Dizzy Quilts
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Welcome to Dizzy Quilts! I am Izzy and by day, I am an e-Learning Designer for a global company. A left-brained quilter trying to find her creativity. During the evenings and on weekends, I enjoy cutting up fabric and sewing it back together into quilts for the ones I love.
Dizzy Quilts
2y ago
For the past few years, I have participated in Quilting Jetgirl's QALs and I have to say, they've never disappointed. This year, the quilt pattern is Planview and it is awesome!
The pattern comes in 6 different sizes, from wall hanging to King. I chose to make the baby size because I thought it would be easier to manage given everything else I had going on over the last few months. But Yvonne's QALs are broken-down in easy to complete steps and she provide more than enough time to get each step done before publishing the next one.
I pulled fabric from my stash for my version - all purples an ..read more
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2y ago
I've been having a lot of fun participating in sewing challenges this year. I made something in February for the #bhmpatterndesigners challenge (you can read about my Hug Hoodie here) and in March, I decided to play along with Ruan (@theyorkshiresewgirl) and Sam (@frugalisama) for #sewfrugal22. The goal of this challenge is to:
Pick a free pattern
Choose a fabric from your stash
Make the project during the month of March
Post a picture of your make on Instagram, tagging both Ruan and Sam, and using the #sewfrugal22 hashtag.
There are a ton of prizes to be won, but more important than that, i ..read more
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2y ago
Itch-to-Stitch released a new pattern recently - the Carmo Top - which I found out via their newsletter. When I saw the tester versions, I knew I was going to purchase the pattern and make one for myself at some point before the end of the Winter. But then I saw Megan's video on YouTube (Megan was a tester and I'm a subscriber to her Channel - check her out!), the pattern jumped at the top of the list!
The Pattern Features
Most of the Itch-to-Stitch patterns that I've been interested in are what I would call "basics with a twist" or "beyond basics". Be it an interesting detail or an out of t ..read more
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2y ago
I'm back to the blog today with a pattern review and my entry to the #BHMPatternDesigners challenge organized by Nateida from Sew Natural Dane. To participate in the challenge, you have to make something from a black pattern designer during the month of February and post your make to Instagram using the hashtag #BHMPatternDesigners. The entry doesn't need to be a garment - could be a knitted project, a quilt, a bag... anything!
For my entry, I decided to make a sweater with the pattern Hug Hoodie by Made It Patterns.
This was my second time using the pattern. My first version was the h ..read more
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2y ago
I went through my cool weather patterns recently and thought it would be fun to make a list of my favourite ones and share it with you!
When making the list, I had these criteria:
The pattern needed to be appropriate for a beginner
I had made a garment from it multiple times
I wore the garments often
All right - this is going to be a fairly long read so let's get started with the first pattern!
The Blackwood Cardigan by Helen's Closet
I made 4 cardigans from this pattern - one short and three long. This is probably my most used pattern and some of my most worn garments. The pattern instruc ..read more
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3y ago
My hubby and I decided to buy some new living room furniture for Christmas. A new beautiful dark grey couch and chair as well as new end tables. Now we have seven grand-children and I would like the new furniture to stay new-looking for a while so we protected the new couch and chair with a stain-resistant treatment and I decided to make two table toppers for the tables.
The pattern I used to make these is One-Eyed Monsters from Cheryl Brickey's book "Just One Charm Pack Quilts". I got the book for free because I was a tester for Cheryl.
I obviously didn't make a full quilt from the pattern ..read more
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3y ago
My boss, who's also a dear friend, is going to be a grand-mother this month. I waited to find out the sex of the baby and the nursery colours before I started planning the quilt. And once I had that information, I started pulling fabric and looking for a pattern to showcase the beautiful prints.
The pattern I used is Pretty in Pluses by Michelle Cain (From Bolt to Beauty). The pattern comes in three sizes: baby, throw and twin. I made the baby quilt and it finished at 40.5" x 48.5".
The instructions are really clear and this was a lot of fun to sew.
The baby quilt size doesn't require ..read more
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3y ago
I'm always looking for cute and professional tops now that I'm working from home (there are currently no plans to send us back to the office) and I think I found a really good one in the True Romance Bishop Sleeve Top by Pattern Emporium.
This is a boatneck top with many different sleeve finishes - 5 in fact - and 4 different hems. You can make this top with a bottom band at the waist, at the hips, leave it unbanded or simply turn the hem up like you would a tee.
I made the dramatic cuffed sleeves with the tee hem. My measurements put me in a size 20 and that is what I went with. The pattern ..read more
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3y ago
Over the Holidays, Blackbird Fabrics had a remnant sale and I managed to get a few pieces. Blackbird Fabrics is one of my favourite fabric shop - it's based in Canada, the quality is top-notch and it's a small business owned by a woman. They have a really good selection of fabric and I've placed many orders with them - and I've always been satisfied with their products.
I thought I'd document my purchase here and if the fabric is still available, provide you with the links. I also have a video on YouTube all about this small fabric haul.
The first fabric is a rayon blend satin in a pale pi ..read more
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3y ago
I'm back! I sort of lost my sewjo last Fall due to new responsibilities at work and being extra tired at the end of the day. But the 2 weeks off over the Holidays did wonders for my energy levels and my desire to start sewing again. I even made a few things as gifts for Christmas!
I thought I would kick off 2022 by making some plans... some Make Nine plans to be exact. This challenge (and hashtag) has been all over Instagram the last few years and I really wanted to play along this year.
Without further ado, here are my Make 9 picks:
First row:
Pulsar Quilt by Quilting Jetgirl - I've been w ..read more