Casting Cats mini

I cannot believe I forgot to share my finished picture!!! I finished the mini.  I am not going to lie, it was difficult to give away!

Although the mini I received in return made it a little easier ;)

AccuQuilt go big - first cuts!

Here are some of the first things I cut on my accuquilt go big!

I bought these fabrics as remnants at JoAnns

Here is the first pass with the fabric 

I loved all the pattern ideas.

And here are the blocks up on my design wall.  I LOVE how quickly the blocks were cut, and how easily they came together.

New website - new name!

As I have been trying to make a "brand" for myself, I have been trying to decide on a name.  I LOVE sewcute, but there are so many sewcutes out there, and then sewgreenm was ok, but there is a sewgreen.  I wanted something unique.

So I have changed my business name from Sewcute's Creations to Quilted goods n more.  I feel like this covers what I do with sewing and quilting, but also the other things I do.

I did change my blog name from sewgreenm.blogspot.com to quiltedgoodsnmore.blogspot.com

Beer Quilt - SO close!

Over winter break (from school) I was able to go to the group of crocheters and knitters that meet at the library near me!! It was so nice to be with "my people" and be able to work with everyone.  I took Scott's beer quilt.  I had one border to add (I didn't take enough fabric to Tennesee over break), and the back to sew.  Since I added a little fabric for the border I needed to add some more to the back.

Here is the whole quilt laid out.

And then after finishing it at the library, I went home and put it on my long arm! I really wanted to get it finished for my husband before he came home!

BUT. . .as I was sewing I heard a noise. . .

The motor belt broke :( Luckily it's not super expensive, so we ordered a new one, so hopefully I can get the beer quilt done soon!

my new toy!!

I have decided to splurge and bought myself an accuquilt go big electric!

I will share some pictures later!!

Design wall Monday

Sorry for my absence over the past few weeks.  With Christmas coming up, I was so busy crafting (not just sewing!) that I didn't have time to post, but now I will have plenty of posts coming up!

I started this a few years ago, for the rainbow scrap challenge.  I want to get it done! Looks like I only need to make two more blocks.  Maybe a yellow and an orange?

I am linking up to Design Wall Monday

I am linking up with What I made Monday

Tee shirt quilt finished!

I am so so happy with how this tee shirt quilt came out!! 

I decided to use the same fabric for the sashing for the binding. 

Tee shirt quilt - quilting

I got the tee shirt quilt on the long arm!  I chose to quilt it with a meander and grey thread.

I managed to get it quilted in one night!

Up next, trimming and binding!

tee shirt quilt 4

I am loving how this is coming together!! I have the two pieces almost all done so I can sew them together! Then I need to add strips to the top and sides, and then quilt it of course!

Tee shirt quilt 3

Things definitely changed from my last picture!  I have started adding some sashing to the blocks.  I also added a few smaller blocks to make it look a little more irregular.  I am definitely enjoying how it's coming together!

tee shirt quilt 2

I knew the customer wanted the blocks to not be in straight lines, so this is my first go of trying to arrange them so that they didn't look like they were just in lines.

Casting Cats Part 3

Tails are almost done.  I realized after I put the tail pieces up on my design wall, that the purple kitty body needs to be redone!  Oops!

Casting cats Part 2

I have all my cat heads and bodies sewn together!! Now to attach the tails!

Tee shirt quilt 1

I was hired to make a tee shirt quilt.  She wanted a "puzzle" type quilt.  Which was a first for me (but totally doable!)

I cut out and interfaced all the shirts in one night (I love my heat press!).

Then I spent another few nights trimming the shirts.  I started with them all being the same size width, and I left some of them longer than others.

This is my first picture of just laying the blocks out to try to figure out how I was going to put them together.

Casting Cats mini quilt

I signed up to do a swap on instagram.  It's like a white elephant gift exchange.  You don't know who you are making for, because people get to vote on which mini quilt they want!  I did a informal poll on instagram, and most people wanted cats.

So I went with this pattern, casting cats by Cate Tallman-Evans, of blank designs.  I honestly don't know where I found the pattern, it was a free PDF download.  I have had it saved for quite a while!

I am not following the pattern with just three colors of cats, I decided to do pairs of two with contrasting fabric.

November 16th - craft fair

I am excited to be a part of this craft & vendor fair this year, I was a part of it last year also!

Bowl cozies

I was busy tonight! I finished 7 microwave cozies!

And I used a new fabric I haven’t used before (the Harry Potter ones at top)

Sewing with the cats

I have been sewing in my living room lately.  I put my featherweight on a TV tray.

 

One of my biggest struggles in my sewing room is the cats! They want to cuddle with me ALL the time.  Which I am NOT complaining about, I love cuddling with them.  But I cannot get work done while they are cuddling with me, they generally try to sit in front of the machine so I cannot sew!

Well they LOVE it when I sew in the living room, there is room for both of them on the love seat with me.

I was working on microwave cozies.  I have a few new patterns and some others I have ran out of.  They aren't 100% done, so I don't have pictures of them.

November 9th - Craft fair

I am SO excited to be a part of this craft fair this year, I found out about it last year!  And made sure I applied this year!

craft fair set up

My mother in law and I had a craft fair last weekend, and here is our set up (we had two spaces)

I feel like we're getting to the point where we can get it set up well, fairly easy.

And I had electricity, so I was able to work on a few things!! I finished 5 microwave cozies while I was there! (it's also a good conversation starter)