Lazies, Today is all about Quilty pleasures. From indulging in a class over the weekend, to surfing some fun and inspiring links, won’t you join me in grabbing a cuppa cuppa and surfing a bit? I spent the day yesterday at a my very first Mystery quilt class at Creations SewClever in nearby Chillicothe, Ohio. The mystery part of it was supposed to be the quilt, deciphering clues as we progressed through the construction of our projects. For me, the mystery started off with wondering who (me) didn’t pack the foot pedal and power cord for my sewing machine. A rookie mistake if ever there was one. That cost me half an hour’s driving time. Dang.

Here’s a bad pic which doesn’t do the accent fabric any favors.
My iPhone camera has issues with the orange/red color family.

There was food, munchies, coffee/tea and camaraderie all day. The mystery there – who’s been holding out on these fine recipes. Dips, soup, breads, cookies. Then Quilty pleasures turned to guilty pleasures when the desserts hit the table. Check the Creation’s SewClever recipe archive. Oh my. It was a good day.

Oh, pool boy: Oh, and I finished my large lap sized mystery quilt top. That’s right, 30 blocks, two borders…DONE. The fabrics were pre-cut, and staff pressed and ripped as needed. As Sally Haskell commented on our Facebook page: ’sounds like a quilter’s answer to a pool boy!’ I completely agree.

Lazies, In order to get perfect button placement on a project, wouldn’t it be great if buttons were stick-on and you could plop them down on your project right where you need them? Well, we can make that happen! Here are some Maggies I made recently, and I used a simple trick to hold the buttons in place while stitching them on using my sewing machine.

Large and small ‘Maggies’, item LGD126.
Fabric is ‘Blush’ by Moda. Great colors and patterns.

A show-stopping button
If your button is a show-stopper, then its placement better be perfect. I like to add a big fabulous button to adorn the large size Maggie bags. Sewing the button in place is the last thing I do when making a Maggie. So that means the Velcro is already fused on the lining side. And sewing a button through all those layers and the Velcro is not something I want to do by hand. No thank you!

Lazies, Last week we saw some scrumptious Take Along Bags (LGD106) by Gail. This week, we are featuring some made by her sister Donna. More Lazy Sisters – I love it! I must mention that neither of my sisters are Lazy and I’m not at all happy about that. At least Mom is Lazy. Atta girl Mom. Back to our Lazy feature. Donna’s well-thought-out embroidery designs set against the black fabric creates a striking project.

I wish one of these was for me! No pressure Donna.

Here’s Donna
While I was graced with my sister’s fantastic sewing machine and fun threads, I started sewing little signature blocks with all my nieces, sister-in-law’s, mother-in-laws and some of my friend’s names on them and tucked them away.