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Already Mid November

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{Too early? First Christmas decoration in our house! I found this at 3 coins, and I had to pick it up!}

{Pretty bunting from the friends’ baby shower I went last weekend}

{Small polkadot bows I used to dress up this sweater}

{Naoshi post cards in Kiko’s room}

{My second attempt to quilt}

A few snaps from my days this week. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just a week away. I was traveling a lot last week, so this week I am so happy to be home and relaxing. As for sewing, I am in the process of making dance costumes for a group or dancers for their show in December. I am really excited about this opportunity! I also bought a faux leather for the first time, and making a skirt and a dress for myself soon. What are you sewing this week?

Quilting Progress 2

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It’s been almost three months since I started this project, but my first quilt is almost done! I sewed the pieces together by machine, and quilted by hand. I went through a season and a half of Project Runway shows while I quilted. It is really relaxing, and I actually regret making fun of my friend and calling her a grandma when she first mentioned the quilting thing to me (Yes, you Kaitlyn<3 ). All I need to do now is to finish the edge with bias strips, and I’m planning on doing it by hand. It is a mini quilt, and measures one meter in height and width. I initially planned to hang this in my bedroom loft as a headboard(got the idea from here), but after looking at the quilt, I might not do that. It might not be super stylish to hang a quilt… I might just give it to Kiko for her to use as a blanket.

When I visited my friends in Yokosuka recently, I found these beautiful quilts in their guest bedroom. I could not stop myself from taking some pictures! They said they didn’t know where the quilts came from, and they might have been store bought. So, I cannot conclusively say they are handmade one of a kind pieces, but they were really beautiful nonetheless. The quilts were double-sided, and the both front and back were patch-worked. Great way to use fabric scraps!

I would love to try another quilt again this winter. I’m thinking of trying a rail fence quilt next. 

Quilting Progress

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Hello! Here is the progress on my first quilting project! I decided to use the sewing machine, instead of hand sewing, to connect the squares. I have 100 squares for this quilt, 50 white and 50 yellow. The fabric I used was from my scrap stash, so it wasn’t exactly quilting cottons, but it worked nonetheless. The yellow fabric was leftover from some bridesmaid dresses I worked on in the past, and that fabric has a bit of stretch. I’m not sure if I am supposed to use non-quilting cotton fabric for quilts, but side reason for this project is to help get rid of my scrap heap.

It was really exciting to see the pattern come together!


Connecting the squares turned out to be quicker than I expected. Now I need to sandwich quilt batting with this and another sheet of fabric. I got this quilt batting at the 100 yen shop (dollar store in Japan). I love the 100 yen shop! I find all kinds of useful stuff there. Mine is 8mm thick, and I bought two packages. It turned out 1 was not enough, so I connected the two battings together using a zig zag stitch. Again, I’m not sure if this is the right way to handle such things..but I’m trying to make do.

Now for the actual quilting part. I decided to hand stitch the whole thing. That way, I can quilt while I’m watching movies. I always get jittery while I’m watching TV, wanting to move hands to work on some kind of project. Also when I’m sitting in front of my sewing machine, I want to be sewing clothes since I have a limited time in a day to sew with other responsibilities in my life! I’m glad I have this project. It’s mobile, so I can take with me when I go back to my parents’ house or do it while I am at various locations in my house. I think this is the perfect season to start quilting, because it is getting chilly in the morning and at night. What project(s) are you working on this Fall?

And, last but not least, I want to share some good quilting websites. I asked for the recommendations last week, and some readers directed me to these great websites!

❤Websites with quilting projects❤

❤ Oh Fransson!
❤Film in the fridge
❤Sew do it already

❤Free quilting pattern❤

❤Half Log Cabin Pattern