Sew Together Bag

Yep! I MADE ONE TOO. 

Here is my version of the Sew Together Bag. I made mine with the Retro Morocco fabric line I blogged about here.   I am truly amazed at the genius of the pattern designer, SewDemented.  So very clever to combine all those zippers and pockets into this cute little bag. The pattern is the Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented.   

Dozens and dozens of these clever bags have been made and blogged about.  I really, really like to make pouches so I had to give this one a try. I know I will make more.

Credits:  It is the Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented.   The pattern is a little daunting but there is a helpful sew-a-long and there are several great tutorials and tips to assist with sewing like these:  The Quilt Barn Sew-A-Long and Crazy Mom Quilts. 

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Hillside Houses

It's another rainy day here in southeast Texas, so setting aside all the things I need to be doing,  I have jumped on the Hillside Houses quilt along wagon to sew a mini version of the Hillside Houses by Pretty Little Quilts.  

It is tedious cutting and sewing but so exciting to see them finish. The little blocks are supposed to finish at 5-1/2 inches (before sewn together.) I really need to perfect accurate piecing and pressing. There are imperfections, but once I "square them up" they it all look so good.  I am very happy with them.  I haven't done many mini quilts.  I want to do more.   

These are House blocks one, two and three.  

Still raining, so I guess I better get back to blocks four and five. Then I will be caught up.  Check out this fellow Texan at her blog, Pretty Little Quilts.  She designed the fantastic Texas Road Trip QAL that I definitely will be doing one of these days.

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Spring Chicks

I needed a little gift for a sewing friend. So I made her a pin cushion and, of course, a few for me too. One might say they are Texas chicks with their big hair. They are really cute all posed together.

I have had the chicken pin cushion on my list of things to make for a while.  One is stuffed with the lizard litter (ground walnut shells) and most are stuffed with a combination of polyester fiber stuffing and lizard litter.  You need that poly to shape the points.  Really they need to be a bit smaller to be a pin cushion or the needles will get buried in all their fluffiness.  I will happily make a few more.

This guy crashed the photo shoot!  Glad they aren't the real thing! 

I followed this tutorial by Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company.

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