Pincushion Tutorial / Jehelnicek step by step

Cathedral Window Pincushion is fun and easy to make. You don't believe me? So choose  your favorite fabric scraps and let's get sewing!

Okno katedraly, takle jse jmenuje tenhle barevny jehelnicek. Pro nektere hlavolam, ale hlavolam to neni!  Je opravdu jednoduchy, neverite? Je to vic prekladani nez siti :)

Sablona vystrihla z tvrdeho papiru 9" (palec) ctverec.

Paper template 9" inches square.

Z bile latky vystrihly 10.5 " ctverec.

Cut your white fabric 10.5" square.

Preloz kazdy roh latky pres roh papirove sablony.

Fold all 4 corners over the edge of the template.

Prezehli vsechny rozky smerem dovnitr.

Iron all corners into place.

Preloz kazdou hranu smerem dovntir a prezehli.

Fold the edges down and iron. Repeat for other three sides.

 Po prezehleni vypada takto.

Looks like this now.

 Vytahnete papirovou sablonu.

Remove paper template.

Preloz na pul a prezehli.

Fold in half and press.

Preloz druhou stranu napul a prezehli. Kdyz otevreme ukaze se nam kde je stred a vypada to takto.

Fold the opposite way and press. When you open we can see where is centre and looks like this.

Preloz kazdy vnejsi roh do stredu a prezehli.

Fold the outer corners in and press. Repeat with other three corner.

 Bude vypadat takto.

It will look like this.

 Ted udelej to same znovu. Preloz kazdy roz dovnitr a prezehli.

Now do it again. Fold each corner in and press.

 Z barevne latky vystrihni 4.25" palcu ctverec a poloz dovnitr.

Cut colorful 4.25" square and place inside.

Zavri a presij v obou smerech jen 1/2" aby drzel stred.

Close and stitch in both directions only 1/2" to secure in centre.

Vyber barevne odstrizky a priloz.

Choose your favorite scraps and place on.

Priloz barevne odstrizky a prehni bilou latku pres barevnou. Samo se to hezky podda, muzes prispendlit ale sije se to lepe bez spendliku.

Place fabric in place and fold over the side. It will fall into a nice curve. You can pin it but it is easier to sew it without the pins.

 Zacni sit od stredu v krivce bile latky. Opakuj az jsou vsechny prisite.

Starting at the top of the curve sew it into place. Repeat until all done.

 Otoc a zarovnej.

Turn around and trim.

Vyber latku na zadni stranu jahelnicku a vystrihni ve stejne velikosti.

Choose your backing fabric and cut same size.

 Poloz licem k sobe a presij kolem dokola ale nechej 3" otvor na protahnuti a vyplneni.

Place right side together and sew around leaving 3" gap open for turning and stuffing.

 Zrovnej hrany a sestrihni rozky. Po presiti z druhe strany vypada takto.

 Trim the excess, cut corners.

 Pretahni vnitrek ven, vytlac rozky, pouzivam male nuzky nebo ostrou tuzku. Napln jahelnicek a presij otvor rucne, tak at stehy nejdou moc videt.

Turn pincushion inside out and with little scissor or pencil push corners to form them sharp. Stuff with polyester filling and close gap by hand stitching. 

Do stredu prisij knoflik a je to hotovo!

Add button and it's done!

If you make this pincushion please leave a link on your site to my blog and I would love to see your creation :)
Pokud pouzijete muj navod zanechnte prosim odkaz na vasich strankach na muj blog. Rada bych videla vas usity jehelnicek :)

Hanka

Love is in the Air

Love is in the air everywhere I look around! Yep, I love it just like that song! My love heart wall-hanging quilt is finished. I was inspired by the book " A Passion for Patchwork " by Lise Bergene. For this quilt I have used pink and grey fabrics and I am very pleased how it turned out :)

Srdickovy quilt je hotovy! Inspirovana knihou "Kouzelny Patchwork" od Lise Bergene. Na quilt jsem zvolila kombinaci sede a ruzove. Sedou samo osobe moc nemusim, ale kdyz se nakombinuje s ruzovou tak se mi moc libi. Honem jsem vyuzila slunicka a udelala par fotek venku. Ted uz mi krasne visi v me pracovne :)

 

Organize in style!

I've had some cute fabrics sitting around for a while and decided to make these useful storage baskets for my fabric scraps. They are really great for anything, easy and fun to make. 

They add some flair to my sewing room now! How do you store your fabric scraps?

Uz delsi dobu mam tyhle pekne latky a nevedala jsem co s nima, az nakonec me napadlo, usit z nich kosiky na zbytky latek a jine sici drobnosti. Je treba byt trosku organized! Kosiky jsou vhodne na cokoliv a krasne ozivily ten muj sici koutek! Tak me napada jak skladujete vy svoje zbytky a odstrizky latek? 

You can see my love heart wall-hanging is almost done.  Finishing binding by hand. Will post picture soon! Thank you for visiting and have a lovely week!

Tady muzete videt muj srdickovy quilt na stenu je skoro hotovy. Uz jen paspulku kolem dokola a bude pripraven na foceni! Tak to zas priste :)

Dekuji Vam za navstevu a mejte se krasne!

Time for new potholders / Cas na nove chnapky

There is never enough potholders in my kitchen. So it was time to make some new and replace the old ones.

The love hearts are my favorite. I was inspired by Lise Bergene and her book A Passion for Patchwork.  There is also matching little wall hanging I am planning to do very soon!

U nas v kuchyni neni nikdy dost chnapek a tak byl cas usit nove a poslat stare jak se rika "do smelcu".  Mam rada nove malickosti v kuchyni i kdyz je to obycejna chnapule :)

Srdickove mam nejradeji uz dlouho jsem po nich pokukovala v knize Kouzelny Patchwork od Lise Bergene. Je tam take srdickovy quilt na poveseni jako dekorace, ktery k nim krasne pasuje. Ten je na liste jako dalsi, uz na nej vybiram latky :)

These are made from my fabric scraps  just mish-mash :) but fun!

Tyhle jsou usite ze zbytku latek je to takovy mis-mas!

These I like as they have little pocket for hand so very comfortable to wear!

Tyto mam moc rada, nebot maji kapsu na ruku a jsou extra pohodlne!

Since I have so many potholders is time to make some goodies!

No a ted, kdyz mam tolik novych chnapek je cas neco dobreho upect!

Dareckova vymena / Gift exchange

V unoru jsem se prihlasila do me prvni akce, kterou poradala skvela Ajka "Vymena pro radost".
Mely jsme vyrobit darek jakoukoliv technikou, ale nevedely jsme pro koho tvorime!
Pani a jake to bylo dnes prekvapeni kdyz u nas zazvonil postak a predal mi balicek!
A co jsem dostala? Tenhle nadherny polstar! Z kazde strany je uplne jiny a je nadherne prosity!
Mockrat dekuji Marketo, udelala jsi mi obrovskou radost :)


In February I participated in my first "gift exchange" organized by awesome Ajka. We could use any technique to make a handmade gift. The challenging part was that we didn't know our swap partners until the gift was made!
Today my postman brought me a package and inside I found this beautiful pillow! Each side of the pillow is different and is beautifully quilted in the corners.

Tak uz i ja muzu prozradit co jsem usila pro svou partnerku. 
Po dlouhem premysleni co udelat jsem usila dve barevne chnapky a jahelnicek.

Finally I can tell you what I have made for my swap partner. After some thinking what to create I made two colorful potholders and pincushion.

 

Na zaver bych rada podekovala Ajce za jeji cas a zorganizovani akce "vymena pro radost". Ajko, bylo to fajn a tesim se na dalsi!