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Sewing Projects in Progress

January 10, 2020

I’ve been doing some sewing lately! I will confess that I’ve been on a bit of a sewing hiatus for a while. When I became the full owner of Craft Industry Alliance in May of last year I needed to shift my focus to that business almost entirely. There was just so much to learn and so many projects to tackle.

Now that I feel I’ve got a handle on things I’m slowly getting back to my sewing table. First, I made a quilt for our friends Ethan and Matt. They just had a second baby. I made a quilt for their first daughter so I really wanted to make another one for them. I had this April Rosenthal Jelly Roll in my studio (I originally bought it to make a patchwork softie that would be a companion to my elephant, but then life happened). We gifted it to them in December.

Next, I’m still working on creating a PDF (and possibly print) pattern for the bird that’s on the cover of my first book, The Artful Bird.  I hadn’t made one in several years and made so many mistakes sewing the first prototype! But now I’m back in the bird-making groove and the second one just needs to be stuffed.

I’m also working on an English Paper Pieced mini-quilt for Valentine’s Day. I actually cut this quilt out last year, worked on it a little, and then put it away. Now that it’s back out I really enjoy sewing it in the evenings and I love how it’s coming together. I may just finish it before Valentine’s Day this year (we’ll see).

What about you? What are you working on?

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  1. Dawn says

    January 10, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    Abby
    Love the Valentine Paper Pieced quilt. Is the pattern available? Thank you for all you do. Great news!!!

    • Abby says

      January 10, 2020 at 10:19 pm

      Hi Dawn, I made up this pattern by looking at the two elongated diamonds that make a heart and then filling in the gaps with smaller symmetrical diamonds. Maybe I’ll release a free pattern for it when its done (it’s not super original!). Thank you for your interest 🙂

  2. Debbie says

    January 11, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    Good to see you in this space & sewing! Hope time for that continues. And yay for gifting a baby quilt!

    • Abby says

      January 12, 2020 at 3:49 pm

      Yes, it’s good to be back at it 🙂

  3. Martha O. says

    January 11, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    Happy 2020, and I also like your “hearts” EPP! If OK, I’ll share it during our quilt guild’s EPP program on Monday night (topics change monthly).

    • Abby says

      January 12, 2020 at 3:49 pm

      Oh wow! Thank you, Martha. That would be lovely.

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