I'm still in Texas, but I wrote this post ahead of time before I knew I'd be away so I'm popping it in here just to keep things from snowballing. I spent most of May either in the kitchen or outside or waging war on the Miller moths or in Texas so I didn't accomplish much in my sewing room. Oh, and I blogged a lot.
read moreApril didn't give me much time behind my sewing machine, but I did finish a couple of projects and that's always a good thing. I finished 17 of these lined drawstring bags although I've been working on them since March. This was the first batch: And here's the 2nd: I'll bet I've made close to 100 of these bags through the years. I even laminated the pattern because I use it all the
read moreAs predicted, I didn't accomplish much in the sewing room during March, but that's OK. I DID make progress on my Jellystone quilt. I made 80 bear paw blocks: I loved playing with these fabrics from my stash. I stitched binding onto the front of this quilt: This quilt: And this quilt: Finished quilts coming soon! Well, maybe not SOON, but at some point.
read moreFebruary was a mixture of snowy, wet, sunny, windy, cold, warm days. We're delighted with any and all moisture because that means we may actually have a green spring. We don't get many of those around here. February was also a happy month for sewing. I made more progress on my HST Chaos quilt - it's supposed to be my leader-ender project for the year, but I have become smitten with these little
read moreI felt like I got a good start on my sewing projects in January. I might make more progress if I concentrate on one project at a time, but I bounced around and worked on whatever caught my attention when I found myself with time to sew. I pieced a little baseball quilt and will be binding it next week: I pulled, cut, sewed, and pieced a top and made the binding for a quilt to donate to
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