WIP Wednesday 10/5/11

I've stayed busy with my crafts this past week.  I finished up the table runner and the lap quilt.  Both are now listed in my etsy shop.

I finished the top of the jellyroll type quilt for sewing club at church.  I've taken it in.  We will have sewing club next Tuesday.  The other gals finish up the quilts.

I am currently working on an order for 24 dish scrubbies.  They are purple but for some reason they always show up as blue in photos.  Since taking this picture I have cut my black netting for an order for 12 of those.

 And, I've started on another toothbrush rug.  Who would have figured that it's been so long since I made one that I forgot how to start the first stitch??  I had to take it to church and have the lady who taught us how to make them tell me what I was doing wrong.  All I was doing wrong was holding it backwards.  I was trying to start it the same direction that I crochet, but the rugs work the opposite direction.  This one is made with flannel strips I had left over from other projects.  What is in the box is all I have, so I'm not sure just how large it will end up.  It may have to be put aside until I get more materials if it comes out too small.

 I have some washcloths to work on for an order.  As much as I would love to make, make, and make more items to put up for sale with the Christmas holiday quickly approaching, I also need to start getting my handmade gifts made too.  I need to get cracking!

I am linking up with each of the blogs below:

WIP Wednesday 9/28/11

I admit that I've not found the time to work on much at all this past week.  In fact, I jammed things in this morning just to be able to do this post today!

I've been getting some orders in, which is great.  One order is for 24 purple dishscrubbies.  I've done nothing more than buy some of the netting.  I will be starting on those here in a bit.

Here is a picture of the strips I am sewing together  for another jelly roll type quilt at church.  I hope to have the top done before the next sewing club meeting Oct. 11.

I have the material out to work on finishing up the lap quilt I am making.  I have worked further than the picture by ironing and laying it out.  I found my bottom piece wasn't the right size so I have it cut to sew to make it fit.  I also had to piece together the blue for the middle.  My goal is to complete this quilt by Saturday morning so wish me luck please.

I have the back cut and pinned for the Christmas table runner.  It won't take me long at all to sew around and get it finished to list in my etsy store!

It's so sad how many things I see around in my boxes and on my shelves.  Projects that I am hankering to get started on.  So many that I don't even know where to start!  I have an online party coming up the week of Oct. 3 so I am in hopes of completing a couple more things for my shop before the party.  Again, wish me luck.

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WIP Wednesday 8/31/11

I've tried to stay a lot busier with my crafts this week, as you will see by my photos.


 I did some more sewing on the jelly roll quilt for church.  I only sewed on it until the bobbin I had in was empty.  I won't be using the gingham for another one.  It just frays way too much!

I bought some cute Pebbles flannel that I will be making in to baby bibs.  I will have 2 sets of 2 in my etsy store and one bib left over that Zelda will get as part of her Christmas.

  I am still working on the fabric bag order.  The 8 inch bags turned out adorable.  I'm working on the 8 inch princess bags as you see in the photo.  The gal wants me to try to make 4 inch bags as well.  I'm not sure how I will do the top and handles but I will give it a try.  I wasn't able to find any fabric with a print that would be for princes, so she has changed that to Strawberry Shortcake.

 I pulled out my cotton yarn and I've been working daily on washcloths.  I have 7 completed with quite a few more to make before I run out of yarn.  2 sets of 3 so far are in my etsy store. 

 I hope I can keep up this much crafting each week!   I am linking up with the following blogs:
 

WIP Wednesday 7/27/11

Alrighty...my major work in progress is my wedding, of course.  Three more days!   

I did finish my fabric bag order and the order for the washcloths and got both out in the mail.

I worked just a bit more on the jelly roll that I am doing.  I don't know what the size will end up being...I'm sure just a lap quilt, or toddler bed size maybe.  I wanted to sew more on it, but knew it had to be put away.  
In the photo it's folded over and laying over the top of my sewing machine.

I am also still working on taking out the binding on this patchwork quilt to re do it.  It wouldn't be so hard if #1 I hadn't used the smallest stitch on my machine to put it on, and #2 there weren't so many places where I missed catching the front or the back of the binding so sewed again, and sometimes again.

 I'm very doubtful that I will have anything to report next week at all, except maybe working on that binding.  The wedding is Saturday.  Today we are setting up a bunch of things at the church.  Tomorrow I have to go out of town.  After the wedding we are going on a trip for a few days.  I"m debating on whether any crafts are going with me or not.  I'm rather thinking we should just relax, hike the nature trail, swim etc....not bring too much from home with us (other than our laptops  LOL)
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WIP Wednesday 7/20/11

Good Wednesday to all.  I've tried to keep with my promise to myself and work on crafts each day.  So much I want to do, but so little time around housekeeping, church activities, company in town, getting ready for our wedding, my other earning online...and the other usual things that take me away from home.

I've been working on an order for 12 washcloths, that is moving right along.

I was looking at this quilt that I have already listed in my etsy store.  OMG!  The binding on it looks like you know what.  So, new project....ripping the binding off and hopefully getting it right this time.  I've seen some tutorials on blogs going through these hops, so I think I understand now the real way to put the binding on!

 Lastly this week, I started a jelly roll quilt of my own.  First of all, my strips were already cut to 2 inches instead of 2 1/2 inches.  Secondly, I didn't have near as many strips as I thought I had.  I ended up with about 1450 inches.  Looks like it's going to end up being a lap quilt, but I'm ok with that as I don't have any of these in my etsy shop yet.   I am rounding up what material I can to get another started.....and I have gingham prints from church to start another for church as well.

 I am hooking up with the following 3 blog hops.  Click each button to hop along and/or see what others are up to!

WIP Wednesday 7/13/11

At least I did get some things done this past week so I do have photos to show this week.

Let's start with the fabric bags.  I completed one for an order and have these 2 ready to sew:

Now let's move on to the string quilt I was making for church.  I did work to get it finishes since one of the ladies was going to show us a new quilt technique at club yesterday.  I wanted to share the pic of it completed.

 So....our new lesson was a jelly roll quilt.  She brought instructions copied for each of us.  The instructions are titled the Easiest Ever Jelly Roll Throw.   I had no clue what a jelly roll was....and still really didn't until I was home and looked it up online.  She told me to not do the diagonal stitching when adding each strip as per the instructions.  I see online what it looks like when you do.  Also we did not use 40 inch strips either.  We have a huge box of scrap material to use up in our club, so our strips are all different sizes.   I think it looks neat, and yes, another project for me.  I think, however, that I have all my scraps here at the house cut to 2 inches.  I can still do this though and just make the original strip lots of inches longer right?  If not, I will cut up my other material.  You know me, I'm on to another project now that I've learned something new.  I will also be starting another top for sewing club as well.
Here is a pic of me working on sewing down from the first strip:

Once home from club I couldn't help but keep sewing until the top was done. Once you get past sewing a line of 1600 inches of strips and folding in half to go down the first time, it sews up really quickly.  Some of the other lady's will now work later to put in the center, put on the back, hem and tie it.  It's laying on our king size bed and the sun is shining on it from one window.  I think it looks cool.

 Until next week, please click the buttons below of the blogs that I participate in each week.