Granny Square Update - My Beach Project

Last fall, I taught myself how to crochet. (Actually, I knew how to crochet as a teen but this was a long forgotten skill.) I bought a lots of 25g balls of cotton yarn and went on to make 169 granny squares.

We had our annual beach vacation in May. Typically, I bring along my sewing machine but this year, I decided to start the assembly process. It was a bit of a trial and error process for me but I am finally sort-of figured it out.

And I'm loving the way it looks. I've got 28 different colors to play with. Right now, I'm busy attaching the 7th row.

Having a handwork project at the beach turned out to be just perfect. I could sit on the deck and enjoy the view and still create.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Small Projects - A Bag and A Name tag

I had the chance to spend a sew day with friends last week and I worked on two small projects.

The first was this Harry Potter themed zip bag for a sweet neighbor turning 8. Pattern is from SewHooked. The bag is 7" x 10".

Next up is a new name tag for guild meetings. I scored the letters at the Ruby Star booth in QuiltCon. They are from an upcoming fabric line. The nametag itself is ~ 4.5" x 5.5". My last nametag was from 2017 - here is that post. One of the main reasons why I have a blog is to be able to remind myself what I've made and when.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Sarah Hibbert Workshop

Sunday I had a blast in a workshop with Sarah Hibbert. The workshop - Freestyle Patchwork - was all about play. In the morning, I worked on the piece Sarah and I are holding. the idea was to start sewing together squares and rectangles, choosing the pieces somewhat blindly, and see what develops. I want to make the piece a bit bigger and hope it will eventually live on a wall in my bedroom. Since I am working on a new quilt for that bed - see those blocks - I used scraps of blue.

In the afternoon we worked on a different piece where you started with a odd sized scrap - i.e. not a perfect square or rectangle - and then built the piece up from there. I used many of the same scraps as the first piece but ran out of time to make the piece larger.

Sarah is a wonderful teacher - I would highly recommend taking one of her workshops. She told a whole bunch of fun stories and shared lots of tips. She also brought some linen scraps and generously shared them with us. (There are some of her linen scraps in the first piece.)

Sarah will be back in Raleigh for QuiltCon and I look forward to seeing her again!

Have a wonderful day! Patty