Monday, September 28, 2020

New in the Curlicue Creations Shop ~ Week of 09/28/2020

                                                Tole World Magazine ~ February 2000

Tole World Magazine, February 2000 issue - Decorative Painting Creative Ideas. This magazine has 83 full color pages and is in good condition. Includes pull out section.

This issue includes 67 Step-By-Step Painting Illustrations, 12 Heartwarming Painting Projects, Quick Faux Finished, Romantic Victorians, and more.

                                              Tole World Magazine ~ December 1999

Tole World Magazine, December 1999 issue - Decorative Painting Creative Ideas. This magazine has 83 full color pages and is in good condition. Includes pull out section.

This issue includes 47 Step-By-Step Painting Illustrations, Paint 15 Festive Holiday Projects, Santas, Angels, Snowmen, and Elves, and more.

                                                   Between the Vines Painting Book

Between the Vines Volume 2 decorative painting book. Fair condition. Soft cover. 84 pages. Vintage 1997. All pages are in usable condition.

This beautiful book includes a Supply List section, Tips and Techniques, General Instructions, and patterns to make all of the projects shown. Patterns include Country Houses Wire Door Cabinet, Country at Heart Magazine Rack, Apple Water Can, Painting Thyme Brush Box, Northwoods Barrel Stave, Country Hurricane Lamp, Nest and Breakfast Arch Plaque, Americana Water Can, Thyme Began in a Garden, Mindy the Moose, Heart Plaque with Pegs, A is for Apple Box, Kansas the Littlest Angel, Beth the Bear Angel, Cottage Birdhouse, Northwoods Canoe Shelf, Northwoods Water Can, Bear in Canoe Routed Board, Country Hearts Gather Here, Rusty Water Can, The Worm's Inn Slate, Tyler the Rascally Cat, Jake the Fisherman, Bless out Nest, and more.

                                             Gray Smokey Glitter Star Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Gray Smokey Glitter Star quilt fabric by Keepsake Calico for Jo-Ann. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a smokey gray print with stars and silver glitter. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                         Strawberry Black White Gray Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Inspirations Strawberry Black White Gray quilt fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a white gray black strawberry plant print. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                      Inspirations Black White Gray Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Inspirations Black White Gray quilt fabric, by Waverly. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a white gray black geometric lattice print. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                       Black and White Chevron ZigZag Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Black and White Chevron ZigZag quilt fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a black and white chevron zigzag pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                      Black and White Chevron ZigZag Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of fabric, Black and White Chevron ZigZag fabric. Fat quarter cut of unknown content. This appears as if it may be a cotton polyester blend fabric. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a black and white chevron zigzag pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                                      Mystic Ocean Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Mystic Ocean quilt fabric, by Josephine Wall, for 3 Wishes Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features seahorses over a blue background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                            Footprints in the Sand Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Footprints in the Sand quilt fabric, by Elizabeth's Studio. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features footprints, seashells, pebbles, starfish, and sand dollars over a sandy beach background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                                       Winter Magic Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Winter Magic quilt fabric, by Hoffman Fabrics. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features large scale birds, boughs, berries, and silver glitter over a white background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                                    Pink Sparkle Swirl Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Pink Sparkle Swirl quilt fabric, by Fabric Traditions. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features swirls, stars, flowers and silver glitter over a pink background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

                                                       Blue Seashell Fat Quarter

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Blue Seashell quilt fabric, for Jo-Ann. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features a mix of blue seashells over a blue background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

What's Inside Quilty Box? September 2020

What's inside the September 2020 Quilty Box?  Take a peek with me!

Disclaimer:  The contents of this subscription box were given to me by Quilty Box.
Oooh!  Look at all these goodies!  I just love receiving Quilty Box in my mailbox every month.  It's so exciting and inspiring.

This month's box is curated by Leslie Tucker Jenison of Wishwell.  This is her new fabric collection, Warehouse District.

These fabrics are amazing!  They're really speaking to my heart.  What do you think?

Here's a closer look at one of the fabrics.  In the interview with Leslie, she says they were inspired by her travels to different cities and visiting the warehouse districts, hence the name.

