Pen case for my Drawing Pens

I love to draw and fill my spare time with sketching and doodling.  I love the Micron Pens I have but keeping them with me is a bit tricky.  If you look in the first picture you will see the red biscuit box that I keep coloured pens in.  I love it.  And its easy to stash in a bag for travel in my house or car.

I used the 'quilt as you go' technique to quilt a 14 by 9 piece of fabric to work with. The end of the red container is 2 1/4" in diameter so I drew that size circle and added a generous 1/4" seam allowance...

Lots of thick seams later I added some silk lace I have been saving and sewed it all together.

Simple Spinner

These new blocks are sort of an experiment.  You know how you read instructions in a new magazine and wonder at the cleverness and then wonder if it works...

Sewing away from home

When we are away I still love to sew especially if there is a day with out company.  It keeps me busy and productive after the cookies and pies are done.

In steps this old Singer.  I had it serviced and the staff expressed their surprise that I would or maybe could use such a thing when it neither reverse stitches of zigzags.  Horrors!  It is wonderful thing and makes beautiful neat little stitches.  It also has the cleverest bobbin winder ever.  It doesn't like the giant spools of thread though so I put the spool in a jar behind and thread it through a big hole in a spare bobbin.  All good.