stripey fabric
pants for the boy (simplest version, to test for fit. LOVE. pants pattern is Jacob, in dutch (thank you, Google translator) jacket for the girl, from the same fabric. (lined with Robert Kaufman lawn.) LOVE. pattern is the Molly jacket. I need to add buttons. Bonus shot of the two of them matching. and her being SO thrilled to be in a picture with her big brother. now back to work. so...
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I used some scraps from sewing up a Modern Bliss lap quilt to make a little mug rug: I’m taking a Craftsy class (strip paper piecing) to improve my skills, and this was one of the blocks in the class. I feel much more confidant with my paper piecing now, and am bummed that I’ve now done all the blocks. I might need to get a paper piecing pattern book (suggestions welcome)… (this is the back. I’m loving wide binding on the back right now) I put lots and lots of quilted rays on this one. the whole finished block is 7.5″, so it’s quite small. A little bit...
Read MoreSailor’s Delight doll quilt
(the quilting says: made for Leonora, with love, Mama, 2013) quilt back quilt front I was trying to figure out the colors to use on this quilt, and the Bean came along to “help” then she sweetly asked if she could pick the fabrics, so she did. and my spectrum mug rug became a purple/gold/pink doll quilt just like...
Read MoreBirthday dotty dress
The Bean’s birthday request was polkadot dressed. I happily complied. it’s made with this vintage pattern right one top. the orange and white polkadots. per her...
Read MoreBirthday dress in a Jiffy
I have a stash of patterns that my Grandma gave me, used by her in the 60′s (for my dad’s little sister)… some of them are SO awful it’s funny, and some are just plain wonderful. this one was wonderful. it’s the Jiffy Dress on the upper right side…. I tried really hard to get her to hold still so I could photograph it, but this is the best I could get. and this is the shot of the back…. Luckily, it really was pretty quick to make up, because her first time wearing it, we went to Busy Bee and then picnicked in the park with friends, and her dress...
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