Pack It Up Bag - Pouch

I have a bit of an obsession with zippered pouches.  Pouches are the perfect project to make.  They are easy and are very practical.  Sometimes, I'll make pouches without any real purpose for them.

This is one of those examples.

Pouch pattern - Pack it Up! 

Enjoy the Little Things fabric - https://www.sewtech-evv.com/shop/c/p/Enjoy-the-Little-Things-from-Clothworks-x72704975.htm

In the fabric collection that I used, Enjoy the Little Things from Clothworks, it included some tonal fabrics that would work well in the braid insert.

The front of the pouch.

The back of the pouch.

The inside of the pouch included a pocket.

I had no reason to make them other than I thought they would be pretty. : )  So made three of them!

Till next time,

 

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Little Quilts Project - Little Garden - Part 2

Once again, I had straight-lined quilted this little quilt. 

Once the quilting was completed, I had to remove the hand-basting stitches I used to secure the hexagons.  This is just a small result of the thread I pulled out.  

The result without the basting threads.

A total of 379 hand-stitched hexagons!  The original quilt measures as 14 inches x 17 1/2 inches.  Mine quilt finished at 11 1/2 inches x 14 inches.  And just like the Little Trip quilt, I was able to reduce the size by 3/4th.

Till next time,

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My Version of a Little Quilt - Part 2

I have added the border to my Little Trip quilt.  I'm happy with how it turned out, although it isn't as small as I wanted it to be.  I was hoping it would be about half the size of the original.  Although I didn't know the size of the original, when I started this quilt, it ended up being about 3/4th of its size.  I have to be satisfied that its smaller.

Since I have no talent in free-motion quilting on my sewing machine, I straight-line quilted this little quilt. 

I had to look at some photos, on Facebook, to see what other quilters had used for their binding.  I had seen that some had used the green plaid used in the quilt.

Now that it is finished, I've got to find it a home on my wall.

Till next time,

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Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 39

This week's block finished so charming.  I love how the blue half-square triangles highlight the corners and the light blue prairie points draw your eyes to the center square.  And it used one of my favorite prints from the Cocoa Blue collection, the brown/tan/cream fabric with the vines.

   My block 39

 From Laundry Basket Quilts blog 

I had to pay attention to the direction of the fabrics when I was cutting the pieces.  I had to make sure the flower buds were all facing the same direction and lines were all vertical.

Till next time,

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Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 38

In this week's block, I think this is the most prints we've used in one block.  There was 14 fabrics used!

  My block 38

 From Laundry Basket Quilts blog 

A variety of 1-inch blocks were used in this block with two different backgrounds.  I like how the squares were placed diagonally going down the block.

Till next time,

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Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 37

  My block 37

 From Laundry Basket Quilts blog

This week's block included applique.  In the other blocks that included applique, I have used my sewing machine.  This time, I decided to hand stitched the circle to the center block.  

Till next time, 

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Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 36

 My block 36

 From Laundry Basket Quilts blog

Till next time, 

- - - - Jane - - - -

Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 35

     My block 35

 From Laundry Basket Quilts blog 

Till next time, 

- - - - Jane - - - -

Birthday Mystery Quilt - Block 32, 33, and 34

I have quite a bit of catching up to do with my Birthday blocks.  Although I had other projects that I had to accomplish, I'm still going to fit in my weekly Birthday blocks.           

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My block 32

From Laundry Basket Quilts blog

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My block 33

From Laundry Basket Quilts blog

I was excited when I saw block 33.  It was a block that was using hand-stitching.  I hadn't had a project with hand-stitching, other than stitching on binding on quilts.  

I love hand-piecing a quilt block, but I really needed to have more than 7 days.  I still needed to finish the block by the time the next block was posted.

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My block 34

From Laundry Basket Quilts blog

Till next time,

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Little Quilts Project - Little Garden - Part One

So sorry for being MIA.  I've started a small project that has taken quite a while to finish.  It is a hand-stitch project, and I've enjoyed it tremendously. 

I had purchased a Little Quilts Club quilt from Laundry Basket Quilts.  I'm creating a wall in my sewing room with miniature quilts, and I thought this quilt would be a perfect addition to the wall.  Although it is perfect as-is, I still wanted to reproduce it a little bit small than the original. 

The hexagons are tiny.  The hexagons I produced has 3/8-inch sides, while the original has 1/2 -inch sides.

The pattern used paper-piecing to construct the hexagons, but I wanted to do it differently.  With a Frixion pen, I used a plastic template and drew the hexagons, with its seam allowances, on the fabric.

By hand, I hand tacked the sides of each hexagon.  Once I got into the sequence of the construction, the sewing went rather smoothly.  Not quickly, but smoothly.  

I'm loving how it is slowly coming together.

In the next posts, I will be catching up on my Birthday Blocks and smaller projects that I've worked on while working on this Little Garden quilt.

Till next time,

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