Red & Purple Quilts
Quilt Club
If you have been around this blog for a while, you know that I participate in Quilt Club at Grandma’s Attic Sewing Emporium and have for many years now. Rachel runs her quilt clubs from September to August every year. When I first started going to quilt club I would make the blocks each month, along with any embroidery work accompanying the block and sometimes even an alternate block. (The quilt that I recently added borders to was made with a year’s worth of alternate blocks.)
A Stitch In Time
More recently, multiple prior years, I carefully store the whole year together for some future moment when I have “more” time. Guess what? I, and all of us, will NEVER have MORE time. We always have the SAME time. So… recently I decided to get the lead out and just get busy and make these blocks so I can make these quilts for my Gsons. For this project I made 2 of each block to be able to make one quilt for each Gson. These Red & Purple quilts are from last year’s quilt club (2022-2023), “A Stitch In Time”. Each month was about the history of a different sewing notion. Each year she offers multiple colorways to choose from. For this year I chose “Rainbow Solids” colorway with “American Made” brand fabrics. Here are the blocks:
This year, instead of embroidery work patterns included each month, we received an additional block with a piece of focus-fabric included. These blocks were the inspiration for making the quilt for Gdaughter.
A’s Quilt
Like the boys’ quilts, A’s quilt will have her name on the back. Since I already had the letters pattern book out and the yellow fabric (left over from the Gsons’ quilts finishing kits), I decided to make her letters right away, even I wasn’t done with all her pieced quilt blocks done.
At this point, I ran out of yellow fabric and had to wait until I had a chance to go back to Grandma’s Attic to get a little bit more. I have pieced a couple of A’s blocks:
When I made the first block, the fabric that I used to make the block was from my fabric stash. One of the fabrics was the cute fabric with the Victorian kitties. I quickly realized that I didn’t have enough to fussy cut 12 kitties, enough for each block. I went online to try to obtain more fabric. No luck. Truthfully, I don’t even know where I obtained this fabric came from. My solution… to cut out the kitties and applique them onto the pieced blocks.
Reusable Produce Bags
Progress is slow, but there IS progress. 😀
Son’s Vest
Having completed the 3rd mock-up, I am ready to cut it apart and make a paper pattern. The next step will be to cut out the fashion fabric and make the vest. I sent my son several sites to choose summer weight fabric from.
- https://www.bblackandsons.com/store/?_shop_product_categories=fabrics
- https://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/c/718/fabrics
- https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/pages/fabrics
- https://www.theliningcompany.co.uk/
Clothespin Aprons
Some time ago I purchased this pattern to make a clothespin apron. Then more recently I was talking to my friend, LB, and she was saying that she wanted to start hanging her clothes out to dry. I told her about the pattern and my intention to make one. I said I’d make her one too. These are great stash busting projects. I used left over fabric and bias tape that I inherited. I did purchase the pattern, but even that was long enough that I don’t even remember when. It is a pattern with only 3 pieces. I cut out two sets of pieces. When I was just about finished with the second apron, I looked up and saw some pink-and-white striped fabric. My friend LB is a huge fan of pink! I knew that I needed to make hers in pink. So I made a third apron.
After putting 2 packages of clothespins into my new apron, I noticed that it was a little heavy. I needed a tidy way to store this apron with it’s full pockets.
The solution: to sew on a ring for hanging it up.
It can also double as a place to hang something from while it is being worn. I don’t really know what you’d want to hang there, maybe a key? I put the ring on the front of the apron, so it wouldn’t press against my stomach while the apron is being worn. The second apron, I gave to my DIL. She liked it and asked if one can be made with a bib and criss-cross straps so it could be put on without having to tie and untie. ABSOLUTELY!
It took me a minute to figure out how to do it without leaving raw edges. But I did figure it out. It turned out super cute and she loves it!
Cloning a Dress
You know when you find something that you love wearing because it is easy and flattering and you wish you had more of them? This usually happens when it is something that you purchased so long ago that they are no longer made, or it is something that you purchased at a thrift shop, or some other similar situation. This past weekend I was asked if I could make more of one of these unicorn type garments. In this case it is a cute little sundress. the request is perfectly timed because I need to work on taking patterns from extant garments anyways. This also gives an opportunity to make any changes that may be on a wish list. I am excited to be sharing with you my ongoing progress on this project.
Picnic Basket Panel
On the last fabric shop-hop, I purchased several fun panels. One of them was this Picnic Basket Panel. Sometime last month I cut out all the pieces, getting it ready to put it all together. When I initially sat down to sew all the pieces, I realized that I hadn’t read the instructions and didn’t have what I needed to make them. Weeks later I finally made my way to the fabric store to get the supplies that I needed, went back home and got started. Everything is turning out so cute.
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