Odds and Ends

I had to take my machine in to have it looked at last week.   

The hands free system just quit working.

I LOVE my knee lifter!!

I just need it to function.

So they found the cable had frayed and they had to order a part.

I ended up having to haul out the 770.  

I sewed up some of the left over flannel I had into burp cloths.

I am trying to use up left over Minky

When I was in Berlin they had these loveys.

Theirs were Minky on both sides.

I find that too much to try to wrestle under control so I make one side flannel.

I bought some of their ribbon trim for around the outside.

It is not perfect, but it is finished!

Both the Minky and the flannel were left overs so it really only cost me the price of the trim!

I need to decide what to work on next. 

I'm in kind of a slump after finishing up 7 tops while in NC.

I have a TON of bindings to sew on but I really don't like doing that, LOL.

Since the quilts have no immediate home those will likely wait.

I'm thinking I need to cut out a few quilts so then when my car is in the shop next week I can just sew.

How is your January going so far?

~XOP~

SCRAPS!

Not sure how you deal with scraps but I have been struggling to deal with mine lately.

One night it hit me.

Hubby likes us to "spend time together" at night.

This usually consists of him on the computer, the TV on and me bored.

So, I brought my scrap bin, mat, cutter and ruler downstairs a few nights ago.

I decided that I needed to cut my scraps into usable size squares or pieces.

I cut 2.5" and 3" squares, 1.5" wide strips and 5" charms.

If the pieces were larger I kept them.

If there were precious fabrics I just kept the small bits.

If I thought a small bit would work for paper piecing I kept it and put those in a bag.

Of course someone decided he needed to help me.

One of the other things I do with my scraps that are too small to use for anything 

is to make a pillow like this one.  

I buy half a yard (or so) of fleece and cut it in half. 

Sometimes it is just what I can find in the remnant section.

 Sew it like a pillow case and throw all the too small to use bits of fabric in there.  I

 also add scraps of batting that are too small to be useful. 

 Once the pillow is about 3/4 full I fold the edges under and stitch the opening closed.  

Voila! 

A floor pillow or pet bed or whatever you want!

 So far I have made three of these!

What do you do with your scraps?  

~XOP~