Bulat Quilters

Bulat Quilters are a nice group of ladies both English and French who meet twice a month for mainly patchwork and quilting, but we accept any sort of sewing, we have embroiderers, hand sewers, and people who only use their machines.I will be adding to the blog as much as I can, but there were only three people there today so I will add photos of the other ladies as they appear.This is Gail, she introduced us to the item I will be adding for a small free project, it is a thread catcher to put at the side of your machine, where you can put all your bits of thread as you cut them.

This is Hazel, I think I took her by surprise with the camera. 🙂

The Free Project:

You will need to make this thread catcher:
1 piece of fabric 18×9″
1 piece of fabric 6×4 1/2″
1 piece of fabric 6×6″
Small plastic bag
1/2 mg Dry sand

These are the pieces you will need.

Plastic parcel tape or webbing for stiffening the top
Strong thread or ribbon to gather bottom

first press a 1/4 in seam down the long sides of the 6×4 1/2 piece of fabric

Then press a quarter in seam down one long side of the 18×9 piece and along the top press a 1/4 in then fold and sew a good 1/2 in seam. Placing the 6×4 1/2in piece in the center before sewing
Sew the side seams leaving a gap at the top to thread the tape and at the bottom for either ribbon or strong thread to gather the bottom.When you have threaded the tape in over sew the edges so there is no gap. I would sew through the tape across the flap to secure.
sew a 1/4 in seam along two sides of the 6×6 piece, then sew into a tube, turn right sides out, gather one end and secure, then put in the small plastic bag and fill very full with the sand. Secure with plastic tie, then gather end of tube and secure, stitch the loose flap on the bag along the sand filled tube, ta-da finished thread catcher.
This is the one I made this afternoon.