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Productive memories

 

 

 

This weekend was a productive one! Besides some painting in our downstairs, I managed to hand bind a pretty large quilt and sew a couple of quilt tops together.

 

For this top, I used scraps and orphan blocks. It was completely liberating to make!

 

And then this one is a goofy quilt made out of repros and vintage painted blocks. I'll tell you more about it in a few weeks!

 

Then to top it all off, L-man and I spent some time yesterday with friends. We tried new food and ended our time with ataya tea. A new favorite of mine!

 

 

I hope your weekend was filled with memorable moments!

xo,

Penny

 

Undies everywhere!

I am super excited to see some undies projects show up on the web!

Lauri made a travel pouch for her undies, and a few others on Instagram posted some undie minis. Here are a few pics of Katy's undie mini, starting with my favorite pair!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is the entire undie mini in all it's glory!

 

 

 

Absolutely adorable Katy! Thank you for shaing your pics with us!

Happy Saturday to you,

Penny

 

Liberty Lifestyle Craft blog interview

 

 

There's a fun little interview with me on the Liberty Fabrics blog, Liberty Lifestyle today!

 

Granny cowl

I signed up for the I Yarn, You Stitch swap on Instagram as a crochet/knitter. The premise of the swap is to partner a crochet/knitter with someone that sews (and doesn't do yarn) so they can have something handmade with yarn, and possibly visa versa.

I found this awesome granny cowl pattern on ravelry and got to work making a test version.

 

 

I'm super excited with how it turned out and will get started with my partners cowl in her favorite colors.

I have a couple more things I'm going to make, including this really cool hotpad.

I hope you have a fab Sunday!

xo,

Penny

 

cargo duffle

 

Last weekend I got together with a couple of friends and we each sewed up one of Anna's Cargo Duffles.

 

 

The fabrics I used are Robert Kaufman essex linen for the handle, RK kona in peridot for the pockets, a happysewlucky text print from spoonflower for the handles, and from Mama Said Sew, the green Kei geo stripe and the gray fabric is Garden by Ellen Baker.  (Also, did you know Mama offers free US shipping on all orders over $50?!!).

 

 

If you're at all interested in making a duffle, you're in luck!  There's a sew-along going on and Anna has recently revised the pattern to give more details. And what? The pattern is a free download? Um yep!

It's rare that I make something that I love soooo much that I'm afraid to use it and soil it, but I'm having that problem with this bag. I just need to get over it already!

 

 

Happy Hump day to you!

xo,

Penny