Weekend Sewing -- Pajamas for Everyone, Kid Size

Sometimes, you just have to make a project. For instance, when you have a piece of oddly shaped fabric that really will only work for one thing. And you just happen to have enough pattern tracing fabric left to trace off the size that will exactly fit on said piece of oddly shaped flannel. So, I made a kids size small-medium Pajamas for Everyone. Since I'd already made these once before, I went ahead and made my very minor modification- I serged all of the seams. I still went ahead and top stitched all the seams, because it is so easy, and it really makes a garment look finished.

Scraps to... a Quilt!

When my mom handed me a lot of Christmas fabric strips, I divided them up by color family, and by width. There were quite a few bright red scraps that were at least three and a half inches wide, and I thought they'd make a good square in a square quilt. It's currently five by five blocks, and I may make it five by six. I'll post a photo when it's all done.

Weekend Sewing -- Pajamas for Everyone

These pajama pants made up quickly and easily. They would've been made in one sewing session except for the lack of elastic. If I were to make these again, I would serge all of the seams, but I followed the instructions the first time around. I did add quite a bit of topstitching, which fancies them up a bit, at least if you look closely! I made these a size bigger than the size I would purchase at the store, which turned out to be a good idea. I found these to be very long, at least for me. That's easily remedied, however.

Favorite Jeans Denim Quilt

One of my mom's friends has always sent a lot of old jeans my way, destined to get cut up into denim quilts. When the last batch arrived, mom mentioned that her friend S. was particularly disappointed to send her favorite pair to me-- she really loved them but they were just plain worn out. S. and I are the same size, so I tried them on, and I could see why she liked them so much, and alas, that they were beyond repair. The jeans had lace appliques on them which I knew would be well suited to fussy cutting. And I thought it would be a great way to let S. remember that great pair of jeans in a new format. So, S., thanks for all the great old denim you sent my way, I'm sending this quilt your way!

From Scraps to...?

My mom has been giving me all of these scraps of holiday fabrics. I laid them all out, stared at them for a while, and came up with a project! I supplemented them with the green fabric. Can you guess what I'll turn these oddly shaped scraps into?

Weekend Sewing -- Drawstring Travel Bag

Not so long ago, I found this golf print fabric and picked up a yard. Half of that yard now resides in this travel laundry bag.

The Blues

Way back in January, I spent two days sewing this quilt top. I had been stockpiling these prints to make another blue and white quilt. Then I was honest with myself that I was blue and white quilted out. These had been sitting on the top shelf of my fabric cupboard for a few years, and it was time to use them up! This is lap size, and it's perfect! It is great to wrap up in on the sofa, or is a perfect extra layer on a cold night.