sundays in the sewing room

Sundays in the Sewing Room- Christmas Countdown

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I believe this one got missed being posted for October.

Christmas Countdown
12 weeks of Christmas

Countdown to Christmas with me. For the next 12 Sundays til Christmas, I will feature a sewing project that is either Christmas related or a gift idea. I would love to hear what sewing projects you are working on.

I created this quilt using 48 charm squares as part of my quilt guild’s President’s Challenge.

The challenge was to bring in 48 charm squares ( all the same) in exchange for 48 different charm squares the following month. We were challenged to create something with them.  In an earlier post I shared what I made with my Halloween charms.  Now if you know me, you know that I LOVE matchy-matchy, symmetry, geometric shapes…so a scrappy quilt is definitely a challenge for me.

I had a small postcard pattern for a chevron quilt on my wish list of things to try. What a great way to check two things off my list! I added the olive green background fabric, borders, backing and binding. It’s a small lap quilt size and would likely fit a toddler bed. It was pieced and quilted by machine.  I like that it was a smaller quilt project that I could manage on my machine. I followed the chevrons for the quilting. Gift #1 is done!

Creatively Yours,

Roxane

 

 

Sundays in the Sewing Room- Zipper Pouch

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Here is a simple project to feature some of your favourtie fabric or to if you are shopping your stash!

There are lots of tutorials for this project, but I liked how this one had a lining and french seams!

I wanted to give a small gift to my coworker for her birthday. I gifted her a Me to We Education Rafiki.

Here is an excerpt from their website:

In Swahili, the word for friend is rafiki. This Rafiki helps a child in a developing community access education. With education, learners become leaders, and a textbook becomes a vehicle for discovery and exploration—expanding perspectives and building understanding across people and cultures.

When you receive your new Me to We Artisans accessory, look out for the unique code on the back of your product package! Enter it online at trackyourimpact.com to learn more about the life-changing impact your purchase makes.

I love that this gift supports education. There are other rafikis to choose from but I thought this one was fitting as we are educators.

 

And yes…I created a card to match:

Could this be a new thing? Cards coordinating gifts?

Leave me a comment below if you would like to see how to create the card