I had grand plans for January—the holidays would be over, the kids would be back in school, and I would be back to sewing. And as much as I wanted my dream to be a reality…it seems like there is more going on behind the scenes in January than ever! (Although liZ and I did finish a couple of big projects over the last three weeks that we will tell you about soon 😉 )
So let’s do an edition of “what’s on your sewing table?”
Mine…it’s a mess. It has a pattern cut out and ready to sew up with some tiny black swiss dot shirting and black piping that I am excited about.
A red and white huge-gingham tunic that I am dying to sew up for also for Miss Hannie.
The ribbon quilt (the top one in the picture) to make the binding and bind (which is going for a surprise for the blog).
A black and white baby quilt that is going to be a free pattern in a couple of weeks.
And……about 5 vintage patterns that are waiting to be cut up into a new spring wardrobe for my girlie.
Phew.
Your turn! What’s on your sewing table right now? And just to make this fun, I will choose a random comment (that has an email address!) a sewing machine necklace because we just got another order of them and I seriously love mine. Just leave a comment with what you are working on and you are entered! We will pick a winner and announce it on Monday…lots of luck…and a very happy productive sewing weekend to us all.
~Elizabeth
On my table are the makings of a quilt for my grandson – lots of pieces of fabric just waiting to be put together!
I made a gigantic Dresden (36 in. in diameter) it is currently sitting on my table waiting to be made into something spectacular 😉 I am thinking a floor pillow
A polka dot denim fabric waiting to become a dress for my firstborn’s 12th birthday, a yummy minky for the backing for a blanket for her too. fabric and pattern and felt for two dolls to make with my 9 year old for two friends’ birthdays. my very first oliver+s pattern gifted to me by a friend waiting to be cut into for my little girls. and some super yummy blue floral voile waiting to be cut and sewn into a dress for me. But it’s freaking me out so will probably wait until I can sew with my mom. =)
Brick block pieces of gray, white, pink and mint fabrics for three precious baby quilts, a white dress for my 6 yo granddaughter, and the almost-completed (whipping the binding in place) pink and yellow pieced half-squared quilt for a toddler who lives on my street. Fun!
I have a Double Wedding Ring quilt on my table. I have working on it for almost
two years. Hopefully I will get it done this year. Thanks!
I have a shirt for a friends little boy that needs embroidered, a pair of fuzzy cowboy booties for my little man, and a hefty stash of Mike & Ike’s. We won’t even list the pile that is next to the table. I may need more candy and Dr.Pepper
Nothing! I cleaned it and I don’t want to mess it up just yet! Haha!
I do have some mending I am forcing myself to do, but then I want to finish a few projects- my apron, a granny square quilt, and a charm square tote.
Just did finish latest installment of 45 Little Angel Gowns and have cut out and started stitching up two snuggly warm quilts–one baby sized and one man sized! And then—-list goes on and on….!
My sewing tables has so much on it right now! Craft paint I haven’t put away, my sewing box, scrapbook paper, 2 pillow pets that are cut out and ready to be sewed and kitchen curtains that need to be finished and pressed.
I just finished piecing a backing for a small quilt that will be sent off to a friend for quilting. Also finished two iron caddies; one for me and one for a friend. Next up, after cleaning up all mess is finishing the last two blocks from a BOM from last year and to pick fabric for a new BOM this year.
My table has leftover from Christmas to be clean up and a sketchbook with the ideas I want to start soon. Wish it was a actual project. Just have not had the time to sit and get it all together.
Can I ask where you got the black swiss dot fabric? I am having the hardest time finding true swiss dot.
On my sewing table are:
A pair of pants to finish for my son.
Two quilt tops to quilt
My park bench quilt that has sat neglected for almost a year
and an embroidery quilt that I want to finish the blocks for that has sat for almost two year (eep).
I have a Blank Slate Patterns Rose Tee I’m cutting out, and some leggings for my 9 year old who’s legs seem to grow 2 inches longer every night, I should really go ahead and sew them before I cut out anything else.
