WIP Wednesday #16

June 21, 2023Posted inB's Darlings, In Progress Pics, Sewing, WIP Wednesdays

Hi friends! I have been busy, busy making so many stuffie friends offline, but time management has not been my strongest skill recently and I have not managed to work online sharing into my schedule. But today was the last day of school for the year and I am going to add sharing in where school pick up was! I will be at the Homefarm Market this weekend and then the Blaine 4th of July, which will probably be my biggest show of the summer, is in less than two weeks so I am on crazy making mode right now. Plus I am at the Lynden Farmer’s Market nearly every weekend through September. Like I said busy, busy! Here are some of the things I am making this week:

Here are some Large Darlings and Sweater Darlings that just need faces and ribbons. That stack in the front is more Sweater Darlings I sewed today that need to be cut out, turned, stuffed, closed, and faces and ribbons added. Lots to get done!

This is a basket of the Tinies I have finished so far this week. I sell Tinies the most so I like to have lots of them ready to go!

These are more in progress Tinies that I marked face placement with pins. Don’t they look creepy and stabby at this point in the process?!!

And here is a little sneak peek of something I am working on- little beds for the Tinies. I got this prototype done this week but will not have any for sale quite yet. Isn’t the tiny quilt and mattress and pillow adorable though? I can’t wait to get some more done. Maybe by 4th of July? We will have to see.

I’m happy to share a peek into my studio! What are you guys working on right now?

Happy Making-

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Weekend Sewing

October 18, 2022Posted inIn Progress Pics, Quilting

Hi friends! Did you get time to sew or create over the weekend? We had a quiet weekend at home and I spent both days in my studio.

I need to quilt the big nautical quilt that I was working on last week…which means the quilt that has been hanging out on my long arm frame for awhile now needed to get finished. But I got it done!

I added the binding (look at those cute snow globes!!).

And then had the brilliant idea to finish the binding on my machine. Which reminded me how much I dislike finishing bindings on my machine and much prefer hand finishing them!

I needed a small project after working on the big king quilt, so I sewed up this cute hexi baby quilt top as well. I’m thinking I will share a tutorial on this top soon on the blog!

What are you working on right now? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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WIP Wednesday #3

October 12, 2022Posted inIn Progress Pics, Quilting, WIP Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday friends! How has your week been? I don’t have a ton more sewing progress to show you since my last post, it feels like my sewing time has been used doing other things this week. And I can’t even tell you what those things were, the week has gotten away from me I can’t believe it is Wednesday already!

I did get a few more navy fabric’s for the king sized quilt I am working on. I didn’t feel like I had enough dark fabrics for how many light fabrics I had, so I grabbed these locally this morning and ordered some other navys to mix in that should be here in the mail tomorrow.

I did manage to get some progress done, but I am sort of pausing now until the other fabrics arrive tomorrow. Those top three strips are sewn together though! That bottom one is not, nor is it long enough. Because of the repetition with the fabrics (can spot the matching fishy fabrics that touch?!) I think I will add a few more strips between before sewing that bottom one to the rest of the top. Also, do you remember how I said I might add a row of half height rectangles between the big block strips? Yeah, apparently that went out the window today….

I pulled this gorgeous yellow/gold/pink bundle out to press while I wait for my navy fabric to come in the mail. This is going to be my first free pattern I post on my blog here and I am super excited to get started on it so I can share it with you soon! I found this bundle in the Ember and Lamb Etsy Shop and have been saving it for the perfect project.

I’ve also gotten a bit of knitting on my sweater in this week, although not much and I didn’t manage to get a photo.

What about you? Have you had time to get some creating in this week? What are you working on? Leave me a comment below and let me know!

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Scenes From Sewing Saturday and Sunday

October 10, 2022Posted inIn Progress Pics, Quilting

I like to sew on the weekends because we tend to be home and I don’t have to stop and start running in and out for school drop offs and pick ups. I started working on the nautical quilt I shared the fabric for last week. I decided to do improv piecing with extra large blocks. I am aiming for 15″ strips, though some of my fabric was a bit smaller and I ended up with one 14″ strip.

