I didn’t really mean to sew anything this morning. Still, I ended up at the sewing machine and about 20 minutes later I had this nifty little fold over clutch. I found the not-sequins fabric at Joann’s and fell in love, even though I have absolutely no occasions that require a shimmery purse. You may see me carrying this to the gym.
I had planned to spend a good chunk of the weekend quilting and binding this just finished quilt top:
But sometimes life throws you a surprise, like your daughter asking you to take her to the fabric store. Seriously! It happened! One of my non-crafty, video game playing daughters asked me to take her to the fabric store. So I dropped everything and took her shopping.
She set up in my crafting space and spent the weekend making Scalemates, cute little dragon-ish things from Homestuck … this thing she reads. I don’t know. It’s kind of like we live in the same house but speak different languages. But thanks to Scalemates, we found common ground. Here are the two she made this weekend, completely sewn by her own gamer girl hands:
If you’d like to make some, there is a lovely tutorial by Metroidhat. My daughter actually said “whip stitch” and knew what it meant. I’m so proud. :)
Since she had taken over my crafting space, I started something more portable based on this embroidered United States map seen on In Color Order.
I’m not sure what I’ll do with the finished map. Maybe a quilted wall hanging? A pillow?
So quilting had to wait, but it certainly wasn’t a wasted weekend!
I love cut chenille baby blankets! Layers of flannel are sewn into lines across a pretty cotton fabric. Cut, bound and ready to wash …
it frays up so nicely into a thick froth of chenille.
This style is so easy that it would make a great first quilt for a new quilter, yet it makes a plush, incredibly soft blanket.
This type of blanket is perfect for those fabrics you like so much, you don’t want to cut them up. Show them off!
You can see more about cut chenille blankets here. In the near future, I hope to make another one of these for a little sports-fan-to-be!
I found this prayer this morning and thought it sounded so modern, that it fit “today” so well. I was surprised to find it was written by Sir Francis Drake in 1577.
This makes me want to dream a little more, dare a little more and try not to worry so much when I lose sight of land.
I posted a tutorial recently for making half square triangles, the basis of this quilt and pillow, if you’d like to try it for yourself. I plan to use half square triangles for a very different style of quilt for another upcoming little one soon, but for now I’ll just enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from this one.
Have a great day!
