Woodland Delight Patchwork Bag

There has been some sewing here lately. Granted an old sewing machine was used on a tiny little night stand, but something wonderful has come out of it.

I used a Woodland Delight charm pack and some white webbing for the strap. It was a simple project but I loved how it turned out. Plus it felt good to sew again since it's been so long. I definitely want to purchase more Woodland Delight fabric but refuse to purchase anything else until we move. Our storage is at max capacity now.

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Sewing

My family and I moved into my parents house in November. Our house being built was supposed to be done by Christmas and we wanted to sell our old place in the meantime. Well we sold our old place but unfortunately the new house still isn't done. I've been without my sewing machine & art supplies for two months now and I finally broke down and decided to change that tonight. I went into my parents basement and found the Kenmore and plugged it in. The Kenmore isn't my favorite machine but it's the only one not buried in all our moving boxes so it will have to do. Besides, it's not a horrid machine like the Singer is. I hate using that one. I honestly don't even know why I still have it.

Please don't laugh. The machine is bigger than the table it rests on. I sit on the edge of the bed for the chair. It's pretty sad. But it still gets the job done!

Here is my patchwork bag in progress. If I can find a lining piece I'll finish it up Saturday.

Sewing those 18 charm squares together made my day.

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Double Sided Fabric

I've been holding onto this piece of fabric Trish sent me for awhile now. I simply didn't know what to make with it since the back has a pattern too. I couldn't use it in quilt or pillow because then the back would be hidden.
I decided to go ahead and make a little pencil pouch without fabric for the lining and am really pleased with the outcome.

 

It does have raw edges on the inside but honestly you don't even notice them since they are in the ends.

Here are some more photos.
I couldn't choose which ones I wanted to post so you get them all. I have been busy packing up fabric all day and am really too tired to blog. I'll show you what I have been dealing with tomorrow…be afraid………..

 

P.S. I think my comments are fixed now. I had to change from Yahoo mail to Gmail so I will have to change my contact page everywhere which is a pain. I am thinking of making some adjustments here anyway though. I need to add some people to my blog list since something happened to my reader and I can no longer get into it.  I am having serious technical issues lately.

 

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Japanese Laptop Sleeve

This has probably been my favorite project as of late.

I used a lot of my Japanese scraps and made a patchwork laptop sleeve that I absolutely love.

Sure not all the corners match but that's inevitable when you are using different sized scrap squares.
I just loved all the little prints featured and am even thinking of making a throw like this.

I think the only part of this project I didn't enjoy was the actual quilting part. I seem to have a problem quilting things. It hurts my back and I just get bored halfway through the process. This is probably why I only have 2 completed quilts and 5 tops laying around right now.

 

So there it is my quilted laptop sleeve in Japanese prints. Too bad this one was commissioned for someone else. I really wanted to keep it for me. I knew I should have bought more Japanese fabrics when I could. Now with this house building going on my fabric sprees are over for awhile.  I feel like I am in fabric rehab.  😦

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Sew Evil Homestyle Pouch

Hey everyone! First just wanted to say thanks to everyone that visited my Halloween party and left comments. Some of them had me laughing out loud. 🙂 Typepad for some reason isn't emailing me my comments so I will get back to everyone as soon as I can get that fixed.

It's back to the usual pink fabric projects here now.
My orange and black photos will  go into hiding until next year.

This pouch was borderline torture to create.
I love the looks of the curved tops in Sew Sunny Homestyle but for some reason I could not get the zipper ends to match up when sewing the sides together.

The bad thing about this is that I have a bunch more already cut out and I'm not sure what I am going to do with those pieces. I really am not inclined to actually make another one of these pouches anytime in the near future but don't want to leave this lovely fabric sitting around.

I  may just cut them into small pieces for something patchwork

I'll have to think about it while I am taking art classes, and trying to learn more about my camera.

Sometimes I wish I didn't have so many hobbies , there isn't enough time in a day to do it all.

