Little things

I’ve been on a “useful items only” kick lately, meaning I’ve been sewing things I need rather than creating things I *want* — but not anymore! Take that, practical me! Ok..so first, with the practical: Ayumi over at Pink Penguin posted a tutorial for a bento box lunch bag — I just had to make [...]

Wordless Wednesday

August already?

Well, ok…not quite August. I genuinely cannot believe July is almost over, though! It’s been almost a month since I posted my little pouch tutorial. Here’s what I’ve been up to in the mean time: Work. Lots of work. Oh! Also important and new: Mad Men season 4 premiered on Sunday! I’ve started a tradition [...]

Pouches!

Today I decided to make a quick project to test out my new Janome 6260. After a quick survey of my supplies, I went with the Perfect Box Pouch by Indie House, since I was in dire need of a new makeup bag. I wanted to use something fairly sturdy, which made me think of [...]

Not perfect, but..

I’ve been doing a lot (a LOT) of hand piecing while saving up for a proper sewing machine. The list is as follows 1)The beginnings of a Little Folks voile pillow, which will be completed when I receive my new machine (it shipped today!). These are 1″ hexies: 2) a Little Folks hexagon quilt, which [...]

Holidays! Gifts! New Sewing Machine!

Well, it’s been quite a while since I last posted…apologies. Hope everyone had a Happy Christmas/Hanukkah, etc. We’ve had a lot going on here in Austin. I got my new sewing machine in a few days ago, haven’t had much of a chance to fire it up because of the holidays. I had various knitting [...]

I’m still alive!

Moving is tiring. It’s also so expensive. I haven’t been doing any quilting this week because I need to get to a store and buy a new iron. Until then, no crisp edges for me! It kinda stinks because I was going strong on Ezra’s quilt, and I realized I’d left my iron in Arkansas…or [...]

Giveaways!

Lila Tueller’s giving away a jelly roll and a layer cake from her Eden line, along with a few patterns. Check it out, and maybe you’ll win. Tell ‘em I sent ya! -K

Needle Roll

It’s finished! I wanted to make a mini quilt (it’s about 11×18) to practice the quilting and binding steps before I quilt/bind Ezra’s quilt. It took me a few hours to sew on the binding, but I think it’ll be much easier the second time around. It turned out lovely, too. I think Tripp was [...]

Practice makes…perfect?

Today I (finally!) got my even feed foot in the mail. For my fellow newbies or you non-quilters out there, an even feed foot, aka a walking foot, looks like this: It’s kind of a huge and awkward version of a normal presser foot. Every sewing machine has feed dogs, which run underneath the cloth [...]