There is nothing on my sewing table right now (my machine is currently in storage as we just moved across the country and we’re in a teeny tiny apartment while we house hunt). I am going through withdrawl…I may have shed a tear upon reading about the quilt block project! Cannot wait to get back to it!
I’m making mitts for koalas injured in recent bush fires. Then, back to my wrap skirt project!
My sewing room is a mess! But I have to make a long “swishy” skirt for my 7 year old granddaughter. We shopped together for the perfect blue chevron print. And she is excited to wear it. Also have the makings of a jewelry rollup for the same little princess.
I’m a tester for Jennuine Design so some upcoming patterns of hers are on my sewing table. Plus, one little cheat of a top for me…
All the Christmas presents I didn’t finish. I made 50 “paper” towel fabric towels and was putting in buttonholes to hang them from but the buttonhole maker doesn’t seem to like terry cloth. So, they are all sitting on my table and ironing board waiting for me to…I am not sure. School is back in full swing so I really don’t have time to sort them.
My almost 1 year old has made sewing sessions few and far between, but I am working on your BOM. I am excited to try making a quilt!
I have a purple renfrew to sew on my table. It will be a cozy one 🙂
I’m trying to sew a blouse for myself, right now the seams are ripped open waiting to be fitted.
Right now I have a swoon quilt, dresden plate quilt and three pairs of flannel pj’s waiting to be sewn. I’ll finish the dresden plates today as well as a couple of pairs of the pj’s. The Swoon quilt is something that gets worked on as I find the right fabric for the next block.
I actually found it at the LA fabric mart. I was thinking later I should have bought the whole 200 lb roll…..I have the hardest time too!
Michelle, I just saw something about that last night?! Do you have any more information on it?
Sadly, what’s on my sewing table is my sewing machine and serger, plus other crafting supplies, boxed up for our move across state soon. Haven’t had much time for sewing lately. 🙁
I’ve got a gray and black houndstooth thick knit and pattern pieces that need to be cut out for a belted poncho for my 12 year old daughter. It’s very chic! I also have a few different fabrics that I am deciding on using for the project run and play challenge for the month!
Well….underneath my mountain of patterns I want to do is my vintage coat I’ve been working on for a looooong time and a pair of leggings!!! This will be the month to finish.
Right now working what feels like a million different quilts, but lately it’s been a fun vintage floral quilt that I’ll probsbky end up keeping for myself because I’m in love with the fabrics! Just also finished of binding a black and white jelly roll quilt.
My sewing table doubles as my dining room table! But when time and children allow, I hope to finishing sewing my first pair of flannel pj bottoms for my son.
My actual table is cluttered up with a bunch of random crafting and non crafting items so I can’t actually sew right now. So on the docket: cleaning said table so I can actually sew ;). Then I have some superhero capes, and some art folios for my boys to finish.
I’m making me some jeans. All that is left is to hem them.
I have the reproduction quilt to add a few borders to. That’s pretty much it. I’m trying to convince myself to pull out fabrics to finish some projects.
I have three quilts for Project Linus to hoop for quilt stitch embroidery today. One is farm themed, one is nautical and one has the Beatrice Potter look to it. I am excited to get them finished, I know they are cute!
I currently have a stack of Christmas fabric in various stages of being cut to quilt pillow covers. Managed to make them for gifts but not myself. Lol. Also have a stack of fabric to make one for a family member that doesn’t celebrate Christmas but loved the other ones I made. Behind me is the stack of fabric and patterns that I need to get cracking on for my small humans. Oh. And candlesticks for ambience! My sewing table is the end of my dining room table!!
I have pillow case pieces ready to sew for the local hospital… cheery Valentine’s Day prints!
Currently I’m making a chair cover that looks like a children’s play stove . Up cycled from a shower curtain.
I have bags of alterations that need completed for customers, pieces of fabric going into a mystery quilt, and leftovers from a quilt that I just finished to hang in a show. And lots and lots of scraps and practice blocks.
