This is the current NotQuilt project. The guts are an old comforter, very old. I have no idea where it came from. It’s for a queen-size bed. As with all NotQuilts, the size of the finished product is determined by the size of the filling. This one is being worked in a roundabout, bassackward fashion, […]
For the last two weeks, we looked at the NotQuilts I’ve made for my family and friends. (part 1 and part 2). This week, we’ll finish with two wedding NotQuilts. Skull NotQuilt This wedding NotQuilt was made on a deadline. I wanted to make the happy couple something that would be personal and unique and […]
Last week, we looked at some of the NotQuilts I’ve made for my family and friends. This week, we’ll look at more of them, so you can see how I evolved my techniques for designing NotQuilts. Our bedspread of the Night Sky This was the first one that I made that had a planned design. […]
To better understand the construction and thinking behind NotQuilts, I’m going to spend the next couple of weeks displaying the ones I’ve made for my family and friends and the thinking that went into each design. I hope that you’ll take away from this that it is easier to make these than quilts, yet still […]
Last week, I described a NotQuilt, a blanket which uses a repurposed blanket as the middle layer between the backing fabric on the bottom and pieces of fabric sewed into the top layer. It is not a quilt, hence the name, but it fulfills the function of a quilt, lets me use bits and pieces […]
I got into sewing NotQuilts because I hate the cold about as much as I hate spending money I don’t need to. One of the things we are concerned about at Chez Peschel is temperature control, but doing so without spending money or fossil fuels. Many, many problems can be solved by throwing money at […]
Last week, we looked at piecing together the Younger Son’s (YS) fleece robe from scraps. This week, we’ll finish it! The shoulder seams and the seams where the collar and collar facings meet are the only seams I sewed in the traditional manner, and I did make sure to sew them with a 5/8-inch seam […]
Last week, we talked about the challenges of using leftover fleece to make clothes. In this case, Younger Son (YS) needed a bathrobe, bathrobes can be made out of fleece and JoAnn’s ran a 99-cent pattern sale. The stars aligned. I bought Simplicity 1562, a full-length bathrobe pattern that is sized for the whole family, […]
I like making fleece clothes. We won’t call it Polar Fleece as that is a registered trademark of Polartec LLC, and many companies make fleece. Fleece is available in every fabric store, even in Wal-de-Mart in the few stores that still have a sewing department. Fleece comes in an amazing variety of patterns and colors, […]
So back to Younger Son’s pile of fabric. I dug through all the red and orange scrap looking for the largest pieces. All this fabric had been previously washed; I never store unwashed fabric. I ironed my choices so I could see how large they were. I wanted to make the pants first as they […]