A wall hanging that I designed and stitched using National Nonwovens WoolFelt from my stash:
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Music Blog Hop
It’s time for another fun blog hop, this time hosted by
Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks. Here’s the list of the final day's participants:
Thursday, November 17th
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The theme for this hop is obviously music. Rather than depicting music
itself via notes, etc. I decided to represent a specific piece of music. I
quickly settled on the classical piece by Vivaldi titled “The Four Seasons.”
It’s a beautiful group of four violin concertos that were composed around
1718−1720 by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. There are many renditions of
it on You Tube for you to listen to at your leisure. A selection from the
“Spring” concerto was played as part of my wedding ceremony, so it holds a
special meaning for me.
Once I had decided on the musical piece, I had to figure out
how to represent the four seasons in fabric. I recently bought a bench for the
front foyer of my house and thought it needed a pillow to dress it up.
So then I thought I’d be a good idea to make one pillow and then make four interchangeable sleeves/wraps to go around it, one for each of the four seasons of the year.
Rather than finding a fabric for the pillow itself that would work for all the
seasons, (which might have been tricky,) I decided to make a two-sided pillow
with fabrics that would complement two seasons each. Here’s the 14” x 25” pillow,
made from orange and blue ginghams:
The pillow wraps are fastened around the pillow with sew-in
Velcro.
Each 14”
x 33” wrap is made from Wool Felt and stitched with embroidery floss.
Here's Spring:
And Summer:
Autumn:
and Winter:
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I had a lot of fun creating the pillow wraps, and if you’d
like to do the same, the FREE pattern can be found here.
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email unless you are a “No Reply Blogger.”
Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in this
hop!
Monday, November 14th
Tuesday, November 15th
Wednesday, November 16th
Thursday, November 17th
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Scrap Happy
A pillow for my bed that I designed and stitched using National Nonwovens WoolFelt from my stash:
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My! Blog Hop
It's time for another awesome blog hop, this time hosted by Joan from MooseStashQuilting!
Here's a list of today's participants:
Wednesday Oct 19
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)
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The theme for this hope is, clearly, Halloween! It's such a fun topic to explore. The past two years I've created wool felt mug rugs with a Halloween theme.
First there was a Vampire mug rug, aka Dracula:
Then last year, I created a friend for Dracula, known to all of us as Frankenstein:
This year, I've made two more additions to the motely crew.
The decrepit Mummy:
And that ol' pumpkin head, Evil Jack:
The mug rugs each measure 9" x 12" and are made from wool felt and embroidery floss. You could also make them in cotton, using raw-edge applique. You'd just have to add a seam allowance to the 9" x 12" pieces, and then quilt and bind as desired.
If you'd like to make any of these monstrous mug rugs, the FREE patterns can be found here:
FYI...The free patterns on my blog will remain available, but I have recently closed my Etsy pattern shop. I'm going to focus on creating pieces to fulfill my creative impulses, and not as a money-making enterprise. I will, however, continue to post free patterns from time to time, and to participate in blog hops!
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Monday Oct 17
Tuesday Oct 18
Wednesday Oct 19
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs (me)
Thursday Oct 20
Friday Oct 21
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop
I'm happy to be participating in another fun hop, this time hosted by Carol from Just Let Me Quilt.
Here's the list of today's participants:
September 19
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I didn't have any problem deciding which sewing gadget I would use for this hop. I just adore fabric yoyos, and love using the Clover YoYo Makers. I've made many, many, many yoyo projects over the years. I'll share some of those with you before showing you what I created for this hop.
I've made Pillows:
Pumpkins and Pears:
Table Runner and Wall Hanging:
If you look on the lower right-hand side of my blog, you'll see the projects I've had published. There are several yoyo projects there as well. And finally, I've made a couple of yoyo projects for other blog hops, and those free patterns can be found at these links:
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I primarily use two sizes of the Clover YoYo Makers; Small and Large.
The final size of a small yoyo is 30mm or 1.18 inches.
The final size of a large yoyo is 45mm or 1.77 inches.
For my new project, I used the Small size.
And here's my project, a wool felt and cotton YoYo Pincushion. It can be made exclusively from cotton too, if desired.
The pincushion has twenty small yoyos, and measures 5.5" x 7" inches. I filled it with crushed walnuts shells, but you can also use the stuffing of your choice. Since I made it from wool felt, (with cotton yoyos), I made a cotton inner unit to house the crushed walnut shells. This wouldn't be necessary if making the whole pincushion from cotton fabric.
The FREE pattern can be found here, if you'd like to make one for yourself!
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September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
See Ya Later Alligator Blog Hop
I'm so happy to be participating in another fun blog hop, this time brought to us by Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks.
Here's the list of today's participants:
Wednesday, August 24th
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Our theme for this hop is travel, and I decided to make a couple of useful travel items. I recently found a box of hardly-used cotton tablecloths in my basement. I thought I could upcycle one of them for my travel projects.
My husband and I don't travel much, and when we do it's only for a weekend road trip. He does most of the driving because his car is too big for me to drive (I can't see over the hood lol), and my small car is too uncomfortable for him to sit in for too long! So while I'm sitting in the passenger seat, it's nice to have a pillow to rest my neck and head on. My first project is a travel pillow:
I found the pattern for the travel pillow on Pinterest, and you can find it here.
The other item I thought would be very useful is a shoe bag. Usually, I have to take a separate tote bag and put my shoes in it so they won't get my clothes dirty. But a shoe bag make so much more sense!
This shoe bag is lined; I used a green plaid for the lining.
The pattern I used is for a drawstring storage bag. You start off with two rectangles of fabric; one outer and one inner. The bottom may be boxed or not, I opted to not box it. The tutorial is in video format, and can be found here on YouTube. I'm planning on making a few more shoe bags, because of course, I'll have more than one pair of shoes when I go on a trip!
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Monday, August 22nd
Tuesday, August 23rd
Wednesday, August 24th
Thursday, August 25th
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
UFO Blog Hop
I'm happy to be participating in another fun blog hop, this time hosted by Joan of Moosestash Quilting.
Be sure to visit all of today's participants:
Wednesday July 27
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For our purposes a UFO is an "unfinished object." Last year, I participated in a quilt "row along." The theme was "Seaside Adventure." I designed and sewed a quilt row titled "Turtle Trek". I always intended to make a second version of the row in the form of a wool felt wall hanging. I'd already cut out the applique pieces but hadn't gone further than that. This hop gave me the perfect impetus to finish that project!
Here's the original quilt row.
Here's the link to the original row along. If you're interested in the free row pattern, you can find it there.
And here is my finished wool felt wall hanging (laying on a table; not yet hanging on a wall!)
I joined the "blocks" together with penny stacks. The pennies measure 2" and 1".
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Finally, be sure to visit everyone participating in this hop!
Monday July 25
Tuesday July 26
Wednesday July 27
Thursday July 28
Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
Friday July 29
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