Quilts need to be loved

Granddaughter Sophia is 3 1/2 now and the baby quilt I made for her has been nearly loved to pieces already. It is in her bed every night and has been washed a lot. And that is exactly what I like to hear. But it is also getting too short to cover her up completely. So it is time for a new quilt.

While here visiting this weekend I pulled out a couple of quilts and asked which one she like better. Pink is her favorite color and her face just lit up when she saw this one. It went home with her on Sunday afternoon. 

This was a summer mystery quilt from a couple of years ago, and I'm so glad it is going to be loved and used. 

Pillowcases packed and ready

31 pillowcases are packed in a shopping bag and ready to go. My daughter is delivering them to a friend who volunteers with an agency that works with women and children rescued from human trafficking situations. There is an assortment here so some will go to children and others will be more appropriate for the women.  Just a small gift, but I'm so excited to have these going to a good cause.

Now what?

There are 2 of these and they are finally quilted. These are pillow shams from a Thimbleberries Club project at least a decade ago.  I sewed them but then they just lingered in my sewing room closet hanging on a hanger.

So now what do I do with them? Should I just bind them both? Or should I add envelop backs to turn them into the pillow shams they were supposed to be?  Decisions, decisions . . .

A play date with my sewing room

Yesterday I saw scissor cases on a favorite blog (Wyoming Breezes) and I just had to give this a try. I had the afternoon off and it was a perfect time to play in my sewing room.

The green case on the right side was made according to the tutorial, with the fold going the correct direction and with interfacing inside.  The case will hold a large and small scissors in the 2 front pockets and will hold a rotary cutter in the back pocket - or any combination of 3 cutting tools.  

The 3 black print cases have the fold going opposite of the instructions because I decided I wanted that black print to show more.  The upside of that is that my large scissors fit better. And I like both versions.

The 2 green ones on the left side have fusible fleece inside because I ran out of the interfacing. The fleece made them a bit too thick and so I used pearl cotton and laced up the open side instead of top stitching through all of those layers.  It worked out OK too. 

These 6 cases used up about a yard of fabric and it was all out of my stash including the buttons, except for the one button I purchased.  I even made yo-yos to put under plain black buttons on the 3 black cases. 

Sewing for charity

A group of friends working on a project for a local organization to raffle as a fundraiser - always a fun activity. We got together on Tuesday night and cut all of the quilt pieces including the borders. My task was to make the binding. Done and ready to use! This black print is the main focus fabric.

A finish for October - finally

My Halloween block swap quilt is finally bound and ready to enjoy. I need to come up with a good name for this one and finish the label for the back. Any ideas for me?

I'm connecting to Design Wall Monday at http://www.patchworktimes.com  

Stripes, stripes, and more stripes

I haven't finished anything this week except individual blocks for various projects, But I didn't add anything to the stash either.  My goal today is to finish the binding on my Halloween quilt so that next week I can count it - and even more important - can enjoy it on my sofa.

The striped binding is looking great. It echos the same stripe used in the sashing. And it picks up on the striped socks on the witch's leg block in the center of this quilt. 

In this week:  0 yds

In this year:  194 yds

Out this week:  0 yds

Out this year 161.5 yds

Status of the Stash:  still way behind the stash!