Sew Happy BOM

I finished sasching the four blocks of this quilt and added the borders a few weeks ago.  Just to realize that one of the blocks was placed out of sequence.  So, I unpicked the center part, turned it around and stitched back in place.  Now just to quilt and bind it.

Sewing Machine Mat 3

I finished quilting this project. I did free motion, ruler work and some straight stitching.  I really love how this project turned out as well as the extra space it provides to store bits while I am embroidering.

Whilst attaching the label to the back, I stitched some tassels to the front.

Placemats

Hard to believe I started embroidering these placemats at the start of 2023.  Now we are a mere 10 days away from starting 2024.  They are however a labor of love as each panel embroidered for 2 hours or longer with two panels needed to make one placemat.

Blue Wildebeest

Elephants

Panels can be embroidered combining the sun and/or moon, but I chose to embroider the top (orange for the horizon) and bottom (blue resembling water) using the same colors to depict the setting sun's reflection in the water.

Rhino's

Hippo's

Ever since I saw these designs at Kreativ Kiwi, I thought it would look stunning on this tie dye fabric but at the time the blue was sold out locally.  Luckily when I enquired via Facebook where I could find it, I discovered Curtain Dream with a whole selection in a wide variety of colors and at a third of the price.

Giraffes

Sewing machine mat 2

I finally managed to finish the 3 pockets needed for this project.  I lost interest whilst embroidering the 2nd pocket when the whole thing became undone and popped out of the frame during the stitching of the satin stitch frame around the pocket.  So, I put it aside for the time being and worked on other projects.

The first pocket was stitched completely as designed by the Beyond the frame embroidery girls. 
It is a free design which is available for all who register on the site.

The second pocket was mirrored with the measuring tape omitted.
By printing a template with Embird software and carefully aligning it with
the embroidery already done; I was able to rescue this pocket with little damage.

The third one was also mirrored but with the embroidery thread omitted.
Not until it was finished, did I realize that the numbers on the measuring
tape, was also mirrored.

Hopefully this will help alleviate some of the space problems I have especially whilst embroidering when the laptop also needs desk space.  With most of the free motion work already done, this project is nearing its completion.

Sewing machine mat

The last project for 2023 done by our quilting group, was a sewing machine cover/mat.  As I can't put a mat beneath my Brother Innovis 4000, I decided to rather use mine as an extra sewing space by adding 3 pockets to hold notions needed whilst working as I always need more space.  I am still working on the pockets and have to quilt the whole project.  This is what my sewing machine looks like thus far.