Bow Tuck Saturday

I was at a loss yesterday on what project I wanted to work on. I have a few UFO's to do and of course I still have those 11 quilts that need to be basted, yes I admit I am procrastinating on those big time, so I decided to do a Mini Bow Tuck purse that a friend of mine wanted. So off I go to my stash I pull out the fabrics and I start working on it.  I know from experience that it only takes me a couple of hours to get one done. Well I get on a roll, get all of the fabric cut, the fusible fleece cut, get everything going and start quilting the front and back then low and behold my husband gets a phone call. YES he finally has a job.  He starts a week from tomorrow. I am so excited. So needless to say no more quilting was done, but we did go out and have a celebration dinner.

So between going to my niece's soccer tournament  today,(two games one at 11am and one at 5pm - couldn't get them any farther apart that is for sure), I was able to get the purse done. Although I did not do it with out having problems. I mean come on, I have made at least 15 of these purses, well either the regular Bow Tuck or the Mini, so I should be able to almost make them with my eyes closed. But no......I put the magnetic button on the wrong end so I have to remove that. Well of course we know the button will leave a hole, so in my moment of ingenuity I grab a 2 in square of fabric, sign my name and the date and sew it right over the hole, of course this was in a perfect place, the bottom of the bag, so it looks like I planned it.  Then I go and sew the two pieces  of lining together wrong, so un-sewing that was a pain in the behind, because fusible fleece is not good to be seam ripping.  Finally, about an hour longer than I had planned I did get the purse done.  And NO I do not plan on making another purse anytime in the near future, no matter who asks for one, that is my final word and I am sticking to it, well.....I may make one for me in the near future...hmmm.

I finally decided that I would procrastinate sewing down some binding so off to the quilt room I go.  I happen to have an extra one of those 5 gallon plastic buckets, I use mine to make my laundry soap, so I shoved as many scraps from my large tote in there as possible and headed over to the brand new pressing surface, which I still am in uber love with, and I listened/watched football and ironed. I now have a large stack of scraps ready to be cut and stored when the time permits.  I try to do at least 15 minutes a day and even some while cooking dinner since the cutting table is right around the corner.

Well it hasn't been a real eventful or productive time but I am getting a little bit done at a time.

Guess I will try and figure out what I want to do tomorrow. I really should get these baby quilts done, but Christmas fabric is calling my big time........

Until next time
Sew in piece.

Michelle

It's Progress

Well I am no longer hoopless. I finally found them and of course they were in my TUTO embroidery bag in a pocket that I didn't know was there.  Well I did know because I put them in there but since then I conveniently forgot.

I also made my pressing board, it is totally cool and I love it.  As you can see in the picture I have it sitting on top of my ironing board right now, it is not totally stable but will work until my husband can make me the stand for it.  Should be coming soon I hope.

I also finished my buck a block that I started a couple of months ago at one of my lqs'. Then while I was taking the picture to post on here I realized that I sewed the first block together wrong. So, after dinner off I go to unsew and fix it. At least I noticed it that is all I have to say. I am using Thangles with this pattern and they are pretty nifty. Might have to keep those in mind for future use.

Finally I have a picture of my treasure I bought the other day at the mall. I think they are just too cute. How often I will wear them I do not know, since pink isn't really my favorite color of all time.

So other than that,  I can honestly say I have not done anything else major.  Yesterday, I took my mom to the grocery store and then ran to do more school supply buying  for the boys and of course I had to watch Big Brother. I was off to bed early since I had a short night the night before, my mind was going a mile a minute and it was really late, or early depending on how you look at it.

Now,  I am already trying to decide what I want to do tomorrow. UFO, new project, embroidery project, oh the list goes on and on. I more than likely will work on a purse I want to start and finish really quick, I would like to have it done by next Thursday.  It is the mini Bow Tuck pattern so it goes together really quick, I mean I have already made about 6 large ones and 3 small ones, so I am kind of procrastinating since I don't really want to do another on of those right now, but I told my friend I would do it....oh well .....do it and get if over with, that usually always makes me feel better in the long run.


Take a few minutes and doing something crafty, it makes ya feel better.
Michelle