This is the main fabric that my Stepmom wanted the quilt to be based on, so I started with a 15.5″ square to build from.

I’m just winging what I am doing for the blocks, so I decided some Half Square Triangles made into a pinwheel would be a fun addition.

I have done several other nautical quilts in the past so I have lots of prints that are fitting for this quilt. I am loving using up some stash fabrics! I feel like recently I have had a lot of fabric coming in, but not so much getting used from my stash.

I made a couple giant 15.5″ Half Square Triangles. It is super fun to sew on a large scale!

These are the strips I got finished over the weekend. My design wall is about 90″ wide for reference, but I will still need to add another block or so on the ends of these long strips to get the quilt to king size. I am thinking I might add half size rows of rectangles between the bigger block strips, but I haven’t decided yet. I’ll keep you posted as I keep working!

Did you guys get time to sew this weekend? What are you working on? Have you managed to use your stash, or are you like me and nothing in your stash ever seems “right”?!

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WIP Wednesday #2

October 5, 2022Posted inIn Progress Pics, Knitting, Quilting, WIP Wednesdays

Hi friends! Want to see what I am working on in my studio this week?

I haven’t done much knitting in a long time, but decided to pull out some yarn over the weekend and start on a sweater. I got in a minor car accident and got rear ended about five years ago and it tweaked my shoulder. It was painful to knit for a few years, and then I fell out of the habit, and then the last couple years have been a black hole…. I was working on this simple Vasa sweater pattern from Paper Tiger back in 2020 and put it down. I picked it up again this summer and wasn’t loving it, so I decided to start over with a couple yarns from my stash. I’m using a Merino and Silk blend called Findley from Juniper Moon Farm. It is a lace weight and not the sock weight yarn used in the pattern, but I did a little swatch and decided to knit a bit of the pattern and see if I like how the fabric looks and feels once it gets a bit bigger. I really just like knitting for the process more than the product, so I don’t mind knitting without knowing if I will love what I am working on, with the possibility I will rip it out. Coco the Toy Poodle doesn’t mind either since it means extra snuggle time.

My Stepmom asked me to make a king sized quilt for her and my Dad. My Dad is a fisherman so she has sent me some fishy themed fabrics to work with, and then I have found a few more (of course!). I got all the fabrics pulled together and laid out today and I just need to dig through my stash and find some good basics to mix in. I haven’t decided what I am doing for the design yet, but I will share it with you when I figure it out!

This adorable fisherman fabric from Dear Stella is going to be the back. Aren’t these little captains too cute?!

This is a sneak peak at a pattern I am working on that I hope to be sharing with you soon! I got these samples finished Monday and I am excited to get on to taking process photos and writing up the directions.

What are you working on this week? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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Name Tag Sew Day

October 3, 2022Posted inFinished Projects, In Progress Pics, Quilting, Sewing

I am a member of the Bellingham Modern Quilt Guild and they hosted a Sew Day yesterday with the focus to make a name tag if you didn’t have one. I had not managed to get one done yet so I jumped at the opportunity to get mine done!

After digging around on the interwebs for ideas I decided I wanted to piece the letter B for my name tag. I found this paper pieced alphabet pattern through a Google search and then dug through and found some cute pink and yellow fabrics in my stash.

I got the B pieced and added some extra background at Sew Day yesterday, but that was as far as I got.

Today I quilted the name tag quilt sandwich, added a magnetic attachment on the back (like on a retail store name badge), and added the binding.

Tah-dah! Finished name tag in time for our monthly guild meeting tonight!

If you are in the Bellingham area I highly recommend coming to the Modern Quilt Guild! We even have members from as far away as Skagit County, and there is another Sew Day coming up on October 22. The guild is just the nicest group of crafty ladies and I really enjoy seeing everyone’s creativity. Sewing a group and being able to share is really a delight for me.

I hope you get a few minutes to create today! Let me know in the comments what you are working on, or if you have ever made a fabric name tag!

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