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1960s Dress Fabric Vintage Floral Cotton

1960s Dress Fabric Vintage Floral Cotton available at 4 Birds Vintage

Today I Made: Paper Pieced Sewing Machine!

Look how cute this turned out!  This is a paper pieced sewing machine made using this pattern from During Quiet Time. 

It was my first time paper piecing and it took two tries to get it right.  On the first one I missed a small piece and didn't notice until it was completely finished. Can you spot my mistake in the photo below?

Since I knew I was going to make it again, it seemed like a good time to experiment further.  So I outlined it in black thread to add some contrast.  I like it, but also don't know if I'll use black stitching to outline other things in the future.  Maybe for just the right project.

I also finished a large Grocery Bag.  For this one I used a linen/cotton for the exterior and lined it in Maude Asbury's print Crabtastic.

This one is going to get a funny reaction at the grocery store.  It looks so serious on the outside, but on the inside there is a cute surprise! 

Besides all the other good points of making your own Grocery Bags, my favorite part is how delighted the people at the grocery store are to see them.  They are a great conversation piece.

Crabtastic Quilting Cotton

Bright Navy Foxy Lilly Pulitzer Remnant

Bright Navy Foxy Lilly Pulitzer Remnant available at designerfabricdotcom

New Notions! Jumbo Snaps & Plier Kits

Very slowly I've been adding more notions and hardware to my etsy shop.  It is nice to be able to offer some of the things I really appreciate and love using.  Today I have two new things:

 

I'm sort of batty for these snaps lately.  They are pretty, easy and fast to install, and I just really like these size 24 Jumbo ones in particular. 

These are available in 5 different colors (red, black, matte black, antique silver, antique copper) in sets of 10 or sets of 20.    

I also have the pliers for these snaps!  These are the ones I talked about here. 

Tulip Print Vintage Cotton Blend Fabric

Tulip Print Vintage Cotton Blend Fabric available at Vintage TOUCH Too

Floral Print Japanese Cotton Fabric

Floral Print Japanese Cotton Fabric available at Seasonalsupplies