Brrrr

It is cold a wet day here today and very gray, perfect to be in the sewing room. To brighten it up how about some red? I found these cool vintage juice glasses over the weekend and bought them to use in my sewing room to store small things that are easily lost. I love the pattern and the dots!

How awesome is this vintage scarf? I took ballet for many years when I was young and have always been drawn to ballerinas. These vintage girls are real dolls!  I don't know what I am going to do with it but for $8 I decided it was worth it. Send me your ideas. It is made of rayon.

Today I finished machine quilting a quilt that I will show you once it is bound. I also made some more design boards that I don't know how I lived without! The directions have you use hot glue but mine turned into a mess so I used Tacky Glue and it worked well.

Now I have 5 in a few different sizes. You can find out how to make them over at Bee In My Bonnet under tutorials
Do you use a design wall? Second best would be these design boards to keep things organized when you sew your block together.
Off to square up that quilt.

Kelly

This and That

One of the blogs I like to read is called Sew Kind of Wonderful. I have been wanting her special ruler for a while now and finally got one. As you can see above, the block I made turned out perfect! I am not by any stretch of the imagination a good piecer but this has changed that.

This is the ruler. Not only can you cut out all the pieces you need to make your block but you can square them up with it too. Jenny also has some cool patterns and I have one I can't wait to make.

Her directions are great and she has PICTURES! Yes yes yes! It helped me figure out how to do it and I made no mistakes. She also has great tips on piecing curves. You can tell a lot of thought went into her product, it makes it worth the price. I love to support people like this.

I also made a cute little design board that I saw on the blog Bee In My Bonnet. Lori seems like such a fun and upbeat person and I enjoy her sewing skills, not to mention she loves retro stuff. Now mine does not look nearly as good as hers but it will do. That binding connection at the left hand side is really bad, not because of her instructions but because of my lack of skill with a glue gun!

I spent the last 2 days with my newly married daughter working on her kitchen, organizing, cleaning and decorating. It was fun and I like how she is becoming a little bit Susie homemakerish. Can quilting be far behind? We will see......

Kelly