Sew...I sewed my first projects! I am addicted...quilts, pillows and more!

   I grew up in a home with an amazing seamstress mom who sewed all my dresses for dances, made a quilt for my bed, sewed curtains and pillows like it was just something you whip right up. My mom made my bridesmaid dresses, my flower girl dress and my wedding dress for my weddings. She can always be counted on to help with Halloween costumes or something just for fun that she threw together with scraps. Watching my mom sew is such a memorable part of me growing up. I've always aspired to have her sewing skills. 

   Part of why I didn't start sewing earlier was that I rarely found fabrics that suited my non-traditional taste. Fabric just didn't do it for me.  Now, however, I have found fabrics I love that inspire me to make stuff. I am blessed to have a such a talented mom that came over to help me with sewing lessons and together we figured out my sewing machine and how to thread it right.  I've decided that was the hardest thing about sewing.  

   I am in process for two near matching lap quilts that fit over you perfectly in the recliner.   I am pondering finishing them off like the blankets that fold into a pillow, a "quillow". They were made popular in the 80's I read- a quilt and pillow- genius idea!  It gives you an extra added spot to put your feet in and keep them warm as the weather gets cooler. 

     My sewing enthusiasm led me to redo all the pillows on my couch with fabrics I had found I loved. I reused all the stuffing to make them and they make the room so happy and less drab and dreary. It seems I was putting them together in record time and my husband and daughter I think were quite impressed that I made 9 pillows in no time at all.

     I was pleased I used some of my recycled coffee bags as the backs of the pillows I had been waiting to do.  Somewhere I have a really cool long skinny flour sack I need to find and transform! I have been saving it for years as a to do project when I tackled my sewing machine. The time is near now....I sense lots more projects on the horizon!  What are your favorite sewing projects or crafty projects? I want to try more!!!