I made up some samples for raffle blocks for our up-coming Houston Modern Quilt Guild Spring Retreat. I am getting crazy excited about going away with my Guild buds! (I also wanted/needed to do some more cutting of project parts to take with me, but that got postponed too.) Anyway, Tammy is our Swaps & Challenges coordinator & I am on her committee. She has some ideas & I have some ideas -- well, an idea -- for Retreat. Mine was for raffle blocks that we make while at Retreat. So I came up with a block & color-scheme & made some samples -- which I don't want to show until I've shown the group (next weekend).
So many of my Guild friends are SO good at making bags & pillows & pouches & pincushions & etc, etc, etc. They put me to shame. We have several members who are expecting babies & I offered to make -- well, something. I am at an especial loss when it comes to babies. But I found a cute fabric & bought some burp towels & I think what I made is pretty darn cute! But, again, I can't show them to you just yet -- the Mama-to-be is a visitor to my blog & I don't want to spoil her surprise!
Next Saturday, the Guild is gathering together the quilts & pillowcases for donating to the Star of Hope Mission. My quilts were done, but I wanted to make some pillowcases. There may be a million methods out there in the Internets for making pillowcases, but I've used the one from the ConKerr Cancer site. It is ridiculously easy! It probably takes longer preparing & cutting the fabric than it does to make the pillowcase. So I made 3 pillowcases to donate & 1 for me to keep! (I said I was good this weekend, not perfect!)
My final project was not so showy as the others. Shug wanted some fleece drawstring bags for carrying his wood projects to his wood-turning meetings. I had some fleece scraps left over from the red brick quilts & made up the first of several bags for him.
6 comments:
Way to stay on task - wish I could have that quality!
Love the pillowcases! And that reminds me that I need to pack up mine for this weekend.
I'm excited for everyone to see your blocks!!
Those pillowcases are great! I'm curious why Shug wanted the bags to be fleece...
I also just realized that Shug is not Shrug (as I've been reading for years now), but probably short for sugar. That's so sweet.
Those are the coolest pillow cases!!! I like your brick bags for wood bits. It sounds as though youve been very busy working on all your top secret projects.
Fun pillowcases and very "polished" looking. I especially love the sewing themed one - very retro.
Great pillowcases. I must try that. And, you are being VERY good. Pat yourself on the back, girl!
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