Remember September

My first go at one of the ereader covers thats being collected for Remember September is the following Kindle cover. I followed this tutorial and tweaked it to my liking /stash.

I pulled out 3 coordinating fabrics I had, cut 2.5in by WOF and placed out 5 strips to be used.

I also QAYG (quilt as you go) so that the inside was also quilted and its a plus that it helped with the time of project start to finish.  Under an hour.

On the plus side, I got to work on the proper way to bind, maybe after a few more of these I'll try it out on a quilt.

Now I gave a Pillowcase a shot too, my Mac was being occupied by my little Miss watching Pocahontas (I actually started it, she came to watch with me :-P )

So I didn't have a tut or pattern available, I improvised, I pulled out a clean standard pillowcase I owned and made one by looking and measuring it, I was a few inches short of the WaterLily print so my top border is a few inches wider than most.

HST BOM progress

I've been following along over at In Color Order for Jens HST BOM 

I don't always get my block done as soon as she posted the tutorial but I am catching up now, 

pictured below is Jan - Aug, Sept is on the table. 

Jens tutorials are very clear and easy to follow. 

Theres also a Flickr group to post projects made with her tutorials or patterns.

Remember September...Sew Along

Over at SewBitterSweetDesigns & HopefulThreads, they have gotten together and came up with a project for this month.

 Remember Service Men & Women, Creating a Handmade Holiday 

to those serving overseas this coming Holiday Season. 

They are linking and providing tutorials and patterns for Pillowcases and eReader cases (of all shapes and sizes) on blogs, shops, even Pintrest.

I will be contributing to this project, as a Military Family, Hubby is Active Duty Army, my father and grandfather both served along with a few uncles. I feel very close to this cause, I lost count how many Holidays my husband has missed in his 13 yrs of service.

Just typing this up I have chills, I can't even imagine what its like to be away from family and friends, while on a deployment, during the Holidays.

Check out the projects and if you can sew up a few things, theres a Flickr group to post to, all would love to see your finished items.

Heres some great FREE tuts and patterns

Here are some measurements HopefulThreads posted:

Here are dimensions for some popular e-readers. If you can, it would be super great if you labeled whichever style you sew your cover for if specific.

More details about this September Monthly Project on the blog here, http://hopefulthreads.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-monthly-project-announcement.html

blackberry playbook is 5" x 7.5" and is 3/8" wide

Kindle Fire and it is 7.5" x 4.7" x .45" (thickness)

Kindle: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.34 inches

Kindle Touch: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Kindle Touch 3g: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Nook Simple Touch: 6.5" x 5.0" x 0.47"

Nook Color: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Nook Tablet: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Kindle DX: 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38"

Sony: 6.61 x 4.68 x 0.38 inches

Nook 1st Ed: 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches  

Kobo: 7.2 × 4.7 × 0.4 in

Kobo Touch: 6.5 × 4.5 × 0.4 in

iPad :First Generation = 9.56×7.47×0.528 in (243×190×13.4 mm) 

Second Generation = 9.5×7.31×0.346 in (240×186×8.8 mm) 

Third Generation (newest) = 9.5×7.31×0.37 in (240×186×9.4 mm)

Please feel free to add others! Thanks for all your help!!!

All done!

Rainbow of Rectangles

Isn't she a beaut!

Yes the Scrappy Quilt from January that I had the love hate thing going on with.

It's 100% complete and ready to be loved.

I am sew happy with how it turned out. The backing is a fun ABC fabric my mom picked up for me 7-8 years ago :-0 I used it to bind as well. The quilting is an echo of the rectangles and straight lines through the smaller framer/sashing/pieces (I'm sew quilt technical :P )

Finished at 35x46

If you'd like to purchase please email for price jessica.noguchidesigns@gmail.com

Please note this may go to donation or be gifted as well.

*Don't forget about the Sew A Dress with me giveaway

10 dresses

Pillowcase style ranging from size 1 to 4.

I had these all precut and stashed away from about 5 years ago. The 4 on the left were to be for my now 5.5yr old daughter. (eecckk) I guess I got to busy to finish them for her.

These will be going to Dress a Girl at the end of the month, Check out the Flickr Group, we are up to 100 or more as of today.

Care to sew one with me? enter in the previous post for a chance to win the supplies to make one.

Sew a dress with me :) + giveaway

This month over on Hopeful Threads blog she's sewing up dresses for Dress a Girl Around the World.I've joined in and currently working on a dozen or so dresses now.
If you'd like to sew along the more the marrier I say.

Here's a Flickr group just for this occasion.
How about if you'd like to help but just don't have the supplies right now here's your chance.
I'm giving away enough fabric, elastic and bias tape to complete one dress.

All I ask is that you make and donate the finished dress to this cause.

You can find your local rep listed HERE

You can find a free pattern listed HERE that can use the fabric, elastic and bias tape I'm giving away.

It never hurts to follow along either (wink wink)

Giveaway will close in 1 week, Thursday the 19th at midnight pst,

please make sure I can contact you either through your profile or leave your email address in your comment.

1 entry per person.

Army Mom ACU Masako Doll

Pictured here is a new set- Doll & her Quilt- the mini quilt is one from the Fresh Squeezed SewAlong.
Available now.
jessica.noguchidesigns@gmail.com

New item- wip

Here's a wip pic- one of the mini quilts now as a doll blanket and an "Army Mama" Masako Doll. I'm working on her hair now, she and another set should be ready to get listed within the week.

Work In Progress (Scrappy Quilt)

What I'm working on.......

A WIP over on my personal blog- its sewing related but for some reason I started the post over there? So I'll keep them over there for now.

http://ourhalfdozenhome.blogspot.com/2012/01/scrappy-quilt-wip.html

Mini Quilt = Pillow

One of the finished Mini Quilts from the SewAlong over at Fresh Squeezed
I ended up turning it into a throw pillow, it also was my first PIF suprise of the year.
I just busted out three things at once- new block practice, first pillow, first PIF.
Not to bad for the first 2 weeks of the year

Pic 1 the top, its the courthouse steps block - with my own twist, the last two rows became the borders.

Pic 2 here it is sandwiched & quilted

Pic 3 the pillow insert, made of muslin & stuffed with fabric scraps (to small to do anything with, odds & ends of thread etc. ) such a great way to use them up- something I learned from the Sassy Blog
the back is a thicker canvas

Pic 4 All done & ready to gift