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Happiness is Handmade Issue Twenty Seven
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Happiness is Handmade
Issue Twenty Seven 2015
Welcome Walk and touch peace every moment. Walk and touch happiness every moment. Each step brings a fresh breeze. Each step makes a flower bloom. Kiss the Earth with your feet. Bring the Earth your love and happiness. The Earth will be safe when we feel safe in ourselves. Thich Nhat Hanh
Happiness is that feeling of contentment, joy and well being. Everyone has their own definition, but for those of us who love to stitch, happiness can be defined by pursuing that which we love to do. So whatever your source of happiness is, we believe there is much happiness to be gathered from the pages that follow. We wish you much happiness today and always.
Warmly Lenna & Janice
Inside this issue: App Instructions
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Welcome
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Feature Page
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Designer Profile
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Blue Girl Bookmark
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Let’s Create
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Love Heart Sewing Caddy
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Etsy Find
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Dainty Daisy Sewing Bag
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Inspiration Page
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Fabric Finds
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Feature Page
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Let’s Decorate
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Blogger Find
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Pretty Bolster Pillow Antique Rose Blended Quilt
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Video Demonstration
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Pinterest Favourite Finds
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Feature Page
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Scented Soap Sachets Book Review Feature Page
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Kitty Cat
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Free Screen Saver
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Newsletter
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Subscriber Page
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Back Issues
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We Need Your Help
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Copyright Disclaimers
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I’m Kate from LiliPopo I love to sketch and stitch, creating simple whimsical embroidery patterns.
Designer Profile
Kate Popovski from LiliPopo
I’m Kate from LiliPopo and I love to sketch and stitch, creating simple whimsical embroidery patterns.
stitching, people started to ask whether I sold the designs as patterns and so LiliPopo was born.
This all began years ago when my daughter was little and I wanted to make her a little bag. I realised that I could just draw the little cross girl that I had in my mind onto the bag and then stitch over her using simple Back stitch. I shared the end result on Flickr and found a lovely community of ‘stitchers’ there.
I learned to sew and knit as a child. My mum sewed our summer dresses, whenever we pointed at anything we liked in a shop we would get the reply “I could make that.” Not everything we pointed at got made, but I realised that I could make things exactly as I wanted them to be.
After a while of drawing and
“I’m also inspired by the wild flowers and weeds we find on our long dog walks.”
My biggest inspiration for my stitched girls has always been my daughter with her long stripy socks and messy, curly hair (messy hair seems to run in the family!). I’m also inspired by the wild flowers and weeds we find on our long dog walks. I always try to have a sketchbook with me so I can capture the wild flowers without having to pick them. I love fairy tales, folk tales and children’s books, so when I saw that the theme for this issue was Happiness is… I immediately thought of books.
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Here in England it’s getting wintery so my idea of a great day off is a big walk in the cold while it’s light and then hot chocolate, a good book and a quiet house. I would probably get a bit of knitting done too, usually colourful socks. We’re lucky enough to live at the far end of Cornwall right by the sea. Our morning dog walk takes us along the beach with a beautiful view of St Michael’s Mount. Although I’m not directly influenced by the sea, the walking and sea swimming allow me to forget about day to day things and dream a little. At the moment I’m a little obsessed with the idea of doll making. It’s something that’s been in the back of my mind for many years (I’ve made dolls as gifts for my daughter and nieces). It often takes quite a while for things to get from my mind into reality but January is always a nice quiet time for experimenting.
Requirements List 10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm) Linen or linen/cotton blend fabric in off white 4” x 8½” (10cm x 22cm) print fabric 4” x 8½” (10cm x 22cm) quilt batting or medium weight interfacing Pilot Frixion pen for transferring Embroidery hoop No 7 Crewel needle Anchor embroidery threads #920 Blue, #874 Gold, #264 Pale green DMC embroidery threads #775 Lighter blue, #3047 Pale yellow, #225 Pale pink, #648 Grey Rotary cutter, mat and ruler General sewing supplies
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Blue Girl Bookmark Designed by Kate Popovski of LiliPopo Approximate Size 3” x 8” (7.5cm x 20cm) Kate has designed this delightful bookmark with her thoughts of happy days reading books. Using simple embroidery stitches, this little bookmark will be a treasured gift for a book loving family member or friend, if you can part with it! Step 1 ~ Transfer the pattern onto the right side of your fabric using your preferred method (I recommend using a heat removable Frixion pen). You will use two strands of thread throughout the stitching.
Step 2 ~ Begin with the hair. Using two strands of DMC 3047, Back stitch the lines for her hair. You can add extra lines of stitching in the gaps if you like. Her hair bows are Back stitched with DMC 225. I popped a French knot in the centre of each. I also added a few pale pink French knots to her hair.
