{"id":19471,"date":"2013-08-06T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19471"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:16:10","slug":"saturday-and-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/saturday-and-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday and Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Napkin<\/a>
Napkin #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a way, Saturday and Sunday, which fed off Thursday, were all about getting as much done in the sewing room as humanly possible. I didn’t kill myself, but I was clearly going for quantity. Remember the post I wrote about creating a relationship with your quilts? Not Saturday and Sunday. I had some projects I wanted to finish and I just put the pedal to the metal.<\/p>\n

I had rummaged through my Christmas fabric drawer on Wednesday night, in preparation for Sew Day. I decided that instead of just making a bunch of gift bags, I would make a couple sets of napkins also. We use cloth napkins and I have always wanted 30 or so to use during the month of December. I picked two fun fabrics and cut them up ready for sewing. For 4 napkins I need 2 yards of fabric. I like big, fat, generous napkins, so I make them fat quarter sized. I also don’t like just folding the hem over and having the back show, so I make them 2 sided.<\/p>\n

I forgot what a pain making napkins can be. I like them when they are done, ; not difficult, but they are a pain to make. Decorative stitches take forever.<\/p>\n

\"Journal<\/a>
Journal Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Journal<\/a>
Journal cover inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the journal cover that I worked on as leaders and enders. I mentioned it the other day<\/a> when it was in progress. As you can see, it is\u00a0 a combination of the Philip Jacobs fabrics, the Circa 1934 fabrics and some random fabrics as filers. I think it looks more interesting than some of the other journal covers I made on Thursday. I’ll have to do a post just showing off the journal covers.<\/p>\n

I think the problem in my mind is that the pieced journal covers are pretty time consuming when I really need a journal cover and am feeling a bit rushed. I think what I’ll have to do is use leaders and enders to work on piecing journal covers that I want to be interesting and when I am in a rush, I’ll use some lush fabric dying to remain, essentially, uncut.<\/p>\n

The inside of the journal cover is what I was talking about when I mentioned the problem of the long strips. I had a long strip with the green bubble dot and the brownish dot sewn together.\u00a0 I didn’t want to just add a long strip, so I cut the strip in half, turned one of the pieces and sewed it back together. Then I sewed it to the end of the cover. I think the little bit of effort adds some interest. Even though it is on the inside, I will see it each time I open the journal.<\/p>\n

\"Dot<\/a>
Dot Monkey Cat Bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I put together all four cat beds. This was the first one and I stuffed it part way with the leftovers from the T-shirt quilt.<\/p>\n

Total count for the weekend is<\/span>:<\/p>\n