I have enjoyed a lot of sewing and crafting time this week. On Monday I finished the "Peak Hour" top. When I say finished, I mean I cut out all the vehicles and ironed them onto the background. Not one stitch has been made at this point. The next step is to sandwich the quilt and then I will sew through all the layers around each shape a couple of times with a free motion straight stitch to secure them.
On Tuesday and Thursday I worked on my Camelot blocks. Here are block 12 and 13, only three more to go.
On Wednesday I finished another baby quilt top. I will probably quilt this one first, as the baby has already been born and I'm eager to send it off to the proud new parents.
And on Friday I got together with my good friend Heather - as we often do on Fridays - to do a bit of box making. She wanted to show me her way of making a sewing box, something she's been experimenting with lately. You can read about it
here. I used my "Keep Calm" fabric and I'm really pleased how the box came together.
To close the box tightly, I used a piece of elastic cord and two buttons, so nothing will fall out while transporting it to and from the quilt group/class.
There's a little cutting mat hidden in the lid as well as a piece of sand paper (which is very useful when drawing on fabric around templates). Then there are different compartments, one with a lid, for all the sewing utensils. Clever, n'est-ce pas?
Of course the fabric lends itself perfectly for a small pin cushion and I also made a teeny tiny "flannel design board".
After all this crafting, the sewing room needed a good clean up, which I did yesterday.
And today I woke to this: rain, glorious rain. It has been so very dry here the last few month that one could almost hear nature sigh with relieve.
By all accounts, an excellent week. I hope yours was equally great, whatever you did.
Cheers
Vreni x
