Another Finish

I forgot to include another finish.  Last week I made a baby quilt for my cousin's new grandson.  I'll be meeting the new baby on my trip.

I had a kit, and it stitched up quickly.  I followed the pattern except for the binding.  I decided to do faux piping binding instead of regular binding.

I put purple minkee on the back.  The blocks are from a book panel.  The pattern gave instructions to turn it into a quilt instead of a book.  The panel is The Monster Book of Jokes.  The quilting is just simple straight line quilting.

The quilt is signed (last block), washed and ready for the new baby.

More Finishes

I've been sewing and sewing.  I have photos of the finishes, but not of all of my sewing.  

The King size quilt was finished in 3 weeks, from start to finishing the binding.  Of course it helped that the Half Square Triangles and 4 Patchs were already made from the Treadle On Block Exchanges (TOBE) that I've participated in for over 10 years.  Ann did a great (and fast) job quilting it for me.  This was my February UFO Challenge project.

the perfect backing fabric

on my bed

Westley wanted to be in the photo

I made 4 sets of TOBE blocks for the Spring Basic exchange (Rail Fence), but forgot to take any photos before I mailed them off.  Oh well.

Last fall, I made some ruffled pants for my granddaughter.  My best friend saw them and wanted some for her granddaughter who loves frilly, girly things.  I stitched up 2 pair in the same fabrics I used for my granddaughters pants. 

I'll get to give these to my best friends granddaughter in person in 2 weeks.  

I also finished a jacket for my best friend.  Years ago, I was supposed to add the strips of fabric to her jacket, but, the jacket got put in the back of my sewing closet.  Well, that closet has been jam packed with stuff and I only found the jacket when I cleaned it out earlier this year.  Today was the day to get this done.

Michele's decorated jacket

I don't have photos of the 'secret' projects that I've been working on.  The Missouri TOGA (Treadle On Gathering and Academy) that I attend every June, is having a sewing kit exchange this year.  I'm not making just one sewing kit (as usual), I'm making 6 sewing kits (some will be gifts in the future).  They are all in different sewing themed fabrics from my stash.  Parts of them are finished, and parts of them I'm still working on.  There is lots of hand work in these sewing kits.

I won't get much sewing done in the next few weeks, since I'll be traveling to the Texarkana TOGA (Treadle On Gathering and Academy).  It will be sew much fun getting together with sewing friends from all over and playing with sewing machines.  I'll be teaching how to paper piece, and there will be lots of other classes and demo's at the TOGA.  This will be my first solo trip since before the pandemic started.  

I'll miss my 'sewing supervisor' while I'm gone.  He works sew hard that he tires himself out.

Westley napping under a sewing machine cabinet