Sewing Porch Pillow Project

 I have a little screened in porch right off of my sewing room.  It's nice to sit out there and do hand stitching projects.  It's kind of hidden behind my house so no one driving by can see me.  It feels like a special secret place just for me.  I've been working on making it less cluttered and more pleasant to use this year.  As part of that project, I decided my rocking chair needs a new pillow.  I'm using the Pocket Change pattern by Libs Elliott to create my pillow.  This was included in the September Quilty Box.  

 I absolutely love curvy quilts.  When I saw these fabulous templates in my Quilty Box, I knew I would use them for something.

 This is the fabric collection that came with the templates.  It's Greatest Hits Vol. 1, by Libs Elliott, for Andover Fabrics.  Instead of making a multi colored pillow like shown in the quilt pattern, I opted for a two color blue and green palette.  I'm using the blue with the stars all the way over on the lower right, and the blue and green diamond pattern fabric.

 The templates were easy to use.  I drew around them with a red Frixion pen.

 I carefully cut out my curved pieces.  Here's what a block is going to look like.

 When I sew curves, I use a lot of pins.  Remember to sew with the concave piece on top for best results.

I ran out of time for sewing before I finished. I probably had to go cook dinner, or pick up a child from band practice, or something like that. This is how it's looking so far.  I like it.  The pieces are fitting together nicely.  See how the points are coming together?  

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If you would like to try Quilty Box, click above to visit their site.  It's so much fun to open a box full of quilting goodies each month.   I hope I find some time to finish my pillow soon.  Because it's not a deadline project, I have to fit it in between my other sewing.  When I finish, I'll take some pics on the porch.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Llama Sewing Practice

 This is Lloyd the Llama.  He's a super cute pattern by Funky Friends Factory.  My assignment was to make one in some upcoming secret sewing fabrics that I can't show you at this time.  I don't have a lot of experience sewing stuffed animals, so I made this one for practice first.

 I used the Sweet Oak fabric collection from the August Quilty Box for this project.  It was also a great opportunity to try the new Frixion gel pens that were also in that box.  Click here to see everything included in the August 2019 Quilty Box:  What's Inside the August 2019 Quilty Box?

 I traced the pattern pieces onto some old template plastic.  I have a huge stack of this stuff stashed away in a basket.  It worked really well for this project.

 I traced around the pattern pieces with the Frixion pens onto the back of my fabrics.  

 I used the cute yellow snail fabric for the body of my llama.  

 And this sweet leaf print for the ears, face, and feet.

 The llama was fun to sew, but definitely a challenging project for me.  

 I'm glad I did a test sew.  I learned a few things that I did differently when I made the final llama, like how to position the ears properly and which piece to have on top while sewing seams.  The Funky Friends Factory thankfully has an online photo tutorial that was very helpful while constructing Lloyd.  The photos were spot on and helpful tips were included in the tutorial.

 Here I am sewing the whole llama together.

 Clipping curves and prepping to turn right side out.

 Stuffing time!  I stuffed him so tight it was tough to hand sew the opening closed.

 Lloyd the llama in the wild - side view.

Lloyd the llama in the wild - front view.  What a cutie!  I enjoyed making him.  If you would like to sew one, check out the Funky Friends Factory website.  You can get patterns to sew Lloyd Llama and his partner Alice Alpaca (equally cute!), plus so many other adorable animals!

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Jennifer Thomas

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What's Inside the August 2019 Quilty Box?

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 The August Quilty Box is here!  Are you ready for Autumn?  This box is filled with beautiful Fall sewing inspiration.  You can almost feel a cool crispness in the air when you open the box.  It's a promise of Fall, my favorite time of the year.

 This month's featured designer is Kirsten Sevig.  I enjoyed reading the interview with her inside Bundles of Inspiration.  She calls herself a "forever child" and gleans inspiration for her designs from her time spent living in Iceland.

 The Sweet Oak fabric collection, by Striped Pear Studio for Windham Fabrics is bursting with fall color and themes!

 Just look at these fabulous colors and prints!  Acorns, colorful leaves, cute little worms and snails! 

I can't wait to cut into these.

 Speaking of cutting, look at this new Olfa Splash cutter in Navy.  It looks sleek in this classic deep blue color.  The Splash cutter features an easy quick change blade - yay!  No more trying to remember which way to screw all those little parts back into place.  

 Two Frixion gel pens are included this month, one red and one blue.  I've never tried these before.  I'll let you know how it goes.

 Wow!  Look at the color of this Wonderfil thread!!!  This vibrant variegated thread is called Tutti.  It's a 50 wt thread.  It will be beautiful for quilting.

Also included is this cute sticker of Striped Pear Studio's logo.  How adorable!  I'll be affixing this to one of my project boxes for a little pop of color.

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Jennifer Thomas

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