But wait ... there's more!

All of the scraps that were on the bed are sorted!

I searched around and found boxes to put most of the scraps in; I already had bins for the strings and one for the blue and green scraps.

I did find more pieces for curved top pouches which I was happy about. Now that fabric will get used!

I then looked around to see if there were any other scraps and sure enough there's more! I don't know if this is the last of them or not.

I am glad it is Friday. This first full week back to work has been a long one. This weekend I want to work on straightening up. I need to make space for fabrics I have gathered for future projects and projects that need finished. Who knows if I will come across any more scraps. I also want to get a few hours in on quilting that t-shirt quilt. Have a great weekend!

Progress on the scraps

Here is what the pile looked like last night before and after I worked on sorting these scraps.

I had an empty bin from dumping the scraps. I needed one for the growing pile of blue and green scraps.

I found another yellow and red improv hourglass block

There were a few pieces big enough for curved top pouches.

I also spent some time last evening washing some dishes and making a pot of chili. I needed something for breakfast and lunch today and tomorrow. Yes, I eat chili for breakfast.

Cleanup in aisle Scrap!

I had dumped some of my scrap bins on one of the guest room beds several months ago with the intention of going thru the pile to pull out pieces big enough for making small curved top pouches. I was going to do that while I was home for the holidays, but I ran out of time. Here is what the pile looked like.

I spent a couple hours sorting thru them. I would bring an armload to my big table, sort them by color, and pull out the pieces big enough for pouches. I also decided to see what I had that would be big enough for thread beds. I did a little drawing to size for the pouches so I wouldn't have to keep measuring. I also wrote the sizes I needed for the thread beds. I need to put a new cover on my pressing pad so I didn't care that I wrote on it.

I ended up with this pile of fabric for thread beds

This pile for pouches

The smaller scraps sorted by color groups

I was finding a lot of strings so I used one of the bins I emptied to toss those in. Anna, do you need any more?

This is what the pile on the bed looks like now. I have lots more to sort thru!

I did find some improv pieced red and yellow hourglass blocks. There are 13 that are sewn together and another one that needs sewn. I don't know how long these have been buried in the scraps, but I will keep these somewhere so they can be made into a quilt. I will probably add to them too. I think they will be around 8" trimmed.

I am going to try to sort thru the scraps over the next few days.  It will be nice to get them sorted.

Sleeves shortened

Last evening I got home and I had to text the neighbor for some tech support. The TV wasn't working and I couldn't figure out how to get back online or whatever you call it. Dave came over and showed me what was wrong. After that it was stripping the bed, washing sheets, and working on another small project for someone. A friend had bought a summer robe, and the sleeves were too long.

The fabric was loose woven so I could just go at it with a seam ripper. It didn't take too long to shorten the sleeves. One more thing done and off the list!

All pin basted and a couple sewing jobs done

The t- shirt quilt is pin basted and ready to quilt. I don't have a deadline on this, but I would like to have it done in the next couple weeks so it is not hanging over my head.

I needed to work on a couple other small projects and get them out of the way. I had this boxy pouch cut out. I needed a zipper and that came in my order that I received a couple weeks ago. It's now done. This goes to my sister's friend that I made the other Georgia Bulldog items for.

Last time I visited my friend in PA, I came home with her husband's jacket that needed the cuffs fixed. The good part was the cuffs were too long so there was enough good fabric left to fix the cuffs. The cuffs were in bad shape!

I just cut the bad portion off and folded the good part in half. I had to do a little repair stitching to the one jacket seam near the cuff. I just sewed the cuff back on and they look as good as new.  The cuffs are a little narrower than when they were folded down, but at least they look a whole lot better. This was an expensive jacket so now it has a bit more life left in it. I was glad to get this done.

T-shirt top is sewn together!

I struggled yesterday. I was tired. I have been making more of an effort to get my walking in and it has zapped my energy! I did manage to get the t-shirt top sewn except for attaching the last row. I did that this morning, pressed the backing, and the top is now over half pin basted.

The shirts I have been working with have some interesting details that are found on women's shirts. There is some metallic and some rhinestones. I will just have to be careful when I quilt this and not hit the rhinestones!

T-shirt quilt progress, empty spools, and snow

I am making good progress on the t-shirt quilt. I got the backing all sewn together.

I crunched some numbers and got the width of the rows figured out.

I started with the center rows. I would trim two blocks then sewn them together. I marked my table to approximately the length I was aiming for. I left extra on the top and bottom pieces so I could trim those edges once I get the entire top sewn together.  I have no idea why my some of my pictures are coming out blurry.  I do not like the camera on this new phone.

I laid out the next row. Again, I trim as I go. I lay the cut and sewn pieces back on the table to see how everything is fitting into the space I have.

You can see that the orange shirt is gone. It was too narrow, so it will go in one of the outside rows. I pulled three pieces from the outside rows to take that space.

Here is the next row laid out. If I don't mess around today, I want to have this top sewn together.

It is time to document my empty spools for 2025. I counted 83. I guess I did some sewing last year! LOL! I had 24 in 2024, 42 in 2023, and 39 in 2022.

We had received a couple inches of snow. My neightbor was out shoveling his driveway and then headed over to shovel mine. Well, I threw on a hat and coat and headed out to help. The sunshine was nice. The snow was light and dry so it was easy to shovel.