The pattern for the Shattered quilt (shown here) is inside the Bundles of Inspiration magazine.  I really like this quilt design.  I have seven quilts to sew between now and the end of the year, but I want to make this one, too!
  
Also tucked inside this month's box, a new pair of Machingers!  Yay!  These are great for free motion quilting.

Check these out!  Mini Magic Clips. It says you can sew right over them ~ say what???  I gotta try that!

And haha on me.  I tore up my studio early this morning, looking for some white thread to repair a button hole.  There was a nice spool of Wonderfil in white, right there, in the Quilty Box on my sewing desk the whole time.  You can never have enough white thread.  Thank you, Quilty Box. 


 

Don't you want to try Quilty Box for yourself? It's so nice to have fabric, notions, and inspiration arrive in your mailbox every month.  And I'm super excited for October's Quilty Box.  Next month's box features none other than my fellow Island Batik Ambassador, Jackie Kunkel!  I can't wait to see what she's put together for October.  It's sure to be colorful and fun.  Click the above ad to visit the Quilty Box website right now.

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Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today.

Jennifer Thomas

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

It's In the Bag Blog Hop with Island Batik and ByAnnie.com

Hello!  Welcome to my day for the Island Batik and ByAnnie.com It's in the Bag blog hop. This is the bag I made.  It's the Out and About Knapsack.  Isn't it adorable?

Disclaimer:  The products used in this project were given to me by Island Batik and industry partners.
For this month's Island Batik Ambassador challenge, each one of the ambassador's picked a ByAnnie.com bag pattern that we wanted to make.  I've been wanting to make the Out and About bag for a while, so I knew right away which one to choose.

The fabric for our bags was chosen for us and everything was sent bundled together in our Ambassador box as a kit.

The fabrics for my bag are part of the new Urbanization collection by Island Batik.  Aren't they fabby?  I love the purples and blues together.

I'll admit I was a little intimidated when I first looked the pattern over.  It's 16 pages long!  But, the instructions are given in well written steps with little check boxes for each step.  Checking the boxes as I went along helped me to feel like I was accomplishing something during every sewing session.  There is also a sheet of squares to copy and cut out to mark all of your pattern pieces.  I copied my squares onto a sticky paper which made it so easy to mark and remark my pieces as I sewed along.


I used this new spool of purple Aurifil thread and Schmetz needles to sew my project.  It matches the fabrics perfectly.  

This bag has a multitude of pockets.  Some have zippers and some have fold over elastic binding (the blue stuff in this photo).  I watched the add on videos for the Out and About bag on the ByAnnie.com site before sewing each step of my bag.  They were so helpful.  

Sunrise is my newest quilting buddy.  He really enjoyed making this bag.  The inside layer between the outer fabric and the lining fabric is made from Soft and Stable.  This stuff is awesome!  It gives the bag amazing stability and body.

Another essential notion for making the Out and About bag is Clover Wonder Clips.  You could use pins, but the clips were super helpful for holding multiple layers of fabric together.

Here's a photo of the back of the bag sewn together, padded straps, carry handle, and all.

Sunrise got tired and enjoyed using it for a nap. Cuteness alert!

At this point, the bag is almost finished.  The straps are clipped together to keep them away from the final seams.

The Out and About bag is complete!  Front view.

Back view.

The front compartment inside.  See the mesh pocket and the fold over elastic pockets?

I sewed the optional hidden pocket in between the front and back compartments.  It's the perfect size for my phone or keys.

The inside of the large compartment features another full length zipper pocket with a two compartment mesh pocket in front of it.

The opposite side of the large compartment features a big mesh pocket.

Inside the large compartment. There's so many pockets!  Ultra organization.  I love that.

The straps are adjustable for a custom fit.

Side view.

                               All dressed up with a feather boa.  Ready to go Out and About!

Be sure to hop on over the the Island Batik Blog to enter a fabric bundle giveaway and for links to all the ambassador blogs on the hop.

Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today.

Jennifer Thomas


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