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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Project QUILTING Challenge - Birds in the Air

This was a new-to-me block, so I looked at pictures online and made the blocks with no pattern.  I used 8 fabrics from the layer cake from Island Batik that I won from Kim of Persimmon Dreams back in December.  I LOVE these colors and fabrics!!

I decided that I needed a cover for my sewing machine, especially when I am home because I spend much more time with my longarm then my sewing machine.  Putting together the Birds in the Air block wasn't difficult and I love how they turned out.  I used almost all of the scraps from the 8 10" squares of fabric to create the back and sides.  Of course, there was no pattern for the sewing machine cover either!!  I deliberately made the top large enough that I could keep my stitch selection card on the machine and access the handle to pick up the machine.  While it is not matchy-matchy, it does go with my mat/tool holder I made several years ago to sit under my machine.
I quilted the front, back and sides
Front quilting

Back quilting

I used fusible fleece which gives lots of body and allows the cover to stand up by itself!
Left side

Right side

Back

Thank you, Kim, for the fun challenge this week!!  If you want to make something using Birds in the Air, you can get the "rules" where I am linking up, right here!




15 comments:

The Joyful Quilter said...

You are SEW fast with your challenge projects!! LOVE the new machine cover you made. Enjoy!

Needled Mom said...

That looks so pretty. It was a great use of that pattern.

Helen said...

Very nice!

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

Ohhh How pretty!!!

Dione Gardner-Stephen said...

Love those fabrics and what you did with them. I hope you get much use out of your beautiful cover.

Carol Andrews said...

Wow! Susan this is stunning! I love the fabric and the quilting!

How creative of you to create the pattern and guesstimate the dimensions. You get my vote for the most creative,

Susan said...

For pattern-less sewing, that looks pretty great to me! If you hadn't said it wasn't a set with the under-machine piece, I wouldn't have known!

Home Sewn By Us said...

Hi Susan! What a fabulous idea for the birds in the air challenge. I really NEED to make one of these myself - and you chose the perfect fabrics and colors for this. I love every single thing about it. I'm going to PIN this so I can remember where to find it! ~smile~ Roseanne

Susie said...

I always love the colours you choose as they are always so modern. I need to make a cover for my big Janome. My small one has a cover I made ages ago but the big one I use the most needs one, perhaps that could be my first project when I have my sewing set up again!!! Prevaracating at the moment so nothing is getting done!!! Hugs, Susie xx

Susan said...

Lovely machine cover!

dq said...

It's a great sewing machine cover, and I love those fabrics too! Isn't is nice to have a small project for a change?

canuckquilter said...

You have inspired me to make a cover for my machine. It's now on the list! I love hoe yours turned out.

Denise :) said...

Oh!! Your machine cover is perfect -- I love the colors!! Hey -- I'm really interested in that machine mat you've got. I'm assuming you made that?! :)

Scrapatches said...

I am always sew impressed by the Project Quilting Quilters. I have only thought about maybe thinking about doing this. Your project looks wonderful! ... :-) Pat

Marti said...

Great idea to make a sewing machine cover. I need to make one for all my machines. I like the block size you made so the pretty design of the fabric can be shown off. Very nice!