TTMT #579 - nmjewells - February 3, 2026 - The Project Room's the Projec...

So this week I am giving you the lowdown on what's been happening in my space, which is a whole lot of sorting, purging, and rearranging of furniture. I scored a foldaway sewing table with an extension and drawers at my local Animal Humane Thrift store, and I had to make room for it. I have been using those "Fakea" cubes (bought years ago) that are the same interior dimension as the Kallax cube system. And so I bought a drawer insert for that, but I haven't been happy with it, and I really wanted drawers so that I wasn't having to keep so many things on my actual sewing table. Now I have a sewing table with a couple of really good sized drawers. I've given my 2-cube unit to my daughter, so that's one less piece of furniture (albeit the smallest piece of furniture) in my room. Every step I'm taking in this journey is getting me closer to a room in which I'm excited to create/make.

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@nmjewells

Testing Trees - TTMT #573 - nmjewells - November 18, 2025 (Crafty Show &...

This week I talk about making more progress in clearing out my fabric stash, selling it to ReCreate at Hip Stitch for store credit (you can also just donate fabric, books, notions, etc), and also about my latest pattern for the 2025 Paper Piecing Club Pattern Series called "Tree Time". I had fun creating this beginner-friendly, 2-option pattern that is very scrap friendly. I did some image searching and managed to identify the background fabric that I bought in Japan that I love so much... it's a cotton poplin by Sevenberry fabrics of Japan. It's from a line called Petit Sophila, and the name of the print is Mini Blooms.

As usual, the thing about this pattern that was the most time-consuming was just choosing fabrics from my stash... the actual sewing went lickety-split!

Stay Crafty Y'all!

Love,

nmjewells

TTMT #572 - nmjewells - November 11, 2025 - One Bin Down (crafty show & ...

This week I talk about re-donating fabric and blocks, etc back to Project Linus to make some progress in this disaster of a project room. One bin less in the room means more space under my quilt frame. Every bit helps!

Stay Crafty, y'all

Love,

nmjewells

What can I say, I love to knit hats!

So this is my new space to talk about crafts and show off stuff I make. Here's a couple of hats I made over the week of Thanksgiving. Did not follow anyone else's pattern, but they are both a 2x2 rib knit with a mixture of DK and worsted weight wool yarn: the yellow is Lion Wool, the orange is Patons Classic Merino, and the rest was KnitPicks Swish DK. They were all left-overs from other projects, and I decided to mix and match the colors in ways I hadn't seen before. I really am trying to use yarn I have on hand for stuff for myself and family to de-stash a bit. I allow myself to buy yarn for gifts I'm knitting though. I knit them both on a size 4 circular needle a la magic loop and therefore did not have to change to dpns when I decreased at the top. I loves me that magic loop!

The brown stripey one is my favorite. I call it my Thanksgiving Hat because, well, I finished it on Thanksgiving, or actually the morning after. It's super soft, super warm, super stretchy, and I made it long enough that I can turn up the brim a full 2-3 inches, which keeps my ears warm.

Yay for hats!