"Sew" Busy...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It is the start of summer vacation!

Right after work on Friday kiddo and I loaded up the Highlander, and headed out for my friend and colleagues wedding.

Sunday we headed out to Banff stopping in Canmore at the Sugar Pine Company.

I wanted to pick up the 2018 Row by Row, but of course I left there with a LOT more....

One of the items that I got was the Shania Sunga Homecoming Bench Pillow Kit, and it was on sale for Canada Day:

TAH DAH!!!!  I will have to pick up a bit more of the stuffing filling tomorrow, but this is my progress from the weekend.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

Instant Blankie

As I took this blankie out of the dryer today, I realized I have never posted it on my blog.

So, here it is.

A while back (a year or two) while at Lori's Country Cottage my son fell in love with the green plush fabric.  But, what to do with it?  Well, the very helpful Velma, came to his rescue with this plan.  

The length of the plush is the width of the flannel, and the flannel is the length of the plush width (it's backwards math).  Brilliant.

I put a binding on it, and sewed a 2" seam all around the edges, and TAH DAH!  Instant blankie.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Minkee Blankie

I LOVE Minkee.  I hate sewing with it, but the end result is always phenomenal!

I made this blankie about a year ago for my son.  We had gone in to Earthly Goods and my son always loves to touch and cuddle with all of the fabric before going to the play area.  On this particular day when we walked in one of the staff members told him to come with her as she had something to show him.  I found him a few minutes later snuggled up in a big pile of Minkee bolts with a BIG smile.

These are the colors that he picked out.

These blankets are relatively easy to sew other than that the spray adhesive makes my unable to breath so I have to use a respirator (not comfortable even though the package says so), and the small bits of the minkee that shed off also get up my nose, so I have to wear the mask from start to finish, then ask someone to vacuum the craft room.

The backing and batting are laid out, then the middle strip is place on and sewn on top close to both edges.  The next strip is placed (right sides together) on top of the middle strip, and sewn at 1/2" edge along the entire length.  Once sewn down the wrong side of the strip is sprayed with adhesive and pressed down to the batting. The next strip is then place on and sewn 1/2" seam allowance along the edge again.  Continue until you reach the end of one side of the batting.  Return to center and work out to other edge.

These quilts usually take me the better part of a Sunday (1100 - 1600ish) to complete, but are so cuddly and worth it.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy