Time flies

Oh my gosh, I can't believe February is almost over. I just wish winter was almost over, too! I have been busily sewing and knitting. I am grateful for my stash of fabric and yarn. We are on a tight budget here and I am avoiding new purchases--a challenge given I work in a fabric store. I unpacked a box the other day and found three unfinished projects! I finished up two of them--a polar fleece vest that only needed binding and jammie bottoms for Kate that were cut out. I have half a blouse to work on--though the thing fits bust and hips, the sleeves are really tight. It's odd, because the sleeves didn't appear to be that slim on the pattern package. I have extra fabric, so I'm going to redraft the armhole and sleeve, using a favorite blouse as a guide, and reset the sleeve. If it turns out ok, I'll use that as my master blouse pattern. I hope to get some photos soon.

I am also getting ready for the second meeting with the women's group. I finished up the baby quilt and have made several small quilts in different techniques to show them. Those little quilts will go to Petsmart for the shelter kitties.

Shower Curtains Redux

I obviously own too many shower curtains. There is a logical explanation for this. When we first moved into this house, we used shower curtains for window curtains. Some of that has changed, so I have several shower curtains in my stash. My favorite are two brown flannel shower curtains. One has just become a shirt for me. I am proud of myself in that I fitted the pattern to an existing well-fitting shirt and I only used things from my stash. The other curtain will become cushions for a rocking chair. More on that to come...

Honey, I shrunk the...

No, I didn't shrink the kids. I shrunk the shower curtain. In its defense, the label clearly said "Dry Clean Only". But I just couldn't handle dry cleaning a 100% cotton shower curtain. So I washed it and shrunk it about 12%! I managed to iron some of the shrinkage out and then inserted two strips of pieced squares to lengthen it. I think it turned out quite nice--the blue squares brighten things up.

A partial quilt

Here is a photo of a baby quilt that is not quite finished. The top is pieced from black quilting fabrics. The backing is a lovely soft fleece and the binding is the peach fabric. I just need to pin the layers together, machine quilt over the seams, and attach the binding. Then it will be ready to wrap around a wee baby.