Girl Charlee Fabric Summer Dress Thanks to HeatNBond Soft Stretch

ThermOWeb has a new product that has made me start sewing clothing again.
 It's just like my favorite applique fusible adhesive,
HeatNBond Lite,
 but it stretches. 

 It's called
HeatNBond Soft Stretch
and
 it's perfect for cotton knit, minky fabric, fleece fabric, or any fabric that has stretch.

 I hadn't made myself clothing for years, but when they asked if I would be interested in making a clothing item for
 Fashion Friday on the ThermOWeb blog 
I couldn't say no.

Now I'm ready to make more.

HeatNBond Soft Stretch is available in a roll or in a narrow hemming strip.

The fabric for this dress is from Girl Charlee.
 It's a high quality knit fabric and is much easier to sew with than a lot of knits
 and
 it is sooooo soft. 

If you would like the details about how this dress was made from
 making the pattern
 to 
 finishing the hems and neckline with
HeatNBond Soft Stretch,

I'm over on the ThermOWeb Blog today.

Don't you just love summer dresses?
  I could wear one everyday in the summer for sure.

And that's my Friday finish. 
 Although this dress is so easy, I could make 2 today....

Ruffled Flower Pillow Covers - Testing Your Own Pattern

Today I am revisiting a project from a couple of months ago.

These pillow covers were created for a tutorial for Thermoweb

and a 

spring quilt market display for Anna Griffin Fabric.

The pattern has been very popular in my Craftsy shop, but I never dreamed how much my friends here at home would love them.  

So, I hunted down more fabric on Esty from 2 great shops:

RebsFabStash and SewStitchingHappy

and 

today I have completed 2 more pillow covers.

I had to follow my own pattern and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to understand.  As I write patterns, sometimes I'm not sure it makes sense or is coming across as I want it to.

If you want to make these pillow covers try out this pattern.

I tested it more than once and it's not bad.  lol

Sew yourself a ruffled flower pillow cover to dress up your front porch or, as my friend, give these as a gift for a bedding set.

They are super soft because you use 

HeatNBond Fusible Fleece 

in the ruffle to create dimension and softness.

The ruffles in these large blooms are super simple with the technique in the pattern.

The full tutorial is on the ThermOWeb blog click - Here

and

You can download the PDF pattern from my Craftsy pattern store HERE.

or

click on this button.

Choose a couple of coordinating prints and sew up some pretty pillows!

Now I only have 2 more to make....

Have a happy weekend!

Sun, Sand, and Sea - Block #5

Today the fifth block of the 

Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month is revealed

and

Carol over at Just Let Me Quilt

has the link to her pattern to share.

This is the big 18" finished block for the center of the quilt.

Carol is so talented and made such a sweet beach scene for the center feature.

Carol has the link for the pattern HERE.

Thanks to Clothworks, I'm stitching my blocks with for this quilt with

American Made Brand solid fabrics.

The colors are so vibrant and nice to stitch with!

To applique,

 I ONLY use my favorite fabric iron on adhesive by Therm O Web,

 HeatnBond® Lite. 

To stitch around all those little pieces

 I used my "go to" color of Aurifil 50 wt.  (#2600).

The Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month is

Hosted by Amy over at 

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Amy designed the first block, "Hello Sunshine"

Block #1 - February

You can find Amy's blog post HERE and the pattern HERE.

Carol over at Just Let Me Quilt designed the second block, "Sun, Surf, and Sea."

Block #2 - March

You can find Carol's blog post HERE and the pattern HERE.

My design for the third block is called "Sun Birds."

Block #3 - April

You can find my blog post here and the pattern here

Joan over at MooseStash Quilting designed the forth block, "Grab Your Shovel"

Block #4 - May

You can find Joan's blog post HERE for the link to the pattern.

This is going to be my favorite quilt. 

 I'm all about sunshine and these blocks keep getting cuter and cuter.

It's not too late to join us.

We gather on Facebook to share

our blocks and visit with other
participants about this quilt

and there is a link up every month with prizes!

Next month we see the border for the middle block.  

Maybe you can try a new skill!!

The designed border was designed by me and you'll find it here in July.

Happy sunshine!!!

Improv in Blue - H2H Charity Quilt Challenge

Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

is hosting

the

Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge.

I call this quilt

 Improv in Blue

 and it will be a hug for someone in need.

This is my 5th year to participate and I am just under the deadline.

  Although I really wanted to make 2 quilts this year, I'm feeling great about finishing one.

I have accumulated a lot of scraps over the last year and decided to use up as much as I could for this quilt.

I have had more blue scraps of every size and shape than any other colors so this was the obvious choice to start with.  Truth is, I have enough for 5 quilts just like this.  lol
I may have a scrap problem.
I keep all shapes and sizes. 
 But then again, is it a problem when you can use improvisational piecing to make a beauty of a quilt out of scraps that may have been tossed?

Improvisational piecing (making your own fabric) is so relaxing. 
 All you do is sew pieces together, cut them into straight lines, sew more pieces together, sew more pieces together, cut them into some size of square and make a quilt.
It's so fun!

Some may argue that there are biased edges (oh my).  
Fix that by framing the blocks with scrap strips and that bias worry is gone.  
(Starch that fabric and a lot of those worries are gone anyway...)

I added an appliqued bird or four on the quilt for that little something special.

To applique,

 I ONLY use my favorite fabric iron on adhesive by Therm O Web,

 HeatnBond® Lite. 

I quilted a stipple stitch and added a pieced binding (more of that scrap box fabric). 
I like to add my label to the backing fabric before it's quilted.

 Improv in Blue will be donated to 

Happy Chemo

an organization that provides quilts and comfort for chemo patients.

The quilt is 56" x 63" in size, a little random but a great hugging size.

A random hug sounds nice...

Little Zipper Round Box - Tutorial

Here is a quick and beautiful gift idea for Mother's Day.

 A sweet little fabric box for her to take overnight for jewelry or it's the perfect size for needles and thread for the sewer on the go.

  It keeps its shape with HeatnBond® Craft Extra Firm Non-Woven Interfacing! 

Sewing in the round can be intimidating, but in the tutorial over on the Thermoweb blog today, I will show the steps of preparing each piece beforehand, to make this little round box a fun and quick project.

Look at all the little spools of Aurifil thread it will hold...

These little boxes are off to quilt market for the Anna Griffin booth for Blend Fabrics. 
 But you can make your own for yourself or your mom.
Please visit the Thermoweb blog to check out my newest tutorial.

I've had a pretty crazy month of pattern making and tutorial writing, but this one is the last for spring quilt market 2017.  These boxes and the Romantic Ruffle Pillow Covers were two of my favorite patterns to write so far. 

You can download the PDF pattern from my Craftsy pattern store HERE.

or

click on this button.

 Thank you for all the love I've received with your comments, shares, and pins.
It's been a great spring!!!