My Recent Projects - Scrappy Patchwork Potholders/Hot Pads

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I recently came across this tutorial by MyGirlThursday blog for Scrap Busting Pot Holders.  I read the tutorial, saw that I already had everything on hand so decided to whip up a pair.

HERE ARE MINE:  I used a wavy quilting on top of the top seams.  I did a stitch in the ditch quilting to shop up on the back side.  The tutorial says to put the loop downwards but I prefer the look of it upwards.

My Recent Projects - Patchwork Cat Face Pillow Cover - OhFrannson Tutorial

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I know I haven't blogged much in the past several months.  I wanted to show yall one of the projects I've been working on.

This is a Patchwork Cat Face 18" Pillow Cover I made for Christmas.  The cat faces are about 6".  I used the OhFrannson tutorial.  Her version is more scrappy than mine.

My New Camera Strap for my Canon DSLR

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For the longest I have been meaning to make a Camera Strap and kept forgetting.  One day I got the itch to sew something but wanted to make something practical then I remembered that I needed a Camera Strap.  The Green & Blue side is the inside.  The Red fabric is the lens pocket.  I used THIS TUTORIAL to make the Camera Strap.  My lens is larger than the regular sized lens so it stretches the fabric a bit but still fits.

I COULDN'T GET THE PICTURES TO BE HORIZONTAL!

My NEW Sewing Machine Mat - every machine needs to be organized

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For YEARS this is what the right side of my sewing area has looked like, a complete mess thrown together.

So one day I decided I was going to make a Sewing Mat Organizer.  I just "wung" it, if you know what I mean.  I measured the distance from the left edge of my machine to the right edge of the table, measured from the back of my machine to the front edge of the table, THEN measured how far down I wanted to pockets to hang down above my thighs.  I knew I wanted LOTS of pockets.  I had to use some of my owl fabric to go with the theme of my logo and sewing room. 

I made 2 rows of 5 pockets.  The end pockets are 3 inches wide and the others are 6 inches wide.  Lots of space for all my stuff.  At first I was going to make a velcro thread/scrap catcher but decided to stick with taping a grocery bag underneath on the corner.

Wonky Tic-Tac-Toe Hot Pads - part 1

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This is part 1 of probably 3 or 4 posts.  As yall probably remember me mentioning in a previous post, on March 8th I'm flying overseas to visit my twin in Saudi for 3 months.  They have a quilt group over there in the area that my twin lives and I wanted to make some small gifts to give the ladies in the group.  Some of the fabrics were sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop.  I contacted Stephanie explaining what I was doing and asked if they would sponsor some fabric to make hot pads and they agreed!  Stephanie chose some really nice fabrics from Pat Bravo Art Gallery's Poetica Line, you will get a better look at them when I take pictures of the finished hot pads.  The other fabrics and such were sponsored by someone who wished to remain anonymous.  I chose the fabrics myself.  I think I did a great job choosing.  I chose all kinds of colors & designs.  There is something for every design taste.

Each Hot Pad will be 8.5" square when finished.  Last night I cut the fabrics into rough squares, sandwiched them with 2 layers of Insul-Brite for more protection.  Then I did the Wonky Tic-Tac-Toe quilting as shown below.  After doing one of the hot pads with the fabric from Fat Quarter Shop in the Tic-Tac-Toe grid, I decided that since the fabrics were dainty like in feel and look, that I could do only the first set of lines that were 3.5" apart.  I didn't finish with the Tic-Tac-Toe grid.

I JUST NEED TO CUT THE BINDING STRIPS, BIND THEM AND DO THE LOOP DE LOOP HANGY THING ON THE CORNERS.

STAY TUNED TO SEE FINISHED PICTURES OF THE HOT PADS.  ALSO STAY TUNED FOR WHEN I PRESENT THEM TO THE QUILT GROUP IN SAUDI.

THANKS FAT QUARTER SHOP FOR SPONSORING SOME OF THE LUSCIOUS FABRICS!