Appleton Dance

by Linda Theil June 2, 2018 This is a simple, shopper tote bag modeled on the inexpensive fabric totes available at grocery stores. You can make this bag with, roughly: a yard of fabric, two yards of iron-on interfacing, and four feet of woven belting -- or less if you like shorter handles on your tote. The print fabric I used is from the "Thicket" line by Gingiber Zest for your Nest for Moda in 2016. The yellow is probably a Moda Bella Cotton Solid. Materials: bag: cut 14-inch x 42-inch bag piece of cotton fabric  bag: cut 14 x 38-inch piece of lightweight, iron-on interfacing to line bag piece gussets: cut two 8 x 15.5-inch gussets from coordinating fabric gussets: cut two 8 x 13.5-inch pieces of lightweight, iron-on interfacing to line gusset pieces pocket: cut one pocket from feature fabric 14 x 14-inch square pocket: cut 14 x 14-inch pocket lining from same or coordinating fabric pocket: cut 14 x 14-inch pocket interfacing from lightweight, or medium w...

My "Snowbound" quilt showing raggy top edge and part of raggy seams on reverse I recently found a printed panel from the 2004 "Christmas X-citement" line by Sandy Gervais for Moda tucked in a plastic bag with pieces of coordinating flannels and a Gervais pattern titled  "#254 Winter Landscape"  that used the panel. Sandy Gervais' "Winter Landscape" quilt Here is a picture of the "Winter Landscape" quilt Gervais designed for the panel. The pattern is still available on her "Pieces from my Heart" website, and the panel can be purchased on eBay. I set the package aside because the panel was so cute and I thought I might do something with it before it got buried for another decade. As luck would have it, mid-Michigan was blessed with three snowstorms in three days last weekend, so I pulled out my panel to see what I could do with it while I was snowbound. I took a cue from the pattern and decided to cut the ...

Casey's Cat original at Caseville, MI on Lake Huron When I visited my friend Casey's cottage on Lake Huron, I was greeted by this calico cat that resided in a knotty-pine bedroom, snug under the eaves overlooking Lake Huron.  I took a photo and tried to reproduce Casey's cat for my own. Casey's Cat redux 2017 by Linda Theil i started by drawing the pattern below; overall the cat back is about 10-inches high, including 1/4-inch seam allowances. The edge along the fold is 8-inches long. Caseville Cat pattern: cat back is 8-inches along the fold and four-inches along the bottom. Here is a list of materials I used to make the cat. Materials: Bosal or Pellon Flex Foam : 1/4-inch foam padding typically used as stabilizer for totes and purses scraps of cotton prints; I used 5-inch squares from Charm Pack: "Grand Traverse Bay" by Minick & Simpson for Moda. 12-inch square of coordinating Minky, flannel, or fleece for cat back. 12-inches ...