Shopping Bag

Annie's on Facebook has offered a free pattern for a shopping bag when you join their site.

It's a simple pattern and goes together quickly. Here's a picture of mine with some changes. These changes were made since I didn't follow directions. Sometimes you read over a pattern and continue in the method you are used to. The pattern is much simpler.

Ditto on the handle. Do you think a person can change her ways? I used leftover fabric from other projects. I think I'll use it for my sewing stuff. The colors are way too light for hauling groceries.

Here it is with my last year stuff of similar colors. Aqua and oranges are not my bag (pun intended),  but it the in style colors right now.

Stay cool and sew on.


Marcy

Summer Stitching

It's going to be a hot rest-of-the-summer. So sew! 

Here's what my sewing group has been working on for the hospital gift shop. It started as a learning project where we each made a block from the Underground Railroad era quilts and explained the meaning during our meeting. I put it together and did the scrappy strip board. Now it is ready for quilting. 

Yesterday my quilting neighbor and I delivered 25 quilts to go to the naval hospital. Believe it or not, there aren't two alike. My quilting neighbor has tons of flannel and I'm not fond of sewing with flannel. It's always a good mix of quilts for the kids and babies.

This is one of the patterns we each made. It's a four-piece block that sort of self sashes itself. I did mine scrappy and she did hers more planned.

We got a load of donation fabrics and went through them like kids and candy. This picture is with just one boarder. I did add more but can't remember what.

Happy Summer, Happy Quilting (and stay cool)

Marcy

Independence Day 2019

Happy Birthday America!