Sunday Stash #21

Well, I have been trying really hard to not buy fabric. And while I am not totally successful at that, I am buying more relevant fabrics at least. What I mean is, good blenders and colors my stash is lacking. A few pieces to finish a quilt or two. That kind of stuff. Here's what I have purchased recently:

 These are bricks of American Made Brand Solids. I joined a swap and we each bought and cut two colors. I am now the proud owner of all the colors. I threw them up on my design wall just to look at them.

 This is Wyndham Fabrics 8 Days a Week. I have been wanting some of this forever. I bought two yards of it, more than I typically buy, but it is one I think I will really use.

 You can barely see this, but it is a white on white chevron from Riley Blake Designs. I am getting ready to start the last two baby quilts (out of 5) and I needed more white. I am using white on white and some low volume for a section of these.

 And here again, a couple more blues for the above mentioned baby quilts. The blue with the light blue crowns is from Let's Pretend by Sara Jane. The fun plaid is by P & B Textiles.

 While noodling around on Etsy the other day I found some out of print Bliss, by Bonnie and Camille that was crying out to me. So I bought a yard. I find I always need more reds in my stash, so this baby will not sit too long I hope.

And the reason I was on Etsy to begin with was to order more labels for my quilts. I bought this big roll, which should last me quite a while, from Inked Papers Etsy shop.  Have a great Sunday. Linking up with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash.

In the Zone

I've been in the zone here.  Do you know the feeling?  Lots getting done, sewing-wise.  It makes me feel so happy to have that be the case.  So here is what happened in the zone the last few days...

 I put new covers on both my round pillows.  I used a combination of Bliss and Vintage Modern.

 This is the back of the two pillows.  I wanted them to go together, yet be different.

 I finished my Swoon quilt top.  All I need now is to figure out how to quilt it and to make the back.

 I pulled out my blue scrap bin to put something away, and decided to make my slab blocks for July in the Sunday Morning Quilts Bee.

I knew I had a lot of blue scraps, the bin will hardly close, but wow!  Seeing some of these really takes me back a ways.  I still love them all as much as when I bought them for projects.  That's the way I used to buy fabric, just for specific projects.

And then I decided to make my blue ticker tape for the series I am doing.  You can see the others here.  I ended up making this one long and thin, because that's the size piece of white I had on hand.  I didn't want to wait to buy more, which I can't afford to right now.  Then I though, eh, why not, it is a scrap project after all.  Now I am thinking I will let the number of ticker tape pieces determine the size and shape.  Some of the colors are slim on scraps.  I think it will add interest to the group.

Hope you have a great Saturday.

Pillow Re-covery

I had a couple of round pillows in my living room.  I bought them to add interest to the room, instead of having all square pillows.  I also had a crochet book which had a cool pattern for round pillow covers.  I made them and I loved them...at first.  Then, the feathers began poking through and I loved them a little less.  Then, the yarn started stretching and I loved them a little less still.  So I finally decided to cover them in fabric.

Here is what I did:

 This is the pillow before.  You can see how stretched out of shape it is.  If you look closely, you can even see some of the feathers sticking out of it.

 Here is the pillow, after I stripped it of its yarn covering.  I then fluffed it back into shape.

 Next, I decided to use my brand new, handy dandy EZ Dresden ruler that I won from Amy Smart at Diary of a Quilter.  I have been saving some fat quarters of Bliss and I also have a layer cake of Vintage Modern, both by Bonnie and Camille.  "What are you waiting for?" it practically screamed at me.  It was right.  If I cut into it and made it into something like this, I could look at it every day.

 After I sewed the pieces together, I tried it out for size.  I then found a charm square in red pin dots to make the center circle.  Perfect.

 I decided to quilt it to give it a heavier barrier against those poking feathers.  For the backing I used an old white sheet.  I made the back the same way, put in an 18" zipper and sewed the two sides together.

  Voila! All done and a fine round pillow it is, too.  I did the back just a bit different for fun. 

Now I have one more to do, and I can't decide if I should do it the same with the Dresden, or maybe something different.  What do you think?
Have a great evening.