weekend sewing

HI,
I have been cleaning up my sewing room  unloading my desk next to sewing machine it had gotten stacked really high...  and also cleaned out 3 drawers of a rolling cabinet.   Found the 2 things that I have been looking for and had given up on finding soon.  One was a pack of newsprint paper I had ordered from amazon for paper piecing at xmas time  to finish an order for free shipping  and a kit I bought last year at Paducah quilt show (small wall hanging) that I wanted to get done before this year's show.  I found them both in the rolling cabinet.  Put kits and projects all in one drawer, scraps in another drawer and misc in the bottom one.  This cabinet sits close to my sewing machine with ironing board on top of it so I can pull it close to machine when sewing.  This works great for small projects. 
I have been doing scrap sewing in the evenings this weekend. I used up a small brown shopping bag full yeah bag is empty, now to work on the drawer I just discovered.  Here is what I made over the weekend while watching TV in evening.

Also in the one of the drawers I found this project that I took a class in Paducah many years ago, the year that Paducah flooded and they had to move the show to any available building in town and churches offered up there classrooms for classes.  one block was done but not quilted and other one was not started so I finished both of them and now they are hot pads. 

On one of my quilting yahoo groups they had been talking about these button hooks so Friday a friend and I went looking for them  we found them in 2 Dollar General stores out of 5 stores. One manager told us to check back in day or two  they had a truck unloading so she went back on Sat and they had them. they are really cute for our sewing rooms. She is reclaiming a room that used to be hers into her sewing room  so will be great decorations.  I asked friend to look for them and she found them in store near her and daughter was out shopping Sat. and found 3  so I think we have plenty  great Xmas gifts for guilt groups.

Now I need to go looking for a piece of fall fabric in my fabric closet but tote that has that fabric in underneath other stuff  so I guess I will see what is all piled in that corner of closet.  Making 4 season pillows for our local guilt guild's show in June  I have winter done  need to get others done using my embroidery machine. They will be part of our raffle prizes.

Well back to quilting a bargello quilt in the quilt machine  purples and using gold thread looking good.

Happy stitiching
Sharon J

sew day

HI,
We had a great sew day yesterday.  We had a new person join us  looking forward to having her come often. Everyone was working on different projects and great food for lunch everyone brings something to share always plenty to eat. 
I finished a quilt as you go quilt yesterday  only needs the binding sewn down and a friend does this for us  keeps her busy.  didn't take a picture of it  used lots of strings.   Then sewed bind down on machine of another quilt bringing the back to the front and sewing it down.  Both of these will go to Dove to make someone feel loved.   Then I made back and quilted a table runner and put binding on  then sat last night and sewn binding down.   Our sew group received many bags of fabric from a quilter that was going into nursing home at beginning of the year so we are trying to make things to donate from it.  I found this table runner made but not quilted so I finished it.  Here is a picture of it.

Others worked on sewing down binding, quilting 60 degree table runner, piecing kids quilt, etc.  great day visiting and sewing.   We sew most 1st and 3rd Weds at my house. 

I finished up a breast cancer ribbon wall hanging to donate to a benefit for a friend just need to put a hanging sleeve on it last weekend.   I also got all the clues for Bonnie Hunter"s mystery quilt done up to starting to make the blocks so excited to see how the blocks go together...  will be working on them in between other projects and quilting.   
well better close for now and go load a quilt in the machine  and start quilting..

Happy Stitching
Sharon j