What a busy week!

I am so behind with my blog already. My oldest came home from her father's in Monday morning (yes!), and I have been busy making so much for her. I started with a charm tote for her using the Morris Apprentice line by Barbara Brackman for Moda. It's a nice muted, naturistic line. So I got that done, and then I made a wallet and a ChapStick holder for her as well in the same line. School goes back this coming Monday and she requested a matching pencil case. I found a tutorial on Pinterest here. I decided to use a hexagon pattern. I cut 9 charms into quarters and English paper pieced the hexagons using 2" paper templates. I then sewed them into seven rows of 5. I am currently hand stitching the rows together. Here is a picture of my progress so far

What a weekend...

Have the Bestie and her kids here the last few days was great. I started teaching her to sew and quilt. She made a pillow for her son. I made her a tote bag like mine, using the Chrysalis charm pack from Moda. She loves it and got some great compliments on it already. I also made a monkey face and a cat face place at for her kids. I am especially proud of the cat-we designed that one all on our own! We also did some other little projects. Needless to say, after they left today ( :( ) I put away my things and took the rest of the day off from sewing. Tomorrow I will post about one of my little projects I did yesterday for my sewing area. Night all!

Projects I've Done This Week

It has been a very busy week for me here. I have started and completed 2 quilt tops: a circle applique quilt and a star quilt. I need to add a wider border yet, but here is the majority of it:

Appliqueing circles was a learning experience, for sure! I used 2 of the PB&J from Moda charm packs for the circles, 2 yards of a light off-white solid from the French General line, again from Moda, and for the borders and blue background squares more PB & J. I based it on a quilt I found here.
I also made my diaper bag/purse:

I used the same pattern as the bag from the previous post.

About a year ago, I saw

these at my local amazing fabric store, and desired them for my own. I decided to go with a Giant Vintage Star pattern, to best show off the prints. Here is my finished top

the couch it is draped over is a 3 seater; I believe the finished size was 68" square.

I started a new quilt for my Boo-she chose a blue seagull fabric, which I've paired with a grey and a white solid, and a white on black paisley. She is 4 years old, took one look at the way I was piecing it, and said "That's NOT the way I wanted it, Mama" Too bad, kid! ;)

My bestie and her two kiddos are visiting me for a few days and have put orders in-I need to do 2 animal placemats, 2 pillows, and a charm tote for my friend-by Sunday. I think I can, I think I can...