Sew Along

It's not like I don't have plenty of other things to do.  

But I saw this one Instagram & had to join.  I had purchased the pattern bundle for the gnomes last year.  

So I got stuck in.  Foundation paper piecing again, & after the quilt recently I was pretty impressed that I had a clue now.  Some of the things I learnt from that helped a lot now.  

Not that it went without errors.  Bwahahahha...  I don't start easily either...  why not begin with trying to pattern match a stripe fabric.  But I really love this little Tomte's sweater.  

Pattern is fro Moss & Lotus on Etsy.

All Sorts of Stuff

I had a chunk of fabric left that was sewn up for my quilt.  So I had a little play to experiment on some Ipad covers or some such kind of thing.  It turned out ok, but I need to work on the best way to close them.  

I dug out the hexagons that I started early this year.  I haven't touched them in so very long.  I wanted to have a little play though & got more cut, & more glued, & more sewn.  This is the layout I am playing with but I am still not convinced & have put it away again now while I think on it. 

And Then There Were Two

After a month of fun sewing, I finally got brave enough to put together DJ's stocking.  

Of course it didn't take very long but I was nervous about wrecking the stitched picture.  

He was very excited to come home from school & find it done.