MERRILY WE SEW ALONG WITH PRIZES

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

merrily you sew along

Its  been a pleasure joining such a sewing group as merrily we sew along! Kelley made this beautiful second set of placemats. We have been inspired by the beautiful versions showing up in the flickr group.

A series of straight lines in fun colors make this project super simple.  If you know how to thread your machine, use your iron and sew a straight-ish line, you are set!

CASA CRAFTY

You still have 2 weeks to get in on this project to be entered in the prizes. But you have to get your pics into our Flickr group. The prizes are a craft book set from Storey Publishing and a thread set from Aurifil .Aurifil is giving a Simply Color collection set (that's over 17,000 yards of 50wt thread, folks!!!) and we also have a set of four fabulous craft books (including improv sewing) from Storey Publishing.

 RACHAEL AT IMAGINE GNATS

Merrily We Sew A LonHere are some of the awesome placemats that have been entered so far:

SIMPLE SEW TABLE RUNNER, MADE WITH ESSEX LINEN AND SIMPLE STRAIGHT STITCHING. 

BUZZMILLS

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COME PLAY THIS MONTHLY SIMPLE IMPROV SEWING WITH US, YOU DONT HAVE TO HAVE THE BOOK OR DO EVERY PROJECT. BUT I DO LOVE THE BOOK AND ITS SIMPLE WAY OF DIAGRAMMING THE PROCESS. IMAGINEGANTS AND CASA CRAFTY ARE HEADING THIS CUTE SEW ALONG . THE PROJECTS ARE INEXPENSIVE TO MAKE AND COME WITH PRIZES...  

AND THIS IS ME, GETTING MY GROOVE ON !!! 

SIMPLE SEW THATS WHAT IT CAN BE

Linking up to A Stitch in Time

SHIRLEY

Merrily Sew Along Table Runner and Lets Get Aquainted

Merrily we sew along

I love Sewing Improv !The hosts for this fun and improvisational journey will be Rachael of imagine gnats  and Kelley of casa crafty... and they are pleased as punch to be joined by Debra and Nicole, the authors of improv sewing: 101 fast, fun, and fearless projects and the Improv Diary blog.

 Rachael, Kelley, Debra, and Nicole will choose one improv sewing project every month-ish, and will each share their version of the project. for each project, a guest to sew along and post with us. the schedule, not unlike the sewing, will be improv-inspired (hense the -ish)... so just keep an eye out for the next project in the series. They want you to channel the improv too! of course,They highly recommend getting your own (reasonably priced on amazon) copy of improv sewing, but you're welcome to sew along with or without. we won't be doing full tutorials, but you'll generally be able to get the idea of the project with or without. join the merrily we sew along flickr group so that you can share your creations with us. when they announce the monthly-ish project, they will also announce the "due date" for you to upload your projects... because by uploading pics of your project to the flickr group, you'll be entered to win that month's prize!

FLICKER GROUP ROUND 1

YOU CAN USE THE MERRILY WE SEW ALONG SAILBOAT BUTTON ON THE SIDE BAR AND SEW WITH US.. ITS A MERRILY GOOD TIME AND CUTE IMPROV SEWING. GO AT YOUR PACE OR SEW TO WIN ! 

IMPROVE TABLE RUNNER

FOR THE FIRST PROJECT IT WAS PLACEMATS PG 116. I CHOSE TO MAKE A TABLE  RUNNER FOR THE BAR IN MY KITCHEN EVERYONE SITS AT. I USED ESSEX LINEN AND JUST PLAYED WITH STITCHING. LEAVING ON THE SELVAGES. SNIPING THE SIDES 1/4 INCH AND WASHING TO GET THE FRAYED LOOK. 

ALSO::::::: I AM  linking up with PLUM AND JUNE LETS GET AQUAINTED ***********

Sewing with an IMPROV Group and a Book

I loved sewing with the ZAKKA book and sew along, most of it was relaxing and rewarding and gave me handmade gifts for xmas. Well here is another chance for us all, and with a very creative fun group, check out the guidelines and join the fun and BE INSPIRED !! oR Dont join, just check it out as they post, but if you join there are prizes. 




. Rachael, Kelley, Debra, and Nicole will choose one improv sewing project every month-ish, and we'll each share our version of the project
. for each project, we'll invite a guest to sew along and post with us
. the schedule, not unlike the sewing, will be improv-inspired (hense the -ish)... so just keep an eye out for the next project in the series
. we want you to channel the improv too! of course, we highly recommend getting your own (reasonably priced on amazon) copy of improv sewing, but you're welcome to sew along with or without. we won't be doing full tutorials, but you'll generally be able to get the idea of the project with or without
. join the merrily we sew along flickr group so that you can share your creations with us
. when we announce the monthly-ish project, we'll also announce the "due date" for you to upload your projects... because by uploading pics of your project to the flickr group, you'll be entered to win that month's prize!

see you tomorrow with the first merrily we sew along project!

And I QUOTE RACHEAL from imagine gnates who is very good with a needle..

here's your chance to...

get inspired...

stitch some lovely, modern basics...

dream up your own embellishments...

unleash your creative potential!