Showing posts with label lil beauty baskets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lil beauty baskets. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

just a little piecing

Sometimes I just play. It seems to start with a frustrated clean up around my sewing room. But, then, it is so fun that I start wandering from little project to little project. I have been really concentrating on finishing ufos this year with an emphasis on emptying my 'to be quilted' closet. I haven't just played with scrap pieces. 

I found a baggy of of 2 1/2 inch squares in sewn sets of 2. 


I hadn't sewn any shirt snails trail in a while, so I started 5 more.


I found enough scraps to make 2 5 1/2 inch monkey wrench blocks from odd colors. And 2 little beauty baskets.


The room is still a mess, but, I had a few moments of soothing piecing. I am pondering next year and how to downsize my quilting stash. I like to piece, but, I don't really need to start anything new. Yet, I miss the enthusiasm of a new project. Luckily, I still have ufos that will be interesting.

I am linking:

wednesday wait loss

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

floor triangles bits

 Underneath my sewing machine, I keep a basket of triangle cut offs and bits. While I was cleaning the floor of my sewing room, I needed to handle a bit of a mess they created. They play while I am not looking, and walk about the room at night.  Corralling them was easy, but not playing with them was impossible. Mostly they are smaller than a 2 1/2 inch hst. Some are very tiny.


I know I want to make ( someday)  a basket quilt with 2 inch hsts, and, I want to make ditch lillies (bonnie hunter) with 1 1/2 in hsts. I like the idea of sewing wonky triangles to the corner of a 2 1/2 inch square for a confetti quilt and little hourglass blocks. 

2 1/2 inch

2 1/2 inch




4 1/2 inch

I have little beauty blocks I am making every now and then. 

monkey wrench and lil beauty basket

I have had a wonderful time "cleaning" the floor underneath my sewing machine. I could even vacuum. haha