UFO - 1

Pocket section of Quillow

Since I've been on school holidays, this has been a good time to yet again tackle my my fabric stash.  Last break, I was was unhappy with the way I stacked my fabric in the wardrobes as the method of folding I used didn't allow me to store very much.

After some contemplation, I decided to use my quilting ruler to wrap fabric around to fold.  It worked, and as a result, after numerous hours, I was able to fit a lot more fabric in my wardrobe.  The job is not yet finished.  It's a process.  Decisions need to be made as to what stays and what goes.  One laundry basket full of fabric and wool has gone to the textiles teacher at work.  The next lot will go to a group teaching refugee women to sew.  (I haven't got to that yet).

I thought I didn't have many self covering buttons (not so); I thought I didn't have much elastic (not so).  Up side is, I won't have to buy any of these things for a very long time!

I have found some UFOs in the process.  A shirt (now gone); a jacket (that I didn't like the pattern when I first did it - gone).  I have a dress sitting on my machine, and if that isn't finished in the next two weeks - you guessed it, it will also go.

Almost finished quillow (with wonder clips holding binding)

However, I found a quillow that almost was finished. (A quilt with an attached pocket into which the whole blanket can be folded, thus making a pillow. - Wiktionary)  I started this some 15 years ago, I guess.  A friend and I used to get together to sew about once a month.  She gave me this fabric to make a quillow.  It just needed to have the quilting finished and the binding.  This was back in the days that I used to tie my quilts rather than baste them.  So, the underside may have moved slightly in the process, but all that needs to be done now is the hand stitching on the binding.

Happy sewing everyone.

Sandra

Quilt top made for a man that enjoys fishing

I decided that I need to buy less fabric and sew more. Heard that before?

Every time I look at fabric and buy it, I know exactly what it should become. Trouble is, I have more good ideas than I have time.  Poor excuse really. I should make time.

I purchased a piece of fabric with fishing lures on it. I've had it for over a year. Finally, I decided what the design should be.

So I fussy cut the squares of fishing lures, and I used a pack of fat quarters of graduating shades of green, and so, this is what I created.  The top is done, the quilting will come later.  I'm pretty happy with the finished product:

Besides this, I've become mug rug mad, and at every opportunity been making this for upcoming birthdays, I think I've covered birthdays until July this year.  I enjoy doing them, they would also make great Christmas presents.

I've also gone through my wardrobe and turfed two garbage bags of clothes.  If they didn't make me feel good, they are out.  If they didn't fit, yes, you guessed it, they're gone.  Trouble is, I'm under pressure to sew more clothes!  Anyway two weeks to go until I'm back at work, so I should be able to get a couple of tops done.

What have you been up to? What's your latest project?

Enjoy what you're doing. Happy sewing.

Sandra