What’s Sewing On – March 2024

Happy Resurrection Day (Matthew 28:1-10), Sewers!

My kitchen needed a Spring refresh, so I added a couple new pot holders to my cooking supplies. These sweet little chicken hot pads are stitched from some Lori Holt fabric.

I used elements from the Lori Holt Cookbook Panel to sew up these quick hot pads. The panel is perfect for pot holders because it is lightweight canvas and is a bit heavier that quilting fabric. When I closed my Etsy shop last year, I had some inventory left. If you are interested in one of the Cook Book kitchen panels, send me an email and I will send you info about the panel along with a great price.

I wanted to experiment a bit with my Ditto Pattern Projector, so rather than following the square pot holder cut lines on the panel, I downloaded the rounded corner pot holder pattern from Ditto. The pattern has two pieces, which I arranged to fit over the chicken for the front of the pot holder, and over the mustard color print for the back of the pot holder. I used my rotary cutter to cut the two pieces.

Then I projected the pattern pieces on my batting and insul fleece to cut those pieces as well.

After straight line quilting the front, back, batting, and insul fleece layers together, I finished off the pot holders with some Lori Holt 1/2″ Bias Tape. This was a quick, easy, and useful project.

I also quilted my wall hanging/table topper that I talked about in my February blog post.

I chose a combination of stippling and circles free motion quilting for the background. And to make the chicks stand out a little, I used a simple floral stencil for their bodies. Since they are not quilted as densely as the rest of the wall hanging, they show up as a bit ‘puffier’ than the rest of the project.

The backing fabric is by Lori Holt and the quilt label is from my Sweetwater Tagged monthly quilt label subscription.

The last project I completed this month was the next set of blocks for the Sew Very Easy – 2024 Block of the Month, Scrappy Sunshine. We made twenty four 6 1/2″ quarter snowball blocks.

I also chose to stitch the leftover corners into twenty four 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ blocks for the extra project that Laura will be showing at the end of the sew along.

As some of you already know, we moved to the east coast from Utah last summer. My husband gifted this great barn quilt to me a few years ago. It was hanging on my cute little she shed in Utah. I do not have a cute shed at my new home, so I chose to hang it on this corner of our side deck where it would be visible from the street. I love the homey feel it gives to our yard.

We are traveling for one week in April and I also have garden tasks to accomplish, but I have so many grand sewing plans! I am excited to see what April holds. 🙂

Have a Happy Easter and keep sewing!!!