Friday is here!!

Woot! I always look forward to the weekend, but today I am doubly looking forward to it. I have been sick all week (nothing too serious, just an annoying cough) and staying home on the couch and crafting sounds like bliss. I have a few fresh sewing projects to work on too!





The tree in the magazine photo is made up of yo-yos! I have never made a yo-yo before but I think I will get the hang of it; I have to sew 75 of them! All my fabric circles are cut so I am all set, just dragging my feet now :)

And I am going to sew a Ramona Rose Sock Sack!! (finally, hehe) I am so late coming to the party, but I've finally built up my courage to try it. I found some really cute Thanksgiving prints and I am excited! Vanessa from Instagram turned the dividing section into a zippered pocket, and Ramona Rose made a tutorial for it! So I will try to make one too.


What are you guys planning to do this weekend?
Hope you have a good one!

Saturday Sew Day

Oh yes, I spent almost all of Saturday (and today, ahem...) sewing.

I have only recently heard about mug rugs but I am completely obsessed with them! They are like little quilts for your beverages or snacks:

This one I sort of made up as I went, and it turned out a little large. I really want to make this one too! This was a good, little project to help me practice and work on my sewing skills. By the third mug rug, I was getting pretty good ;) I also really liked the mock binding (I found the technique in a great quilting basics book called The Quilting Bible) and might use it for my quilt when the time comes.

I also sewed two WIP bags:

I used this fantastic tutorial for both of them, though I modified the pattern for a drawstring top.

I love these fabrics together!

I channeled my inner Zakka for the patchwork one with inspiration from this book:

The patchwork was really fun to make! Not too time consuming and I was able to use a lot of little scraps that I've been holding on to (hoarder).

One last thing:

blue skies for the first day in over a month! It has been incredibly smokey due to forest fires since before we left for the coast. It feels wonderful to have the mountains back. Happy Sunday, friends.