidered wings!
Love the bird mobile–and it was fun to “meet” the helpers at PCF!
I enjoy these one yard wonder project very much – fantastic gift ideas.
A small group of us took on the origami organizer in a class at West Seattle Fabric Co this week. It was hard! I also am a new sewer. It is not quite done, but just needs a bit more work. I made it from faux bois fabric, dark brown that matches the furniture in my house. I don’t know if you guys tried that one or not.
Love the little birds! The quilt is pretty and I like the scallop stitching around the edge. That is a new idea for me. Thanks.
Absolutely love all the birds and the bio that goes with them.
love the personality that each wee bird got.. i can only imagine the patience put into each one
Those birds are too cute! They can be used in a mobile but also in various other projects.
I am just about to start the mobile project and was wondering about the gusset. thanks for the tip!
I love how you made the bird project so personal. And each bird has such a distinct “personality” – love the special touches
That blanket looks so snuggly, and I love love love the birds!!!
I loved reading about the PCF team and seeing their birdie creations! I am thinking of organizing a girls night with birdies in mind, it will be really interesting to see what everyone creates!
I love the blanket…..but the adorable little birds have won my heart! Sooooooo cute!!!
The blanket is adorable……but the birds! So sweet.