Two Fold Sewing

Today I went to the fabric store and picked up three different patterned fleeces to make into what I call 'camping blankets'.  Wammyville is having its first-ever campout this weekend at Stonelick Lake and Bryce is bringing Sam and Mia!  I can hardly wait!  It is going to be so much fun.  We have five sites reserved! 

I serged the edges and had the edges left over to use as tomato ties in the garden.

Sam has facetimed with me and seen them and has given a thumbs up for my choices.

One More T-Shirt Quilt

 We are making this one for a birthday surprise for Cooer, a Wammyville graduate and buddy from down the street.

I had to actually search for the directions to make sure I remembered everything correctly.  Then I had to call Besty because two heads are better than one when we have to figure out things using our math skills.

Marji sent me a garbage bag full of t-shirts to choose from.  I had to choose 25 of them...hard task because there were so many good ones to choose from.

Oops!  Sure is a good thing that my rotary cutter was a little dull or I might have been making a trip to the ER.  I am going to see if Alire can mend it for me using one of her fancy embroidery stitches.

All cut into 12.5-inch squares and ready for fusing.

I'm saving these backs for maybe a car quilt for this summer.

Cutting the fusible webbing for the back.

Pressing the fusible backing onto the t-shirts.  As you can see I have a little sugar and caffeine to keep me going.  

Cutting once again into 12.5-inch squares.

Now for the sashings that go on all four sides of the t-shirt squares.

Five rows ready to go and the sashing pinned ready to sew.

First sash sewing and pressing when complete.

Now for the sashings between the rows horizontally.

Pinning the sashing between the rows and listening to my book as I go.

All sewn and ready to be pinned along with the batting and the backing.

To us, this is the scariest part because if you mess this up it's going to cost a little more money.  The long piece of fabric needs to be cut into two pieces.

Then we sew the two together the 'other' way and trim off the edge. I know what I mean I just can't find the exact words to explain it to you.

Our kitchen floor isn't big enough to pay out the quilt so we get permission to lay it out at church.

So far...all pined and trimmed and ready to quilt.  It's going to be a dandy!

Quilting this beast was a challenge.  I have never tried to sew a quilt with a fleece back.  I had to tug and pull it through the eye of the needle to be able to sew one side.  I got a real workout.

One last thing...the binding

Finished product.  

And I think he likes it!

Dusting Off The Machine

 Seems like years since I have been able to sew.  So you know these projects are special!

This is a secret for Lyla and Abe so I can't say more.

Ava needed a few new masks.  I didn't get her Halloween ones finished in time for her to wear for Halloween.  But she was thrilled with the other one.

The dogs all got new bed covers and I think they love them.  I used two pillows sewed together for Gladys.  Imogene get a cover on an old bed.  Ollie got to have an old quilt from Michael's room.  They love them but I am wishing the fabric was brown or black.  Maybe someday I will buy some fabric.  I spent $00.00 on these.  Pretty proud of myself.

Doing A Few Projects With Michael

 

We have been pressing and sewing a few patches on a green jacket and now he wants to put these pads on the outside sleeve at the elbow.  Have no clue how to do that so we had a FaceTime call with our favorite seamstress...Kaela Racer.  She gave us some ideas and off we went.

We will keep you posted.

A Small Surgery

The other day I got a Facetime request from Rori.  Seems the new puppy chewed Flamingo's wing/hand.   The injury was so had that she was wearing a sling made out of a mask that Rori made.  She needs a little minor surgery.  Glad I could help bring Flamingo back to doing the things she loves.

Flamingo all fixed and ready for pickup.  I should have been a plastic surgeon,.

Pick-up today was in the kids Little Free Library.  Flamingo enjoying a book while she waited.

Still Sewing

I borrowed this for someone on Facebook.  Thought it was so funny.

We are still sewing masks.  Right now we are helping to fill and order for 300 for Eastside Christian Church, Milford Miami Ministries for the Backpack Drive.  We have preschool size masks and some adult masks available.  We will continue to make masks as long as we have materials.  HUGE thanks to SOS for PPE for coming through when we were in a pinch.

Please Pick Up

I am almost sure that I have sent a PM through Facebook to each of these names and reminded them to be sure to pick up their masks.  Please pick them up by Sunday.  If they don't get picked up they will go back into the rotation for others.  I hope I am not coming across as angry...we just need the room for more masks now that our county must wear them a mask when we are out and about.  We are getting lots of order and so far we have been able to keep ahead of the game.  We have also been cutting some smaller children's masks.

There are three sewers left in our little arm of sewers and we have been sewing daily for months on end.  So next week we are taking a break and regrouping, cutting masks, cutting elastic, getting our machines tuned up, and getting ready to start up production again on July 19th.  

So please come by and pick up your masks at 1224 Eagle Ridge Road.  They are on the front porch bench.  Can't miss them.