Second Posey Pocket Bag

 Hi all -

The weather was beautiful all last week, but we finally did get some snow Saturday evening. We got about 5" of much needed snow and we have small amounts of snow in the forecast for the next week. Cross your fingers that we get something meaningful! Grace loves running around in the snow!

This weekend I decided it was time to get the second Posey Pocket bag, designed by Crabapple Hill, made.

Posey Pocket

These bags were a kit that I bought from the online auction my quilt guild had. It was donated by the estate of a woman who was obviously very prolific! She had purchased the fabrics to make two of these bags, but hadn't started working on them yet. I had to figure out which fabrics to use for each bag and guess at her plans since she had three fabrics for each bag, but the pattern called for two fabrics. The fabric quantities didn't work for making the bags out of just two fabrics so I had to play around with the fabric. Then I didn't like how the pattern went together, so I had to also play with the instructions. My biggest change to the pattern was to replace a string tie closure with a magnetic snap closure. I made a few more refinements to the second bag, like stitching an extra seam down the inside pockets to make them smaller so they wouldn't droop.

Posey Pocket - Inside

I like the extra refinements I made for the second bag. I think the bag ended up being cute, but I won't make any more of these because I have other patterns that I like better.

I also got a little start on my Jungle Magnolia BOM designed by Judy Niemeyer (Quiltworx). We were scheduled to get our first fabric shipment last week, but that was delayed because some of the fabric was late getting to the shop. But they did give us instructions for preparing the pattern pieces, so I got that done.

Jungle Magnolia - Part H Pattern Preparation

There are a couple of parts included in our first month of the pattern, but I just prepared the pattern pieces for part H. I've never done a Quiltworx pattern before so I want to make sure that I understood the directions and that I don't need to make any changes for the way I work before preparing everything. We're supposed to get our first fabric shipment this week so hopefully I'll have something fun to show next week!

To get some more sewing machine time, I pulled out my pieced circles quilt and made a few more blocks:

Pieced Circles

I now have 15 blocks finished and plan to make 15 more to make a good sized quilt.This will be a really bright, fun quilt!

I've also been working on my cross-stitched pansy sachets. I got all of the cross-stitch finished on the second sachet:

Second Pansy Sachet

For the third sachet, I have the cross-stitching finished but still need to do the long stitched details:

Third Pansy Sachet

I should be able to finish these today and then I'll just save them for stocking stuffers for my sisters at Christmas.

Finally, I started a new crochet blanket. This one is the Peach Sorbet Throw designed by Janine Myska.

Peach Sorbet Throw

This one uses the same stitch pattern throughout, so it's easier and I don't have to deal with mistakes in the pattern. So relaxing! I think the stitch pattern is pretty.

Peach Sorbet Throw - Stitch Pattern Right Side

Peach Sorbet Throw - Stitch Pattern Wrong Side

I like the stitch pattern on both sides (and might even like the wrong side better), so this will make a fun reversible throw.

Nancy