Small Projects Add Up to Big Finishes

Finishing up a bunch of small projects and getting ready to travel.

Small quilts for my Small Quilt Wall:..One of them Auntie Nyla's only attempt at FPP*. 
(She hated this block and threw it away...I rescued it....I love it!!)

 

Quilt it.

Bind it.

Hang it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty Little City:  Embracing my new "home state." This is a Muppin's Sewing Emporium exclusive. 
Cheryl created this pattern for out-of-town visitors to her shop. (The Heart button is Paducah.)

The Small Quilt Wall is nearly Full!

The Pincushion Doll also by Muppin's Sewing Emporium.  I shall call her "Polly" (for Polly Pincushion.)

Hummmmm....my first attempt was NOT a success!
The dress-base is too small.  There are fabric cutting calculations in the pattern based on the size of the doll body, but somehow they didn't translate from
paper to product.  

 

 

Can you say "Date with Jack"?

 

 

 Sew Much Better!

 

 

I'm sure someday I'll make her another frock and then I'll have a better idea of how it all goes together (I wrote it in the pattern.)

I think she looks cheery, though, don't you?
Makes me want to do-si-do.
I imagine her wearing cowgirl boots,
muddy cowgirl boots, under her costume.

When you purchase patterns, fabric and notions from your local shop you have a resource available for help get you out of a conundrum. 
Thank you, Cheryl Sleboda for setting me on the right track. 
Buy local when possible!

Crayon Pouch for the coloring Catalina:  A video popped up on my FaceBook.  It looked cute (and easy) so I followed the link...they wanted $22 for the pattern!!!  I'm sorry...that is too much money for a downloadable pattern....so, I made the little zipper pouch without a pattern!  So There! 

 

Well...not so fast....I'll admit there were more than a few "gosh darn" moments assembling this thing, especially the zipper. 
And it didn't turn out in real life quite like I'd imagined. Hind-sight being what it is...I should have purchased the
pattern--should-a, would-a, could-a.  If you're interested in watching the video and purchasing the pattern, HERE is the link. 

And can I just have a short hissy fit about zipper feet?  

The feet that came with my Janome are not worth a plug nickel! 
I have all these (on the left): I tried the two top feet....they just wouldn't hold the fabric...
I broke two needles trying.

 

 I finally retrieved the foot from one of my older machines (on the right)....PERFECT!!!
Sometimes the tried-and-true are the best choice, just sayin...

Ok, I'm done. Leave me a comment if you want me to send you the Janome feet.

 

 

Rounding out all the small projects for March,
Hat-on a-Cat** for April: 

And now it's time to jump in the car and drive to exciting places....keep watching.

 

*FPP=Foundation Paper Piecing.
**Hat on a Cat is from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

 

Leap Day!!

What are you doing with your extra day?
I am preparing for a brand, spankin new month!!

While finishing up Auntie Nyla's Coffee Time table runner I kept thinking "What am I going to do with this?" 
My dining table is round and I tend to leave it bare.  The runner is really too big for the countertop under the coffee-making things.  Then I remembered the most-appealing "Small Quilt Wall" I once saw somewhere on the internet. 
Here is an example: 

So, now, I too shall have a Small Quilt Wall!

Coffee Time is mounted above Misunderstood.  And, you might recognize the Happy Camper small quilt from July, 2021.  

Next item to finish and add to the wall is Snugly Bugly.

Snugly Bugly has a story....HERE

This one, lonely block was part of a BOM from Orange Quilt Bee in Orange, CA. Each month was packaged up with the pattern and the fabrics.  I bought them all, but only ever completed one block.  All the blanket stitch was done by hand....took   F O R E V E R!  I should have switched to doing it by machine. 
But, Water under the bridge...

After announcing on FaceBook the remaining kits were free, they did go to a good home.  Hopefully she finished what I did not.

This one block will be quilted and bound and a label added for historical purposes.... it was for Cash when he was a youngin' (he is now 17) and then add it to my new Small Quilt Wall. 

And, What is on my March UFO list?  THREE more small wall quilts!!

Pretty Little City

by Muppin's Sewing Emporium

And part of a sewing panel (purchased from Muppin's). 

This will make two.

The wall quilt for my Sister Wife was from this panel.  HERE

 

 

SSOOOoooo looking forward to March! (It's my birthday month, too.)

I've already changed out my door hanging, that's how excited I am!!

P.S.  Happy Birthday to you if you happen to be a "Leapling."