Keychain wallets

 And while we were making keychain wallets, I made a bunch for my friends at Bible study.

 

 

Granddaughters keychain wallets

 My granddaughter and I were working on a fun project together - making little bags to give to her friends. She's getting really good at putting in zippers. The only thing that I have to help her with is using the iron and the rotary cutter. I took the Zippy Strippy Bag pattern and modified it to make it extra small, then added a lobster clasp swivel ring. She and I made all these fun bags together. Then we went to a dollar store and filled them with little candies and stickers. What a fun project to do together!

 

 

My Strippy Bag

 For the last 2 weeks, I've been teaching myself a new bag. It's called the Zippy Bag, by Sallie Tomato. I made it out of Sallie Tomato chevron cork with gold Sallie Tomato hardware. It's got a zipper top enclosure and 3 zippered outer pockets. I used fusible fleece on the lining, but I don't think I'd do that again. When I was turning the bag inside out, it was quite voluminous trying to turn that bulk through a 4 inch hole. Next time, I'll stick to Shapeflex. I learn something new with every bag I make. I'm truly having a great time learning new things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Fancy Forest quilt

 Last month, I finished up this quilt for our son's fiancée. It's an Elizabeth Hartman pattern called Fancy Forest. By adding borders, I was able to make it big enough to be full size. I am particularly proud of how I was able to make the butterfly border line up on all 4 sides. I used the quilting pattern Interlocking Loopy and used a light blue thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grateful block 4

 As I mentioned in my last post, I've been catching up on my blocks from the Grateful block of the month with The Quilt Shop at Sauder Village. This post is how I changed up the 4th block.

The first picture is how my blocks ended up - scrappy background with a solid piece for the triangle. The second picture is half of the block of how it was supposed to be - every strip (color and background) scrappy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grateful month 5 blocks

 Last week I had a chance to work on my Grateful block of the month with The Quilt Shop at Sauder Village. I had gotten behind because the very small pieces were frustrating and I didn't want to commit all the time to these blocks. So I decided to catch up - changing the pattern of the blocks to make larger pieces but with the same look. The attached picture is of month 5. There were 4 blocks for this month and they were all supposed to look like the block in the bottom row . (That block I had made in month 1 for the center of the quilt.). So I made 4 blocks like the ones in the top row. In the next post I'll show how I changed up month 4.

 

 

Redwood Tote bags

 I was sewing with some friends last week and worked on bag making for 3 days. I got 4 Redwood Totes started - fronts and backs assembled. The first is a green bag using a cork fabric called Herb Garden. The second is a butterfly cork. The third is made with a pink Felicity Cork. The final one is also a cork - called Highland Blooms. But I paired it with a cotton linen fabric with pink hedgehogs. I got that adorable fabric at the Quilt Shop at Sauder Village. The cork I purchased from Sallie Tomato.