Quilt Of Honor...

Found some red, white and blue fabrics in my stash and made a Disappearing 9-Patch Quilt Of Honor top for a veteran.  I passed this top on to the organization's chairman. It will be long-arm quilted by a volunteer and donated to a veteran recipient.  

Stashbusting:

3 yards of assorted fabrics

4 flat sheets and 5 muslin curtain panels given to the Quilts Of Honor organization 

for backings for this, and other quilts.

From Chef's apron to more...

So I made my sister a chef's apron a few year ago, and she asked me to cut it down to a half-apron.  I did so, then I used the leftover fabric to make her a microwave bowl cozy, and a small table runner.  To make the table runner more absorbent, I used an old microfiber towel as batting. 

 

The "new" apron, a microwave bowl cozy and a tablerunner.

Stashbusting:

1 yard of assorted scrap fabrics

1 microfiber towel as batting.

Sewing small things again...

The new, black and red kitchen set for my daughter. 

2 embellished towels, 2 microwave bowl cozies, and 2 potholders.  

Combining two techniques...

Different things going on in my sewing room...

 I made a crocheted baby afghan and then backed it with fleece. The fleece is  the blue and green zigzag - a remnant of a fleece blanket from Walmart.  The blanket was cheaper than buying a yard of fleece fabric, and it matched the crocheted afghan perfectly. 

 

 

I am making some kitchen items for a couple people who have decorated their kitchens with red and black.  I bought 2 fat quarter bundles at Walmart in the colors and will be using them for various items.  In this photo is the first microwave potholder bowl.

Doing some new things, too...

My daughter started learning to crochet and while I was visiting her, I rediscovered it for myself.  A grandmother taught me some basic stitches when I was around 11 years old.  So I started with simple stitches for now and made something for the baby. Below is a not very good photo of the baby afghan I made.  (1 large skein of baby yarn and a simple double crochet). I did the same stitch around the edges 3 times to use up the yarn.

My daughter made the potholder, but I finished the edges...it's a little wonky, but she's learning.

And even more baby sewing!

Still sewing things for the baby.  The baby's room is camo and pink.  The bed set is regular camo with pink accents.  It came without a crib skirt, so I made one to match. Due to miscommunication, I had thought the baby's room was done in pink camo, so I'd bought fleece and flannel in pink camo! The parents thought it was great, and like the idea of mixing and matching the camos. So I went ahead with the sewing.

The top row is flannel washcloths, I was experimenting with flannel backed with flannel and flannel backed with terrycloth. The green ones are flannel/flannel, the pink camo ones are flannel/terrycloth.  I cut a 10 inch square and just sewed the right sides together, left an opening, turned and sewed around the edges on the outside. 

 

The middle of the crib bed skirt will not be seen. The dimensions are 53"  X 29" and the skirt drop is 14 inches, including the 1 inch pink trim.

Stashbusting:

1 spool of black thread

53" X 29" cotton fabric from an old curtain

More Baby Sewing...

I've been doing more baby sewing using my Featherweight.

The breast pads and washcloths are from the previous sewing session, but I made more.  I am experimenting with baby washcloths - 2 sides of flannel, OR one side flannel/one side terrycloth.  The burp cloths are one side flannel and one side terrycloth.

Stashbusting:

about a yard of flannel

about a yard of terrycloth

various colors of thread on old bobbins