WHALE POUCH FINISHED

 I sewed it all together this morning, included installing a zipper,  and now the Whale Pencil Case pattern by JotDotShop on Etsy is finished.  And it's so cute!

Now I'll be on the lookout for jeans with rounded pockets!

WHALE PENCIL CASE BEGINNINGS

I bought a pattern for a pencil case that looks like a whale from JotDotShop on Etsy.

Today I started putting some of the pieces together.  I'm using some cast aside used-up work jeans of Darrell's.  

SOMETHING EASY

 In response to the angst of putting together the 30 Minutes of Play improv quilt, I bought Elizabeth Hartman's newest pattern Cats in Pajamas.  It will be something easy to do.

Sometimes I think I've lost my mind.

I'm waiting on a delivery for the background fabric.  But, I did find some wonderfully colorful plaids and stripes in my stash that I'll use as the pajamas.

POP-UP BUCKET

 I got a pattern for this Pop-Up Container with my latest order for fabric from Missouri Star Quilt which arrived this morning.

After putting the fabric into the wash I set to work on making this container.  I think it will come in handy when I go to workshops.

It wasn't as fun as it appears to be.  But, the memory of the pain will soon fade and I will only know that I love this thing that I made.

MONDAY MAKE

 During this week's BP-Monday Sewcial I worked on making this week's pattern from Art East Quilting Company.  

It is The Bubble.

Then I sewed another long seam on Crushing It.  Only two more to go!

CRUSHING THE PARTS

 I'm working on making a pattern called All Eyez On Me by Latifah Saafir using her Clammy Ruler.  I'm going to name my quilt Crushing It because I'm using the Kona Color of the Year 'Crush' Fabric.

I sewed together a bunch of 5" squares today.  They still need to be trimmed using the Clammy ruler.

OWL BODY

 I bought the pdf for the Dastardly Owl pattern on Ann Wood's Handmade site.

I scrounged around for a few fabrics and made the body this morning.

Here's how I left him.  Those are pins where his eyes will go.

I rummaged through my Grandma Jennie's button collection and found two black buttons to use for the eyes.

I'll get to those tomorrow.

After lunch I made another page spread in my Junk Art Journal.

I'm having fun.

STARTING OVER

 I got the pattern traced onto freezer paper, and made some of the hash marks for aligning the pieces when sewing.

I cut out the 'petals' and started making them.  It feels like starting over because I've already made these petals.  Hopefully, this time it will go a little quicker and be better.

I'm doing one of the parts by paper-piecing again, too.

PATTERN MAKING

 Using the giant roll of freezer paper, 48" wide, I added more to make the 62" width.  I found a heat proof tape (golden) that make this process a lot easier.

This quilt will be 63" wide by 84" length.

I drew the pattern on the freezer paper, using a trammel to draw the circle's arcs.

It worked great (other than having to tape it to the floor because I don't have a table big enough).  Of course, the dogs wanted to help and I had to keep chasing them off.

SHATTERED

 I've got dozens of projects in progress, so what do I do?  I start another one, of course.

Kona just published this pattern, Shattered, which was included with my monthly shipment of Kona cuts with the Aurifil threads, the last of the year.  I received a group of half yard pieces of greys.  It didn't include all of the greys needed, but I have the rest in my stash.

I cut up the parts needed today.

CHANGE OF DESIGN

I couldn't figure out how to sew up my original plan for this block, so I changed it.

PLAIDISH STARTED

Jeez, I'm off on another tangent.  I've got lots of homework to do for my Design Class, but instead of working on that, I'd rather start on a new project.  I'm easily distracted.

I saw this quilt on Instagram by KitchenTableQuilting and she was giving away the pattern and instructions, I was intriqued.  

I started cutting out the parts yesterday.  I'm using the fabric samples I picked up at the local saleswoman's annual sale. She sells them by the pound. I haven't had any ideas about what to do with them until now.  This project seems perfect.  We'll see.

The main idea is to divide the fabrics into lights, mediums and darks.  The instructions say you can use any fabrics, any colors, as long as you divid them into their values.

I made the dark valued blocks today.

Parts waiting to be sewn together.