Eek! My 2014 Sugar Block Club quilt needs to be sandwiched, basted, and quilted (my least favorite parts!); I am cutting for another quilt (scrappy crossroads); a new english paper piecing project that I am addicted to; a tree skirt that I started two Christmas’s ago and don’t think I will ever finish; and countless knitting projects. Thanks for the reminder of all I have to do :p
And thanks for the giveaway! I love that charm!
Mine is a mess. I have partially completed burp pads, and I cut out a wonder bag but set it aside to do Christmas sewing. And there are bits and pieces to make patchwork teddy bears for my kids out of their Grandma’s old clothes as a memory heirloom.
I currently have a set of John Deere pajamas cut out for my son.
I’ve got a little bag
I’m working on. I
started on it last
month, but it didn’t
turn out like I wanted
so have to take the
seams out and try
again!
Carla from Utah
I’m trying to finish a Sewaholic Robson Coat that I’ve been working on *forever* – agh! It’s been fun to sew, but this last push to the end is just killing me. Here’s to hoping it’s finished soon!!
I currently have a skirt recycled from a worn pair of jeans and extra denim fabric waiting to be finished. I cut out the inseams and inserted a triangular panel in both the front and back. However, the skirt was snug; so I removed the back panel, and a new panel is pinned in and ready to be sewn. It also needs a hem once I’m done sewing in the panel.
What a fun necklace!
On my table, I have a bunch of string blocks already made, a container with strings to make more blocks,six pairs of pants to hem and several blocks to do embroidery on. Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful necklace.
Two pairs of small fry skinnies and a Rowan tee, a birthday present and a sweater that needs repair.
Several superhero dolls, a fish stuffie, a shirt and a skirt for me, a lot of scraps, some pattern pieces, ribbon, thread, pins – in other words, its a little busy!
Some knit fabrics from Girl Charlie that will be made into long sleeve shirts and a pencil skirt – hopefully.
I have a paraglider bag to repair, a box of clothing I need to do some alterations on that my daughter sent home with me @ Thanksgiving time, a quilt I’m working on for a customer, some fabric for Christmas presents that I’m making for my daughter (she ordered them 2 Christmases ago), some unicorn horns, cut and ready to sew and stuff, a hat to fix for my UPS man and a few fix-its for myself. I have a very large table! Sew much for new and exciting projects for the New Year!
I have papers, baskets, pair of pants that needs to be finished for my girl, decorations that need to be fixed and put away, snowball stuffies that need to be fixed. It is a mess too, and I haven’t made time to clean it.
I’m working on two raincoats – ala Elepnats and Elegance’ Spring showers jacket, two raglan shirts, two birthday presents due tomorros…
And a lot of other things…
I finally finished a set of Christmas pajamas. I have more flannel, but I’m not sure who else needs new pajamas most. I have a Christmas quilt that needs a border on one more side, and it’ll be ready for backing and quilting. Hopefully it will be done before next Christmas! And there’s always mending. I hate mending…
On my sewing table there are three little fabric baskets cut and waiting to be sewn. My daughter has three birthday parties to go to over the next couple of weeks and little 7-year-old girls love fabric baskets!
Currently I have a circle skirt, large quilt, two pillowcases, three pairs of pajamas, and a small quilt waiting for my attention. Thank goodness my husband is going to a movie tonight. That means I get to tackle some of these projects. 🙂
Besides my sewing machine, which is 40 years old, I have my usual pile of mending & altering: a fur infinity scarf (seam came undone,) 2 cardigans (one with a hole & one needing the hook sewn back on,) & a pair of pj pants that need hemming.
I’ve stalled out after Christmas on a nightgown & school top for my daughter. Packing up the Christmas decor & getting back at it! Oh & mending hubby’s shirt!
On my sewing table(dinning room table) is a mans button up shirt I have taken apart and going to make into an apron for a craft sale at church.
Two piles of fabric. One of fabric newly acquired (newly as in last couple of months 🙂 not yet put away, and one of fabric pulled out to use in various Fall/Christmas projects, not yet put away. The putting away part is going to be interesting- no room for the new stuff!
