Monday making - scraps and tiny pieces

This week I began a quilt I’ve wanted to make for a long time.

A ONE DOLLAR quilt!

I used a cotton sheet from the thrift store as my foundation...

And added a WHOLE lot of soft scraps.

(I call it a one dollar quilt because the sheet was $1)

I am almost done with the quilt!

I have to now decide on a border.

Hmm......

Lots of happy thinking time.

🙂

I also made a very tiny quilt using

VERY tiny squares!

I made the tiny 1” finished squares using some 6” squares.

My little doll quilt is ready to be gifted!

Both of these projects are on my youtube channel HERE.

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making - a finish

This week I was able to finish this quilt top I began recently.

I LOVE the simple flowers

And.... I really enjoyed the hand work with appliqué and

English paper piecing that went into this one!

This week was our 3rd annual carrot harvest!

There are about 25 pounds of carrots on our picnic table here.

I made a big batch of carrot soup.

🙂

This year, rather than blanch and freeze the rest...

I hope to find good homes for this MOTLEY group of vegetables.

My video for this quilt finish is HERE.

I added what I call FLOATING squares blocks for 

The top and bottom borders.

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making

I have been working on these little appliqué flowers.

This weekend I was able to FINISH all the blocks.

🙂

There are 16 in all.

These little diamond shapes were almost all complete

In a little baggie at the thrift store.

I was so happy to find them and give them some life!

I added the circles and the stems.

I will be adding to this quilt this week.

Hoping to add four triangles to each square

To set them ON POINT!

I have unearthed some blues....

I am looking forward to showing you the next step!

Stay tuned.

I have uploaded two videos so far on this project.

HERE

And 

HERE

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making - backpacking and charity quilt

My husband has a backpacking trip scheduled very soon.

He’s trying to collect ALL the things.

🙂

One thing he requested :

A very small potholder!

Yes. I can do that. 

It was fun to figure out how to make it small yet FUNCTIONAL!

 It’s also kind of CUTE.

I also finished a donation quilt.

Quilt blocks. CHECK!

Border.  CHECK!

Quilted and bound. CHECK!

It's always a good feeling to FINISH.

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making - this and that

This week I made these SUPER cute potholders.

I used some leftovers....of course!

These were leftover strips from a honeybun package.

Little tiny strips only 1 1/2” wide!

I didn’t have many...

AND....

I didn’t NEED many.

🙂

 

I also ended up doing a little sewing at my daughter’s house.

We were visiting her family in Texas 

and I found I had more time on my hands than expected.

With ONLY a sewing machine and NO supplies....

What was I to DO???

Shop at the thrift store!

I found some fabric (shirts and pillowcases)

And got to work!!

Don't cringe TOO MUCH when you see the scissors I'm using.

LOL!

Video is HERE.

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making - Scraps and fences

This week I started ONE quilt with this hourglass variation....

And added a FENCE around my rose garden!!

I love playing with SCRAPS!!

Both of these are on my youtube channel...

Thanks for sewing along with ME!!

What are YOU making this week??

Monday making - scrappy X

I had a lot of fun playing with this Scrappy X block this week!

So many sizes.

SO. Many. PossiBILITIES!

Instruction on Small Scrappy X block is here - HERE

Larger block-  HERE

On my youtube channel

What are YOU making this week??