Working on . . .

It’s been raining for days in Minnesota.  I say if that isn’t sewing weather, I don’t know what is!!  Get out your sewing machine 🙂

Last night I finished up the diaper bag for my cousin.  I just need to trim the zipper and add a zipper tab and voila! it is ready to go, yay!

I am getting closer to finishing up the quilt for my daughter, too.  I only work on it once a year on a sewing retreat with some friends.  That was a couple weeks ago and it has been sitting in my living room waiting for that last little bit…. but now with quilt market around the corner it might be sitting on that couch for a few more weeks.  The pattern is the Metro pattern from Quilt Moments– Go check out Marilyn’s blog entry on the Quilt Moments blog for the Quiltmaker 100 Blocks blog tour. Psst, you might even win something 🙂

I am quilting it on my home machine, which I haven’t done a lot of so I stuck with some simple straight stitching.  I am thinking I might play off the on-point blocks by quilting a chevron pattern into the border.  What do you think?

I have also been sewing a lot of bags, of course.  This is the Nina Bag, my newest bag pattern.  I just got proofs in the mail for the paper pattern so I am almost done!  I released the PDF pattern in my store and it is on sale until midnight Friday if you are interested!  Use code NINABAG for a 25% off discount.

 

I have also been sewing a LOT of baskets for my new basket pattern.  I was feeling like I had made a lot of them so I counted.  I’ve sewn 20 of them!!!  But I will save those pictures for my next post because that pattern is almost ready to go as well!  Stay tuned.

Hope you are sneaking in some sewing time!