The people at Windham Fabrics were kind enough to send me some charms of Cream and Sugar, a new fabric collection by Ampersand Design Studio. I immediately knew what I would make with them. Quite awhile ago, I made the paper pieced Kitchen Aid mixer (pattern by Sew Ichigo). I wanted to turn it into a Kitchen Aid cover but I had a dilemma. We are slowly remodelling our house from 1820. We haven't gotten to the kitchen yet. It must have last been remodelled in the 60s/70s and is the ultimate Brady Bunch kitchen. We have orange Formica counter tops and fake brick walls and dark wood cabinets. It makes me cringe. So I didn't want to make a pretty cover only to have it clash or have to remake it when we remodel. Then along came Cream and Sugar. The collection is full of cute tea prints and they include orange so it works with my Brady Bunch kitchen!
I used my Sizzix Half Hexagon Die to create the long rectangular pattern.
I backed everything with fusible fleece and bound the bottom. My favorite print is the neutral tea bag print--I will be wanting yardage of that one!
Cream and Sugar will be available soon at the Fat Quarter Shop.
That is super cute. I want to buy a mixer just to make a cover :)
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Perfect problem solver! I bet you can hang on a little longer with that beautiful Cream and Sugar! Love this!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use that block....your orange counters are a hoot!:)
ReplyDeleteOh man, that's so cute!!! A welcome addition to any kitchen:-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I LOVE how the pieced Kitchen Aid pattern acts as an identifying label!
ReplyDeleteWondering what's under this lovely cover? Look! It tells you! You don't have to guess!
It's delightful :)
Love the PP'ed bit on the end, it looks nice and cosy now!
ReplyDeleteLove the mixer on the side and what a clever idea to use the selvage with the colors!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Such the perfect Kitchen Aid cover!
ReplyDeleteHearing about your kitchen made me laugh - reminds me of our kitchen now and I also can't wait for remodel day!
Very cool! Sounds similar to our kitchen ;o)
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful! And thank you for the link to the Kitchen Aid Block, I'll need to pop over there and try that out as my poor mixer is very embarrassingly naked and in need now of a cover!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute! I am quite partial to a bit of 70s!
ReplyDeleteLove the mixer and the cover is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI was so excited to see your mixer cover! A couple years ago I bought some fun fabric to make one, but pieced mixer since I first saw the paper pieced pattern when it first came out and knew I wanted that on it as well, but the pattern and the fabric didn't really go together. Now that I have seen your uber cute mixer cover I see how to combine the darling pieced unit and the fabric. Thank you for such a great burst of inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute. I was actually playing with some irregular hexagons this weekend, so seeing this made me smile.
ReplyDeleteoh wow!! we love seeing this darling kitchen-aid cover made from our fabric!! This is the very reason we wanted to become fabric designers, we love seeing beautiful things made with it! Thank you for sharing!
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Morgan & Carrie
www.ampersanddesignstudio.com/blog/
Very nice cover Amy! My KA could use a nice cover so will keep this in mind. Love the KA PP graphic, very cool.
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ReplyDeleteThat's really cool. Making this cover has been on my list for over a year now. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a pattern for the Kitchen Aid Cover?
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