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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sauder Village block of the month

 Today I got to work on my quilt blocks from the quilt shop at Sauder Village block of the month program. We're using the pattern book called "Strawberry Garden" by Fig Tree Quilts. I made the 6 strawberry blocks. (2 for the requirements, 4 extra for the challenge). They were a challenge, but came out pretty well as long as I used a scant 1/4" seams.