Photo Dump of Various Sewing Projects

 I have been working on a project called Days for Girls.  This project involves making reusable feminine pads and helps girls not in the United States stay in school.  You can read more about it on their site.  I really enjoyed using my Serger and getting a lot of use out of it.  I actually used up several cones of thread too.  A few of my younger children helped with stacking and counting.  820 pads were made in total.  Each girl gets 8 pads, so 100 kits. 

 Too many devices and not enough cases.  I made a different pattern for each case, except for two.  Those two were mostly the same with a few alterations by me.  Of special note is the sea turtle along the zipper.  You open it up and it feeds him.  I did not plan this, it just happened.

Quarterly Report

Another sewing kit completed for a graduate. 

A sample of my scrap buster blocks.  I am working on a fun layout.  I have a few colors completed now.

A work in progress.  I started it at our sewing retreat.  The top is now complete, but I am deciding how I want to quilt it.  This is one of the few solids only creations.

A nice addition to this year's sewing retreat was a shower for the smaller upstairs bedroom.  I love the tile work.

 

A little inspiration for our sewing retreat.  This year I made gifts for each of our days.  This was the one for day one.  It was fun to surprise everyone since they were not expecting it.  Unfortunately, I did not snag photos of the other items.  I made magnets and tissue holders.

A Few of My Latest Completions from 2015

I managed to finish a few of my own quilts this year, but not as many as in other years.  I did get a very detailed applique piece completed and the Farmer's Wife quilt.  All 111 blocks are included.

This was a photo to help me remember my layout.

A cool sewing kit from this website.  Gifted to my niece for graduation.

Cool new ironing board cover.  I was sad to replace my old one, because my mother made it for me.

King-size Farmer's Wife.

An interesting technique.  I gifted this one to a friend.

This is by far the neatest one.  I have delayed finishing this one too long.  It is special, because each block is made a by a girl in a beginning sewing class I co-taught with a friend of mine.  I made sure to gift this to a person who sews as she would appreciate all of the hard work of the girls.  More fun things to come.

 This photo does not do this quilt justice at all, but the quilting was so fun.  I did not quilt it.

I made my first hot pad and crocheted two hot pads.  I also knitted a dish cloth.

Happy New Year.