I've accomplished a few sewing-related things in the last couple of weeks since we returned from our holidays. It has been great to get back into the sewing room, enough to make me feel like saying 'no' to casual work as I don't want to leave my happy place.
Hot water bottle covers for my daughter and her family - I looked up patterns on the net and based mine on a couple of reasonable sounding ones. One I made from woollen fabrics (the fabric is leftover from the vests I made for the men in my daughter's wedding party), and another from quilted fabric from the stash. It was good to use up leftover binding strips for these covers. And leftover batting also. I will see how these go before I make any more.
A new cover for my foot stool cushion. I made the cover at least 15, probably 20 years ago, and although the base and the edge are fine, the top had worn through so I just used some leftover piecing to replace that. The top doesn't match the bottom but that doesn't matter. You can see in the photo how worn the top fabric is compared to the bottom fabric.
Good friends of ours have a new grandchild so I've made a quilt for him - I've pieced and sandwiched it and will quilt it this coming weekend, when I have a full day to work on it. Here are the blocks laid out on the kitchen bench. I've added a border as well.
I have now promised another friend a quilt as a house warming gift. Her house is 170 years old and has been renovated in an older style, and her furniture is mainly antique too. One of my bright quilts (which I tend to make) would not suit the house. I have a quilt in mind though - a kit that I bought (too) many years ago and have never started because I decided it isn't really my thing. Some piecing and some applique. It was originally a "block of the month" so is presented in monthly paper bags, which will be a nice way to work through it. I've never done a BOM before. I'm pleased now that I can make it with a specific person in mind.
