Caddy shack

When I'm sitting on the living room sofa and I'm hand sewing something, or darning something else I need a lot of paraphernalia: thread, needles, scissors, a seam ripper, a darning mushroom, etc. I bring all that stuff downstairs and set it on the side table, awkwardly twisting my body around to reach it all. On top of that I have nowhere to put the needle when I'm tying the thread, it invariably gets lost. Then I saw an idea on Pinterest...a sofa sewing caddy, complete with pockets and built-in pin cushion. Brilliant. 

However, great idea, BAD execution (IMHO). Too busy and 'granny' by a mile. So I took the idea and adapted it to my style and sofa. I used an old denim shirt that I got at an estate sale for $2, the pocket came in handy on one side of the caddy. On the other side there's a pocket for the darning mushroom and clips. For that I used more of the Scalamandre fabric I used for the quilt backing. It's also the binding all the way the around the edges. I think it came out great and I can't wait to use it. 

Quilt #2

I started my next quilt the week after Christmas and it's been my Big Winter Project. I finished it yesterday and am so pleased with how it turned out. 

I decided I wanted to try a completely different kind of quilt. This one is a pieced quilt. 48 different blocks all in a blue color scheme. 

I found the patterns in a book "Quilt As You Go Made Modern". It was fun tackling each design, some were very simple and others very complicated. I wanted that old country vibe, something that looked like an old heirloom. For the backing I used some fabric I found at an estate sale a few weeks ago, a whole bolt of Scalamandre that was a STEAL at only FIVE BUCKS for the whole thing. 

That's quite fancy and expensive stuff, I've still got a lot left, I'll be using it for a while.