bit's of sewing

For my Sew n' Tell Friday I have a camara strap and pincushion.. I've seen so many cute straps throughout blogland and I've always wanted to make one. Then I went to a Boutique show and someone was selling them for $30 bucks! I finally decided to make one. I'll never get sick of my pop garden fabrics.

And then I decided to make a little pin cushion from my left over fabric from my flock o' geese quilt.

Isn't it just so cute and petite?

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A while ago I was working on a flying geese quilt and did the technique of not wasting any fabric so i would get a whole bunch of these half square triangles. Well look at all the fun I'm having. There are so many things you can do with these...too many to show.

but I came up with this layout. And if you put them all facing the middle you will have a star like I did below....

But first I have to explain why 2 of the blocks are alot smaller. This picture above is how I get my 1/4 inch seam. I have to program my needle to move 1.5 to the right so I can line my fabric up to the edge of the foot. Well....every once in a while I forget to move the dial over!! UGH!!

Well then I thought, I hate it when that happens and I might as well just use my quilting foot...well look at the picture, it makes no sense at all. i hate how the edge of my fabric lays on the feed dogs. Do any of you have that problem?

SEE!...Look at the 2 blocks on the left. They are actually a full 1/4 inch smaller. But anywho, I ended up putting the quilting foot back in the drawer and I'm just going to hope I don't forget to change the settings on my machine.

So don't you just love that star block? The fabric I'm using is Three Sisters by Moda