I thought I'd join a "small project" sew along. I wanted to use up some of my scraps from past quilts and practice my free motion quilting, this project did all of that.
I follow @lillyellasworld on Instagram, she had presented this sew along in September of 2016 and again this year. She includes a free pattern and instruction in the "sew along" I opted to do mine without the thread catcher. She includes both a butterfly and a hummingbird foundation paper pieced pattern for the center block in the pocket panel. I chose the hummingbird.
From start to finish:
I pieced together some of my scrap batting.
The mat body quilt sandwich is complete and quilted. I practiced making what I call "crazy loops" for my free motion quilting. I just practiced moving the fabric around until I felt comfortable. I laid out my cut fabric choices and foundation paper pieced templates. I like to work in an organized fashion, step by step. I colored in my colors on the practice paper, but I printed out the wrong facing color sheet, oops. Doesn't really matter though, my phone book page templates were printed and cut out correctly for a left facing hummingbird. The coloring sheet is just to help me stay on track as a reference.
Time to begin the foundation paper piecing.
I love how it turned out.
Then I put all of the pocket panel together.
Time to assemble and bind.
What a fun project!
The under side.
The top side.
In use, under my sewing machine❤
