Day 52 of 2024

I am taking part in the Hemingway Pouch sew along. 

It's only four days long and tomorrow is the last day. 

I made this quilted panel in a longarm class in June of 2017. 

I have been trying to figure out what to make with it 

for as long as it has been sitting around in my studio. 

What better use than to use it to make my pouch. 

So since the first day was cutting fabric and getting it ready for quilting, 

I could skip that day. 

The second day was actually quilting the fabric so I skipped that day too. 

Today was attaching zipper binding and the zipper. 

I was waiting for an order of zippers to arrive 

so this ended up being a non-participating day also. 

So tomorrow is the day.

 I will be starting and finishing my Hemingway Pouch. 

Be on the lookout for a "finished" picture.

 

Day 25 of 2024

I auditioned fabrics to fill in the gaps in the palette

 for my Sew Along quilt. 

Tomorrow I will serge the edges, prewash and press.

I can't wait to get started.

 

Day 24 of 2024

I'm participating in two sew alongs this February. 

One of them begins Saturday with the fabric cutting. 

This means that I need to have my fabric all selected, 

washed and pressed in just a couple days. 

I was having a hard time with the decisions that needed to be made

 so I recruited Little E and M to give me their opinions. 

This is the main combo that was the winner 

until I figured out that I don't have enough of the dark gray

 for that fabric to be the background. 

So I gave the daughters one more option that I had not mentioned before

 and it became the new winner. 

As I progress on this quilt, I will be sure to show you what I'm up to.