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.
This week I finally get to show you my finished shop hop quilt that is currently on display at Hip Stitch in Albuquerque, NM. There were 10 participating shops, and each one created a unique block and also created a unique layout for all 10 shop blocks, and this was my take on the theme "Enchanting" while staying true to the Hip Stitch "vibe". You can tell I'm still kinda tired from the last couple of weeks of preparation and longer store hours, but I'm very happy with how both my block and my quilt layout were received by customers.
The shop hop block kits and all related patterns and kits are available on the Hip Stitch website (or will be soon).
You can learn more about Scrappy Sewcial also on the Hip Stitch Website.
Believe it or not, this video was NOT sponsored by Hip Stitch, I just work there, and much of the sewing/crafting I do tends to be related to my time there.
This week I show off a sneak peek at the Bird Watcher BoM September bird and talk a bit about my first Dresden, but mostly talk about the 2024 Albuquerque Shop Hop happening this Thursday-Saturday. I finally get to show you the block I designed for Hip Stitch and I spill the beans about the cool prizes you have a chance to win if you turn in a completed passport by Saturday at 5pm at any of the participating shops. Next week I'll be able to link directly to the block kits, pillow kits/patterns, and quilt layout kits/instructions.
Let's go to the hop, y'all!
