sewing saturday Halloween owls and projects

Milo approved of the lattice flimsy

welcome to sewing Saturday and my projects for the week
While the weather outside was frightful

 inside it was all fun color!

even snuck a halloween print in

what's this you may ask?

 Cleaned cherry pits from summer snacking
Cherry pits make the best cold packs for injuries... so I found a cute scrap at least 20 years old because I remember who gave it to me... a friend made a shirt for her nurse brother !

sew it into a pocket, put in the pits, sew all around the edge.
It's not enormous but big enough to put on a headache or small injury. It will live in the freezer.

while folding clothes this week I noticed this hand towel was gnarly, so I cut it in half

hemmed the raw edge, folded the sides in and stitched across them, turned it right sides out and made two kitchen scrubbies

I like this better than a flat washrag as you can push against the seam with your hand inside.
Do other people just throw things away? This waffle weave is great as a wash rag, and the embroidery says living the lime life with a margarita! heh heh.

I got the lattice under control by sewing long sections together, now just need to sew those long strips to each other and find a long arm quilter.

The Halloween owls are moving along...

The challenge was to find the right prints out of my stash. I get sinus infections from fusible, so I used it sparingly. I cut the centers out of the big owl fusible, so I have a ring around the edge, and now the little owls are all pressed and can be auditioned onto backgrounds.

I could do a four patch and call it a holiday, or add in some old orphan blocks done with Halloween fabrics.

 Or arrange them up and down to look wonky. I got precious about my cool prints, and needed just the right bits to show the owl shape anyway. One day I need to make a plain block quilt to showcase the prints I've collected over the years.

I'm gonna be adorable! Look into my eyes.....

Can't wait to see what they want to be!!!

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