{"id":1656,"date":"2013-12-05T22:17:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2014-09-10T23:04:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T22:04:02","slug":"hurry-christmas-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/hurry-christmas-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurry up, Christmas is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>For months now I have been searching without success for a stash of fabric I had put aside to make a quilt for a friend for Christmas, I had planned to make it last year but ran out of time and energy, so put the fabric aside in a safe place till I was ready to begin&#8230;.but where? I can&#8217;t find it anywhere, and I guess even if I did now, I would not have time to make even the simplest quilt. I even pulled out one of my UFO&#8217;s and considered finishing it for her but decided not, I love her dearly, she deserves her own quilt conceived and made specifically for her, in her colours. It doesn&#8217;t have to be now and it shouldn&#8217;t be rushed or ill conceived, besides I am still having ideas about it, so clearly it is not yet a done deal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1657\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5838.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1657\" alt=\"\u00a32.99 Oxfam, Kendal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5838.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5838.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5838-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a32.99 Oxfam, Kendal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However I am making something for her, her own stocking. I found in a charity shop some weeks ago a printed panel for a Christmas stocking, and bought it for \u00a32.99, I guess it would have been \u00a35 to \u00a310 pounds or more to buy in a quilt shop.<br \/>\nI cut the two sides apart and cut out the shapes with a centimetre seam allowance, it needs to be greater than a quarter inch because I will use the seam allowance turned in on itself to neaten the seam. I will sew it at 5\/8ths and this will ensure no white will show at the edge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1658\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5839.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1658\" alt=\"press before you sew\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5839-237x300.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5839-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5839.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 85vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">press before you sew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I cut a lining from a plain white fabric I had to hand and a piece of wadding for each side, and sewed all three together along the top edge the front and the lining right sides together, with the wadding on the back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1659\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1659\" alt=\"not a wadding sandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5840-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5840-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5840.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 85vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">not a wadding sandwich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the wadding was trimmed back as close to the seam as possible , and the printed panel flipped over so that the wadding is now in the middle. I neatly pinned the top edge then tacked it to ensure the lining did not roll out and show above the printed panel. I will top stitch when it has been tacked together to keep the top edge stable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1661\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5843.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1661\" alt=\"stabilise the top edge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5843-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5843-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5843.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">stabilise the top edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having tacked all three layers together I am now in the process of quilting the layers together with a gold machine embroidery thread to add a little Christmas sparkle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1662\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5845.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1662\" alt=\"a little sparkle to be added\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5845.jpg\" width=\"535\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5845.jpg 535w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5845-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 85vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a little sparkle to be added<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so I put the fabric aside in a safe place till I was ready to begin&#8230;.but where? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,11,3,48,447],"tags":[358,641,636,294,10,643,642,638,639,942,945,637,953,640,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions\/2190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}