Nancy Drew Blog Hop- Today is WHN's day!

 

Today is the day for WHN's project for the latest blog hop- Nancy Drew!  Moda came out with fabrics based upon this iconic American mystery series and Madame Samm and Carol are our cheerleaders! The list below are the other ladies who took the plunge with WHN today- please visit and see what they have come up with for you!  The only requirement for this was that the Nancy Drew fabric had to be sed in the project, and it has proven so popular that it has become difficult to find- most of us had to resort to the Internet to get it! 

 

 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 

Gracie Oliver Arts

Life In Every Breath

Made By Me In Red

Dachsies With Moxie

Words and Stitches

Rose Creations

Retired to Quilt

Leslie Tucker Jenison 

Feathered Nest Studio

 

 

Chip and Tasha

 Now, I had the pleasure of purchasing my fabric (two charm packs and a layer cake) from Quilt Taffy back in December.  I had envisioned making a quilt along the lines of a Keep Calm and Carry On theme that I had discovered in Fat Quarterly, Issue 10, but grew dissatisfied with the idea last month.  I had loved making the Dresden blocks and a simple quilt like that just felt mundane in comparison. So I took a charm pack (consisting of 42 5" squares of coordinating fabric from the Nancy Drew fabric line) and started sewing and cutting Half Square triangles with the intention of making two sewing machine covers.  After putting the first half together , still did not like what I had decided to make so tried again- Taking the second half of the charm pack, I again cut HSTs and made pinwheel blocks, my very first time trying to make pinwheels. Loved making them so much that I decided to make a quilted cover for one of my binders in my "cave" Made a total of eight pinwheel blocks, and using some navy chintz, cut out the pockets and the trim for the top, and used leftover pink chintz for the inner lining.  I used a freebie pattern that I use to make bible covers and will gladly email the info if you so desire- the pattern cannot be used for the sale of products which is why I did not post it here- So easy that I can usually make six such covers a day!  

The binder cover works best with a binder whose securing mechanism is in the center of the binder and not attached to the back- can't insert the latter type of binder into the cover (I  tried!)

Hope you enjoy what I made!  

Front cover of the binder

Back cover of the binder

My original half square triangles for a sewing machine cover

Photobombed by Snoopy!

The binder in my sewing room

Who is that gorgeous man?

Inside view of the binder cover

Who is this man hiding fromview?