Sunday 9 October 2011

Japanese Scrap Challenge!

So its only taken me about 5 hours to get blogger to play nice and upload far too many pictures, keep said pictures where I want them, not lose things etc etc...  Lets just say writing my first tutorial has been ...  fun ...

Way back a month or two ago lovely Sarah @ Pings and Needles had a bit of a competition...  What would you make with a bag of Japanese Scraps?  I said I'd make a game.  Rather surprisingly I got through to the second round, which involved receiving a free Japanese Scrap Pack from Eternal Maker, and being challenged to make whatever we'd claimed we'd make when we entered...

If you'd care to look up to the tabs bit, you might spot a new page...  One tutorial as requested!  Sorry if it's a bit pants, it is my first, be kind!  click here for tutorial if you've missed it in the tabs bit...

I love that you all wanted a tutorial with lots of pics, when I realise now that I never actually said what I was making!  Thank you!!

This is what I received, to which I added 1 Fat Quarter of solid, some batting, and some ribbon.

approx. 1 fat quarter in scraps

Here's the finished competition entry...  my noughts and crosses or tic tac toe game...

9.5" quilted and bound 9 square grid with 0.75" sashing between and around squares.

Ribbon attached at the back is used to thread up the player pieces

Board with Player Pieces, 5 noughts and 5 crosses, which are 2" padded squares with ribbon loops for tidying

Noughts and crosses / tic tac toe in action

The back of the player pieces are also a jigsaw!
Keep a look out for Sarah's blog post tomorrow, announcing the official start of the competition voting!  I realise that I am up against some wonderful, imaginative, desirable entries - so I'm not asking you to vote for me.  But please do look out for Sarah's post, have a look at all the wonderful entries, and vote for which ever you like!

35 comments:

  1. you of course will have my vote! this is amazing sarah! iloveit! loveit loveit loveit!

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  2. Wow! That looks great and such a fun idea. Good luck in the competition!

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  3. Aahh! I love the surprise of the jigsaw on the back. So imaginative. Well done....

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  4. This is so cute and clever, I love it! Good luck with the competition!

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  5. I scrolled down through the pictures thinking, "oh, that's so cute, how adorable, so sweet.." and then I got the jigsaw and went, "Oh, cool!" Great touch!

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  6. This is very cute and I love the fact that you could roll this up, stuff it in the handbag and produce at appropriate moments where a bit of fun distraction is needed. Good luck Sarah!

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  7. that's brilliant! it'll definitely get my vote! It's a nicely detailed tutorial too!

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  8. Yay, it's great! I love it and I love your tutorial, too. And the jigsaw is a brilliant touch.

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  9. Ooooh, its fab! Such a clever idea, love it :-)

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  10. Looks like a great tutorial ! Don't think you've left anything out! The board is so cute I'd just like to have it as an eye spy game!

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  11. OK **nicke, I've got your number!!

    Let the fun begin, hee hee!!

    PS. This is great!

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  12. Love the Jigsaw extra! How am I going to choose who to vote for?! Hopefully I can wangle at least two votes for my girls!

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  13. I love how you thought of all the details like the ribbon loops and the puzzle. You have a brilliant concept here! There will be little naughts and crosses games appearing all over Flickr with links to your tutorial.

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  14. Love it, and that picture the back of the Os and Xs make is genius

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  15. This turned out lovely. I love it! I see you and Ellie Cat are at a draw!

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  16. as i scrolled down your post it just kept getting better until finally the last pic with the tree: clever & cute - love. it.

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  17. What a cute game! I like the puzzle on the back, too! :)

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  18. Great idea! I love the puzzle on the back! I guess the list will wait then, seeing as you clearly loved doing the tutorial!

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  19. this is fabulous! there is so much detail - well done, and you definately have my vote

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  20. What a great idea, creative Sarah! Well done :)
    PS - blogger hates me today, so I'm a name/url commenter. Sorry!

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  21. Ooooh! I think that's great. I do hope you win :)

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  22. Love this idea, as it's quite original. I was scrolling down looking at the pictures thinking, how cool and pretty, such a great way to use scraps, and then I saw the reverse side pic of the player pieces. Can't believe you made a jigsaw on the back as well, 2 games in 1!!. Cool with a capital C. :o)

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  23. Hey, i can finally post comments! The jigsaw is a great idea!

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  24. Wow, great tutorial! I hope to make one for a present this year. And I managed to join pinterest and so I pinned it, and it worked!

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  25. It's wonderful! Love the tutorial - not sure I've ever before guffawed whilst reading one but I think the others are missing a trick!! Love the game and the jigsaw on the back of the pieces and the trick with the masking tape on the little loops is inspired!! Good luck!

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  26. great tute! well done you! clever 'ol clogs you!

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  27. Sarah, that is awesome, then when I scrolled down to the bottom and saw that jigsaw... well that just blew me right out of the water!
    Lucky I got back to leave a comment ;)

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  28. Too clever for words! These are so coooooool! Jxo

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  29. I love how many ways you can play with this!

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  30. I have the same problem as Cindy. I'm trying again using Firefox to see if it wants to play now.

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  31. Wow Sarah, what you've made is so incredible! Imaginative and beautiful at the same time, I just love it!!!

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