Speaking of baby sewing. This was another test block for my do. Good Stitches bee that I sewed into a baby quilt size. My month is coming around in June so I'm thinking about what to ask for. I need to find something pretty simple since I asked for paper pieced blocks last time around. Speaking of those paper pieced blocks...
Judy at Quilt Paradigm volunteered to do some quilting for Covered in Love and she's agreed to finish the Forest QAL top for me. I'm so psyched! Judy became permanently one of my favorite people on the planet back in 2014 when she sent me a box of her scraps to play with. She does incredibly gorgeous quilting on her domestic machine and she already completed the two tops I sent her. These two tops were made by another volunteer, Jo from North Carolina. Please go check out Judy's blog and look at the amazing job she did on our tops
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| Judy's picture of her A-mazing quilting, click to go to her post |
Speaking of CiL, as some of you know we were selected to be one of the recipients of Hands2Help quilts this year and the first one just arrived from Cynthia! It's a gorgeous, saturated, bright quilt. I especially love the backing she used with gold metallic fabric. After I attached the label Rory completed the final cuddly-ness inspection. (Don't worry, the quilt got a wash after this!)
Speaking of Rory, she's been ever so helpful lately. I know ever quilter has had this happen to them: people find out that you can sew and they assume that means you can sew anything. Because upholstery and garment making are totally the same as quilting, right?
So. My dad has been trying for months to get me to re-do these cushion covers he found to make them fit the seats for his airplane (he's a private pilot.) Two seater plane means four cushions (butt and back for 2 chairs.) I protested and insisted that I wasn't remotely skilled enough but in the end he wore me down.
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| So that's what the hole in my desk is for! To think, I've been putting my machine in it this whole time. |
The original cushions had piping which he agreed to toss out. So after some experimentation and some cursing 2 oversized seat cushions became correctly sized and 1 bench-seat back cushion became 2.
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| The divot in the front is for the gear stick and fortunately was not part of what I had to modify |
Linking to Oh Scrap! and Design Wall Monday.
I hope Rory didn't look too closely! You made those seat covers look too good. I bet you see more sewing projects in the future ;). When you make a mess of things, people don't ask again. But I would do the same for my dad.
ReplyDeleteNice work on those seat covers - it doesn't look like an easy job. I like the fabrics in the baby quilt for your cousin a lot: great mix of colour and pattern.
ReplyDeleteSeat covers? Color me impressed!! They look awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the shout out, Kat! I'm so honored that you asked me to quilt the Forest QAL quilt! And you make me blush :) Helping out with the quilting for CiL is SO rewarding! Thank you for letting me help out!
That seat looks great! We don't give ourselves enough credit as sewers. But our loved ones have faith... My husband asked me to make him bucket seat covers for his truck--my very first upholstery project, and I have to say probably the best I've ever done!
ReplyDeleteThat seat looks great! We don't give ourselves enough credit as sewers. But our loved ones have faith... My husband asked me to make him bucket seat covers for his truck--my very first upholstery project, and I have to say probably the best I've ever done!
ReplyDeleteThe picture of kitty in the desk hole made me laugh. They are lovable even when they are weird. I always wished I had purchased the T-shirt I saw that read, "Asking a quilter to mend clothes is like asking Picasso to paint a house." Ugh, but you did a very nice job.
ReplyDeleteRory looks like a model for Dos XX beer..."The Most Interesting Cat in the World!"
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the seat covers. I hate being asked to do that kind of thing, too, but I will grudgingly make canvas covers for boat stuff. You'd be shocked to find out how much it costs for a professional to make a simple BBQ cover! I'm sure your Dad appreciates the cost savings; the only thing more prone to expensive repairs than a boat is an airplane!
Oh, and I meant to say how great Cynthia's H2H quilt looks! My H2H quilt also has chili peppers on the front, metallics on the back, and a layer of cat fur. And you'll be receiving it :) I'm off to check out Cynthia's blog, because clear she and I have a lot in common!
ReplyDeleteCynthia's quilt is beautiful and it looks like Rory gives full kitten approval. I also saw the work Judy did quilting the two quilts and loved them.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you Kat! Reupholstering seats is a job I'd be too scared to take on. You did great!