I promised to check in again and tell you about my makes at Patchwork in the Peaks (though they pale into insignificance compared to the fabulous makes of my fellow sewers).
Not fully understanding the brief of the weekend, I arrived with no personal projects to work on! Doh!
However, Elita has a very healthy 'scraps stack' which she generously makes available to all at Peaks.
So with that in mind, I rustled up a sizeable 'Quilt As You Go' pouch.
I always find that other people's scraps are much more interesting than my own, so it was fun rustling through the scrap boxes for this project.
One of the 'games' we played at the weekend was a 'Roll the Dice Fat Quarter swap'.
It's much too long winded for me to try and explain how it works, but the essence of the game is that you bring 3 fat quarters to the table and after much hilarity, competitive threats (of the lighthearted kind of course!!) and fast hand action, you end up with 3 different fat quarters!
One such fat quarter is the glorious yellow that I used for the lining of my pouch!
Aaaahhhhh! Sunshine in a pouch!
Following my Denim Applique Bag workshop, there was a nice little pile of offcuts and discarded denim bits.
So in keeping with the denim/upcycling theme, I made another zippy pouch (a girl can never have too many pouches, right?!).
A little 'Aurifil' decorative stitching and feature tabs, loops and labels add the perfect finishing touches.
Another of my 'fat quarter swaps' made it as the perfect pouch lining!
On Saturday evening we shared our 'Secret Sister' gifts (surprise, anonymous gifts left for each person throughout the weekend) and then Gina presented the 'Mystery Make'.
This is a fun, quick make in keeping with the theme of the weekend. Several little jeans legs were made available with a finished sample of the cutest wee fabric bucket! So we set to it and in no time at all, a family of re-purposed fabric buckets appeared! (see pics in previous post)
Despite the flowers being upside down (!!) I'm going to use mine as a purposeful little thread catcher.
And last but not least, another rummage in the scraps box and my heart started to flutter as I discovered some adorable vintage vibe browns!
Now I appreciate brown is not a universally loved fabric colour, and there are some browns I just can't do.
But on my bucket list of makes is a vintage brown quilt (I have a secret hoard of brown vintage fabrics in my loft!). So I grasped the nettle and started making log cabin blocks, with no other plan in mind than to enjoy the browns and worry about a design much later!
So considering I arrived at Peaks with no fabric or sewing equipment, I did pretty well don't you think?
Thanks for tuning in!
Happy sewing!
