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Small Things ♥ (TTMT #893 Sewing Vlog)

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This week finds me making a few more baby things. I’ve been feeling a bit off over the last week, so I’m especially happy to have a place where I can sew and regroup. Please stay until the end for an extra special cat cameo!

I used a Butterick 4791 (2001) for the hat. It’s out of print, but there were a few out there when I searched for the pattern.

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Towels & Tiny Pants! (TTMT #892 Quilting & Sewing Vlog)

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Hello, friends! Now that Pegasus is complete and on to it’s next home, I’ve shifted gears into fun new baby items! I worked on towels, tiny pants (!!!), a romper, and a baby bunting. SO MUCH FUN.

Bunting Fabric – Riley Blake The Littlest Family’s Big Day Friends Mint (now out of print – link goes to Etsy)

Bias Binding by the yard

Ikea Towel

Butterick 5091 Bunting Pattern from (1997)

Butterick 4791 Pants & Romper (2001)

Roadrunner fabric

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RAWR! (TTMT #885 Sewing Vlog)

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Happy Tuesday, friends!

This week finds me with a new batch of baby stuff, this time burp clothes, wash cloths, and bibs! I do have some other fun things planned once I’ve worked my way through the more utility based baby stuff!

I’m on my way out of town tomorrow, but will be back home with a new TTMT next week.

I also used a variety of fabrics from my stash, off-cuts of cotton batting, and circle sew on hook and loop dots for the bibs.

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Head to tiny toes! (TTMT #884 Sewing & Crochet Vlog)

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Hello, friends! Thank you so much for sharing my excitement in last week’s video.

This week, I’m sharing receiving blankets, a crochet hat, some booties, plus the terry towelling that Jewells helped me source. Links below!

Baby Booties patty by Bev
Yarn sourced at Austin Creative Reuse

Bernat Baby Hat Pattern
I used the following yarns for the hat shown: Flannel & Pink & True Gray

About ReCreate at Hip Stitch in Albuquerque, NM.

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Big Finish and BIG news! (TTMT #883 Quilting & Sewing Vlog)

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Buckle up for a very exciting TTMT! The HST quilt is finished and I have BIG news that I can’t wait to share!

Hints…

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We Are Okay ♥

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Taken in my backyard after the snowstorm. Average temps in Austin in February are generally 49°F to 70°F.

Hello, all!

I’ve been getting a lot of messages asking if we are okay here in Austin, Texas.

Thank you, thank you to everyone who has reached out to check on me and my family. We are okay and to be honest, we are some of the lucky ones. We kept power and water at our house during the entire winter event. I have no idea what else to call 50 degrees F below our average temp plus snow and ice which we do not get under ordinary circumstances.

We’ve gone through cycles of conserving as much power as possible while the local power grid was overburdened (it’s back up now), and now we’re conserving as much water as we can as the reservoirs are refilled and the multitude of breaks in water lines are tracked down. We are still under a boil water notice, but I won’t complain because we have water and don’t have to go find it like many of our neighbors do. We shared our water with our neighbors until they were able to get a water line fixed.

My daughter and her boyfriend (and Marie cat!!) were with us most of the week because they lost power in their all-electric apartment and it was ridiculously cold there. They lost most of the contents of their fridge, which is the biggest loss for our entire group. All things considered, it is really nothing to complain about.

Our local HEB is open again, though supplies of many things, mostly fresh, have been limited to nonexistent. We are absolutely okay, though. Living out of the pantry is not a burden and we can wait for the supply chains to catch up.

My backyard on February 15.
My backyard today. I won’t know how many plants were lost for a month or so. We have a fairly early spring, and many of my plants already had new growth.

If you also lived through this crazy week here in the south, please let me know how you’re doing. ♥

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TTMT #574 – Graduation Quilt – At Last!

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Dear Friends, I can’t tell you how much joy working on this quilt for my son brought me. Even though it’s his undergrad graduation quilt, there are memories going all the way back to middle school through his college journey. This quilt was an honor to make for him.♥

Fabrics used: Andover Constellations (blue) for borders, sashing, & binding. Northcott Cosmic Universe (purple) for the back.

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TTMT #529 – Vacation Brain

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It’s good to be home, but my goodness, my head is still on vacation!

And, because I mentioned it in my video, The Batty Bat song:

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TTMT #528 25th Anniversary Road Trip!

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We’re still traveling, but I couldn’t resist sharing a tiny bit of our trip so far! This one is a bit different because I did all of the editing on my phone.

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A Special Project for my Brother

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It’s done!

After Christmas, my little brother gave me his whole cloth baby quilt our grandmother made for him over 40 years ago with the mission to “save it.”

The back was transparent and dry rotted. Many of the original hand ties were missing. The edges were frayed and poking out. The quilt was oddly lumpy.

I really struggled with where to start. I considered patching it, but then quickly realized it was too damaged to just be patched. It’s a quilt full of love and meaning for my brother and I wanted to make sure I did this right.

I shared the “before” quilt on Talk to Me Tuesday earlier this week and then I just dove in. I had to fix this quilt and it wasn’t getting done sitting on the table in my sewing room!

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In the end, I took the whole thing apart, carefully picking out every stitch. The inside was layers of old sheets and flour sacking!

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One of the layers was completely shredded and had turned into fluff, which created the random lumps. I sprinted the vintage fluff outside for birds to use in their nests.

To complete my mission to save this quilt, I hand washed the original fabric top and added a super lightweight fusible to the back for stability and to help close some of the tiny holes created by the ties.

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I kept the sheet that was inside for the weight but replaced the shredded flour sacking with my favorite Hobb’s 80/20 batting. I carefully basted the top, batting, and old sheet and then serged the edges together.

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Then I added a new soft flannel back, rebasting and hand tying to keep it as close to the original configuration as possible.

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The back is turned to the front and stitched. The finish is as close to the same as I could make it.

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I shared a photo with my brother and he’s a happy camper. It’s already in the mail back to him.

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This was a very emotional project and I felt like I was communing with our grandmother while I worked on the quilt. I did record a bit for TTMT before shipping this guy off, so look for that next Tuesday.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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