Happy Friday! It felt like the right time to try to bring back Friday Favorites posts! I'm going to aim for one every other week! Catch up on previous posts here: Friday Favorites Archives

- I've been working away on the next set of vintage sheet fat quarter bundles!

- Gorgeous color palette in this quilt by Maggie.

- Love everything in this little quilty scene by Rebecca Brennan!

- I want to make something with my ice-dyed fabrics after seeing these pouches by Arounna Khounnoraj.

- Can't wait to take this new class by Lisa Congdon on Creative Bug!

- Watching this process video of a reduction linocut print by Elina Adrshina was so satisfying!

- How gorgeous is this Colour Riot Riso Print by Carolyn Gavin?


- Really enjoying seeing my dahlia seedlings reveal themselves! This one is so cute and tiny!! All my seedlings were started from Floret Cancan Girls seeds.

- I've probably shared this before, but I made this galette by Smitten Kitchen for dinner on Wednesday, first time this Summer! It's so good. And the pastry freezes beautifully so I usually make a double batch and throw one in the freezer for a rainy day.

- Currently watching The Bear.

- I would love to make some shadow boxes with treasures like these ones by Gabrielle Stanley Blair.

- Recently read the The Mistborn Saga by Brandon Sanderson* and absolutely loved it!

- One of baby girl's favorite books is Cat's First Baby by Natalie Nelson* (there's a dog one* too!).


- Dusty enjoying a sun patch.

Have a Great Weekend!

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Giant Vintage Star Baby Quilt in Geometric Bliss

Happy Tuesday! Today I have a recent baby quilt finish to share!


My stash of baby quilts that haven't been claimed by baby girl has become severely depleted. So when Michael's coworker had a baby this Spring, I didn't have a quilt ready for gifting! I decided to make a baby quilt using my Giant Vintage Star Quilt Pattern. I've actually only made one of these previously, the version I made when writing the pattern! Thought it would be a good one to revisit.

I used fabrics from my Geometric Bliss* fabric collection.


I had to use the big strip for the backing! It makes a great back in my opinion! I kept the binding pretty minimal, just some straight lines.


It's bound in the little stripe print!


You can find the Giant Vintage Star Quilt Pattern in my online shop.


Of course the quilt needed a matching bag! I made the Artist size from my Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern. This is my go-to size for gifting baby quilts. I used more prints from the same color way of Geometric Bliss*.


The bag is finished off with some nylon paracord.

Pattern: Giant Vintage Star Quilt Pattern and Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern
Fabric: Geometric Bliss*

Happy Quilting!

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Upcycling a Towel and an Apron into Bags

Happy Tuesday! I've started going to the Goodwill outlet on a regular basis, and it's been such fun hunting for treasures, especially textiles. I need to put together another adventures in thrifting post soon, to share all the things I've found lately! Today I want to share two projects that I made using textiles that I salvaged from the outlet. I loved working on these projects and it's inspiring me to continue to upcycle more textiles!


I have a real soft spot for vintage towels and I've amassed a good collection of them over the years. We use them every day! I got excited when I spotted this one, only to realize that it had been altered. It was amongst a bunch of vintage aprons, so I believe it had been turned into an apron at one time. It was so cute, I bought it anyways and figured I'd come up with a project later.


I ended up turning the towel piece into a dopp kit! I was inspired by Joanne Sunny K and her work with vintage towels.


This is a larger version of the boxy pouch from my Triplizip Zipper Pouch Pattern. I also left it unlined. The dimensions ended up a bit big since I wanted to use as much of the towel piece as possible!


I love that if I spill something in this bag, it's a towel! It feels so practical. Would also make a great beach bag. My gears are turning for other towel bags!


I reused the original tag as an embellishment on the back.


This was such a fun project, I loved making it. I really like the way that the floral pattern lines up around the zipper. I kept things really simple to finish it up and used some webbing for the handle.


The second bag that I made was a drawstring bag! This is the project size from my Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern.


I found this vintage apron on the same trip as the towel piece! I really liked the fabric, but I don't wear aprons very often, especially not half aprons. I grabbed it anyways, knowing I'd probably unpick it for the fabric.


I did end up unpicking most of the apron, but left the pocket! I was able to center the pocket on one of the exterior main pieces, which was lucky.


I paired the apron fabric with a black and white gingham for the accent. I love how it ties in the black ric-rac on the pocket! For the lining I used a white solid.


The apron had a personalized maker tag on it. It was so cute, I really didn't want it to go to waste! I added it to the back of the bag.


I went with black ruler twill tape for the ties and 1" beehive wooden beads, both available in my online shop!

Happy Sewing!

Shop News: Vintage Sheet Fat Quarter Bundles

Happy Monday! I have some exciting shop news to share today! I have added a limited number of vintage sheet fat quarter bundles to my online shop!

I've been working on collecting vintage sheets specifically to make bundles for the last five or so years, and I'm finally diving in! It's been a long time since I had my vintage sheet etsy shop, but it has all come back to me, just like riding a bike! I'm hoping to be able to share vintage sheet bundles regularly, but it will of course depend on what I can find. This time around I have rainbow bundles of 8 fat quarters each!


These are perfect for any project, but would be especially nice for a Giant Vintage Star Quilt.

Here are the bundles that are currently available (there are multiples of each style!):


Bundle A


Bundle B


Bundle C


Bundle D


Bundle E


Browns

Shop Now: Vintage sheet fat quarter bundles

Happy Quilting!