Showing posts with label apron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apron. Show all posts

Friday, May 7, 2010

I can't decide

Fat Quarter Shop has a new BOM coming out in July called Tiny Town that I think is too cute. I can't decide if I should sign up for it or not. It's another of Anne Sutton so I know the instructions are good, with full size applique patterns. The fabrics beautiful and classic.
It would over lap Le Jardin by about two months though.

This week's Cha Cha Challenge is an apron! I'm super excited, though I still don't know what pattern to make. I'm thinking maybe this one from Moda Bake Shop or maybe doing the half apron from the pattern I made for my sister. I know I want it to have good pockets. I'm always wanting to throw things in my pockets, it's easier then setting them down and then not remembering where I put them.

If I do the half apron I'll do the body from charms.
What do you think?

Update
Well I got a bee in my bonnet about getting this apron done and it turns out the apron on Moda Bake Shop would not be close to big enough so I went with the Domestic Goddess half apron.

I used one charm pack and not even a whole yard of fabric. I really like how this turned out.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Getting things done!

I finished the apron for my sister.

These are very different fabric for me but they are what my older sister wanted so here they are. I used the Domestic Goddess pattern by Amy Butler, which was fantastic.
The only problem is how looooong this apron is. This is the mid-length cut.

I'm 5'8'' and it was this long on me, excuse the mess I was sewing instead of doing laundry.

Out of curiosity I had DH try it on. He's 6'6'', and I think this is how tall you need to be for this pattern.

He's also a clown, and the pup thought it hilarious.
I think I'll have to hem it some more because my sister is only 5'4'' and much more slender then me ;)

 I also, sort of, completed this week's Cha Cha Challenge, which was to use prairie points and charms. So I made my prairie points out of charms left over from my Winter White.

I cut the charms in quarters and had 54 prairie points for my "tree". I'm going to add buttons once I quilt and bind this one. Though I can't decide whether to add a border or not. Right now it's 14" square-ish.

Here is a picture of me with my cousin's son Liam and his quilt, Liam's Picnic.

Poor baby has been very sick with strep pneumonia but is now on the mend and going to a hospital closer to home.

Now all I have to do is make a twin quilt for Little Bit, and make up this month's Schinnible, Tagalong.