With all of the traveling, I have found some time for sewing.
I did get another tuffet done.
Princess gave it her approval!
I had the makings for 3 more. My friend Jo wanted to make one, too.
It took us about 3 Thursday's of sewing putting together.
I am sorry I don't have a picture of Jo's. Her's got out of my house before
I could take one. She did her's scrappy in Civil War fabrics. It turned out
so neat. I had this Jelly Roll by American Jane. I think the fabric line is
"Pot Luck". I love how mine turned out.
I have to say Ron still likes the batik one that I made first!
I have the makings of still one more. This time it will be in blue, and
scrappy. Actually, I have the top sewn together, but the stool is not put
together yet.
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| Princess on her throne! |
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| The other thing I have gotten into is making mug rugs. I will be going up to Racine, to the Siena Retreat Center the beginning of October for another quilt retreat. Kathy and I decided it would be a nice gesture to make mug rugs for the Sisters. |
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| It happened that I had several already made, you know that "just in case". |
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| I also had several paper pieced blocks made, so just had to finish them up into rugs. |
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| I love to do handwork, so made up a few partial Dresden Plates, sewed them down then hand quilted. I also found some orphan blocks that would make up into the right size mug rugs with a little added fabrics. |
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| To date I have 60 completed. These all still need binding hand sewn down. |
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| I do have 18 more to finish up. When I called Siena I found out we would need 78 for the Sisters and the staff. As of right now, I have all I need. But, you may remember, I always make more. I would like to have a total of 100. That way there will be a variety for them to choose from. Oh, I did have to get some Brewer's fabric. There are a few avid Milwaukee Brewer's fans among the Sisters. I will say this has been a wonderful way to pay it forward, and use up more scraps from my stash. Once I got started, I came up with all sorts of ideas for the mug rugs. It is fun making them. Once I get them done, I will take more pictures to show you some of the other ideas I came up with. Hope you will have a great weekend. Happy Sewing. Mary |