Adventurous Quilter

Postage Stamp Tumbler Quilt

Block Twelve is complete!

By next week I'll be halfway through piecing the blocks for this project! I'm excited about reaching that milestone in this slow piecing project!

I started this project on April 22nd 2024, so I've been working on it for about 5 months.

Remember the free PDF for my postage stamp tumbler is available on my quilty website, the link is in my left sidebar.

Free Quilt Block Pattern Alert

My Kamala and Ruby quilt block is very popular ATM! It's available FREE to download during this election run-up to celebrate Kamala Harris' candidacy!

And the U.S. election draws nearer each day, so...

I'm announcing another free election themed block that will be available during the election run-up!

Pattern provided in 2 sizes!

You can download either of these fun block patterns on my downloads website:

https://adventurousquilter.yolasite.com/Seasonal.php

USA residents that are able to vote, please VOTE! Your decision matters not just to those living in the USA but to those of us in it's allied nations as well. Your government is a super power, your leader matters.

Hitting Refresh

Do you find your sewing space becomes a dumping ground between uses?

I mainly focus on hand stitching these days so my studio can get a bit of a built up "to-do" pile on the cutting table when I'm not in there much.

Monday when I walked in there it was a bit of a mess:

3 dog coats needed mending
Monthly FPP BOM block needed pattern testing
A few scraps needed pressing & cutting into 2" squares for my current EPP project
I had a sheet of corflute that needed rotary cutting into dividers for our home library
And I had two microwave heat packs that needed new covers

So I set to work and tackled it all in one morning easily. It feels great to hit refresh and see a tidy studio before getting on with my day!

I love this floral I used for the microwave heat bags! I used the same rice that I had in the previous bags but the covers had gotten tatty and dirty so they desperately needed new bags!

FYI: there's a microwave heat pack tutorial available on the tutorials page of this blog, they are excellent for using up fabric scraps leftover from prior projects.

It's only early Spring here in Western Australia so we still have chilly mornings and evenings to use these!

Sewing Studio Organisation

One of the vital keys to sewing studio organisation is using up bits and pieces of leftover patchwork from previous projects so you aren't wasting storage space!

Yesterday I came across some leftover scrappy border strips from about 5 or 6 years ago. So I quickly stitched them together into a patchwork rectangle, which I then quilted and bound to complete a new kennel pad for our dogs.

I didn't know exactly which white background fabric I'd originally used between these scrappy squares so I wouldn't be able to easily incorporate them into a future quilt border. So I just wanted them used up in a small project.

So, if storage space is a problem in your sewing space, consider making a small project everytime you find a scrappy remnant from an old project. Here are some ideas: