hedgehog detectives apron

I made this apron for my friend L's first quarterly Makers' Exchange. (Each of us brought three handmade items and went home with three different ones.) I got a special kick out of 'pattern matching' the hedgehogs for pocket placement!

rockabye, sweet baby quilt

For this star baby quilt, I followed Amy's excellent tutorial on Diary of a Quilter. I made the parents of this quilt's recipient two sets of napkins when they got married, so I was able to incorporate fabric from their wedding gift napkins into the quilt. I feel quite satisfied with the variety of animals in the quilt: foxes, whales, porcupines, bears, raccoons, owls, a sheep, a turtle, bees, bunnies, birds, and a unicorn.

napkins for the folks

In the past I've sewed napkins with a 1/4" seam, but they get so wrinkly. This time I followed this Purl Soho tutorial, which makes cleanly mitered corners and makes for less wrinkly-edged napkins.

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swallows noodlehead maker's tote

wedding napkins for s + b

new look 6262 in cotton and rayon

I started this New Look dress pattern (6262) by sewing up a bodice muslin with my wonderful sewing teacher. Then, I made a wearable muslin using cotton from Cotton + Steel's Cat Lady fabric by Sarah Watts. Finally, I sewed up a flowy rayon dress out of Cotton + Steel's Les Fleurs line with Rifle Paper. I made some bodice adjustments, scooped out the neckline, and added pockets. I also lengthened the sleeves in the rayon version, and that dress is a little shorter. It is more work to make a muslin, but nice to have a fun kitty cat dress, and useful to make most of my fitting errors in the easier-to-unpick cotton fabric.

lemons and cats cotton + steel napkins

kitty dots knitting bag

bear apron for kid friend

This apron for a young friend who likes to help in the kitchen uses fabrics from Cotton + Steel's 'Black and White 2016' collection. The pattern is Kwik Sew K3247; I modified the pocket shapes, turned the neck strap into ties, and lined the back.

welcome to the pajamenagerie

Welcome to the pajamenagerie, pj pants! The first pair uses two Cotton + Steel's fabrics from Sarah Watt's 'To Porto With Love' collection. (Sweet cranes and cozy kitty cats!) The second is snuggly mini foxes flannel by Robert Kauffman and gave me a great excuse to learn to sew on piping. I've of course added side pockets and back patch pockets.

cotton and double gauze baby quilt

wind chimes tote bag

The corners of this cute grocery tote bag (and its cousin) are wearing down, so...time for a brand new bag. I again followed Bijou Lovely's lovely tutorial, this time adding two patch pockets (one with kitties!) and an interior zipper pocket (with tiny pandas!) Cotton+ Steel cotton/linen with dancing wind chimes and Italian denim give the bag a nice sturdy outside. So far, it is holding up.

grainline studio scout-palooza