Fabric shelves

I have posted pictures of my sewing space before (here)

I had some large plastic shelves that I had rubbermaid totes that my fabric was in.  It felt big and intruding, and I wanted to have more space, AND be able to see my fabric.

So Scott bought me these lovely shelves from IKEA.  It is a Billy Bookcase. 

I have bought some mini bold boards, and have been wrapping my fabric.  I had put some on the first bookshelf I bought, but pulled most of them to put them here.  On the other shelf I am putting all what I guess would be called Novelty fabrics, character fabrics, etc.

I love how it looks!! Hopefully it has enough room for all my fabric!

Easy press mini

My mother in law gets me the BEST Christmas presents! My favorite gift was a new LED lightbulb for my featherweight.  It's so nice to have, and nice to not burn my finger!

One of the gifts she got me was this, a Cricut easy press mini.  I haven't really been too interested in getting an easy press because I have a heat press.

I wasn't too sure how much or often I would use this, since it's so small (and adorable!)

But it is VERY handy when I am doing my little blocks, or working on my wristlets and I just need to get in a small space.

It's also nice because you have to push a button to turn it on, so my cats won't be able to accidentally turn it on if they knock it over!

Thread chicken

Well that was one game of thread chicken I lost!

For those that don't know, thread chicken is where you are nearing the end of your spool of thread, and you try to finish whatever you have before your thread runs out.

No worries! I have plenty of thread left, but I was hoping to finish the spool and the project at the same time!

Design Wall Monday

It is a design wall Monday!! And I have something newish to share.  Newish only because I haven't done anything with it in FOREVER.  Not sure if there is a reason why, but I spent sometime over the weekend cleaning up my sewing room and found it.  And decided it needs to be finished!

I realized I never shared a picture of this while I was working on it.

These are fabrics I have had for YEARS.  I have used these HST in another project, I decided to use them here in a pinwheel design.

I am linking up to design wall Monday

More organization

I have decided I wanted new shelves in my sewing room. I found this book shelf on Facebook market place. So I’ve started putting fabric on it. (I have more shelves in it now).

I want to be able to see what I have instead of it hiding in Rubbermaid totes.

Beer quilt - done!

I finished the Beer quilt!! Scott was very happy with it.  But he said it was so big he couldn't even hold it up! (Just to give you a little frame of reference, Scott is 6'5"!) so we took it to his parents so he dad could help him hold it up.

It was windy and this was about the best I could do.

Here is a close up picture of the finished quilt

I am linking up to What I made Monday

Bow ties

For part of winter break we went to Tennesee to see my friend Christine.  I decided to bring along her teal bowties so she could see how they are coming along.

She's very happy with them!! There are 106 currently!  Considering I only started these in May, they're coming along a lot faster than my bow tie quilt did!

Wristlets

You could definitely say this was a "Dog under my desk" Christmas!

I bought her wristlet pattern and decided a few female members of my family would receive these.

I chose to use the boxed version.  And since these were my first ones, I didn't add an interior pocket.

My cricut also helped.  I used it to cut out the fabric.  And then used it to cut out vinyl with

I LOVE how these turned out, and will definitely be making a lot more!

Here are the three I put initials on.

Ornaments & circle zip pouches

For my nieces & nephews this year, I thought I would make them gifts.  So I made them Christmas ornaments with something they like and their favorite color, and circle zip pouches.

Here is a close up of one of the zip pouches.  Some of the kids got the same design, so I put their initials on the backside.  I used glow in the dark vinyl.

Here are most of the zip pouches I made. I think I have posted about it before, but the pattern for the circle pouch is from Dog Under my Desk. If you make anything with zippers, or want to learn how she writes some of the best patterns!!

And here are the ornaments I made.  I used disc ornaments from Michaels, polycrylic on the inside then glitter.  Then I used my cricut to cut out the designs.

I made some ornaments last year that were NOT the flat discs.  I definitely liked putting the designs on these better!

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.