Sewing peas - what have you created lately?

Just a tablecloth. Easy peasy hemming is all it took.

I am, right now, at this very minute, taking a break from a valentine hand towel. I have cut the linen and am trying to sew a pretty hem. First the fabric hem was too wide (and too heavy) for the size of the towel. So I tore it out. Then the hem was crooked. So I tore it out. Then I tried a different stitch, and it was ugly, so I tore it out.

After tearing out no less than four different hem stitching, and reironing the folds umpteen times, I am pretty much irritated with the whole project. 

I have leftover squares from a quilt I made for my husband (my first quilt ever!) in 2012, I just came upon them during a de-cluttering cycle. I haven't started yet but I am going to use them to make a camping pillow for him for Valentine's Day.


This is just a few of the squares and I clearly have to be more careful to make sure all of the red is going the same direction before I sew .

Just sent off my first ever quilt-for-hire!! It's a baby quilt for a friend from high school. He saw a couple of quilts I made for my kids that I posted on Facebook and asked if I could make a quilt for his new baby. Sure, what the heck!

Beautiful work ladies!! Thanks for sharing:)

I haven't made anything recently since I was away for 3 weeks over the holidays and I've been hosting visitor in Japan for the last 11 days.
I abandoned her to go to the Tokyo International Quilt Show yesterday. It's the largest in the world and it was awesome. Completely mind boggling and humbling for me as a beginner to see such intricate creations.
The theme was ''Little House on the Prairie' which was fantastic. They also had a huge display of Hawaiian/Japanese quilter Kathy Nakajima's work which was amazing.
It was really busy and I was overwhelmed by the choice of fabrics for sale. I ended up buying two kits to make a paper pieced kimono block. I'm going to make a whole quilt using traditional Japanese fabric:)

Kelly -- just dive in and do it. Your first quilt may be a bit rough, but if you use busy fabrics and blendy threads, very little will show. Alternatively, quilt on something where it will show a lot, but be resigned to designating that piece as a picnic blanket or dog quilt. Quite honestly, you just have to dive in and do. By the time you finish a couple of tops, it starts to feel more fun and relaxed.

I'd post pics of recent finishes, but I've forgotten how and don't have time to go look it up. I managed to complete several tops I'd pieced a year ago, and I have a sewing room full of ideas and projects ready to go if I ever have some discretionary time.

Go for it! Try it! Seriously! I grabbed some scraps and fiddled a bit and this is the second time I've quilted anything... If me being too impatient to read all the instructions can have success, you certainly can. What have you got to lose?

The only sewing I've done this week is a whole stack of pillowcases, both cotton and flannel ones. I'm working on building up as much stock as possible so that I'm not scrambling come October. Starting today, I'm cutting out pieces for my small project bags.

compwalla I just love your aprons, they are absolutely beautiful!

Love all the projects on this thread. Can't wait to start sewing again once I finish all my wedding projects I have on my plate for ds's wedding.

What have I sewn lately? Nothing. I popped in to get inspiration.

Compwalla, I'll never be able to make aprons with ruffles like that so I bow down to your talent.

Quilters - lovely work. I have two that have been pending for WAY too long so I need to get started. Thanks for the push.

Today's lesson:

I need to work on my cutting skills. Apparently measuring, cutting and having all the sides the correct lengths is beyond my ability.

I won't even go into the rest of the skills I need to work on. This hand towel thing may be a bit more than I bargained for.

Well, if you want to be cheered up, my latest sewing project will have you laughing your head off! So far, I've made totes out of two bird seed, one horse feed and two chicken feed bags!

Most people use Photobucket, I use Flickr or my blog. I find it really easy to link from my blog.

Thank you Sherri! The bags are a little slick to sew on but not too bad. I use upholstery thread and got the directions from Community Chickens. If some one wants it, I'll dig up the exact link.

That is ADORABLE!!!

I can't imagine that there is a 5 year old anywhere that wouldn't appreciate it, and doubly so when it represents their dad like that.