Diana, thank you for this thread. Hope you are feeling better. I mended a pair of slacks for my son-in-law (does that count?), and shopped for my daughter to select fabric for some new placemats, while we were in FL a couple weeks ago.
This week, I actually bought 2 of the fabrics, plus an acceptable border coordinator fabric from Hobby Lobby, and the cloth has been washed and pressed. I am trying some sort of hefty pellon instead of batting this time ($$ savings). Will see how it goes. Just hoping the thread I have in mind will work, color-wise.
I made 12 placemats in March for my daughter-in-law, and will make 10 this round. After a year away from sewing for various reasons, and now retired, I am trying to start back into it with smallish goals.
I’ve been doing a lot of ‘crafty’ stuff. Got HOOKED this winter on some You Tube channels where the gals make new ‘home decor’ from things they find curbside or at Thrift Stores. Totally my wheelhouse!
Beau says, ‘So you take a piece of junk and make it into a prettier piece of junk?’
Yeah. Pretty much, LOL!
I’ll post some pictures of recent creations when I get to it.
Other than that, just working on my next crocheted afghan for the Iowa County Fair. Hoping to make it a ‘Blue Ribbon Three-Peat’ this season! I have little competition out here in the sticks. Big Fish, Little Pond as it were. ;)
I’m hedging my bets this season by also entering canned goods and photography. :)
I was thinking of using a plain bedsheet in place of batting for a light quilt. Is that crazy or would it work?
“I am trying some sort of hefty pellon instead of batting”
For small projects like placemats that I’ll machine quilt I’ve begun to use fusible batting. It holds everything together very well and there’s no puckering. It’s stiff to begin with and while being worked on. Then it relaxes and is fine.