Hello Friends! It has been a few months since I last shared my sewing projects. I am further into using up my stash with charity pillow case projects. Perhaps I have not mentioned before that these go to the Childrens Hospital located in Washington, D.C. What you see are just the last group finished. At this point I have made 31 pillow cases and love doing them. I can practically do them with my eyes closed :).
Sew What Else?
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Sandra set these up for me from a childs cloth story book. I just got it back from Dale who did the binding and before that Sherry who did the quilting. It is so darn cute. Hard to imagine the blocks came from a story book.
Here is another just back from Dale and Sherry. These girls sure help me complete all the scrappy charity quilts that come from my stash. Check out the cute cat border.
These are my favorites to sew. Joan wonders why I am not taking on any of her kits that she passes out at the Quilters By The Bay meetings since she knows how much I took them before Sandra started cutting up my stash. The hardest part is finding kid themed fabrics 24" in length and WOF in my stash. Sandra keeps my pillow case kits coming and coming. I still have lots more to sew in my bottomless project drawer.
I am anxious to get all these projects to the various charities they will go to. It is great having my two daughers visit. Karen came last weekend with Sandra. Work needed Karen during the week so she only stayed over the weekend. Sandra stayed a week and of course there was quilting involved along with time spent with her Dad doing various things. Karen is back this weekend that she has extended by two days. We will be doing puzzles, bingo, and perhaps a new game called Spinner. As I have said many times life is good when family visits. Hope all is well with everyone and my prayers to those struggling with issues. Get some time for yourself and do what you love.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Saturday, October 29, 2022
This kit is headed my way too for adding to the "kit drawer". It is called Scattered Leaves made with a combination of my scraps and Sandra's. The leaves were a bit tiny finishing at 1 1/2" each unit or a 6" leaf block. Sandra knows me well enough that making them might be too much a challenge so she made the 20 leaf blocks that the size quilt I plan to make will be made and not become a UFO! The project will get a border, but that will get figured out once the 20 finished blocks (as you can see from the sample Sandra made for me) are done. She sure is keeping me in the sewing room and away from puzzle making LOL! Well almost!
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
September 26, 2022
Sandra wants to work on the making of this back next. So I will be working on the rail fence design cut out into one of the kits ready for me.This is the kit along with a sketch of what it needs to end up looking like. Once I have this sewn Sandra will know how big the back needs to be. All coming from my stash! I hope to get to this one after I finish the Broken Courthouse Steps project I started with from her cutting fest! (Photos to follow later.) I have all the blocks done for this scrappy quilt and am sewing the rows together right now.
This is another kit all cut out. All the parts are ready for me, but this one will probably take some time before it will be started. I had so much of the fabric that will be used for the backing (top) that Sandra took some home for a project she will be making for her nephew and family. Her nephew, Andy, is the Line Backer Coach for the University of Illinois. She's planning on two quilts for their downstairs game room in the University's colors, blue and orange. You will need to check out her blog in the coming days to see when she gets this one going.
These are orphan blocks. I always test a block out before I start a project. These will be made into a sampler quilt. Why let something go if secondary project can be made with them. Just takes math to make them all work together; fortunately for me I have Sandra :)
Finally, for now that is, is this fun project that will use up all these fabrics hopefully. She may need some more from my stash, there is USPS Flat Rate Shipping to get them to her for cutting. I think more blues, browns, greens, and reds will be heading to San Diego, CA.
Friday, September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022
Closeup of two blocks. There are no seams to match until the rows are sewn together. This is the first of two kits in this pattern. The second kit is in red/white/blue, but I get ahead of myself... There will be sharing of it when the time comes that I will work on it. The girls at Quilters by the Bay and a few of my followers know how much I love patriotic projects!
This is a tablerunner that I started last year in a Quilters by the Bay workshop. Sandra helped me finish it off. It is ready for quilting. Wait until you see the back I selected. Sandra sure knows how to move through my stash!
This is my "kit" drawer. There are three quilt projects and 27 pillow cases in this drawer. Each one is cut and ready to sew. Old "Mr. A" has made it difficult to cut. Sandra has me ready to take precut kits and sew until there is no tomorrow on my trusty Berninia.
A new pair of scissors that will work around "Mr. A" was ordered and delivered from an Etsy Seller. The larger holes make it "sew" much easier with my fingers. I am still getting used to them, 4" is the size of these. The Etsy Seller has other sizes too...we shall see if another pair comes in the future.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
September 1, 2021
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Sunday, October 20, 2019
I used a red dot for the lining. When she was visiting last month it wasn't quite done. The handles were adjusted to a wider width; the length was perfect. The bag was gifted to Sandra for her birthday that was earlier this month.
Oh you might want to know that I won a 1st place prize for my challenge project...the one with the ugly fabric. I fell in love with making these rope baskets and since this winner was made a few others have been made.
I hope your day is perfect. Until next time be good.