Monthly Archives: March 2014

27 Mar

March Stash Club Bundle

I’m a bit late posting this picture of what to expect in your stash club bundles for March! All stash club bundles have now been posted so you should be receiving them very soon!

From the top we have Michael Miller Mirror Ball Dots in Confection, Essex Linen in Hot Pink, Riley Blake Large Chevrons in Hot Pink, Riley Blake Small Gingham in Hot Pink, Kona Cotton in Baby Pink, Kona Cotton in Hot Pink and Kona Cotton in Woodrose.

We had an awful lot of last minute subscribers this month so a couple of the bundles we’ve sent out have had substitution fabrics in as we ran out of yardage. This won’t happen in April though as we’ve ordered extra bolts!

Enjoy your bundles!

If you’d like to subscribe to our monthly stash club or simply find out ore please click here.

26 Mar

Noodlehead Cargo Duffle

In case you’ve missed the craze that’s going on we must tell you about the Cargo Duffle bag. The FREE pattern is brought to us by Anna over at Noodlehead. You can find her useful blog post here and the link to the pattern over on the Robert Kaufman website.

I’ve made my first last week, I stress first! They’re a bit addictive. Justine is all ready to start her’s. Look at these georgous fabrics she has selected, Feathers accented by Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Denim and Pearl Bracelets in Pond:

Here’s my creation in Tula Pink Meteor rounded off again with Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Denim and Timeless Treasure Rain in Aqua. Which I blogged about here.

So on with Cargo Duffle number 2! Here are the fabrics we’ve selected, how lush are these?

Brand new into stock our main fabric is Michael Millers Tiny Tiles in Voilet, with the accent pieces in Kona Cotton solids Cerise and Turquoise and finished off with our favourite Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Black.

How do you like the look of these? I’ve linked to all the fabrics supplied by Simply Solids if you’re interested in any of these for yourself.

Otherwise keep your eyes on the blog to follow my progress and some exciting news to come.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out Sonia’s #scraptasticchallenge post and leave a comment on what you would make with a scrap pack to be in with a chance of WINNING!

21 Mar

Spring Cushion Tutorial

Happy Friday everyone!!

Do you remember a few days ago I introduced to another member of our blogging team? Well Julie of Mack and Mabel is here today with a fabulous tutorial so you can have a go at making a gorgeous Spring like appliqued cushion!

Hi, I’m Julie and I’m really excited to be part of the Simply Solids blogging team.

I blog at www.mackandmabel.blogspot.co.uk and I love anything to do with sewing. I’m always up for a challenge and I love working with Kona solids, so when Justine asked me to make something, I jumped at the chance. Even small scraps can be made into something useful and that’s just what I’ve done with the lovely bunch of goodies Justine sent me.

I’ve made a cushion cover which, as luck would have it, is just right for sitting outside and enjoying the lovely Spring-like weather we’re having.

It’s very quick and simple to make and has an envelope back (no pesky zips to sew in!) It fits an 18” cushion pad.

All you need is 39” (1 metre) of Wickerweave for the background, and an assortment of Kona solid scraps for the stem and leaves.

The stem is pieced into the cushion front.

and the leaves are backed with Bondaweb, a fusible adhesive, and ironed in place.

I used a machine zigzag stitch to edge the leaves, but you could blanket stitch by hand if you prefer.

Using a thread that matched the Wickerweave meant that I didn’t have to keep changing colour for each set of leaves – that would have sent me totally scatty!!

I then made a quilt sandwich in the normal way. I pin basted it.

then outline quilted round the leaves first and finally quilted horizontal straight lines 1” apart across the rest.

The back of the cushion cover is 2 folded pieces of fabric that overlap by about 6”. This photo shows the first one in place.

The second one just lies on top to cover the base and then you sew round all 4 sides. Trim the corners, to give nice sharp points to your cushion cover and turn right side out.

The double layer of backing fabric and good amount of overlap means you have a nice back your cushion cover, which doesn’t gape or go floppy with use. Once the cushion cover was made all that was left to do was to grab a cup of tea and a good book and curl up with it in the sunshine!

I wasn’t totally lazy though!

I created a PDF with the full instructions for making the cushion cover and a template for the orange peel shape leaf.

If you want to have a go at making one yourself, just download it here

Well I’m sure you’ll agree this is a great tutorial and I for one think this would make an awesome Mother’s Day gift!!