I have about 15 costumes for Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, that I am sewing for our local theaters production that opens Jan. 30th. Then after that pj’s that I couldn’t get finished before Christmas. 🙂
On my sewing table are:
-Two sweaters to be mended
– A dress cut from a clearance Christmas tablecloth (for my 2 year old)
– A bathing suit for me (work in progress… maybe I’ll have it exactly right by summer?)
– Pants for a stuffed bear. 🙂
Oh my, well…i have a dress to take in for my sister, a quilt to finish for my grandma, a quilt i just finished piecing, and christmas fabric i havent put away yet :/ I too had ambitious ideals for the new year. hopefully i can get it together by the end of the month 🙂
I have a stack of blue scraps I just sorted through a huge basket full of scraps and organized colors. I also have 2 other projects to get a quicker fix from when I find the time.
What a sweet pendant and necklace. A-dor-able!!!
My table is full of scrap strips and I am working on a scrappy Trip around the World and a quilting retreat. It is heavenly (we are at the Nun house!!) being able to sew, sew, sew!
the first comment had the wrong email address–sorry!
We will try for again–my table is full of scrap strips for a scrappy trip around the world. Attending a quilt retreat that is heavenly (we are at the nun house!!) and enjoying every moment to sew, sew, sew!! The necklace looks lovely!
mama cloth!
On my dining room table, because it is too cold to use my sewing room, are a gazillion little 2″ & 2.5″ squares and triangles that will one day become an 88″x88″ quilt. I am in the middle of Bonnie Hunter’s (Quiltville.com) Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt.
Technically a bunch of random junk is surrounding my sewing machine. I have Paisley’s Christmas dress half way complete (ummm we’ll just pretend I’m getting prepared for next year….) and I have the kids quilt fabric ready to be cut. 😉
I am working on a scrap quilt right now. I have different sized scraps allover my table. Thanks for the chance!
Currently I’m working on McCalls 6702. This pattern ate my lunch about 18 months ago. After a year of constant sewing and taking several work shops and classes I wanted to try it again. At least I’ll have a finished garment this time!!
basket full of random notions, a couple of pin cushions, thread, bobbins, scissors, seam ripper, a couple patterns , a tv and it’s remote… That is not including the actual sewing machine and serger
I have a pair of lace ruffle leggings for my daughter and a dress that’s cut out and waiting to be sewn 🙂
Happy pillowcases for the grandparents’ camper, two purses for birthday girls, and at least three skirts. whew…I’d better get to work now!
Curtains for our recent home remodel – so exciting!
everyone I know is having babies, so I seriously have 5 baby blankets and quilts in various stages of completion waiting for me to finish–and 3 of those babies are already here 🙁
Flannel diapers for my daughter’s cabbage patch preemies and three versions of the pattern. I need tip get velcro on them before her birthday next month. I think I finally have the pattern adjusted for her dolls, but I’m thinking it might be better to just get velcro on the first two drafts so I know she’ll have something handmade to open on her birthday next month.
Getting ready to do a craft store fundraiser for my school choir! Planning lot’s of projects this weekend 🙂
Love the necklace!!!
We’re moving in less than 3 weeks, and although I should finish packing up, I’m working on quilted throw pillows, a lap quilt, play food and pouches. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I am determined to finish everything before we move! 🙂
Dust! Yikes! I was so ill in December that I didn’t get much done in my sewing room and so mending and hemming projects got piled on top of my ‘real’ sewing projects … I have three infinity scarves cut out and some quit as you go pot holders for my mum. But first … the dreaded mending LOL! Why ARE teenage boys so hard on their clothes?
I finished my 365 days quilt TODAY, a few hours ago – a online community project started last year, with a whole group of women who decided to take a whole year to make a quilt. I am so happy that I was able to make the (extended) deadline 😉
http://fishkopp.blogspot.com/2015/01/der-365-tagee-quilt.html
I have repairs and alterations on my table right now, I vow to get them out the way before I start a quilt for my Gr’daughter
Mine is a disaster. I’ve got a pair of cut out Art Museum Pants, a circle skirt needing to be hemmed, and a formal ready to be altered…by next Friday. o.O
I’m currently sewing 2x7in strips together, just to cut them again to make a postage stamp quilt. I found a great tutorial a Red Pepper Quilts.
