So I knew I needed to make a gift bag for Mary’s shawl, and I also had the baby quilt that I finished a while ago kicking around without a gift bag. It being the last day of a random four day weekend, I decided to tackle that today. (I had the shawl up on […]
It’s another snowy day, and I still had fabric sitting on top of my sewing kit for potential projects I’d mapped out back in December. So to gift bag sewing I went. I’ve done enough of these recently that I winged the cutting on these. And I gusseted some,
I had a little bit of time last week to finish off the binding my seaside quilt. Side bonus: it was lovely having an extra layer on my lap during the depths of the ridiculous cold we’ve been having. I probably should have finished this off in 2013, since I only had the binding to
The perfect activity when you’re stuck inside during a Sunday snow storm? Quilt binding! So, I just have to sew that down to the back of the quit, and this one is done!
Tried some paper piecing yesterday. Aside from my fundamental lack of forward vision (I totally placed the colored pieces wrong to actually achieve a Circle of Flying Geese), I really enjoyed the actual technique. I just have to pay attention up front to how I lay things out next time…
I had yesterday off, and since we had a lovely nor’easter going on, and my family’s Thanksgiving festivities are on Friday this year, I didn’t really have anything I had to do. So I did a lot of chores. Including some clean out the sewing basket things. I made the backing for the quilt
Here’s today’s project: a crib sized Yellow Brick Road quilt top from some sea themed fabrics I picked up a couple years ago. This is something like the fourth or fifth time I’ve used this pattern – it’s deceptively complex looking, but is actually just strip quilting. I took Carol Doak’s Mastering Foundation Paper Piecing
I took Friday off, because I really needed a day off, and I wanted to actually get some sewing done. The day turned out dreary as hell, so I think I made the right choice there. (I also downloaded a paper piecing class from Craftsy so I could take a break and still
Well, today, I finished the skirt I’ve been working on. I gave up on the blind hem. I think the fabric was a little too unwieldy (ie: hard to press and get it to actually stick), and I’d tried the hem so many times, I had a bunch of stitches I couldn’t entirely pull out
So, having given up on the shirt I was working on, I needed a bit of a sewing win. I’d bought some simple gray suiting fabric to make a skirt from a book that gives instructions for patternless skirts, but realized after buying it I’m pretty much a pattern girl. Fortunately, I’ve been sitting on