In which I show a finished September block from the free TTMT Internet Sampler BoM and talk about my awesome birthday gift from my BFF, 6 different tie-dye shirts!
Since leaving the corporate broadcasting world my "semi-retirement" uniform has become tie-dye, jeans, and sneakers, and @sewhookedjen leaned in for my birthday gift. I definitely recommend you watch her video about making these tees, it's an interesting watch!
Want to sew along with the free #TTMTBoM2024 ? Head over to the pattern archive.
Stay crafty, yall!
In which I talk about finishing the panel quilt I've been working on and I show an amazing amigurumi from my new-to-crochet daughter. Life is busy but mostly good around here. The nights and mornings are crisp and cool but we are still getting up into the 80s. I've had little time for personal crafting but that will be improving after my upcoming vacation.
Stay crafty y'all and see you next week!
Love, jewells
In which I show off new gifties to me from my daughter Miss P as well as the finished 9th Bird block and my first 9 birds all sewn together. I also talk about a current panel quilt I'm working on using my favorite panel pattern and in which I totally forget that this month the TTMT Internet Sampler BoM blocks are the ones I chose and have already pieced, so I guess I'll have to show you those next week. Oh well, lol. Life is currently busy busy, so you'll have to excuse my scattered brain, lol.
Fabrics shown are from Hip Stitch in Albuquerque, NM., and the bird patterns are free from the Wonderfil Threads website. Feel free to DM me for direct links if you have trouble finding anything.
Stay Crafty y'all!
TTMT #523 - @nmjewells - September 24, 2024 - A Dapper 3 Yard Quilt
This week I show you my finished Dapper Den 3 Yard Quilt as well as a pillow cover I currently have in progress using a giant quilt block. This balloon block is unnecessarily complicated, imo, and I think the method of construction might be a deterrent to some quilters/sewists, but it's not really difficult, just awkward. I think it would be cuter if you used a single fussycut piece of fabric for the balloon itself instead of piecing it around a charm square. Regardless, I think it's going to make a fun throw pillow!
All the fabrics I used in both the quilt and the pillow cover, as well as the 3 yard Quilt book I used and the Balloon Fiesta Quilt pattern, were purchased at Hip Stitch.
Stay Crafty, Y'all!
This week I show you a new quilt top I started on Sunday and have almost finished. The pattern is Stepping Stones from Pretty Darn Quick 3 Yard Quilts by Fabric Cafe. While I found the prep and cutting rather time consuming and kind of exhausting for me and my arthritis, the sewing/piecing is super fast and easy. I'll get the border on this week and hopefully in a couple weeks will be able to show you a finished quilt. The big squares are Dear Stella (not Art Gallery, oops!) Dapper Den Toile in Space Blue, the white tonal is Dapper Den White Headdress, and the brown is Decostitch Elements Cinnamon Sugar by Art Gallery.
