Four more PBs done and the big clean up

The project bags with the fabric panel fronts take a bit longer to make, so I surprised myself by getting these done last evening. The fabric has a bit of a metallic to it which is hard to photograph.

I was out at the job site this morning watching the cleanup. The guys have gotten a lot done! The steel was still high up in the air on the one side, but they got it down lower which means it is safer.

Yesterday they got almost all the steel on the north side cut and removed.

Patriotic TBs done!

I was tired when I got home from work, but I fought thru it and got those 8 TBs done! Anyone stitching patriotic pieces would like these.

I then went outside to trim and mow the front and one side yard. I was losing steam with the last few pushes uphill with the mower, but I got it done.

Next group of TBs and PBs, hemming, and scissor pouches

I worked on the next batch of TBs and PBs. I got the zippers installed for 8 TBs and 4 PBs.

I needed to get the hem in two pairs of shorts for my son. The black pair is done.

I pressed on the iron-on interfacing to more scissor pouches yesterday. Here is my stack.

My tray is getting full so I am going to have to start sewing them together. I have no idea how many are in this tray. These are going to be my giveaway at the next cross stitch retreat so I need a bunch!

It is going to be a busy weekend. Have a great one!

Four more TBs done

I finally got those four TBs done! Woohoo! I had a little piece of pink felt so I used that for the two TBs with the pink lining. I love this cute pig fabric.

At lunch I cut fleece for the scissor pouches. When I cut the fleece for the TBs, I ended up with a strip of about 5 1/2" wide which is just the right size for the scissor pouch interfacing.

The plan is to get those pressed on the fabric at lunch.

Cutting pieces and parts, fabric purchase, and happy birthday Bruce.

I ran out of flannel pieces for the TBs so I spent my time last evening working on cutting those. I pressed on interfacing to the strips of flannel then cut them to size.

While I was cutting, I needed to cut more fleece interfacing for the lining part of the TBs. I now have a nice stack of those.

Here are my pieces and parts trays for the TBs. Since I am not using my step ladder right now, it makes the perfect place to keep the trays.

I now have all the parts I need to finish up these four TBs. I did see that I only have three more pieces of vinyl, so I will have to cut more of those. I am always running out of parts! LOL!!

I wanted more of that cute pig fabric and went on a search to find some. I didn't remember where I had bought it. I found it on sale at Lou Lou's Fabric Shop along with some of the other scissor fabrics I had used recently. It was all on sale for $7.00 a yard! I bought enough I got free shipping too! Maybe that is where I bought them before. Well, I bought repeats and new fabrics in this order. I think the scissor fabric TBs and PBs will be snapped up fast so I was glad to find the fabric so I can make more.  The pink fabric is a new one and the repeats are the pigs. I bought all the pig fabric they had left. I got 2 1/2 yards of the turquoise and one yard of the gray.

The scissor fabric in the lower left is a repeat and the other three are new. I just had to buy that scissor fabric in another colorway! The two tone-on-tone fabrics will be used for the lining and pockets of the TBs.

Both scissor fabrics are repeats and the spool fabric is new. I thought the spools would be smaller, but it will still work for the lining of a TB.

Happy 77th birthday Bruce! I took this picture when I got to go see him in Cleveland earlier this year.

Some progress

I sat at the tire place while they finished up my car. I needed new tires and a realignment. Of course, a mile from the tire place as I was headed to the grocery store I hit a pothole! UGH!! It was full of rainwater so I couldn't see it. I got my groceries, stopped for gas then headed home. I didn't have much time to do anything else. I did press the zipper pocket pieces for the next four TBs while I did a load of laundry.

The thread I had ordered from Superior thread arrived.

Their Pima cotton thread is so nice; I like it better than Aurifil. The color range is more limited than Aurifil, but I needed some lighter colors and a dark blue for the TBs and PBs. The fatter spools are a general purpose sewing thread that I have used in the past and liked it. The spools were inexpensive and I will probably regret not buying more at one dollar a spool!

I got a few more scissor pouches interfaced at lunch yesterday.

What a weekend!

Friday night I finished up this set of TBs and PBs.

Saturday morning I worked on getting what I could done on this set of TBs and PBs. The pieces are quilted and the zipper pouch pieces are pressed. All I need are the zippers which I will order once I figure out how many and of what colors I need.

The rain let up a bit so I decided to clean up the front bed. It didn't take too long. Here is the before and after.

A runner showed up with the tablecloth that needed the name on it and it also needed hemmed. It was "hemmed" with blue gaffer's tape! LOL!

The runner was such a sweet young lady that I decided to put the zippers in two of the leftover small pouches that I didn't have zippers for back in April. I got these together before she came to pu the tablecloth. One for her and one for Nora.

After I handed off the tablecloth, I decided to go ahead and put the zippers in the last five pouches. These will be handy to have on hand for a little gift.

I worked on the next set of TBs and PBs, but I didn't get too far before I had to get ready to go downtown to see a show at the Akron Civic Theater. Another brother of mine is touring with Ray LaMontagne. The Civic is an old theater that has been restored. It is amazing!  The show was wonderful!

Sunday I work on the PBs a bit and then company showed up with another emergency sewing job. I needed to shorten the straps and put a slit in a dress for homecoming. The straps were so easy to do; they were not buried between the dress fabric and the lining. The straps were just surface mounted on the lining. Taking out the seams of the dress and lining took longer than sewing it back together. I sewed the dress to the lining so they would be one unit rather that each layer hanging separately.

Well then we had to go to lunch! We were all hungry since nobody had much of a breakfast and it was getting onto 1 PM. We all ordered appetizers - chicken nachos, fried pickles, deviled eggs, cheese curds - and an entre - cauliflower pizza, philly cheese steak sandwich, a salad with grilled chicken, and flatbread pizza. I had my leftover flatbread pizza for breakfast this morning. It was all very good!

I finished up four PBs when I got home. These are so cute with the pigs!

I had a thought of using fleece in the front panel and quilting it rather than using interfacing with no quilting for the front panel like I have been making them. I kind of like the fleece and quilted panel more - the one with the pigs. It does make for a more substantial feeling PB.