It's Thursday

Not a great title for a post, I know, but I have a crappy cold and it's only 43 degrees and windy here.  Yuck! It's supposed to be much warmer. This is the south you know.  Anyway.  Sewing has been slow going lately due to life getting in the way.  I know you know how that feels, right?  Here is a little of what I have been doing:

 A new pair of Big Butt Baby Pants for baby B.  His mom came over and shopped my stash for fabric combos.  This is the first of 5 pair she picked fabrics for.  Love the cute argyle print.  You can't tell so well in the picture, but the tiny crisscross stripe is a reddish orange that matches the Kona tomato solid.

                               Here it is a bit closer.  So cute!

 This is a Ragged Squares quilt I have been wanting to make for a long time.  I first saw it here, and I loved it.  When I made the Divided Basket by Anna of Noodlehead, I had these 3 inch squares that were cutouts from the side pieces.

 I never throw anything away, and I thought they'd be great for something.  Turns out they were just the right size for the smallest square in this quilt.  I made all the blocks first and then spent a couple of days rearranging them on my design wall until I was satisfied.

 The small squares are perfectly perched in two colorways and some green and white chevrons .  The other sized squares are from several different lines, including Sherbet Pips and some older fabric from Me and My Sister designs.

Now I just have to quilt it.  It's going to make a great quilt for the kids to lounge around with.  Have a great rest of the day.

A Tisket A Tasket

A green and yellow basket.  No, not really green and yellow, but I have made 3 of these now and I L-O-V-E them!!  There are tons of them popping up on the Noodlehead flickr site and each one is unique with all the great fabrics being used!

This was the first one I made:

I love it and the colors are so bright.  I wanted to use it for Baby B's toys at my house but...

They don't really fit and there aren't that many of them.  So what to do?  As I was thinking on that, I made this one...

Which I gave to my daughter.  But we both agreed it was a bit small for what we wanted to use it to hold.  So I asked Anna (Noodlehead) if she thought it could be made larger.  She said go for it.  So I did.  I added 2 inches to each side of the pattern.  Let me tell you, two inches didn't seem like much until I was done, but here it is:

 It measures 13 inches by 10 inches and it's 9 inches tall.  I really had no idea how it would finish, but I am pleased with it.  I had a bunch of Sherbet Pips in my stash from oh so long ago and I decided to use it up.  It worked, not much left now.

 On this one I decided to put the front pocket on it.  I had left it off of the other two.  I really like it and I think it is much more useful on this larger size.

 Baby elephant fits right in this pocket.  The pocket is divided in half with stitching in the center.

 This is the Bag with all the same toys in it as before, but you can see there is still lots of room for more toys.  Yay!

 Here are the two bags side by side for a comparison.  I am going to use the smaller one for my stitching stuff.  I do love that fabric!

For this bigger basket, I didn't have any more of the web handle on hand, so I made my own handles with fabric and some twill tape that came on a Moda fabric bundle.  I always save that stuff for just such an occasion.  If you want a perfect little basket, or even a bigger basket for gifting or storing stuff, this is an awesome and very easy project.  Go see Noodlehead and you can purchase the pattern there.  I can't say enough good things about this pattern.  Okay, enough gushing.  Gotta go to work.
Have a great day!

Fun Little Project

As I have been fighting to quilt my Swoon Quilt on my Bernina (dumb decision) I have needed some smaller projects to be able to get some gratification.  Here is one of those projects.

 This is the Noodlehead divided basket.  I have been wanting to make this since Anna first showed it on her blog.  This is the cutest and so many fun fabric possibilities.

 I chose Laurie Wisbrun's Perfectly Perched for my first (of many) basket.  I bought the fabric awhile back and was waiting to see what it wanted to be made into.

 I love everything about this little basket.  It is cute, functional and let me just say, the pattern is superb.  It is simple and every bit of it works just the way it should.  It comes together pretty quickly.

 And who can resist those adorable little chairs and birds?  I have a few more fabric combos lined up for these.

Then, I want to find some cute canvas or home dec weight fabric and try that too.  I am filled with a million uses...well, okay, maybe not a million.  L-O-V-E this basket!!!

This one was made for Baby B's toys at my house.  Guess I either better make more or figure out how to make it bigger!  Until next time, have a great day!