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| I thought I'd skip the March mini from SewCanShe as I don't really like applique all that much. I decided to do one of my desired quilts, which is a house quilt, and guess what, there ended up being a good bit of applique. I started out with Missouri Star Quilt Companies mini house quilt, which was a take off on their full sized "Won't You Be My Neighbor" quilt. I should have watched both videos, I messed it up from the start and decided that mine should be called "Crooked Houses in a Butterfly Garden". |
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| And, the minis I've done so far this year, at least at the time. |
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| I decided that I needed new trash bags for the car, as the ones I made a few years ago are very sun faded. This is from a tutorial on SewCanShe's blog. The Back. |
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| The front. I made a few changes, and this is one. My husband has allergies and uses a lot of tissues, so I wanted a removable trash so that emtying it is easier. |
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| I also wanted it to hang from the glove box, not the gear shift. It stays in due to buttons sewn to the ends of the little straps. |
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| Then I decided that I wanted something a little girlier, since even though my husband uses the Diddy Bag most, it's technically my car. |
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| And, then I decided that since I forgot the interfacing on the previous trash insert, I'd do another with interfacing. |
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| Another mini that I wanted to do is the "Spool" mini. I used the same charm pack as I used for the houses, and I started off with Kea Bee's Tutorial, which was from https://thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com/product/spools-pattern-154-paper-pattern. Since I didn't have the actual pattern, I had to wing it a bit, and hers is 14 x 16, mine ended up about 16 x 18.5 |
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| My finished mini spool quilt. I'll be sharing these on SewCanShe's Show off Saturday, |
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| And, I almost forgot to mention what I used the first Diddy Bag for. I added button holes and hung it next to my cutting table, now I have a little bag for scraps and extra space for a few tools. So far, I'm liking it there. |
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| Also, I'm very excited. My grandson is hanging this for me tomorrow in my dark, dark, sewing cave (if my order for the hanging parts comes from Amazon tomorrow). Maybe, I won't have to use a flashlight anymore to try to find fabric in my dark wood cabinet. It's not the prettiest light, and I do sew in what would normally be our living room (I use the family room for our living room), but I hope with the pretty hooks I ordered and the decorative pull that it won't be an actual eyesore. |
