WHEN PROJECTS GIVE YOU SCRAPS

with the second attempt making my blouse for the fitted blouse challenge I got extra fabric “just incase” lol!hoping to get it all completed & get my pictures & review sent in by tomorrow, I had a big enough piece left  to squeak out a pillowcase & more strips added to my 2 1/2’’ strip collection for future blocks, the big plans for today is to have a productive day in the sewing room & I mean productive!  because between tonight & tomorrow I have to make over 100 cookies for a fund raiser, whew!

ANOTHER SCRAPPY BLOCK IN PROGRESS

With no more time that I have to work on making my blocks for my Trip Around The World Quilt I feel like I’m going around the world lol!the black/white is scraps from a blouse I’m working on,there’s more on that over at Nannas Place , the bees are from a tote bag that’s been in my UFO pile for quite some time now lol!hopefully I can  pull it out & finish it by the time summer gets here, there’s just sew much I wantta sew lol!

FNSI RESULTS

Did you have a productive day for Fri Night Sew In? did you sew? did you craft? did you get started good? did you finish something? what did you do? I was on a good roll working on a blouse for a challenge I signed up for

 

got it almost completed, was so proud  of my princess seams lol! lets just say the key word to this challenge is fitted & it fitted to tight lol so starting over  on that  so moving right along , onto the evening I decided to work on my trip around the world quilt, laid out my strips I had cut

sewed 6 together then fold & sew down one side creating  tube

then trim up the edge & cut into 2 1/2 strips then find the seam ripper, no you didn’t make a mistake lol!

you then begin to undo the first row ,you didn’t backstitch so it comes out really easy

easy then open it up

 

now proceed with the second square, then the third & so on

see how they are beginning to line line up?I love these colors together

then just sew your strips together to make your block, this is my first block I did a few weeks back,

in my spare time ha ha! that’s  a funny word around here lol! I cut my strips & keep them in a jar so I’m always ready to put  some blocks together “when I have time” lol!

most quilts take 2 1/2” blocks so my fabric strip collection can be used for more than just the trip around the world quilt,the patterns are endless!

to see more of who had fun on Fri Night lol! be sure to visit Heidi over at   http://www.handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/2013/03/last-minute-friday-night-sew-in-signup.html

 

 

HAPPY PILLOWCASES

last night while fluffing the sewing

room getting ready for Fri Night sew

in I made this fun pillowcase,it’s hard

to photograph black at night, the

background is black with tiny red

cherries all over the bib is a bright

green gingham, happy pillowcases

make for happy naps lol!

well it’s back to the sewing room!

GETTING READY FOR FRI. NIGHT SEW IN

if you are here for the FRi Night sew in results please click my home page or click

http://nannasraggedys-n-prims.blogspot.com/2013/03/fnsi-results.html

http://www.handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/

Friday Night Sew In  will soon be here, be sure to link up Fri. & get your craft on! I’ve been tweaking the sewing room, getting it ready , I’ll be working on my blouse that’s due in  a few days for the fitted blouse challenge & making blocks for my trip around the world quilt,

this should keep me busy after hubby goes to work

so get those sewing supply's together,

you can even sew in your pj’s there’s no time limit, just sign up Fri, sew whenever however long you want whatever you want &  make a post Sometime Sat. what you did

HAPPY SEWING!

TINTING JARS

Well I finally brought down & decided to give the tinting jar craze a try lol!, I’ve seen a lot of different tutorials & I’ve seen nice jars & not so nice jars lol! so first which jars do I want, jelly jars, cheese whiz jar, honey jar……..

I used a matt modge podge, this little bottle was on sale so that’s why I choose it, not sure if this kind made a difference but I had no streaks , I used a pink wilton paste food coloring

I mixed 3 Tab.spoons water to the smallest on my measuring spoon set of coloring, stir till dissolved, then to that add 1/2 cup of the modge podge

I put about 4-5 spoons (Plastic ) into my jar & swished it around then tilted it over the bowl as I twirled it round & round till the whole jar was covered, does that makes sense? should I say twist lol1 think of turning a screwdriver , did that help? lol! I lined  a baking sheet with foil then with paper towels & turned them upside down for about 10 in or till they stop dripping

then turn right side up for a few min, wipe off excess on rim, turn oven to 180 & place jars right side up on foil or parchment paper lined baking sheet & bake 25 min or till dry, I did mine 30 min

they started turning  this beautiful pink after about 15 min, when time was up I cut the oven off & let them cool down in the oven another 20 min then took them out, see the difference in the color?

I can see a ring in the bottoms here,but I had high hopes for them the next morning lol, so morning has sprung! lookie! no streaks! yea me!

& yea to the great tutorial I went by which you can find here

http://mybest-friendsblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/diy-tinted-jars.html

I believe this one is my favorite, I think it’s because it’s the last of the jars I first made jelly with so many years ago

these turned out perfect, there's’ still a tiny tiny ring around the bottoms but with supply's in the jars you can’t see it, also this method is not water proof, but that's ok no water going into mine lol! so now I’m playing with ideals of how to arrange them with my crafting supply's

MISS ME?

Busy as  a Bee I am! lol! finally getting the blogs postable humm is that a word lol, anyways if you’ve been over to my other blogs you’ll see I’ve been busy & then some, speaking of busy this is our ladies sewing day for Missions at the church which I should be in the tub at this point , see what I mean lol! let me get  Clarice  to help lure you over there lol!

she’s all dressed up rom going to the Annual Dress Form Ball last night

http://nannastreasures.blogspot.com/2013/03/were-off-to-ball.html

you’ll notice I'm playing around with  adding pages at he top, do you spy a special one you’ve been waiting for? lol! ok really gotta go now! lol!

WHAT DOES THE PEOPLE LIKE

What draws you  to a blog ,besides pictures lol! back when I started my raggedys blog, http://nannasraggedys-n-prims.blogspot.com/

there was lots of post on shows, makings of raggedies etc. a few tuts, sewing projects ,over at Nanna’s Place ,http://nannastreasures.blogspot.com/

more of whatever goes grand kids happenings, everyday life’s happenings, recipes, I don’t do shows all year round but I do sew all year round but which blog would you be more prong to visit to see  quilting projects, sewing projects & challenges, linky parties pertaining to any kind of sewing

is this why people start all over and change their name lol!

just having silly thoughts today lol!