I'm still in gift making mode, although I'm trying to wrap things up and get back to some quilts that need my attention!
Last night was my small quilt guild's Christmas party. We met at a local restaurant and had a fun time celebrating the fact we could gather together to enjoy food and quilting fellowship. Everyone brought a sewing/quilting related gift to share and we went through a series of silly swaps before everyone could open their gift.
I had recently seen a YouTube video about this stitching kit and wanted to try making one. I decided this would make a great gift for the guild swap. My version is based on the Simple Sewing Kit video by Sherri McConnell.
Sherri's Simple Sewing Kit is based on the Goody Goody Binding Kit by Vanessa Goertzen. Sherri liked the kit but wanted to make it slightly larger. Her version is a couple of inches taller.
I even had some Vanessa Goertzen fabric marinating in my stash (Farmer's Daughter from 2017).
Everything went together pretty smoothly, and I was happy with the result. There's still plenty of Vanessa's fabric left over, so I plan to make a kit for myself and another for a friend.
Vanessa designed the kit to hold quilt binding necessities. She used the pocket on the right side to hold candy bars - hence the name "Goody Goody Binding Kit"!
Sherri McConnell asked for Vanessa's permission to enlarge the kit, as she wanted to use it for toting around paper piecing projects. Either way - it's a cute project and makes a great gift!
When last we spoke I was about to take off for Thanksgiving adventures...
Our boys both have to work through Christmas this year, so we decided to get together as a family for Thanksgiving. We all met up in Dallas, where younger son David had to work on Thanksgiving day. Our Thanksgiving meal was a tailgating party prior to a Dallas Cowboys football game. Nothing like new traditions!
