The Sewing Mom

Okay, so I posted yesterday about my excitement over getting a package in the mail and how I tore it open to see the contents. Now I know you’ve come back to see what was inside that package that had me so excited right!

Well, here it is, the Tidings panel from Nancy Halvorsen.

This panel simply needs a backing fabric (I just have to choose one from my stash) and then I need to complete the 25 fabric ornaments which are pretty simple. They then attach to the advent panel via a thread loop and buttons sewn on to the panel.

I love all things designed by Nancy Halvorsen so I just had to have this when I saw it!

One of the best parts of sewing is all of the fun notions available to help make our designs stand out. My sister has been having fun lately playing with ric-rac and ribbon while making summer dresses. I love all of it and imagine cute little bags to match!

I purchased this quilt as a kit, so I am limited on fabric and therefore need to be very careful in my cutting and sewing.

I began by successfully cutting all of the fabric into appropriate squares and rectangles. The first step in sewing was to create the upper wings of the butterfly. This was accomplished by sewing small squares to the upper inside corners of the larger colorful rectangles. The squares were then trimmed off and pressed.

More to follow…

These are the fabrics I am using to create a “butterfly” quilt. The backgrounds are all a neutral white and the butterfly wings are all bright, vivid colors. I managed to get the top wings all ready, but I screwed up the bottom wings, they are all facing only one direction and they need to be going in opposite directions. Ahhh, well, no quilt is handmade without a mistake or two!

I am limited on the fabric so I can either completely redo the bottom wings which will take much more time, or, I can attempt to find the exact fabric and purchase more to fix my errors. I am trying to find the exact fabric, it will be less time consuming!

More pictures to follow, I am trying to do a picture diary of this quilt.

I am participating in a Quilt Tree and am looking for more who would like to participate.  If you would like to participate, leave me a comment so I can contact you for your mailing address.  Participants receive the following letter along with two 6″ fabric charm squares:

Purple Charm Quilt

This is a Quilt Tree.  No money involved – just fun for everyone.

Please send two 6″ squares  to the first person on the list (list of names & addresses will be on actual letter).  The fabric may be plaid, check, print or solid, but it must be PURPLE and 100% cotton.

Remove the name you sent the fabric squares to from the top of the list and put your name and address as the next name.  Make 4 copies of the letter and send them to 4 quilting friends alond with two 6″ squares of your choice of PURPLE fabric in each letter.

All together you should receive 72 squares in return, if no one breaks the chain.  This will be enough to make a charm quilt.  It will be fun to see where the squares come from and to see what they will look like together.