Sunday, October 2, 2011

A Skirt, a dress and some Fruitcake

Make Life Twirly Skirt
The weekend started by completing this Twirly Skirt using yardage from Make Life by Sweetwater.  I think I like the Lazy Days Skirt better because there just isn't as much bulk around the waist.  Or, I did the elastic wrong.

 After seeing the dress Angela of Fussy Cut made for her daughter, I bought the pattern for the Leila and Ben Sweet Little Dress.  She picked out some Alexander Henry Freeway Dots  and decided she wanted a nightgown.  Although she didn't wear it last night, she did wear it all day today and also for bed tonight.  The bottom hem isn't as neat and nice and I would like and I twisted the elastic around the neck by mistake.  But, I actually managed to sew something with a sleeve without my mother helping.

Charming Stars from Moda Bake Shop in Fruitcake is a birthday/Christmas present to my sister-in-law.  My mom has done more of the piecing lately.  I did the random arrangement of solids for the star blocks.  I can sew random blocks together without worry.  My mom wants to plan too much.  A 5.5" white border will go around and then I will quilt it.  We're hoping to complete it by November 1st.

My 100 Quilts for Kids quilt will be delivered by the local quilt guild to a charity.  I'm not sure which one but there was only one on their list that I really didn't want to support.  I got some more solid fabric and some flannel to use for backing to make another quilt to donate.  Perhaps that will be my project for the week.  

1 comment:

  1. I have made this one too. I chose some charm packs with a bit of a 60's feel and yellow as the centre star. it's great to see how different they come out in different fabrics

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