Some Great Easy Projects....and I do mean that!

I was just cruising my usual sewing and quilting blogs and I saw a reference to this website: Quiltville.com

She has some great projects that are scrap/stash/beginner friendly.  I have printed out some of the patterns, but go check out the list on the right side (down towards the bottom.)  Especially Strip Twist (which I love) and Simply Strippy.  With the Accuquilt and some motivated ladies I bet we could really get some work done! k.

Sew Many Memories

Here is my finished Korean Quilt. I am happy with it and so glad that it is done. I hate having unfinished projects.
Korea is already feeling like a distant memory so I will cherish this always. Many thanks to all of you who stuck through with the whole process even though at times it was a little painful.


I can't wait to see what you all did. Mine is a boring. I played it safe like always.
What can I say. I am simple.

Humanitarian Super Monday

Reporting that 60 kids t-shirts have been acquired....I don't know that we will get that many done but wouldn't THAT be great.  (We are using these as the "base" for play dresses, which is one of the categories for donation to LDS Humanitarian Aid.)  They are white, so fun prints with white in them might be best.  Sizes from 2-14 I think. hehehe. k.

March

So we actually had a meeting, which is something for this time of year.  We decided that ALL who are in town (not just group members) should come to a Super Monday on the 11th of April (Spring Break for SAES etc) and have a grand sewing day for Humanitarian projects.  We will have a variety of sewing based activities and for people not so inclined, we will also need some vigilante adults to watch kids. heh

I think we will try to do School Bags, Play Dresses, some kind of easy quilt blocks and maybe pillowcases.  Any other suggestions?  People should plan to bring fabric (or a little cash to help.)  ALL projects require only straight stitching and will also have non-sewing aspects for those of you who are afraid of the terrible beast, your sewing machine!

More details forth-coming. k.

Weekend Baby Quilt

When I sew, I normally set up my machine on the kitchen table and take up more than half the table with all my stuff. So when the machine gets put away and the table is actually clean (which, let's face it, even when the sewing machine isn't there, the table is still a mess), I usually don't break out the machine for awhile. But last weekend, I wanted to sew so out came the machine and the subsequent mess. Of course, I was supposed to sew my sloper dress shell and skirt for the Sewing group but I decided to work on a baby quilt for my sister, who is expecting a boy in May.

I turned to my fabric stash and Oh, Fransson!, my favorite site for quilting inspiration for a quick project. She does beautiful, modern quilts and I just bought her book because I love her stuff so much. I really wanted to showcase the fun car fabric I bought awhile ago and I loved the punch of color and contrast the panel of blocks provided. I cut out pieces on Friday, sewed all day Saturday and Sunday and bound the quilt on Monday. (Which shows me that it doesn't take a year to make a quilt, like my last baby quilt took me....) Here's the finished product:

I also wanted to practice free-motion sewing. Luckily, this fabric has a pattern built right into it, and I quilted along the road. Unfortunately, my free-motion quilting (with the feed dogs covered) didn't go so well, so I reverted back to the feed dogs, but I think if I buy the right foot for my machine, it'll go much easier with practice.


The binding was a pain but I think with more practice, I'll get much better at it. I machine sewed the entire binding, and I think in the future, I'll hand sew it which will leave me with better results. But, this is only the second time I've bound a project this way and I can already tell I've improved. Luckily, my sister-in-law is pregnant and I'm planning on making her a baby quilt as well so I'll get more practice soon.

Liz