Newest Sewing Project

Tuesday when I met up with some high school friends for lunch, I suggested we meet at Hobby Lobby.  DANGEROUS!  It had been a few months since the last time I was there, before I retired and was obsessed with sewing and quilting again.  But I kept to my latest promise to myself to only purchase materials for one project at a time.

So this is what I purchased - two fat quarters of complementary fabrics.

How could I resist these two fabrics?  Buttons and spools, two things that are needed in order to sew and make projects.  Below is one of the free patterns I found on line and decided this would be a perfect gift idea and something I could make and sell at craft fairs.  Simple to make and easy to store until it is time for a craft fair.

Here is the link if you would like to have the directions for this project.
https://sewingwithscraps.com/scrappy-quilted-basket/?fbclid=IwAR38NGrREMwBp1suFvpR1OXFbW6oZ90Nog4cxjfKcJtK3lqa1-dkcMxfkqc

I can think of a ton of uses for this cute quilted basket:
*For the quilter/counted cross stitch crafter - put next to your chair for all your thread ends
*For the scrapbooker/card maker - put on your work station for those small scraps you throw away
*For the non-crafter - make one for every room to hold a square box of tissues
*For anyone - holds anything you want it to hold!  Baskets are the best!

PS:  I am finishing up the last few seams on my quilted placemats this morning!  Since I used the same fabric, pattern and block size as the table runner I made, I had to make a few adjustments to the placemats to make them the correct size since there was no pattern included for placemats.  I will post a picture of them tomorrow.  It will be another week before I get to the quilt store to purchase the border and backing fabric, so I will be starting the quilted basket tomorrow!

Happy Crafting!

Donna