LollyBee

So I finally got around to the last of the unpacking/sorting/cleaning up bit from our move. This would be all my sewing stuff. Finished cleaning out all our files and archive boxes during the week and steve took quite a few piles to our local op shop and all that was left was my sewing. Well I got rid of the 2 packing boxes and actually found a home for everything in them as well as freeing up some cupboard room for the masses of music related items we have. More excitedly I have sorted out my immediate sewing goals for the year.

1. Finish the quilt I started last year. It's just a basic patchwork quilt top at the moment but even though I laid out everything before I started sewing it has finished looking a lot pinker than I wanted. Thought about unpicking it all and starting again (it is the size of a queen bed made up of ~12cm squares so, no), then thought about just getting rid of it (but it is a lot of fabric and some of it I really like). So I've decided to finish it but make it smaller by separating the quilt top into 2 bits making a top and a bottom as a sort of lap rug type thing. I still don't really like it.

2. Make a quilt I actually like and will use. Will be using this scrap log cabin pattern from melly and me, see their example below.

Apart from all the material scraps I have been saving for this project I also have these lovely fabrics to add. They've been in my material box now for too long without knowing what to do with them and now they have a purpose.

3. Make some cushions for our outdoor set bench seats. I already have this great heavy duty blue and white stripped canvas so I just need to pick up some foam for the inside.

4. More cushions, I'm getting sick of our lounge ones. I have this great anchor fabric which I really really love for one side and a red spotty fabric for the other. Sick of zips, I'm going to use these lovely red/translucent buttons as well.

5. My last one for the moment is to have another go at making a black dress similar to the one used at The Uniform Project (p.s. it's an awesome project). i have been watching this site from the get go and had a try at making the dress last year (but sleeveless for our Australian weather). It turned out OK but wasn't quite 'finished' right because I developed the pattern as I went along but now I have some more of this great black cotton/linen blend material I'm going to have another, proper crack at it. I saw on the website that the dress will be available to buy in the near future and think I'll try and nab myself one. The dress is reversible, buttons on one side and a pleat on the other.