I have been obsessively hand quilting night after night and finally am down to the last eight stars. It roughly takes me one a night, so hopefully in a week I will be up to the binding. It looks really good, but the time commitment of the hand sewing was definitely more than I anticipated. I am glad I am coming to the end because I am itching to finish, start and sew other things!!!
- Bean Bag Chair
My husband took the kids to Nanna’s house for the three day weekend and left me to my own devices. I broke out the sewing machine and whipped up a bean bag chair for Rhys. I used this pattern found at this link. It was so nice to sew lots of straight seams and have a break from the hoop and quilt wrestling I have been doing most nights while hand quilting.
I wasn’t sure how big this bag would sew up because there was no reference to scale. Rhys is five and a half and it is a perfect size for him. The instructions were fantastic and easy to follow. My only issue that came up was I didn’t have enough fabric. Initially I was going to use just the green fabric, but then found out I didn’t have enough. It was a good excuse to use up some of the novelty prints I had lurking. I am enclosing a photo with Rhys to give you an idea of just how big it is. I will be sewing up a pink one as soon as the quilt is done! I also overstuffed mine insert and had to take some out to make the bag a bit more squishy.
Wish me luck on the quilting and I have a few little projects I hope to post with later. I succumbed to much purchasing at the quilt craft fair and have much sewing ahead.
Hugging the Bean Bag
