Wristlets done

I tore apart and fixed the mistake now I have the two wristlets done. I am happy with the way they turned out.

My friend at work picked the zigzag quilt and the log cabin quilt. She really liked then. Woohoo!

I messed up and oops I did it again!

Last evening I decided to make another one of those wristlets. I decided to look at the pocket in the almost finished one

and discovered I messed up. No lining on one side! I am going to try to take it apart and fix it. It's going to be a bit of a pain to tear out the stitching since I stitched it twice to make sure it didn't fall apart - LOL!!! What a silly mistake.

I am almost done with the second one because if I am making one I might as well make two!  The pocket is fully lined this time!

This was at the mail box today.  Oops I did it again; bought more fabric!

I wasn't going to buy anymore fabric; I have plenty! BUT Keepsake Quilting was having a promotion for 25% off their clearance fabric. The clearance fabric was already at a great price so an extra 25% off was crazy. I thought I would just take a look and I found some good stuff! These are additional fabrics for some projects already planned. I ended up with 16.5 yards for $5.01 a yard! It is all good stuff that normally would be ten to eleven dollars a yard. I also ordered enough to get free shipping, because why not!

A woman at work saw the dragonfly fabric and wants me to make her a project bag out of it. She is very fair and will probably cover half of what all this fabric cost me.

Wristlet

The wristlet is all sewn together and I am happy the way it turned out. I still need to make the loop handle and the fabric tabs for the zippers.

The flannel quilts are packed up and ready to deliver today. I was glad I found this bag left over from an event we had at work. it was the perfect size for the quilts.

Next project

I was asked by a friend if I could make one of these zippered wristlets for a friend of her's.

I got started on the wristlet last night. The first thing I needed to settle on is whether to use iron-on fleece or batting. I decided to go with the fleece. I marked it with a few lines and quilted it - that would be the fabric and just the fleece. Next, I added one of the zippers.  After that was the fabric for the side pocket. I edge stitched that and trimmed it to the same size as the bottom pocket piece.  In the picture I have the second zipper laid out with the lining fabric. I had to think a minute on how I was going to sew this together, but it finally dawned on me to sew it together like I was making one of those boxy pouches. Constructing the rest of this ought to go a bit faster now.

The contractor dumped a huge load of dirt in the neighbor's front yard. The contractor doesn't show up very often so this project is taking a while!

My California Poppies were putting on a show for me when I went to the mailbox. It has taken them some time, but they are finally filling out the flower bed.

10th finish for 2025 and a surprise package

Woohoo the zig zag quilt is done! It shrunk 2 inches both ways when I quilted it. It now measures 60.5" x 72" which is just right. I really love the buffalo check I used on the back. Wednesday I will be taking all three of the blue flannel quilts to the home office and let the lady that wanted two quilts pick which ones she wants if any of these are to her liking.

Friday I received a package which turned out to be an early birthday present! This was a wonderful surprise! In the package was a lovely note and in it she explained that I could finish this pieced skull anyway I wanted. She even sent along a yard of the background fabric! The skull is 40 x 58 1/2. Isn't it fabulous? I plan on leaving it on my design wall so I can enjoy looking at it.  

Also in the package was a stand with Ukraine t-shirt and a mask she made in the Ukraine colors.

Two rubber chickens and some Let's go TACO stickers. This surprise was so sweet and it made my weekend!

Saturday was trick or treat here. We don't get many kids, but it was a beautiful evening so the neighbors and I sat in front of a fire I made in my portable fire pit and passed out candy to the ones that did show up. Dave put some music on and we had ourselves a little party.

On Sunday by mid-afternoon the dew was finally off the grass, so at halftime during the Browns Patriots game I mowed the front and one side. The grass was really long. Then I spent time doing laundry, dishes, and cooked.

Getting close to done

Everything to the left of the yellow measuring tape is quilted. I am close to having this done!

Here is the pile of leftover scraps and uncut pieces from the three blue flannel quilts. There is plenty to get one more quilt out of this pile.

I have plenty of sewing to do this weekend including finishing the zig zag quilt. Have a great weekend!

A bit more done

I didn't get as much quilting done last evening because I wanted to get to the grocery store and pick up a couple more pork loin roasts that were on sale. I also got a killer deal on some chicken breasts. Those are all in the freezer now. I am just about 50% done with the quilting. It went slower since I was working in the middle. The yardsticks show you about where I am. The area on the left is done.