Sewing Success!

So, I ended up not having enough fabric for the yoga bag, but I did make one of these cute little boxes. I forgot to snap a picture of my finished product, but here's the one that is featured on the free tutorial. (The tutorial is good, but seems to have a lot of extra steps at the beginning. Once I perfect my version I'll post it).

NOT MINE visit HERE for instructions

Time to sew!

My close friend Angie is coming over today for a night of sewing and I'm pumped to be trying a new pattern that I found over on the PresserFoot blog. My yoga mat hasn't seen much use since the college days, but perhaps a cute bag will encourage me to bust it out. The Amy Butler pattern is FREE over on her site.

Pattern Available HERE

Quilting Tutorial

katie did is an awesome blog that is no longer updated due to creepers skulking on her life, but there is a bundle of remaining inspiration to page through, nonetheless. 

I'm in a major sewing mood right now and this handy quilting tutorial, makes me want to run home and finish up a quilt top that I started in... oh, about 2005. (6 years isn't too long to take on a lap quilt... right?) I love the slanty quilting lines and how the contrasting thread really pops against solid backgrounds (AND the crazy pattern binding). Pretty much I'm just in love with this whole project.

image from katie did

image from katie did

image from katie did

image from katie did

image from katie did

Quilt Love

Love love love. The pattern, the color and the intense quilting lines...

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