Friday Night Sew In ~ August Edition

I joined the Friday Night Sew In once again, hosted this month by

 Bobbi at CraftyVegasMom.  

Last I checked, the signup count was at 95!

Ya'll know brand new ripped jeans are available for purchase these days (I've never understood that one), but my friend Angela prefers to wear out the canvas on her own.  

The hole in the pair she gave me to mend was so big, I decided to cover it with a nice round patch using leftovers from making her quilt.

First I patched the hole from the inside using this:

Mending fabric is more flexible than iron-on patches.

I recalled seeing round applique technique in one of my quilt books.  Turned out to be perfect advice.

Now I needed something round for cutting both the decorative patch and the cardboard template.  Remembering my scrapbooking days, I dug out the perfect solution for template making:

Creative Memories has some sweet cutting tools.  Choose sizes by blue, red, or gray lines.

The orange button is the cutting tool.  There are grooves outside and inside the blue acrylic for the button to ride in as it cuts a large or small circle.

 

The paper template:

 for cutting the fabric:

 

Using a different size acrylic cutting guide, I cut a smaller paper circle to assist with ironing down the seam allowance.

Then removed the paper, placed stitch witchery between the patch and the jeans, and pressed with a steam iron.  That held the patch in place nicely for sewing down.

I'm pretty sure these were my mama's needles...still sharp!  I hand stitched it in place.

I patched a second pair, same method tho I didn't need the cutting tools for it, as it was square.  This time, an iron-on patch for the inside:

Again, using scraps from the 'Reflecting Pool' quilt.

Well, that sews up another FSNI !

My First FNSI!

I've been working on mug rugs this week, and finished them up yesterday during the Friday Night Sew In, held monthly by Heidi and her sister at HandmadebyHeidi.  

I'm new to the quilting world, and haven't sewn in very many years...these are only the 3rd, 4th, and 5th ones I've made, so don't look too closely.

#3

 #3 flip side

I decided it was time to try out the features on this machine that my sister gave me awhile back.  The machine is a Vogue Stitch and quite old, but has some cogs for specialty stitches.

#4

 #4 flip side 

This blue used to be someone's shirt.

This is not your average zigzag stitch, oh no no no...but is the #10 cog from the pack.  The half circles are made with the #12 cog.  I think I'm liking it!

#5

 #5 flip side

 If you're curious, photos of my first 2 mug rugs are HERE.