Fabric manipulations: smocking

• Lattice smocking
• Diamond smocking
• Smocked tucks
• Smocked diamonds and puff gathering
• Lozenge smocking
• Lotus flower smocking

These fabric manipulations are part of a quilt. The quilt has 25 blocks. Each block is made out of a centre 5 inch square featuring some fabric texture such as pin tucks, smocking, shirring and the like.

I also used lattice smocking to add some interest to a notebook cover.

If you are interested in fabric manipulations check out the 25 different fabric manipulations I did for my Textured quilt sampler.

Add your photos to the Textured quilt blocks Flickr pool.

Farmer’s wife sampler quilt – blocks 68 to 72

I have so far completed around 72 blocks of the Farmer’s wife quilt sampler.

More information about how I am making this quilt.

View all the blocks I have done so far.

Postage Stamp

Practical Orchard

Prairie Queen

Puss in the Corner

Railroad

Quilted tea cozies round up

Tea cozies are quick to make and they are great gifts for any occasion.

Here you have three different tutorials to make 3 quilted tea cozies which have been embellished in quite different ways using embroidery, felt shapes, ribbon and a matching border for the floral quilted cozy.

Small projects like these ones will allow you to improve your skills such as free motion quilting or embroidery without overwhelming you.

1. Embroidered fabric tea cozy tutorial.
   The fabric in this tea cozy has been embroidered though it is not noticeable in the small picture. Also the petals on the top are a nice touch to the cozy.
2. Felt embellished tea cozy tutorial.
   Use store bought die cuts to make this tea cozy. Attach the die cuts using some simple embroidery stitches or buttons.
3. Floral quilted cozy.
   Add a matching border and some ribbon to embellish this very simple cozy.