2 camas blouses
I’m working On a simple baby quilt using a few charm packs. It’s pieced, I just have to quilt it!
I’m working on a pencil skirt made from knit. (I used your tutorial)
I’m also making a preference dress for my sister.
Would you believe nothing? For the first time in a long time, I am working on “nothing”. That’s because I had a knee replacement at the end of Oct., and I’m still in therapy. Plus my husband has had some medical issues which has also taken my time.
I do plan to get started soon! My grandson is engaged, and I need to get some shower gifts made!!
…about 4 empty mugs from coffee and hot chocolate which sustained me through late-nite holiday sewing, a cutting mat I’ll be replacing with a NEW BIGGER one, a pair of my daughter’s pants to hem (boring!) and zipper to repair (seriously, why does a 4 minute job take 4 weeks to procrastinate about?) … and my sweet old Janome QC6125, who will move to a new Gidget sewing table in about two weeks to make way for my new Janome CoverPro 900 :). and scraps… and pins.. and stuff… cleaning shall ensue now.
Mending. A pair of pants that I sewed the button on in the wrong spot (too wide waisted for my 3 year old). Some jeans someone handed down to my daughter that I plan on cutting off and putting ruffles around the legs to make shorts out of. And some patterns that need to be put away.
Well, I am still working on my grand babies Christmas quilt. Bah! This is what happens when the entire family is taken down with the flu at holiday time. everything came to a stand still. So, I am eagerly working on Avery’s quilt. I also have bits and pieces of a wedding quilt I am working on for my daughter and new son-in-law…..a bit scattered around, but, love seeing the colors and pattern. Makes me smile. Happy winter days. xo
I have valentine skirts for my grand daughters. I will have my 4th any day now so I included her too!
I lOVE the necklace!
Oh my. I have lots on my table! I am sewing a Doctoe Who outfit for Crafting Con, and part of that is my bubble dress flip, and 50 face cover things for a chiropractor, and a hat (for fun). LOL
I have a dress for my 20 year old almost finished adapted from a vintage pattern that matches a beautiful vintage wool sweater I picked up for her. Excited to finish it for her birthday. One trip around the world quilt for a niece that needs the binding finished. One scrappy quilt that needs borders, quilted then bound. One baby cape and then on to new 2015 projects. I hate unfinished projects.
on our sewing table:
two machines, pieces of flags for the high school color guard, 100 cat blocks from ohfrasson’s catvent pattern, a few binders. and so much miscellaneous fabric!
I have two baby quilt on my sewing table, applique is the next step.
Broke my left wrist when I fell on ice, so now I even dream about being able to sew again… Soon, towards the end of the month, in about 3 weeks, I hope to get back to it.
On my table I’ve got the makings of my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt to sew. And I just tossed my collection of Christmas fabrics into the washer because I’m planning to use those to make the BOM with you ladies, so that by the end of it I’ll have nearly a full quilt top!
A little baby blessing outfit for my soon to be new nephew, some throw pillows for the couch, and (thanks to you!) a plan to make a half square triangle something or other.
I have a mess on my sewing table, including the pliers I used to hand sew a bow onto a pair of teal leather baby moccasins. (They turned out amazing!) Next up is a dress and some panties for my oldest. Do normal people sew panties?
On my sewing table right now is a Boy Scout uniform that needs patches sewn on. There’s also some left over Christmas ornament projects – only half done. Cute necklace.
My sewing table has a dozen “Reserved” banners (flags?) for church pews. There is also a quilt for my new grandson, a t-shirt being refashioned, and the makings for a leather purse. Lots more ufo’s a little farther from the radar.
I just finished making a TON of little guy bow ties. Now I am excited to start a new scrappy quilt for my four year old. It is way overdue.