{"id":37966,"date":"2017-09-04T07:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=37966"},"modified":"2017-09-03T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:15:11","slug":"sew-day-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/sew-day-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Sew Day Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37980\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1504463882614..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1504463882614.-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Weird Red Sun\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1504463882614.-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1504463882614.-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1504463882614.-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird Red Sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went back and forth on what to bring to Sew Day. I thought for sure I would bring my machine. We are having a heat wave, which means record temperatures. I was hot and not really in the mood to be dragging a ton of stuff around, so in the end, I just brought projects to prep\/cut out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sew Day Prep Completed\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998sm.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sew Day Prep Completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This focus was a good move. I was able to cut out or prepare 5.25 projects, which means it is time to sew again &#8211; HA! Not that it is ever time <em>NOT<\/em> to sew:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finished trimming Dots &amp; Stripes HSTs<\/li>\n<li>Prepped En Provence HSTs<\/li>\n<li>Cut out Napkin fronts<\/li>\n<li>Cut out gift bags<\/li>\n<li>Cut out 2 more Little Cell Phone Wallet bag parts<\/li>\n<li>Started prepping more Sew Together Bags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37984\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998-anno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998-anno-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sew Day Projects\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998-anno-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998-anno-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSCN1998-anno.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sew Day Projects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found another stash of HSTs that go with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/ta-dots-stripes-hsts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dots &amp; Stripes<\/a> HSTs I mentioned last week. They will make the piece larger, which is always good. I trimmed the last few I didn&#8217;t have time to trim at Craft Night and trimmed this new stash. Some progress.<\/p>\n<p>I had cut the squares for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/en-provence-mystery-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">En Provence<\/a> HSTs on Friday night, so I had sixteen less things (fabrics) to haul to sew day. I pinned the squares together and drew the lines in preparation for sewing using my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/triangle-technique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Triangle Technique<\/a> at home.<\/p>\n<p>I grabbed the coffee fabric, which had been hanging around for awhile. I always intended it to be napkins, but I get tired of making them after a few. I had never gotten to cutting this fabric. I did on Saturday and yesterday I had an idea of what backing to use and who they will go to as a gift. I need to get to work.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to know whether to count cutting out gift bags as one project or one per fabric. I counted using a hybrid method. There were three different fabrics and I will end up with probably 7 bags total.<\/p>\n<p>I also found the fabrics for my last two cell phone wallets. Now all of the pieces out of all the fabrics are cut. I need to start sewing, because I really miss not having the matching bags when I wear my tunics and dresses.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I started three more Sew Together Bags. One will be for me. I will use it for embroidery. The other two will be gifts. I only got one step of pieces cut, but it is a start. After making three at a time last winter, I think it takes almost the same amount of time to make three at once as it does to make one at a time. As you know the cutting of the pieces is the worst part. The weird thing is that the fabrics I want to use for the exterior have disappeared. I can&#8217;t move on to sewing until I find those.<\/p>\n<p>Anna and Nicole, who I had never met came and showed off their projects. Anna is making a table runner with a Lone Star block in the center. She is using nice soft colors. Nicole is hand quilting a beautiful log cabin quilt made from a lovely combination of blues and greens. The fabrics looked like batiks, but I didn&#8217;t look that closely.<\/p>\n<p>Mary had surgery on her elbow so mostly chatted with me, but did a little bit of handstitching. She also met with the Retreat committee.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie was making nametags for the Retreat with help from Nancy.<\/p>\n<p>Marti was making round mug rugs. I have been thinking of making a couple of mug rugs for the Puzzle Guys at work, so she inspired me.<\/p>\n<p>Lynette was working on zipper pouches she will donate to a holiday boutique to raise money for the Belmont Senior Center.<\/p>\n<p>Others were there as well. We tried to keep cool and had some fans to help. It was a fun day and I am glad I went. I feel like I accomplished stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went back and forth on what to bring to Sew Day. I thought for sure I would bring my machine. We are having a heat wave, which means record temperatures. I was hot and not really in the mood to be dragging a ton of stuff around, so in the end, I just brought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/sew-day-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sew Day Success&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[434],"tags":[137,439,19,110,378],"class_list":["post-37966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-bamqg","tag-cell-phone-wallet","tag-gift-bags","tag-preparation","tag-sew-together-bag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}