Sewing in 2021

It was interesting to go back through my photos and discover I actually did accomplish a bit of sewing this year.  Heh.  So just to prove I haven't been idle.....

The first project started in January was a temperature quilt.  I've managed to keep up with it and have only the November and December rows to finish.

A cover for my Bernina, using the Undercover pattern from ByAnnie.  And a simpler version for the mocha 301.

Bats for some of the grands.  Pattern by BeeZeeArt.

A new wallet for eldest daughter. 

Lava lamp quilt.  Pattern by Molli Sparkles.

15 Christmas stockings donated through the quilt guild to local service organizations.

Several sets of hanging tea towels for the guild's holiday boutique.  Now I have to finish a set for me!

Masks.  Always masks.  Among them a some for us and our new ballroom dancing friends, and more for grands to wear to school.  Pattern by Dhurata Davies.

Dragons.  Also a pattern by BeeZeeArt. I'm having a serious love/hate relationship with minky!

When concert venues started to open up again most of them had rules requiring clear bags.  So I made one for me and one for eldest daughter.  I adapted the Bigger on the Inside pattern by Erin Gilby of dogundermydesk.com.

A new outfit for Luna.  A summer dress and denim jacket.  (coolcrafting.co.uk)

The guild had several Zoom workshops.  This one was making a Notan motif.

Another workshop resulted in a very cool Mod Cat. Pattern by Linda Sullivan of Colourwerx.

And another taught how to make cute miniature quilts.   Amazingly, I had all the fabrics in my stash!

The Tramp requested a skirt/drape around his desk to keep the draft off his knees.

A quilting friend sent me a surprise yard of a cute sewing motif fabric.  It was perfect for valences in The Sandbox.  

Pillow cases.  There are always pillowcases being sewn.  This one was for me!

I quilted this huge quilt for my Sailor Son and his bride.  It is Frolic, a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.

Eldest daughter gifted me some clever t-shirts which I found a little snug.  I found a tutorial to add a wedge in each side seam.  I also added trim to the sleeve in hopes it would look more like it was made this way and not added to.  This was the first, and I went on to alter several more in the same way.

(Mary Poppins as the Morton Salt girl.)

Grandson, The Viking, is always finding me a sewing project.  I treated him to a cute stuffed dog, so of course he requested I make it a coat and mask.

And when he bought Pusheen and Stormy with his Christmas money we had to make the box into a bed, complete with a sheet, pillow, and fleece blanket.

Erin, of dogundermydesk.com came out with a new bag pattern (Charlie bag) this year and so far I've made two.  I like a bag that converts into a backpack.

A few incidentals were sewn as well, clothing was repaired or altered, and more Christmas gifts that haven't reached their destination yet.  So that's about it for 2021.  

Happy New Year!!

Dipping my toe back in

Hoping all those who celebrated Christmas had a happy one.  We were seperated from some of our loved ones by distance or by covid fears, but all-in-all it was a wonderful holiday.

Just a quickie post

Well it was supposed to be a quickie, then I realized I had 21 photos.  Heh.  Anyway.....

This is why I take so much trouble with my african violets.  Eye candy!

I mentioned sorting out The Sandbox.  A table has been removed.  In it's place is the Ikea Alex drawer unit.  Moving the drawers out from under my cutting table meant I could shove the dog beds under there and not be tripping over them.  Win!  The 301 is in a better place too, as is the serger.

I can now walk all the way around the cutting table without bumping into, tripping on, or stepping over anything.  I can breathe!

Over there is the computer corner where I can print out the Inklingo pieces for my La Passacaglia quilt.

I've finished this round and started on the next. The spotted fabric in the center of the rosette is still bothering me, but I'm not going to rush to change it.  It may get nicely lost in the larger scheme of things.

The Viking is tracked out of school for one more week.  (He is so anxious to go back.)  In a bid to keep him busy last Friday I rummaged in the garage for some cardboard boxes and we made a dog house for the four stuffed dogs he arrived with in the morning.  My best efforts at "packing tape engineering."  Heh.  As luck would have it, the night before, at the quilt guild silent auction I had come away with a bag full of assorted laces and trims.  The Viking enjoyed taping the sequined ones to the house and we made curtains with some of the eyelet and ribbon. We were essentially making Snoopy's dog house which brought up questions about how it flew and how does Snoopy sleep on the pointy top of the house.  I wasn't much help with the answers.  :-)  He was however, very proud of the fact that his house has an attic and Snoopy's doesn't.

We also took advantage of the warmth for a trip to the dragon park.

There were even some very confused forsythia bushes trying to bloom!

So much for the warmth.  Today and yesterday have been freezing.

I enjoyed some indoor time making a storage unit for my color pencils.  Basically more packing tape engineering.  Ha.  Some magazine files from Walmart, foam core, shelf liner, Tacky Glue, and packing tape.  The prototype came out ok.

So I made a set of four.

My coloring corner is looking comfortable.  :-)

The other project for the weekend was obtaining this Ikea Kallax unit from Craigslist and making it into a useful place for The Tramp to put TV and stereo in his study, along with various the computer components that keep our network functioning.  Ideas were tossed around, furniture was moved,  cables mounted on the walls, equipment was shifted and reconnected, and much was left undone for another day, but what a great start.  And it looks nice too. :-)

Oh, and we also met with Patrick, who will be taking down the oak tree.  Now the decision has been made, I'm very anxious to see it happen.  Especially as I listened to the wind howl all last night.  Next Monday.  No more wind until after then please!