I'm still trying to get past the sewing burnout from a few months ago, but earlier this week I decided to check out a new little sewing machine shop (Sewing Solutions Hub) that opened near me after I saw an ad in one of those local coupon/ad magazines that come in the mail. It was a nice little store and they have machines, some quilting fabric, Gutermann thread, and my favorite Tulip brand handsewing needles (I grabbed a pack of needles). Glad to see some little places popping up to fill the void left by JoAnn closing.

Since I only spent about 15 minutes there, I figured I should head a couple blocks over to visit Not Your Mama's Quilt Store to say hi and tempt myself with their fabrics. (It is a dangerous store!) I wasn't able to leave without getting the lovely plaid fabric in the photo.

One of the employees remembered I have taught classes there in the past and asked if I would teach a quilted jacket class because she wants to make one. I actually fit a mockup sometime last year of the...

I finally finished the quilt for my daughter. I couldn’t take pictures of the entire thing (her room is a disaster zone), but here’s some of the patchwork and the embroidered square I made because I ended up being one short. I did learn that I’m going to need to find a better way to lay out any future quilts that are twin sized or larger, because I had to keep shifting it around the slightly too small area of our basement carpet and the backing ended up getting doubled up in multiple places. By the time I discovered it, I couldn’t bring myself to unpick that much of the quilting, so it’ll have to stay. But I think it’s going to be awhile before I do any more quilts. Between this and the patchwork jeans (which I did end up having to shorten some), I’m feeling burned out on big projects for now. I did cut out a basic knit tee, so hopefully that’ll be enough of a palate cleanser to get me over the lack of motivation to sew that I was feeling by the end of this.