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Another Sew Sunny Homestyle Party Bag

I am in love with sewing little patchwork bags from the Sew Sunny Homestyle pattern.
They are quick yet turn out so cute. Of course I am drawn to anything patchwork so it would be hard for me not to like it.

On this one I used Bari J's "Full Bloom" line.

Back:

 

Inside:

 

I think this print was perfect for the handle with the little vines climbing up.

Things have been so busy with the house and kids in school  that it's hard for me to get enough time for blogging. I am still sewing though and hope to be able to join the wonky cabin quilt a long taking place now.
I practiced on some scraps this weekend and think I can manage the bigger block sizes now….I think….

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Gathered Patchwork Bag

So now that classes are basically over I have started back up on my sewing projects.

I have plenty of things halfway completed that I should be finishing right now. Instead though I am cutting up all my birthday fabric and starting new ones. Wouldn't you be? I have been staring at that fabric since the beginning of May and haven't had time to even think about what I will make out of them.

 

Last night was the first chance I had to actually take time to skim my idea book and contemplate on what I wanted to work on first.

I cut out little 3 inch squares and made some strips out of really cute Japanese fabric.

 

The squares are for a secret project and I can't post photos in case the recipient happens upon here.

 

I can show you the final product from the strips though. A gathered patchwork bag!!

No matter how many times I check something over before photographing it there is always a stray piece of thread that ends up on my photo. Do you see it? It really annoys me when that happens. 😦

 

Anyways, here is an action shot….meaning all my junk is inside. I tried to cut back on things I carry around in my bag but it still seems to look like the bottom is about to fall out.

 

Still everything fits inside and that is really all that matters.

I actually did this at my moms house on the old Kenmore machine I keep there. The Kenmore is a pretty decent sewing machine even though it's many years old. The downfall of this bag was that I didn't have a seam ripper or hand-sewing needle. I really prefer gathering by hand and not by machine. I think that was the worst part. I will definitely be making this style bag again perhaps next weekend. I am going home tomorrow night but doubt I'll have time to sew. We haven't been there all week so I am sure there will be cleaning and other uncreative chores to do.

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Zip Pouch’s

This blog has not been forgotten I promise.
I spent all last weekend sewing and didn't get a chance for Sunday Stash. I had the fabrics photographed though and everything.
Then my second quarter at school started this week and I haven't really had time to even go online. I'll probably do an "official" blog break post in a couple days.

Those zip pouches were for an order from someone. I'll probably make some more similar to them after school is over for my shop. I have enough of the outside prints, but the inside linings will be different.

It's Easter basket time now. I am sure the boys will be puking by lunchtime tomorrow with all the candy & chocolate.

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Good Folks Quilt (part II)

The top of my Good Folks quilt is basically done at this point. I need to do a border and then the dreaded quilting & binding. 

I was supposed to be in sunny Florida this weekend to do the actual quilting on Dawn's long arm machine. However, since I couldn't get out of work for a day I ended up being stuck here all weekend while it's rained for two weeks straight. 😦

I could send this back with Trish in May to do it for me but that would kind of defeat the purpose of "me" making a quilt. Especially if someone else does the quilting.

Oh well I guess it's time to move onto a new project until I figure out what to do with this one.
Maybe I can actually start on a buttercup bag.

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Lizzy Dish Mini Quilt

Sometimes my projects take a path of their own. Today was one of those instances with my Lizzy Dish coaster project. 

I had started this morning out with my tiny squares ready to make my patchwork coasters.

Things were going great until I had all squares sewn and ready for the backing.

 

I stared at them and the thought of making them into coasters just didn't seem right. It needed to be something bigger and better. Not something small that would be dropped under tables and have coffee spilled  on.

So this mini quilt was born.

Sadly my batting is at my mom's house so I couldn't finish it but hopefully I'll be able to complete it next weekend.  Or it could sit around with all my other quilt tops that I have until the day I get over my fear of batting  & binding.
🙂

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