Quilted Sleeping Bag

I've recently been working on some samples of new projects that I will be adding to my selection of projects for my summer classes.

The most recent project that I've designed is this quilted sleeping bag. The outer shell is made of flannel and the inside is lined with minky. (Who doesn't love cuddling minky?)

There are elastic ties sewn into the seam at the end of the sleeping bag, which will secure the sleeping bag once it is rolled up, like this:

Aside from getting ready for summer project samples, I've been a busy bee making loads of small things, for an upcoming craft show.
I'll be participating in a spring craft show, hosted by Cuddly Cats Rescue. The venue will be
All Saints High School in Whitby, on May 2nd and 3rd 2015. More details to come, closer to the date!

If you have any requests for blog posts or YouTube tutorials, please ask! I love hearing from you!
quilters.workshop@gmail.com

Hope you're all having a great day!
Love, Tiffany

Valentine's Day Sewing Ideas - 2015

Hi Everyone!

I finally completed my Valentine's Day sewing project samples for this year! :)

If you are interested in learning a little more about them, check out my latest YouTube video by following this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSH0WZMWHvQ

If you try any of these projects and have questions, please feel free to E-mail me at quilters.workshop@gmail.com

As well, if you make anything, based off any of my tutorials or photos, I would love to see! :)

Now that I've completed my Valentine's Day sewing projects, I can start my baking! woo-hoo!

Love,
Tiffany

Scrappy Quilt-As-You-Go Tutorial

Hi Everyone!

I had a great time exploring Sudbury and Laurentian University last weekend with my friend. The snow was beautiful and we took some amazing photos.

Also, I have a new YouTube video tutorial for you...yay!!

 If you want to check out how to make this fast and easy "quilt as you go" baby quilt, check out my YouTube video by following the link below! It is a great method and allows you to use up all kinds of scraps :) Even my guinea pig approves!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKduHNmt08

I still have to finish one more Valentine's Day project and then I will be ready to film my project inspiration video for this year. I'm very excited.

Are you working on anything fun for Valentine's Day? Tell me all about it :)

As always, if you have any questions,  regarding the tutorial or just general questions, please feel free to send me an E-mail at quilters.workshop@gmail.com

You can also keep up to date on my daily adventures by following me on Instagram! @quilters.workshop, or use the hashtag #quiltersworkshop so I can see your versions of my project tutorials !

Happy Sewing Everyone!
Love, Tiffany

Where Have I Been?!

Hello!

Apologies for the lack of blog posts in January...I'm not off to a good start for 2015 am I?

Life has gotten a little crazy lately (as if my life was not already hectic enough, haha)

Although I have not been doing a whole lot of sewing lately, I did create this little masterpiece a couple of weeks back, for my boyfriend's surprise Birthday party.
It was my first attempt at a 3D fondant cake.

I'm quite happy with the results of it. 

I will be doing some Valentine's Day baking over the next couple of weeks. Last night I caved and made some blondies though. Here are my brown sugar, white chocolate chip, valentine's day blondies, topped with cream cheese icing. I did make these last year, except back then I use some red and pink smarties, instead of chocolate chips, and I did not use any icing. 

Now I can hear you all saying, "this is a quilting blog, not a baking blog! Where are your sewing photos? Where are the quilting tutorials?"
I've got you, don't worry. I am busy making up a few new Valentine's Day themed sewing/quilting projects, and I will be making a YouTube video, featuring all of those new items, very , very soon!

In the meantime, if you are new to my blog, you can definitely check out last year's video! You may be inspired :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Z8u8gpb2g


This coming weekend I will be taking a trip to Sudbury ON to visit a very good friend of mine who attends university there.
So a friendly reminder to my students that there will be no sewing classes this
Saturday, January 31st.

To keep up to date on what I"m working on, follow me on Instagram :) quilters.workshop
Also, if you make something from one of my videos, use the hashtag #quiltersworkshop , when posting your photos, I'd love to see them!

