September Project-a-long with Béa

An end of holiday sewing project with a little painting!

The end draws near… The end of the vacation season, that is! Soon, almost everyone will be busy behind his or her desk or in class. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have the time to take a look at your creations, so don’t forget to come and say hi to our Simply Vintage Facebook group and with the hashtag #QUILTMANIA2021! This September, after the stroll near Royan, it’s time to go back to school. Ready? Here we go!

Find the first eight parts on our blog.

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Hello everyone,

Je voulais dans mon cartable
 I wanted in my schoolbag
 
 Emporter mes châteaux de sable,
 To take my sand castles,
 
 Mon cerf-volant, des coquillages
 My flying kite, some seashells,
 
 Et le portique de la plage.
 And the beach’s swing set

Maman m’a dit :
 Mom told me:
 
 “Ce n’est pas permis
 “It’s not allowed
 
 Et puis tout ça
 And all this
 
 Ça ne rentre pas !”
 It won’t fit! “

Alors j’ai pris un beau stylo,
 So I took a nice pen,

Pour le goûter, quelques gâteaux
 For my snack, a couple cookies

Et que des choses raisonnables.
 And only reasonable things.

Plus trois petits grains de sable !
 Plus three little grains of sand! 

 

Looks like this is it, back to school or to the workplace we go. So excited that we are finally able to attend our favorite patchwork and embroidery classes. Maybe even to a couple shows! Speaking of which, don’t forget the “Pour l’Amour du Fil” show, is starting on the 29th of September and it ends on the 2nd of October 2021 in Nantes, France.

Time to be reunited with all of our friends (it’s been a while!), We can’t wait tell them all about our lockdown experiences, the feelings of loneliness that sometimes clung to us… And finally spend all that money that we’ve probably been saving up (the only positive aspect of this pandemic)!

So, anyway… Enjoy!

Béa.

 

September

This project measures 10 x 12 cm (4’’ x 4¾’’) and will be positioned above the month of August:

Materials

• Old bed sheet: 15 x 15 cm (6’’x 6’’)
• Scrap of old lace 12cm (4¾’’) long
• Embroidery cotton, no matter the color
• Some acrylic paint
• “House” button about 3 x 3 cm (1’’ x 1’’). This one comes from “Le P’tit Bucheron“
• If you wish, you can use an embroidery hoop

Instructions

1) In the middle of the old bed sheet, draw a square measuring 10 x 10 cm (4’’ x 4’’). In this square, copy the pattern of this month’s quilt by downloading the template here (use a sunny window). You can then use your embroidery hoop.

2) Embroider:

– The main circle with either stem stitches, feather stitches, back stitches…

– The leaves: make the outside using back stitch with two pieces of cotton and the nerves using fern stitch with only one piece

 – Make the smaller leaves using loop stitch with a single piece of cotton

– With a darker back stitch (1 piece), embroider the edges of the mushrooms

– Make the grapes using a French Knot stitch (6 pieces)

– Using 1 dark thread and either back or loop stitches, create the stem of your vine

– Embroider your message on the side of your work. Cut your old bed sheet in order to get a square of exactly 10 x 10 cm (4’’ x 4’’)

3) Using a barely wet brush and your paint, add color to some of your mushrooms (you may get help from the model). Slightly paint the 4 angles of your square bed sheet.

4) Just above your August creation, add the lace and the bed sheet, then sew them together using the rice stitch. Finish by adding your school in the middle of the “crown”

Don’t forget to post your creations on social media!

See you soon,

Béa.

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