Sunday

Just a regular Sunday here at A Fabric Case:

Wishing everyone a restful and relaxing weekend :-)

More Patchwork!

Because I just couldn't resist.

Cut up a selection of fabric into 120, 4.5 inch squares...

Separated them into piles of light and dark ...

Then, chain piecing!

Fabulosity!

More to come soon. Hope everyone's having a good week.

Distortion!

I might have been a little too optimistic about my Windsor Lane baby quilt.  The quilt top came together easily enough, but the quilting wasn't so smooth sailing.

I had wanted to quilt it in a simple cross hatch, but after the first few lines of quilting on the diagonal, the fabric at the top just got too distorted. 

You can't really see it in the photo, but trust me, it WAS wonky.

I'm not even going to go into the puckers. And no, I don't think I'm being a control freak.

I guess this confirms it - I'm terrible at straight line quilting.

And so. There was nothing left for it but to unpick and start again (it just occurred to me that I'm doing a fair bit of unpicking these days. Eeek!). Once that was done I screwed on my darning foot and free motioned the whole thing. And guess what? The quilting took less time than the unpicking!

Anyway, here it is, in all its quilted glory:

I still need to find some binding for it though - nothing in my stash seems to fit :-(  Hope to share a finish soon!

Charm Square Baby Quilt

A second charm pack project in a month!

A cute little baby quilt this time, made from this charm pack:

I used the entire pack of 42 squares, sewed them into 7 rows of 6. The result was still a bit tiny, so I added a couple of borders to make it into a decent size.

Such a quick project - so satisfying!

As you can see, I've even got it layered and basted.

Ready for quilting!

Spa Tote

I finished up this tote last week.

The fabric is from Moda's Spa collection :

I used a charm pack for this, but only needed 21 charms. So  I still have 21 more charms left over from the pack - enough for one more tote!

The inside of this bag is lined with unbleached cotton, and I used some medium weight interfacing instead of batting, so put together it's quite sturdy without being too stiff/bulky. For the handles, I opted for some cotton canvas webbing which I bought from Kelly here.

Here it is posing with the bag I'd been using for my work things:

I've been using my new tote for a few days and I have to say I'm really, really happy with it.

You'll also be pleased to note that it's received Yummy Hubby's nod of approval ;-)

Missing AGAIN

Just finished tidying up the sewing room. And you know what I find? Or DON'T find I should say.

My pin cushion has gone missing. AGAIN.

I just don't understand it. How can a little cushion stuck full of pins just go missing?

I'm starting to wonder if one of the Meows ate it? Maybe this one - she was skulking around with a guilty look earlier:

Or maybe this is Milo's payback to me for saying he looks like an alien...

And here's a photo of my pin cushion:

Only it's not the pin cushion that's lost. I couldn't take a photo of that one, obviously because it's missing. Grrrr.

Change Flower

Yummy Hubby has been growing these flowers and I just had to share them with you. We first thought that the tree had 2 types of flowers : white and pink. Then one day he gave me one to bring to work with me, and oh my goodness me, was I in for a surprise!

Anyway, I brought another to work the very next day, and documented the changes...

Here it is at 10am:

At 11am (please excuse the panadols in the frame - it was a big migraine day!) :

 At 12 pm :

At 1pm :

At 2.30pm :

 At 4 pm:

And overnight:

Watching the changes was like watching a miracle unfold before my eyes. I couldn't help pausing in my work every now and then just to admire it, and to revel in the grace of God. I hope we never move so fast that we miss out on little miracles like this.

Ok, ok, enough of the sentimentality. Have a great week all, hope you enjoyed the photos!