These Are a Few of My Favorite Things!

Soap!  Yep....it's one of my favorite things.  I use small pieces of soap on my thread to help with threading those super small needles and keeping my threads untangled.  I simply run my thread over the edges of the soap and I'm good to go.  When the soap gets super thin, it's great for marking dark material for quilting.  It comes off easily with a wet rag.

I also love these little rulers and templates.  They are great for marking my 1/4 inch seam allowances and for making squares.  The little pincushion was my mothers'  It's made on the end of soda cap, with a little piece of elastic to wear on your finger.  I usually just sit on the table where I'm working.  The wooden pressing tool is also great for projects away from my iron.  I'm not the best at finger pressing...so this is great.

When I am near an electric outlet, I love my mini-iron (which I've mentioned before, but it bears repeating!).  This mini-cutting board/pressing mat is another favorite that goes with me when I'm taking projects with me for the day.  When I take all these things....it's like I'm taking a mini sewing studio with me.

When I'm at home...I like my little computer set up so that I can sew and watch Netflix's at the same time.  It's also good for watching some tutorials on quilting while I'm at the machine.  I keep a piece of batting next to the sewing machine and that lovely min-iron for quick pressing without a lot of moving around.

And now for my projects that I finished and started this week.   Block of the month for January and February done.  Now working on the March blocks.

I started piecing my 9-Patch blocks.  I did a few by hand and then I started doing some string piecing.

 Now I'm working on some more 9-Patches, 1 inch blocks.  I'm doing another method with those today, but I got all the strips cut and laid out.  This will be Saturday's project.

2 weeks until I teach my first quilting class!!!!  8 ladies have signed up and they seem excited about visiting the quilt shops. I'm pretty excited that I've gotten more ladies excited about quilting.