Serger Play

Accent Sewing had this real cool book "Serge and Merge Quilts". Lots of projects and tips how to use a serger with quilting. I made two of the right away and here is the "Down the Pathways" quilt, where a serger was used for embellishment. I also made another one, but again forgot to take a picture before taking it to the store... I will be teaching classes on both of these serger quilts - cool!

I also made a neat purse using a serger, but... you guessed it... it is at Accent Sewing and I will teach a class on it this spring.

Another serger play... I made these two scarves totally using a serger, and will be teaching a class on them in February.

Pillows, pillows, pillows...

I made a bunch of these pillows last fall, but forgot to take pictures. Then they were in display at Accent Sewing Inc. for several months, and I just recently brought them home.
All of these are done using embroidery machine for some designs and appliques, the instructions (with my modifications) came from Jenny Haskins' book "Jenny's Heritage".

Show time...

Myrtle Beach Quilt Gala is coming up at end of February and I have made couple new items to enter to this show.
In the 'wearables' category I will have a Bargello and Seminole jacket, which I made using (somewhat...) instructions from an older Machine Embroidery magazine. The bottom part is quilted using an embroidery machine, however, the quilting is done with grey thread, so it does not show well in the picture.
In the 'Challenge' category I will have an heirloom quilt, made using dupioni silks and cotton laces. Some of the quilting is done with embroidery machine and some is freemotion.
I will also enter an older quilt (see the very first post on this blog) in the small quilts category.
In March I will have the Jenny's Heritage quilt and my Cathedral Windows Jacket in display of the Charleston Quilt show...

UPDATE: Won a 2nd prize for my heirloom quilt and a 2nd prize for my Dragonfly wallhanging. The Bargello jacket did not win a thing...

Also, won 1st prize for my Cathedral Windows jacket in Charleston; the quilt did not win anything.

Serving Apron

One of those quite useless items, but I liked making it. This serving apron is made of linen and it has a cotton lace in the edge, as well as faggoting stitches around the hem.

Pillowcases

Feels almost like I have had a pillowcase factory going this fall... I have made several pillowcases as gifts and then this one I made just for fun. It has appliqued hearts and pretty ruffle.

Travel Bags for Shoes

I made couple travel bags for shoes, this one is the ladies version made out of cotton batiste using heirloom techniques. The little hearts are shoe sachets to be placed inside the toes of the shoes to keep them not being crushed.

And this is the men's version of the shoe travel bag and shoe sachets.

An Heirloom Quilt

My version of a heirloom quilt. This one is made using normal quilting cotton fabrics and cotton laces. I will be teaching this class at Accent Sewing in January and February.