{"id":71328,"date":"2026-06-20T07:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71328"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:29:56","slug":"cleaning-up-misc-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/cleaning-up-misc-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning up Misc Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent yesterday, which was a holiday here, cleaning up small projects that I had started.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71329\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71329\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"BAM BOM Lozenge Plus\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM BOM Lozenge Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finished my second BAM Block. I felt like I sewed it at the last second.<\/p>\n<p>I am not really happy with the way it came out, so I plan to make it again. It isn&#8217;t terrible, so I feel like I am keeping up with the project.<\/p>\n<p>I have also been working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sewhungryhippie.com\/products\/hippie-specs-case-pdf-sewing-pattern?_pos=1&amp;_sid=dc1225633&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hippie Specs Eyeglass case<\/a>. I thought these would make good and useful gifts. I liked the curved edge of that pattern. I needed something to play around with and this was the pattern.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71334\" style=\"width: 118px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_150843_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71334\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_150843_wm-sm-118x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book Hippie Specs Eyeglass case\" width=\"118\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_150843_wm-sm-118x300.jpg 118w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_150843_wm-sm.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 85vw, 118px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book Hippie Specs Eyeglass case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pattern comes as a PDF or a <a href=\"https:\/\/sewhungryhippie.com\/products\/hippie-specs-case-printed-pattern?_pos=2&amp;_sid=dc1225633&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">printed pattern<\/a>. There is a free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYfh53LMYX4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video tutorial<\/a> and an optional <a href=\"https:\/\/sewhungryhippie.com\/products\/hippie-specs-case-acrylic-template?_pos=3&amp;_sid=dc1225633&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acrylic template<\/a>. I made two of these so far and found the template to be super useful. I plan to make one out of vinyl just to see if it works.<\/p>\n<p>I added the leash and lobster clip, because I thought it would be useful. I do that often with bags, as you know. I saw someone else in the FB Sew Hungry Hippie group do it and thought I would as well. I am going to try one without the leash and see what I think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_163523_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71338 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_163523_wm-sm-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_163523_wm-sm-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_163523_wm-sm-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_163523_wm-sm.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I also finished some sample snap trays for Megan. I was testing the use of KamSnaps vs. metal snaps using the Snap Setter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71340\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_172839_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71340\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_172839_wm-sm-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma #2: Slip pocket and key leash\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_172839_wm-sm-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_172839_wm-sm-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_172839_wm-sm.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pandora Charisma #2: Slip pocket and key<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I made some small strides on the Pandora Charisma #2 as well.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of those days where I cleared up a few things that had been languishing and did some testing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent yesterday, which was a holiday here, cleaning up small projects that I had started. I finished my second BAM Block. I felt like I sewed it at the last second. I am not really happy with the way it came out, so I plan to make it again. It isn&#8217;t terrible, so I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/cleaning-up-misc-projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cleaning up Misc Projects&#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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-71328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-paper-piecing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71328","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=71328"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71351,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71328\/revisions\/71351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}