Lots of little finishes

Who doesn't love a long week end? Monday was dedicated to sewing these little cozies and oven mini mitts. I bought the pattern 'Hot Fingers' at a fabric shop in Toronto. I found Insul-Bright here in town so I was ready to make these cute little mitts. Two fat quarters will make four. They are tough to turn but so handy when finished.

I made twelve cell phone cozies, too. I used ribbon instead of fabric for the wrist band and button clasp. That made sewing much faster. I made all of these cozies in two hours.

I cut out the pieces while watching TV Saturday night, then the sewing was quick and easy on Monday. Now what am I going to do with all these? Thinking I may sell them on Etsy or at a craft fair. Can't decide. Any opinions? Suggestions?

Traveling & Sewing

Recently visited Toronto, Ontario and found this yarn shop, Lettuce Knit. So many pretty things it was hard to choose.

It's never cold enough in Mississippi for me to wear wool, so I was looking for something pretty with very little or no wool. I found some nubby cotton and will share when I figure out how to make what I see in my imagination.

Before the trip I made this bag and accessories for a contest at my LQS.

Ninety per cent of the project had to be made of the fabric line Fiesta. Only one item per contestant.

I'm hoping the bag and accessories count as one item. ;-)

Glad to be hooking up with Crazy Mom today.

Happy Easter!

Fun with scraps

I had so much fun with these scraps. I have strips of various chenille, minky, and flannel fabrics from backs of baby quilts. I saw an interesting baby quilt that had squares of chenille framed with cute baby fabric and knew what I could do with some of my scraps.

I cut 5 1/2 inch squares of minky dots, chenille, flannel, and one piece of canvas. I cut strips of buggy  fabric and other fabrics I used in baby buggy 9 patch. After framing 13 squares I ran out of that fabric. I found another buggy fabric in my fat quarter stash and finished 3 more to make 16 framed touchy feely blocks. 

The canvas square seemed too plain, so I added rickrack.

The yellow flannel needed something, so I appliquéd a bug on it. (and I hate appliqué)

Susan gave me some fabric that she bought at a second hand shop. It is Thimbleberries and was perfect. I tried different binding colors and decided orange was the best match. It was leftover from some pillows.

Here are the two baby quilts. I bought new fabric for the giant 9 patch and had enough left to make the framed touchy feely quilt. All scraps!

So much fun! Now somebody have a baby.

Pilllow finish with various other bits

I tried to make a mini quilt and started with 2 inch strips but they were too big. I cut the strips down to one and a half inches. I had 8 four inch blocks and 4 two inch blocks left. 

I used the same border fabric as the mini. This block is 15 inches square. I quilted simple diagonal lines over the blocks and a wiggly line in the border.

Here is the finished pillow cover and the inner pillow. I made the inner pillow out of a bag of leftover batting. I can't throw anything away. I am so pleased with this 'free' pillow made completely from scraps!

Here is the finished pillow. You can see the quilting.

Here are the pillow and similar mini quilt. The mini will be donated to my quilt guild for a fundraiser.

Some other little finishes- 3 flannel baby blankets and the buggy baby 9 patch.

Tomorrow I will work on the buggy framed baby quilt. I can't decide what binding to use but I can get started with pin basting and machine quilting.

Making progress

We had a 'snow' day yesterday. It didn't snow, just rained all day. Anyway, I got lots of sewing done.

First, added a border and quilted this orphan block. One step closer to a pillow.

Next, finished this touchy-feely baby quilt top. Had to change the original plan because I ran out of the three framing fabrics. I want to add an appliqué (I know, I hate appliqué) to the yellow flannel block. It just looks too plain. And I may add buttons to the canvas block to make it more bumpy.

Then, I tried to decide on a binding. Auditioning green. The backing is under all the green on the right. Now I'm thinking yellow or orange would be better.

All made from scraps! yea!

Little Bits of a Finish

Not much sewing but lots of thinking about sewing. Thinking about making the leftover square into a pillow. Trying out possible borders. 

Cut squares and strips for a baby touchy - feely quilt. Using scraps. Planning on 16 squares.

Saw a cute business card holder and had to try it.

This is the inside.

This is the outside. I love this fabric.

This is the finish. (I had to order some business cards to put in my new card holder.)

Had any finishes? 

Mixed mini and other finishes

Trying to make a mini quilt for fundraiser. I started with two inch blocks sewn together. That was too big, so I made one and a half inch blocks. Those were so much smaller! 

The center block is made of four of the smaller size blocks that didn't turn out the way I wanted.

Mom suggested that this mixed mini could be turned into a pillow. Think I will try. Check back next week to see if I succeed.

This is a giant 9 patch baby quilt. The center is a buggy fabric. The backing is some kind of plush/minky type. I just have to stitch in the ditch and turn the backing to make the fake binding.

Close up of the buggy fabric. It reminds me of the creatures in James and the Giant Peach.

I'm reading the book to my older English learners and we will watch the movie when we finish the book. I may show them the finished baby quilt and see what they think of the bugs.

Last weekend I was out of town at a conference, so no sewing. This weekend the weather is beautiful but I just want to sew.