Day 261 of 2026

I finished cutting out a new quilt today. 

It has been my nap time cutting project for a couple weeks now. 

The stack in the back will need to be sorted and put away. 

To the right of the fabric stack is my colorful pouf. 

That's where the unusable bits are going.

 

Day 189 of 2026

I am making something called a wearable toile. 

This means I am making a garment out of fabric

 that is not the "good" fabric 

I intend to use for the real garment. 

This allows me to make my pattern adjustments 

and try it out to see if I am happy with the fit 

without ruining my "good" fabric

 if the adjustments are not quite right. 

In theory, the wearable toile will be good enough to wear 

even if there are still small adjustments to make. 

My fabric for this trial garment is two 100% cotton 

Pottery Barn crib sheets I found at the thrift store.

 

Day 36 of 2026

Years ago my quilting group made felted wool pincushions. 

I have many scraps from that time.

When shapes are cut from a larger piece

 it is no longer a neat piece.

 There are always these weird shapes sticking out

 that make the wool quite messy.

I recently found a bag of felted wool pieces. 

I decided to trim them up and cut as many little shapes

 as I could from the messy bits. 

These will go in a separate place for future appliqué projects.

 

Day 324 of 2025

Today I had a fun scrap fabric swap with a friend.

 

Day 298 of 2025

This update is mainly for M. 

The horizontal cutting layout didn't work 

so I ended up with the vertical layout. 

I cut off the fringe and may add it as accents to some of the seams 

with random placements. 

Now I just need to find where I put my zippers

 after I got them neat and organized.

 

Day 294 of 2025

I'm a fabric prewasher. 

Here are some of the fabrics I have serged 

and washed today to start my new project palette.

 

Day 199 of 2025

There is a whole lot of sewing on the docket for this weekend. 

Once again Michaels came through

 with the materials I needed for this project. 

 

Day 125 of 2025

 

I'm still working on collars. 

I'm still not sure if it's worth the effort, 

but at this point I feel like I'm too far in to quit now. 

As for the Cheerios, I have recently found that sometimes 

when the directions suggest a person eat a little something

 and drink a full glass of water with medicine, 

it is a good idea to do so.

 

Day 124 of 2025

While looking for a certain yarn in the yarn closet, 

I found a very large tote bag containing the collars and cuffs 

from all the shirts I have deconstructed for quilting use.

 These pieces need the buttons removed and the pieces cut apart. 

I am giving it a go to see if the effort is worth it. 

Either way I will be glad to have the space in the closet back.

 

Day 94 of 2025

I didn't get any sewing done today, 

but I did get something cut out. 

I'm making a special t-shirt to wear under a dress 

to make it a bit more modest. 

I am making the shirt out of a thrifted shirt 

that I no longer wear.

 

Day 51 of 2025

Last month I wanted to follow along with a QAL (quilt along) 

because I already had the pattern and a fabric pull done. 

I had set it aside when I couldn't participate the first time around. 

Recently I rearranged where and how my WIPs (works in progress) are stored. 

The project in question got moved. 

Most of these WIPs got put in the Big Room but I couldn't find it there. 

Today I spent some time looking again as I have been every couple days 

and there was a neat stack of containers sitting right there on a chair 

in my studio which I had overlooked. 

In the second one from the bottom is my "lost" project. 

The QAL is over now but maybe this will become a priority 

and thus become an early finish for the next time this holiday rolls around.

 

Day 50 of 2025

I have an idea for a new quilt. 

I made a test block to try it out. 

It came out to the correct size- always a good sign. 

I plan to use scraps and stash fabrics so each block will be an adventure. 

It will be fun to see how this develops.

 

Day 44 of 2025

Hello, happy place.

 

Day 42 of 2025

I am working on looking through my bins of WIPs. (Works in Progress)

Some projects will not be finished and are getting dismantled. 

The fabrics I still like will get put back on the fabric shelves. 

Things I do not intend to keep are headed for a designated donation spot. 

This is a set of blocks that I do intend to finish. 

At the time I put it away I had decided to split the blocks up 

and make two smaller quilts. 

The original pattern called for small borders around each block

 before sewing them together. 

The blocks on the left were going to be my "yellow" quilt 

and the blocks on the right were going to be my "pink/aqua" quilt. 

I've decided to put them back into just one quilt. 

I did a bunch of rearranging today 

and have an idea where I am headed with this one 

but probably won't show you until the top is sewn together.

 

Day 41 of 2025

I usually wash all my fabrics before I start a quilting project. 

I have had these squares and the pattern 

selected for this project for a long time. 

Because these squares are part of a charm pack (fabrics precut to 5"),

 I will not be able to prewash

 as the 5" dimension may shrink and the edges may fray. 

So while I was ironing some household items from the laundry today, 

I decided this would make a great small next project

 to get me sewing quilt type items again 

(This is a table runner)

and pressing seemed like the proper prep

 for fabrics that will not be washed.

 

Day 31 of 2025

Spending time with some of my favorite things.

 

Day 226 of 2024

Yes, I took a quick trip to Seattle. 

Where am I answers are below.

Day 222: I'm not sure what building this artwork is on, 

but it was spied on our walk to a special ice cream establishment.

Day 223: Flock Fiber Festival with M.

Day 224: Smith Tower built in 1914 

Day 225: Seattle sky with beautiful clouds on the way to the airport

Day 226: This picture shows my Fiber Festival purchases (yarn) 

and my fabric and pattern purchases from a local stitcher's shop. 

 

Day 183 of 2024

Happy mail arrived today with these beauties

 I got from an online destash account. 

I am very excited about the possibilities.

 

Day 121 of 2024

This zipper pouch is done and off in the mail. 

I've put a notebook and my feet with it for scale. 

This is the largest size on the pattern.

Here's a peek of the back so you can see 

how I merged the initial with the unicorn fabric.

 

Day 119 of 2024

I'm trying to merge this initial with some unicorn fabric. 

I'm having quite a time trying to

 wrap my head around how to get it just right. 

Maybe tomorrow.