Hello sewing friends, are you ready for another week of my sewing and creating adventures!
Let's get started!
I totally went off my sewing plan for this past week and instead decided I would do a sew-along with Jessica Dayon - Quilting and More.
Like I had time to add anything else to my plate, but I did it anyway. Here are the first two blocks ... I am making this one scrappy blue and will add a backing that is predominately red. The idea is to make the quilt in honor of our country's 250th birthday this year using what I have on hand if at all possible. I think this sew-along is targeted to end somewhere around the end of March, so I'm telling myself, it's only for 3 months and that I can do that!
I made sewing labels for my handmade creations! I've wanted to do this for a long time, but lacked the confidence.
Fast forward to this week ... I can't believe how easy it was ... I don't know why I was so intimidated. Special thanks to Stephanie for her encouragement and help!
This is my version of block #1 in Erica Arndt's Sew With Me 2026 series I mentioned in last week's post. Looking through my 'fabric pantry,' I decided that I wanted to do this one in earth tones and as you can see in the picture, that's what I've done. To me, earth tones are soothing and calming. There are some 'oops' in this block, but the final block size was right, so I trimmed it up and called it good! I look at my 'oops' as me personalizing my quilts!!! It's all good!
This sew-along only has one block per month stretching it out over the entire year. That's the only reason I decided to take it on ... that and the fact that the pattern is free for a specified length of time, I like Erica's patterns and I enjoy making quilts!
This drawstring bag has been in the works for a couple of weeks and this week, I finished it!
The outer fabric came from a shirt my hubby no longer wore and I cut it in such a way that I could include the pocket. Can you spot one of my 'new' labels? I thought it fitting that the first label I used went on a shirt that belonged to my hubby before it was repurposed!
This bag will be used in gifting to someone in our immediate family as the legacy that comes with it will mean something to the recipient.
That's it for this week, I hope you've had a productive week at your sewing machine!
Until the next week!
mrs. patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine
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