A completed project: Christmas Apron

 Hello, everyone.

There has been some sewing done lately: The Charm Squares Apron pattern has been made. Link goes to Shabby Fabrics, the place I got the pattern. (The lady who did the design has an Etsy shop, but when I looked at that page all the prices were in pounds, instead of dollars. So if a reader would rather deal in pounds, I put the Etsy link in this parenthesis.)

This project used up a whole package, or equivalent, of 5 inch squares. ("Charms") The instructions make a lined apron with pockets at the sides. Instead of putting a name across the top, I embroidered a dove with an olive branch and some hearts. I used a quilter's binding method for the bottom hem instead of the one she suggests in the pattern, the quilter's one gives a double layer at the bottom edge which I think is going to be more durable. I also used the expansion proposed by Ms. Bethany at Shabby Fabrics to make the pockets fully lined with no raw edges exposed. I recommend this, as her point about better durability seem good.

It's not hard to make, but there is a deal of sorting, piecing, squaring up, and deciding about placement.

I'm thinking of making more Charm Squares Aprons, as there are a lot of charm squares in the stash, even before turning odd shaped scraps into 5 inch squares. (The off-cuts become input to crumb quilting, which makes a new fabric.) 

There is also a plan afoot to make some more wall hangings instead of taking the hook off of the wall where the Kimberbell Jingle All The Way quilt is currently on display. Valentines? Easter? Camino hiking? Fall? The possibilities are endless!