Covered in Threadmalaka’s adventure in sewing

I washed my charm pack quilt, scared to death it would be ruined when it came out of the dryer because I didn’t pre-wash and I used cheap fabric for the sashing.  Nothing bled, and nothing shrank! It’s a soft, comfy, washed quilt now.  Hooray!  I feel fairly confident that I don’t need to pre-wash my fabrics now, which makes a huge difference.  The cheap white sashing IS a little more see-through than I’d like, so I’ll upgrade that next time I make a quilt with a lot of white in it.

I modified the Amy Butler Birdie Sling pattern to make a smaller bag with a different strap/band for my other sister.  I can’t post pictures because she might see it, and it’s a suprise until she gets here next week.  I’m in love with it though, I think I might have to make a couple more out of the same fabrics.

I also used regular quilter’s cotton for that bag instead of super high quality quilting store fabric.  It turned out just as good, although it tried to fray a little more during the process.  I figure I back everything with so much interfacing, if I can get away with $5.99/yd instead of $9/yd, I can save a lot of money… and it’ll still feel like heavyweight fabric.