Welcome to Week 41 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along!
Week 41 – Project 88
Patches the Turtle – designed by Erin Evans page 246
Materials Needed:
pattern on sheet #1
embroidery floss
button, shank eyes, or felt for eyes
coordinating yarn for head hair
1/2 yard double-sided fusible web interfacing
Fiberfil
Jacqui’s Tips and Thoughts
- Jacqui machine stitched the embroidery lines using a heavy thread with a long stitch. She brought the loose threads to the wrong side and tied them off.
- The top shell is curved. Use a pressing ham to iron on the appliques. A contrasting fabric for the shell top would be fun option in place of appliques.
- The pattern piece for the head seemed a bit large for the body. Jacqui reshaped the head by stitching the area between the nose and top of the head further in. She shortened the neck by 1 1/2 inches. The eyes are from carolszoo.com.
- After Jacqui stuffed each of the appendages, she sewed them closed using a scant seam allowance.
- Sew all the appendages to the top shell before sewing the top to the bottom.
- Jacqui found the opening between the front and back feet too small to turn the head through. She created an opening between the head and the front foot.
- To give the head a lift, Jacqui tacked the head to the body.
The Line Art Quilt is a colorful “home” for Patches!
Week 41 – Project 89
Fabric Doll House – designed by Dawn Lewis page 248
Cindy chose Jessica Levitt Kingdom Castle Wall Blue.
Large interior/exterior: 22” tall x 8” wide (cut 2)
Materials Needed:
two 10 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ sheets of plastic canvas (#7 ultra stiff or #10 mesh works well)
small package (34″ x 45″) of thin cotton batting
five buttons, at least 5/8″ in diameter
elastic cording in coordinating color, cut into five 2″ pieces
Variety of 9″ x 12″ felt squares for applique decoration
2/3 yard of 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon, cut into 12″ lenghts
quilter’s ruler
Cindy’s Tips and Thoughts
- Most important tip – Use a zipper foot to sew closely around the edges of the plastic canvas in part 2, 5 & 6.
- Part 3 & 4 - With fabric pieces right sides facing, Cindy placed the plastic canvas on top as a template and drew a line around each piece. Sew just outside the line to give a little extra room for the batting. A heavy weight stabilizer such as Peltex would work well in place of plastic canvas.
- Cindy used the thin batting as recommended. Thick batting may have a different outcome.
- Cindy liked the look of 3 buttons on her house.
- The handles were stitched out of fabric from Cindy’s stash.
This new “Castle” will be perfect for Cindy’s grandson.
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Kathy Mack
Carrie + Diana
I’m in love with the turtle. I had a stuffed one as a child and still remember it’s name!
Wow I love the castle – it’s stunning.
SUper cute projects this week, ladies!! I like how you can see the look of the turtle much better than the one in the book with the busy print. The castle is awesome, too!!
I love both of those toys. I wish I could sew along with you but I have no way to get out to get the supplies I would need to sew along.
Both projects are really cute! Love that turtle.
Love the turtle!
How cute is that!! Really fun.
Bravo, bravo!!!! Both of these projects are so perfect in their fabric choices… Those flowers must have been fun to make and add such personality for the turtle (who looks very pleased to have such a house!) And the blue print perfect for castle bricks – I love something to make for boys!!
Both projects turned out darling! Love the turtle’s decoration and the boy action figure castle are wonderful!
Both projects turned out so well, they are adorable. Hope the weekend treats everyone well.
Both projects turned out fantastic!
Both projects turned out adorably! I love the fabric used for the castle…it reminds me of Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass.
Love the turtle, this is too cute!
Those are both too adorable! I especially love the dollhouse!
Oh my that turtle is ADORABLE! Too cute! and I wish that case had been around when my nephews were little. It would have been great for them to store all their soldiers in.
Thanks for sharing!
That little turtle is just too precious! Cute!
Love the castle interpretation!
AW these are very cute! I’m so inspired to make something this weekend!
I’m glad that the house turned out well. I’m going to have to go back to my copy of the book and find out what the ribbon is for – is that for the handles or something? I always used fabric.
I don’t think that I even knew that my sewing machine had a zipper foot back when I made up the dollhouses. I sewed first, then slid the canvas in, then hand sewed the openings closed. I’ll have to remember that tip if I ever make another.
PS. If anyone does want to make one and has any questions about it, my e-mail is on my blog.
the castle fabric was a great choice. cool bricklike effect!
great heart applique on the tortoise
by heart, I ofcourse meant flower!
The turtle is so cute. I wonder if I tried if it would turn out better than the “funny bunny” I made in Jr High.
Lady Turtle is so cute, well done Jacqui!
Just wanted to say thank you for the Little Apples FQ set from the Chalk Talk giveaway! I received it this week and I’m so excited! I can’t wait to dream up some luscious project.
Thanks too for your continuing reviews of One Yard Wonders projects. I have the book and have made a few of the projects, and always check your blog first to see if you have any advice.
All the best!
I love the little house! My son needs one of those for his people.
That turtle is so sweet! Love the castle, too…
They both came out great, but I love the flowers on the turtle, what a fun idea.
Debbie
That’s a great turtle!
I love the castle !! Too cute!
WOW!! What a great use of the house pattern for a boy! Mine happens to be into knights and dragons right now. I am going to make this for him for Christmas!! Thanks!!! It’s so hard to come up with creative ideas for boys
That turtle is adorable. Thanks for sharing. super cute!!
I’ve had the tutorial for the little playhouse on a Pinterest board for a few months now. Time to bump it up to the top of the queue!
Both of these turned out so cute. Definitely on the to do list.
I love both of these. The turtle turned out so well – the changes really worked well. The dollhouse is perfect. I really would have loved one as a child. I’m racking my brain to think how I could adapt it for a cute purse or knitting bag.
The look on the turtle’s face is precious. (My dad would have said, “priceless”, and that’s true, too.) It looks like a stuffed animal that will become a treasured friend.
This little turtle may be my favorite of all the one yard wonders sew along projects.
These are so awesome! The turtle is probably my favourite project so far!
That little turtle is just too cute!
I love both! The castle is just awesome. So, so many fabulous things to make in this book!
Thanks for the tips for adjusting the turtle pattern. It really turned out cute! Good Christmas present for my grandson!
What great projects! They would make wonderful Christmas gifts, too. Hmmmmm….
I really LOVE both of these projects, they really do look wonderful.
Your tips will be so useful when I actually get round to making something
I love the flowers embroidered on the turtles back!! I also shortened mine’s neck and tacked it to the shell. I wish I had also left off the yarn for hair. Great job!