The pile grows

 

Fifty eight potholders sewn, twenty nine pairs that’s way more than all my cousins in the US, Canada and the UK combined.  I used a nice pile of wonder fabrics, I wonder what I was going to use that for when I bought it. Some of it was leftovers from some aprons I sewed. The rest was odd bits. The filling is more bits of cotton fabric from face masks and cotton batting, jersey knits and well worn terry towels. Layers of cotton for thermal protection. 

Many years ago I bought a cute pair of potholders at a craft sale, heart shaped with openings for fingers and thumbs on the back side. I grabbed something out of the over and jerked my hands back so fast they fell off and got scorched on the oven element. They had polyester fiber fill in them. I dropped them in the garbage almost as fast. Only cotton batting and fabrics in my potholders. —Ann—

Square in a Square

 Sometimes I don’t want to make any decisions I just want some mindless sewing time. A basket of cut parts was sitting right where I left it months ago maybe as many as 24 months ago, the pandemic days were so monotonous they are a bit of a blur except that I did sew a lot and cut a pile of strips for more blissful days of sewing.  Sewing these square in a square blocks is mindless except that I need to center the square on each triangle, pinch a crease on each side……. Mindless sewing, off wanders my mind, how can I arrange these boring blocks so I don’t need so many of these boring-to-sew blocks?  Turn them on point and add some tri- rec stars, the math works. I’m starting to get excited about this quilt. —Ann—

A little bit of sewing

 Home again after a week and a half at the river and grands and a week and a half without sewing. I had books to read and knitting but no sewing machine there. I sat in my sewing room after I got unpacked and surveyed the situation. I just needed a little sewing fix……I machine quilted the watermelon pot holders….ahhhh the roar then the hum. The apron and the other potholders were done before the last trip to the river,  we were only home a few days between trips, not enough time to start a quilt but enough to sew some potholders and get fabric ready for a few more. I have cut up the dozens of face masks I sewed during the pandemic to use for the filling, the perfect size. I’m hoping for a cousins weekend this summer and I will have a pair of potholders for everyone.  Happy sewing —Ann—