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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Fresh Sewing Day

August was full of even more littles, but looking at my mosaic below, all I see is pure enjoyment in the sewing room!
1. Triple-Zip Pouch Tutorial, 2. Pleated Coin Purse, 3. Sweet Memories Photo Frame, 4. Stargazing block, 5. Patchwork Chevron blocks, 6. Improvisational Curves-Pods, 7. Little Pocket Pillowcase & Bear, 8. Polaroid blocks to swap, 9. "Sweet Baby Girlie", 10. Sweet Sugar Cookie Sack, 11. A QWERTY variation, 12. Tuesday at the {herbal} Table, 13. Zakka Style Bread Basket

I love it when my bee blocks are patterns or techniques that are new to me, and once again, this month they were. And Zakka - oh my Zakka! More new techniques, and the use of some of my favorite fabrics made for this feeling of dread I have that the sew-along is almost over. I know I haven't made as many quilts as normal these last few months, but what am I going to do without Zakka in my life every week? I seriously don't know!

I'm glad to have gotten one quilt done for 100 Quilts for kids, and since that was all, I rummaged through my stash and found some fabric to donate to my local Project Linus along with the quilt. They were more than pleased. And I got long-overdue Digits done for my friend, coworker, and fellow-quilter. It's nice to know QWERTY has a friend out there too. 

Tuesday at the {herbal} Table was again, a fun feature for those like-minded table-lovers. And my little herb garden served me well!

The *Picture-Perfect* Polaroid Block Swap! - well what can I say but it's been surprising, overwhelming, but very very fun. I shipped international packets back yesterday, and as soon as I get the one last packet I'm waiting for (from far, far away!), I will be wrapping up this swap. Wowsa and amen.

Lastly, this month I managed to recreate the Triple-Zip pouch, and posted a tutorial that has really been popular - how gratifying is that?! (More on that in a future post!) So I think I'll take a deep breath, sit back for a bit, and mull over what this next month might hold.

Linking up with Fresh Sewing Day.

18 comments:

  1. You have been busy and all the projects are delightful. Love the bread basket, I haven't seen one like that before.

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  2. I always love seeing your 'end-of-month' posts! You should be very proud of what you have achieved! I don't think I can pick a favourite- they are all lovely!

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  3. I always wonder if your day may have more then 24 hours ;-)... so many great projects!

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  4. Way to stick with it,your progress has been beautiful!

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  5. Another productive month for you, and I think that triple zip pouch deserves the middle spot in your mosaic. :)

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  6. Love everything in that mosaic! Small projects are so gratifying :)

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  7. Loved your latest zakka project... I can certainly understand why you are sad to see the quilt-along is nearing it's end.
    Luckily the rest of your projects are lovely as ever so I'm sure they will compensate for the quilt-along.

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  8. Looks and sounds like a wonderful month!

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  9. I don't think you sleep! LOL Great projects.
    Barb@Witsend

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  10. Yay! You got tons done this month!

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  11. Those little projects really make for enjoyable sewing! You've been super busy this month and made lots of lovelies!

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  12. Wow some fab projects finished up there! I'm sure you'll get even more done this month too =D

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  13. You have had a great month, and all those polaroids too.

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  14. So many lovely projects last month Debbie!

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  15. You amaze me with all that you get done in one month, Debbie! Looking forward to what you'll do in September!

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  16. Such an incredible month, Debbie! The triple zip has been a well deserved success, and even though I haven't done all of the projects, I agree with you: I'll miss the Zakka Along terribly when it's gone!

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  17. love the triple zip pouch - fabulous finishes debbie

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  18. Great projects! I am going to be heading over to your triple zip pouch tutorial now. :D

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