My catching up started with the fact that I "caught up" with my machine today, having not had time to use it much for weeks. What's a girl to do on a rainy bank holiday? Stay in her PJ's and sew, that's what (I cried through Pollyanna at the start of the day as well). My first couple of projects are photo less I'm afraid but just so you know, I cut down 2 old pairs of pyjama bottoms to make them into shorts. I also had a go at recycling an old t-shirt into a tank top using the tutorial at http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2011/08/tee-to-tank-tutorial-by-jen-from.html.
I've photos of the other makes for today - I made a new peg bag based on the storage bucket pattern found at http://filminthefridge.com/2012/11/23/round-bottomed-fabric-storage-buckets-a-tutorial/. I don't like the hanging peg bags you can make (I've been using a small cube-like bag) so I thought a "bucket" would be good.
I was using up "scraps" so this is made using a couple of the leftover blocks from the quilt I made for my niece at the beginning of the year. To be honest, this photo doesn't do it justice! I lined the bucket with shower curtain just to make it a little weather proof and decided when I got to this stage that I needed a handle so the finished article looks like this:
I used another left over block (it was a practice one from an early Bee month) to make another of these to store my threads in.
I did have one more sewing project completion today but I'm going to save that for a post of its own.
My other summer holiday makes have included homemade strawberry jam and blackberry jam - my sons and I picked the fruit and I made jam for the first time in about 30 years. Let me tell you - it was worth the wait!
During August, I'm Queen Bee, and I've received 4 blocks so far:
And a really quick make came in the form of a patchwork key ring that came free with Love Quilting and Patchwork Magazine.
Love Natalie x
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