A while ago my Friday night sewing group put together a new challenge for the year. The idea was to take something leftover, put it in a brown paper bag, and one night each of us picked a bag. Our job was to make something out of whatever it was we picked. Some girls had a couple blocks left over from a quilt top. Some had pieces of fabric that had been cut but never used. My bag contained six fat quarters that sort of went together and sort of didn't.
After packing those pieces around for six months, I decided to make them up and this is what I came up with. Back in December I covered a snack table for Della and made her an iron bag to use when she went to class. We found out that, while my intentions were good, the table just didn't work. It was wobbly and too high for Della. So we went to Office Max and picked up new tables and I started over. I used a couple fat quarters for the table top, and used the fat quarters that didn't really match for the bottom lining. No one's the wiser. For the bag, I used a piece that "almost" matched for the top, more of the purple for an accent stripe and the ties, and another fat quarter for the orange bottom. This pattern is different than my original bag, too. This one was much more fun. It used Texture Magic, a sheet that almost feels like plastic. I quilted the Texture Magic to the orange fabric and then held the iron over it and it puckered the fabric up in my quilted design...adding texture to my base.
When all was said and done, I used five out of the six fat quarters and I'm pleased with how it turned out.
Last week I showed you my new kitchen table that I stole from my sewing room. Here's what I replaced that table with. I think it almost looks like an updated treadle-machine cabinet...almost.
This is the solid-wood writing desk I had the carpenter cut a hole through the top and fit my machine in. I love the 30X60 work area. I love that it's in front of a window that looks out on my neighborhood. I love that it's the perfect height for me. And I love it most when a plan comes together!
