I finally made it through all of the sewing that I began working on Friday. Like these six fabric baskets:
The green ones are for my bff's birthday and the other three are for my Mom's bday which is tomorrow. She got them this weekend since I won't be seeing her on her actual birthday. I fell in love with all of these fabrics, but especially the fabric that looks like 50's paper dolls. It's so cute!
I also made a swath through some shirts and shorts that my cousin had given me. She purchased them at a Russell brand's sample sale. The each had a small slit cut into them. They are made in another country and each one that is brought over the border to be samples has to have the cut in them. I'm not sure why, but that's okay. I sewed up the slits and now have some great shirts and shorts to sleep in. Yay!
Last, but not least in the sewing pile were some pillow covers that I had promised to make my Sister In Law. Unfortunately, I promised to sew these for her about 2 or 3 YEARS ago. Can we say "Procrastinator Extraordinaire? Hmm?
The one on the right was made from a quilted panel that I had made her about five years ago when I was hot and heavy into quilting. The batik that you see is real batik fabric that she made in high school and has kept for the past twenty odd years. I added the dark blue edging to the batik one since it wasn't quite large enough for the pillow. I still feel guilty for waiting so long to do what amounted to about a one hour project.
Here's a closer view of my quilting:
So, I'm so thankful to have all those sewing projects out of the way! It freed up so much space where all those projects had piled up. Let's hear it for decluttering (at least a small section of the house anyway)!
