I’ve had two homespun plaid fabrics sitting out for months, from the last time I made a couple of Sunshine and Shadow Starburst blocks. As usual, I think I’m going to get around to them the next time I walk into the sewing room, but I get distracted by numerous other things. So I started… Continue reading It just feels happy
Category: Sewing
General sewing
Playing around with scraps
In between sewing pink alternate blocks, I sometimes feel the need to give myself a color break. My mom gave me some leftover scraps from her Twilight in the Garden quilt, and some were actually big enough to make an Aunt Beulah’s Arrowheads block. I just pulled out some darker green scraps from my own… Continue reading Playing around with scraps
More off the trail blocks
I’ve gotten five of my alternate-alternate blocks made, and I’ve been making “kits” of the rest. I still have a little trimming to do of some units, then I can sew, sew, sew. I think I’m going to set these together with a single plain white fabric.
Fairy Lights project bag
This will probably be the last jumbo project bag I make for a little while. I need to make some large ones, and possibly a few medium ones too, but the huge projects are all ensconced in their own jumbo bags now. One of the interesting things about this fabric is that some of the… Continue reading Fairy Lights project bag
Pine cones project bag
I just loved both of the pine cones fabrics here. They have a wintry feel on the feature fabric. While the interior fabric may have been better quilted in straight lines than diagonal crosses (since it is more obvious when I haven’t sewn straight because the fabric pattern is on the diagonal), I still really… Continue reading Pine cones project bag