Six Sisters Sewing

         So what keeps me up this rainy evening? Tatjana's interstate quilt. Our story begins with beautiful fabric  collected  from  Sweet Pea's Quilt Company  while it was downsizing.  Those dresses and purses were just waiting for a little girl with a dream.      When Tatjana gained ownership of her room with a full size bed, she soon declared need of a larger quilt. She looked for block designs that fit the vision, but in the end it was a simple square. Her tastes gravitate more to the modern with clean lines.           Armed with several yards of fabric and a ruler she went to work on a sew day with her besties. The easiest way for this 11 year old to cut her blocks was to use the 12.5" square. To start she cut about three blocks from each fabric. Her project then traveled to  Oregon for  an extended vacation. Next she had the task of arranging them. Oh what a fuss that was. It seemed that every block was touching another that was too similar. And the

My grandma was here last week and she had bought a present for every one but my little sister. One day I directed her to the log cabin quilt shop to look around while we were there she saw some very cute fabric, got it for her, bought some batting and asked me to make a quilt, so I did.   Almost done  My quilting First I cut out the batting to the same size a the fabric. Next I lay the batting out with the top part of my quilt over it,and the bottom part over that. Then I sewed around the edge of the quilt leaving about a five inch hole. After that I turned I right side out and (hand) sewed the hole shut. To quilt it I took off the sewing machine foot and did loops all around the quilt. This took a bit of practice but I (THINK) I did well.  I'm still working on the quilting because I ran out of thread, and I need to do it all over the quilt and four inches apart.

The girls kept themselves busy with their various projects. Two were no sew T-shirt totes    and the others were quilts. One young lady designed her own top and spent the day adding the border. It looks great! Fun times eating banana peanut butter sandwiches with spiced tea.  This quilt is having trouble. Apparently it's too scrappy and the colors touch. Eventually it will get there. Barbie always gets a lot of attention. She is frequently the recipient of new quilts, bags and dresses. The dresses were sewn from discarded leggings and long sleeve shirts with a single stitch down the back. I find these photos on the mobile devices. They've been texted to gramma. 

I'm only ten and kept bugging my mother about getting a job. My brothers seemed to be able to keep busy doing odd jobs and I wanted one. I suggested babysitting but mom told me I was too young. One day after bugging her again she told me about this family who had three little kids and then twin babies. She told me to offer my services as a Mother's Helper. My brother said it was a stupid idea and she would never call me. I didn't believe him.  About a week later she text me needing extra help. She couldn't lift anything heavy. My job is to move babies and feed them. The twins wear parachord bracelets so the parents can tell them apart. I am learning all about caring for babies. YAY!  Grace has perfect timing. And always gives you what you want. I spent some money fixing the tube on my bicycle and opened a savings account.

We all made cards. It was a fun project. We first sewed our hearts and ribbon onto a piece of thick fabric. The thin seemed to wrinkle up too much. Then we zigzagged a 5" X 8" flash card to the back. Last we trimmed up the edges. It's a small project with great rewards.

MERRY CHRISTMAS We have been working on our pillows.   They are almost finished. The leaves are looking great.  We plan on making felt dolls in the future. Aren't these ones adorable? We did make some yo-yo ornaments for the Christmas tree.  The little ones made their own pillows too. My little brother joined our group and made a pillow case in no time.   Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!