Zippered Pouches

 

Winter Cloth Napkins

I am really loving sewing cloth napkins! They’re so quick and easy and really makes it more fun to use napkins. They are also a great scrap buster. I’ve made them as small as 7” square. There’s very little waste. 

Happy New Year and First Finish

 Happy New Year! I finally did some sewing for me! I made a sample just to make sure so I didn’t add pockets or hardware to it but I really like the simplicity of it. It’s a keeper. I needed a bag that would fit my iPad and other essentials for me to take to church. My other bag was a little too small. I was also wanting to test out some new interfacing to reduce the bulk to see if it would still stand on it’s own and have some body. I’ve been hoarding cork fabric for a long time so since I have so much of it I thought it would be fitting to pair cork and canvas together.

Christmas Napkins

How was your Christmas? I hope you were able to spend time with those you love. We had a quiet day. Hubby and I stayed up till early morning to finish baking and wrapping gifts. I also was able to squeeze in some sewing. I’ve been trying to make reusable items for our home. I whipped up these napkins to go with Christmas dinner. 

Boxed Pouch and Some Henna Work

Happy Humpday! Today feels like Spring, sunny and I could hear the birds chirping in my backyard. Come tomorrow, it will be rainy and cold again which is always nice because we need the rain here in So. Cal. 

I have always wanted to make a boxed pouch so when my girls were organizing my scraps I thought it would be nice to pull a couple of the larger scrap pieces to make one. I was looking through some tutorials and what I found had unfinished seams on the interior of the pouch and zig zagged/overlocked to keep the raw edges from fraying. I don't like unfinished seams so I set out to make one with the seams all finished like a bag.

Cloth Napkins

There are times when you just want to make something quick. I suppose this is one of those times. Napkins are always a fun make.

New Project Sneak Peeks

 Happy Monday! I hope you've all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We stayed home and enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving with our children. In the meantime, if you've been following me on Instagram (@lilypatchquilts) you have seen peeks of my projects. I have two that I am working on. One is this double nine patch quilt.

Playing Catch Up

School, family, and work has kept me so busy that I can't wait for the semester to end so I can put school behind and get busy on fun stuff. All the sewing deadlines crept up on me. These yellow fat quarters are for a double nine patch quilt I had planned on finishing this month. These come from a variety of Art Gallery Fabric collections.

Alice In Wonderland White Rabbit Costume

It's been quite a busy but fun weekend. I managed to pull this White Rabbit costume together in one day, just in time for our church's annual Halloween party. This costume is the most challenging one that I've done.

Roundabout Tote Pattern and Giveaway

Happy Tuesday! It sure is a happy Tuesday around here. I am literally doing the happy dance. I had this tote pattern on the back burner for a very long time, longer than I want to admit. I had some changes that I've been wanting to make and working on all of the diagrams on my own was very time consuming, but I am SEW happy it's finally complete. 

Embroidery and New Sewing Project

Happy Monday! I have been working on some minor revisions to one of the patterns I did a few years ago. I pulled it and had been meaning to get it done but time passes so quickly and other projects got in the way. Over the past few weeks in between class assignments I managed to get the pattern done.

Denim Dress

Hello Monday! Today I have a special sewing project to share. DD has been learning how to draft sewing patterns. One of the projects she needed to draft was a dress pattern. These are some of the pieces she did.

Zip Pouches

Hello Monday and hello to something new! I have been thinking about creating a weekly link up for some time. I supposed now is a perfect time to start. I hope you'll join me and link up your handmade projects. 

Whenever I am not quilting, I like to whip up something small that I can finish quickly. Usually those end up being zippered pouches or a small bag. I was wanting to try out some burlap bags and found some of these cute polka dot burlap prints to use.

Embroidered Convertible Clutch

Since I already had my embroidery machine out, I thought I would use Caroline's embroidery pattern to make another project. I have some leather that has been sitting for a while and have been wanting to use it. 

Embroidered Pincushion

Recently I bought an embroidery machine because Amazon had such an amazing deal I couldn't resist. I had already bought DD an embroidery/sewing combo so didn't really need to buy another one but with an Amazon coupon and the one day deal I went for it. As it turned out, Caroline, at SewCanShe was designing some embroidery patterns and needed testers. 

A New Zip Pouch

I have some projects that I've been wanting to finish but quilts take a bit longer to complete and I can only get the quilting done when I can stay home for the entire day. I can't keep the quilt on the longarm so I took the time to get my quilt blocks put together. 

One Monthly Goal Finish

My OMG (one monthly goal) project was supposed to be a quick one to finish but I decided to change things up a bit as I went along. I was only going to make a couple of zipper pouches out of the fabrics that I had already cut, but then I added some vegan leather to it and as I went along and writing things down for the pattern I turned them into bags.

AGF Denim Bag

This year I am participating in Elm Street Quilts' OMG (one monthly goal). For this month I have a couple of projects that I wanted to finish up. You can see the original post here.

Flora Supply Case Finish

I have really enjoyed the Flora Supply Case sew along hosted by Jennie. It gave me a chance to use up some of my fabrics and make something that I can use. I did a crosshatch machine quilting by eyeballing my lines. 

Flora Supply Case Sew Along

I was able to spend some time sewing the inside pockets of the Flora Supply Case. These fabrics are all from my stash. I was going to use mesh for a couple of the pockets as the pattern instructed but when I needed it I couldn't find it.

The pattern did not call for interfacing for the inside lining or the zipper pocket, but I went ahead and added the interfacing.