I just made these piano hinge books.  It was fun though there was a definite learning curve for me.  You don't use glue or stitching.



There are plenty of tutes online. 

What was once a pile of thrifted linen clothes...



Is now a baby quilt!





Here are some action shots:

I made yet another denim quilt.  This one is 44 X 44, which was a mistake.  I meant for it to be 40 X 40 and use it for a rug but I measured wrong.  So I gave it to my son, who said it was the perfect size for a super power, power up blanket, duh.  

I machine sewed small squares onto bigger squares which was oddly satisfying.  The bigger squares are machine pieced together.  



The backing is a remnant from IKEA.



It's hand quilted together, the quilting pattern was improvised squares and rectangles.

Thanks!

I do have some close ups. 




I like to make my quilting lines meander a bit. 


They are just more interesting to me that way.

They were hard to get good pictures of.

I finished this just in time for the shower.


Front

Back
I machine pieced squares cut from denim pants together and then hand quilted it to soft red flannel with different colored embroidery thread.  

This is my first attempt at making a travel journal.





I messed up the binding, which I got from How To Make Books by Esther K. Smith (I love this book!)


It was really fun to make.

I finished and gifted this yesterday.

Front


Back

It was fun to make but I made a pretty big rookie mistake.  I didn't wash the backing fabric first.  I thought it would take on a nice vintage-y feel but it shrank A LOT!  The denim side is pretty dang bumpy now but it's still functional. 


Bumpy fabric

I really enjoy hand quilting more than I ever would have thought. 

Hi.  I've been playing around at archery with my local SCA.  They are such nice people and they let me use their equipment and give me tips.  It was time for me to bring some of my own equipment so using an old pair of kids jeans I made a quiver and a bracer. 
The work was quick and basic.  I used the leg for the quiver body and sewed several layers on the bottom, using a pocket on the outer layer.


  Ties to attach it to a belt loop.

The bracer was made from the other leg, I doubled it over twice and then sewed it up and used some elastic to keep it on. 



The next step will be making finger tabs but I think I'll need to use leather for those.

Thanks for looking

Thanks so much. 

@rottenlittleboys  I used narrow wale corduroy, which wasn't that hard to work with.  I've quilted with wide wale cords and that was much more challenging:

It does tend to bias and I think it helps to embrace the chaos and just decide that it's quirky.

@MareMare   I ended up quilting it with blue thread and just quilting over and under the stitches on the denim.  It kinda, sorta disappeared into the denim but stood out nicely over the corduroy.  I also kept my lines meander-y which matched the embroidery on the denim and went with it.

Thanks for asking!

I started out by embroidering running stitches on denim patches.  



Eventually I ended up with a quilt made mostly of corduroy.  It's incredibly soft and comfy.

I really tried to capture the process on my blog and as I look back, I see I went on about it ad naseum but I'm thrilled with the finished product so it was worth the frustration I felt along the way.

Thanks for looking!