Sewing Confessionals-Attention Diversions

Greetings Good People,

I am well aware that I have a huge ongoing project (my project sewing challenge) hovering over my head, but I could not resist myself. I must confess, this weekend, I spent the bulk of the weekend, if not the whole weekend, sewing other cute little projects, what I like to refer to as “attention diversion” projects. You know those types of projects, the ones you get inspired to do, and that will not take a lot of time, so you ‘divert’ your attention to those “quickie” projects! I have posted pictures of those projects I was simply dying to make:

Pillow Pin Cushion

Back View

Front View

I wanted a couple of extra cute pin cushions to decorate my sewing room, so I made these two...the one with the bow has fabric covering a can where dip for chips use to live...I can remove the top to put extra stuff in, you know the kind of stuff that floats around the sewing room.

My daughter complains of not having enough bags to house her "stuff", so, I made these cute drawstring bags for her"stuff". These are made with a fat-quarters and I used 1/4" double-sided ribbon for the drawstring. 

Then, I came across this pre-quilted fabric that I used a few years ago, that really
love! I had enough leftover to make this cute zippered bag with added handles to house my 4" Tablet, multiple USB's, & charging cords! It's too cute and extra roomy! Think I will carry this with my messenger bag I made years ago!

 

I originally made this sewing machine cover two years ago with a bundle of fat quarters that I purchased from Joann’s. I made the cover really plain and I felt my sewing machine cover needed some “umph” so I decided to use my (new) ruffle foot to attach some ruffles. Then with the remnants of the fat quarters, I pieced together 41/2" strips of coordinating fabrics and voila!…it’s that the cutest cover! I really adore it!

My only redeeming feature here is the fact that I did use the supplies that I had on hand because most of my projects were ‘fat quarter’ busting. Also, I was itching to use my new ruffle foot! These attention diverting projects were really fun to do! It was weird...because for some strange reason, I could not focus on what I needed to have completed. I will share with you my progress on my sewing challenge in the next post.

Have a sew wonderful day!!