We have just come back from a week away in Scotland visiting family, and have just finished redecorating some of our upstairs rooms; my eldest son has just moved out and I am moving my small sewing space into his much larger room - I will have to share it with a sofa bed but I will have a lot more space to work. My current space is in chaos which I am finding oddly disturbing, I really want to sew something but I need to sort out my new space first. It will take several days or weeks to get organised I am sure so I have started a little hand piecing project to keep my sanity!
I pulled this pattern from an old issue of Quiltmania several years ago, it is for a pieced/embroidery quilting hoop bag.
I am EPP the hexagons with some beautiful Oakshott cotton fabrics, supplemented with some Jo Morton cottons from my stash.
I would like to do lots of crazy quilting over the top; I will save the actual embroidery for next term's embroidery class as I need help with stitches etc. In the meantime I have bought some ribbons and beads and pulled any threads I though might work from my stash.
It is nice to have something to work on in the evenings while the house is in chaos! Hopefully I will be back soon with some photos of my new space.
I can't work in an unorganized space either and would need to do some clean up first. Looking forward to seeing your new sewing space
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the reorganisation - it will be worth it when it is done!
ReplyDeleteThat sofa bed is a perfect quilt design surface - I use the one in my sewing room all the time!
ReplyDeleteI agree also can't work in unorganised space, will be worth the effort of reorganising etc.!!!
ReplyDeleteA larger sewing space? It will be worth the wait and the chaos once it's all sorted out! Have fun with your EPP in the meantime!
ReplyDeleteI see hexagons...and I see that you baste them through all the way. I wasn't taught to make them that way. I was taught to just tack down the corners on the back. That way I don't have the extra step of taking out basting once they are sewn together.
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