Happy Sunday! Thank you for your kind comments on my last blog post. It really made my heart happy to hear from those of you who responded. Bit by bit I am taking baby steps to come out of the bubble that my life was in. I hope that all is well with you! It feels good to slowly get back to sewing again. Work has been pretty busy and I am trying to squeeze in a little bit of creative time on the weekends. In my last post I shared the kindle case that I made for Courtney for the Fairytale Swap. Below is a picture of the fabric basket that was mailed with her package. It included some of her favorite fairytale prints from Hansel and Gretal and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
After that it is on to the UFO pile of quilts. Many of the Bee Quilt blocks that I received over the past several years are gathered in project cases. A good portion of the blocks are destined to be donated or gifted quilts. We received an email through work that one of our fellow employees had a house fire and lost everything. My plan is to go through the completed bee blocks and create quilts for his family. For this particular project I will have to squeeze the assembly in with my swap projects, so the quilts can be sent out to the long arm person.
So, what are you working on? Do you have anything special planned? I would love to hear from you! Today is a sewing and cleaning day for us. Have a Happy Sunday and Happy Quilting!
The next picture below is a grouping of four mug rugs that are in progress or have been mailed for swaps. The top right is for the Starbucks Mug Rug Swap on Flickr, the bottom right is for the Woodland Swap on Instagram. The bottom left is actually part of a gift that I am working on for my Aunt. She lost her husband several months ago and I am putting together a Mug Rug, Fabric Basket and some other items as a pampering package to send to her. I will post a picture in a future post of the package before it mails. The top left mug rug is left from scraps from another swap, so it will be set aside for future use.
The picture below is a closeup of the Completed Woodland Swap Mug Rug. Very simply done and scrappy, utilizing Heather Ross fabric, Timeless Treasure mini foxes and some Japanese Kei fabrics from Yuwa, the mini creates a cute little theme. It went out several weeks late (of course), so I hope that she will like it when she receives it on Monday.
There are still a lot of late projects to complete before my conscience is clear. I used to be a really good swapper, but I guess the overall stress of the past several years caught up with me and I just couldn't sit in front of my sewing machine or blog without feeling a certain level of anxiety. Many of the projects that I am working on are just simple patchwork. My plans are to use my Baby Go Cutter again and create some new things once the backlog of projects has been completed and mailed.After that it is on to the UFO pile of quilts. Many of the Bee Quilt blocks that I received over the past several years are gathered in project cases. A good portion of the blocks are destined to be donated or gifted quilts. We received an email through work that one of our fellow employees had a house fire and lost everything. My plan is to go through the completed bee blocks and create quilts for his family. For this particular project I will have to squeeze the assembly in with my swap projects, so the quilts can be sent out to the long arm person.
So, what are you working on? Do you have anything special planned? I would love to hear from you! Today is a sewing and cleaning day for us. Have a Happy Sunday and Happy Quilting!