Happy Stitching!
Love, Tiffany

First Post of 2015!

Hi Everyone!
I hope you all had a fantastic and safe holiday and are off to a great start in 2015!

In my last post I showed some quilt blocks that I was working on. Sadly this is all that I have done on it during the holiday. It was a very hectic break for me, so the quilt top is completed. But it is missing the three B's : borders, backing and binding! Its never too late to work on a Christmas project, right?

Now, what did I get for Christmas, you might ask? As you can see by the photo below, I got surprised with a brand new handmade hutch for my guinea pig! (Yes, his name is Pig) My boyfriend made this from scratch, it has a pull-out bottom for easy cleaning, a little hide-away so pig can burrow, with a door so that I can get him out of it if I need to, a ramp that leads to the upstairs, and the top opens fully for easy access to clean and feed mister Pig. Photos of Pig inside his new palace will follow. :)

I had a few adventures in some small towns, East of where I live in Ontario, and I came across this monument of a quilt. I was here about 5 years ago, when I did a trunk show presentation for one of the local quilt guilds. I admit I had forgotten of its existence, but it made me smile and made my day! Are there any needlework monuments where you live? Or have you ever come across any? If you know where this particular one is, then you are awesome and we need to be best friends. ;)

 Wishing everyone a great new year!
Love
Tiffany

Stippling Video & What I've Been Making...

Hi Everyone!

Christmas is quickly approaching and I've been hard at work making Christmas gifts of my own, as well as filling orders and helping my students finish off their special projects! We have just one day of sewing classes left before Christmas (this Saturday December 20th) and then we will break until the new year! :)

While I was working on a personal project last night I thought I would share a little snippet in a video. I was making some decorative pillows (photos below) and while I was stippling the fabric, I thought it might be a good idea to share a couple tips with you. To view the video, follow the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ik3IrlVQwo

Here are photos of the completed items:

Here is a close-up photo of the quilting that I was doing during the video (link posted above). I'm so thrilled about how they turned out. They are going to be a Christmas gift (hopefully the recipient doesn't see this post! haha) but I may make another set for myself, as I am a huge Charlie Brown fan :)

I also made some adorable Santa Christmas cupcakes last night...it was so much fun :)

I've also been using up some leftover vintage-inspired Christmas prints, along with a white tone-on-tone fabric, to create these Scottie-dog quilt blocks. How adorable are these? I'm going to use them to make a lap-size Christmas quilt. I drew the pattern myself, and one of the units is paper pieced, which I also drew free-hand. When I have the quilt top done I will likely post a video tutorial about it. 

Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to finish this sample earlier in the fall, before Christmas, so this is going to be one of my upcoming samples for my classes in the new year. My students love Christmas fabric all year long anyways :)

Wishing everyone good luck as you finish off your Christmas gifts!

-Tiffany

Photo Transfers & December Update!

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday!

I had a very busy weekend, teaching classes Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Lots of awesome projects were worked on and a few students even finished some projects!

My students have been loving playing with photo transfers! Great way to make custom and easy Christmas gifts

 photo transfers are also an easy way to personalize a project if you don't have an embroidery machine.

To learn more about photo transfers, you can watch this YouTube video that I made a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8byHKelriU

My last custom orders were picked up over the weekend :) I am no longer accepting any custom orders until the new year. Now I will be focusing my time on finishing up the remainder of my classes (which end on December 20th, until the new year), and also beginning to prepare samples for the next term of classes. 

On Sunday afternoon, once all my classes were done for the weekend, I jumped back into a cake decorating class at my local Michaels store. Those of you who know me well know that I thoroughly enjoy cake decorating and baking in my spare time. 

The theme of the class yesterday was a penguin cookie class. These little guys are definitely one of the cutest baked goods I've ever created :) Anyone else love penguins? 

Are you working on any special holiday projects? 

-Tiffany