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Requirements List 8½” x 9½” (22cm x 24cm) main fabric, batting, stabiliser and background fabric 5½ x 10” (14cm x 26cm) fabric for large pocket 4½” x 10” (12cm x 26cm) fabric for medium pocket 3¼” x 7” (8cm x 18cm) fabric for small pocket Two 6” (15cm) squares fabric for pincushion Two 10” (26cm) lengths of ½” (1.5cm) Ric Rac 7” (18cm) length of ½” (1.5cm) Ric Rac 16” (41cm) length of ½”(1.5cm) Ric Rac for pincushion 7 feature buttons ¾” x 12” (2cm x 30cm) ribbon
Love Heart Sewing Caddy Designed by Janice Kellaway Approximate Size: 8” x 8½” (20cm x 22cm) Caddy 4½” (11 cm) Pincushion Happiness is having all your sewing needs at your fingertips. This little sewing caddy and pincushion is designed to hold your threads, scissors, pins, tape and marking pencils with ease. You can hang it near your sewing machine, or use it as a very sweet decoration in your sewing room. Step 1 ~ Heart ~ Cut out a rectangle 8½” x 9½” from your main fabric, batting, stabiliser and backing fabric. From the template provided transfer the heart shape on to your main fabric. Use a lightbox or well lit window and a mechanical pencil or marking pen. Drawing dashed lines will help to keep the shape even. Place the backing fabric right side facing down, then layer the stabiliser, batting and main fabric with right side facing up. Pin or baste together. Using
the heart shape previously drawn on the front, quilt the front as desired. Make sure you begin and finish your stitches outside the heart shape. I quilted in a cross hatch pattern, using the width of the walking foot as a guide. Cut out the heart on the drawn line.
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Requirements List 2” (5cm) length of five coordinating bag fabrics 8” x 27” (20cm x 70cm) straps, button keep and base fabric 5” x 15” (13cm x 40cm) background fabric for embroidery 14” x 26” (33cm x 65cm) lining fabric 3” x 27” (8cm x 70cm) medium weight iron on interfacing 14” x 27” Ultra firm stabiliser batting Embroidery hoop No 9-10 Crewel needle DMC embroidery threads #930 #931 blues, #3347 green 1¼” (3cm) feature button Water soluble marker Rotary cutter, mat and ruler
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Dainty Daisy Sewing Bag Designed by Lenna Green Approximate Size 10” x 11” (25cm x 28cm) Length is based on fabric 44” (112cm) wide Store your sewing bits and pieces in this striking patchwork bag embellished with a row of sweet, little blue daisies. This bag sewing and will add some charm to any sewing nook. Step 1 ~ Trace the embroidery design onto the right side of your background fabric using a water soluble marker and a lightbox or well lit window. Hand Hint ~ Trace each daisy as a circle. This is quicker and will help to keep your daisy flowers an even shape. Trace the outer border line as well, this will help with trimming back at a later stage.
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When life gives you hands make handmade
Requirements List ½ yard (½ metre) length of fabric for pillow insert Fibrefill for stuffing Six 5” x 20” (13cm x 51cm) fabric strips for pillow cover 20” x 24” (51cm x 61cm) rectangle fusible pellon Two 4” x 24” (10cm x 61cm) fabric for pillow facing Two 2” x 40” (5cm x 102cm) fabric for drawstrings Rotary cutter, mat and ruler General sewing supplies
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Pretty Bolster Pillow Designed by Janice Kellaway Approximate Size 7” x 17” (18cm x 43cm) NB a ¼” seam allowance has been used throughout this pattern unless otherwise stated Length is based of fabric 44” (112cm) wide Make this pretty bolster pillow to decorate your bed or a favourite chair in your home. There is nothing more wonderful than relaxing with a comfy homemade pillow and a good book; happiness indeed. Step 1 ~ Pillow insert ~ Cut a rectangle of fabric 15” x 34”. Cut two 7½” circles using the template supplied. Sew two parallel rows of basting stitches along the 34” sides of the rectangle using the width of the machine foot as a guide. (To baste, use the longest stitch length on your sewing machine). Leave long thread tails at the beginning and end of each row. Pull the bobbin threads simultaneously from each end of the fabric until the length is 22”. Knot the threads at each end and distribute the gathers evenly. Sew a straight stitch between the gathered stitches. This will ensure the gathers stay in place.
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Video Demonstration Hand Quilting Tips
HAND QUILTING TIPS Discover: * Tools for hand quilting * How to work a quilter’s knot * How to mark your quilting lines * How to begin and finish your hand quilting
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