Josephine Sews

I know I am the slowest sewer in the world so why I thought I could make a baby quilt with embroidery the night before the baby shower is beyond me 😂.  I had other projects I was working on and wanted to finish those first. Spoonflower Bandana Bib Sew4Home Burp Cloth This was a "rushed" project with plenty of mistakes, but I think it still turned out pretty good. I won't do my normal post format since I have 3 different items in one post. Embroidery Designs All designs came from the Baby Boy Sayings set by Bunnycup Embroidery.  You will notice a lot of puckering after doing the embroidery and that is my fault because I did not stabilize the fabric properly.  I tried adding a piece of light weight interfacing to it and that helped some.  Then I finally remembered I needed to float an additional piece of stabilizer under the hoop.   The embroidery turned out much better on the bib and burp cloth because I applied the additional stabilizer. Spoonflower Banda...

Sometime ago I decided I needed to do some charity sewing and decided to do Project Linus baby quilts. Why baby quilts - because I knew it was something I could actually get done. Why Project Linus - my local sewing machine dealer has a box in their store and it is easy for me to drop it off. I quickly forgot about the commitment I made until this year, so hopefully I am back on track with one quilt a month. Normally I am down to the last day of the month trying to ensure I get my quilt done before the next month hits. Looks like the March one will be done at the 99th hour also🤣. January's Quilt February's Quilt I am really trying to use up ridiculously large scrap bin. These quilts were made from my fabric scraps and all are cotton fabrics. I had some extra batik strips and used them for February's quilt.  That was the quickest and easiest quilt I have made.  I believe I used 8.5" squares and rotated some of the blocks vertically and some horizontally. Precisi...