I Quilt Scarlet and Gray

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Little Glam Bags make great gifts!!!

This past week I participated in the Travel Handmade series, sponsored by The Sewing Summit, of blog entries that focused on making totes, bags and accessories from tutorials and patterns.

Last fall I kept busy by making a number of Little Glam Bags by Pink Sands Beach Design. Being unemployed I had to make gifts for my girlfriends and nieces.

These bags are great for using up those fat quarters you have been collecting. I bought the zippers on sale!!

I completed 10 of these bags quickly!!!

Garfield liked my bags also!

I used the concepts I learned using this pattern and made a larger bag for my sister.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Learning from my mistakes!!!

I'm in the process of binding a number of my scarlet and gray quilts. I have been using a 2" wide double fold binding. I added a binding on to the quilt below.

I didn't have quite enough so I cut two more 2" wide strips. When I went to attach them I realized that the majority of the binding had been cut 2.25" wide?

I have made the decision that I need to remove the majority of the binding and trim it down to 2" then reattach it. At least I figured this out before starting the handing sewing!!! Why is this so important you might ask? I just like the way that a 2" wide binding wraps around the quilt.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

2011 Pets on Quilt Show August 15th - August 19th

I want to thank Darlene for organizing this great virtual quilt show. You can check out all the entries at Welcome to 2011 Pets on Quilts Show. In the last year I have been very busy testing quilt patterns. My boys Garfield and Nermal have been very helpful.

It has been a tough year for both of the boys. First we had Garfield shaved!!

Nermal helps me blog and design quilts using EQ7!!

And he helps me sew???

Now Nermal is having some medical issues!! He was recently bit in the tail area and has been to the vet twice. We just hope this round of antibiotics takes care of the infection.