Go Giants

The 3-d printed container got a new buddy, so we swapped the lids around and now there are two black and orange arrangements. 

That obviously required some San Francisco Giants stickers. I found some perfectly sized ones for sale on eBay and they worked out pretty well.

One is currently empty and the other one has foam with pins stuck in it. Not exactly the right kind of foam as it's rather stiff and unforgiving. And we also put a big circular magnet in the bottom to help hold the pins down. 

Almost to the Center

 

Sew Day for BAMQ was on Saturday and it was as usual a very fun time. I invited my mom to come along and she had a good time seeing all the creativity, showing off the sweatshirt jacket that I made for her ages ago and chatting with people. She was also very glad to offload a big bag of oranges from her still excellent after all these years orange tree. I was glad to be able to include her in a social outing with friendly welcoming people.

Instead of bringing along my sewing machine I worked on the Kawandii quilt that I've been hand-stitching and assembling since 2021 when I took a great online class with Sujata Shah. The above picture was taken at the start of the day before I began stitching.

And this is the after picture, pinned up on the design wall at home. It looks so different flat (or as flat as this can be.)  A lot of progress was made, I can see that I stitched around the whole thing six times, but it's still not done. The rounds are getting shorter as I get closer to the end. As I've made my way almost in to the center I have to find the instructions on how to end everything.  I think I'm remembering that there was something specific I was supposed to do, so wish me luck in finding my class notes from four years ago.

I also took this picture of a super clever 3-D printed magnetic needle cup that one of our new members had. It's from Purple Hobbies, they have a lot of other handy quilting/sewing accessories.  This is a great idea for a portable pin cushion that works well as a pin container and secures your pins in transport, which is always a problem. 

I was showing off the latest and greatest new container that has come off of my DH's 3-D printer, a Knurled Screw-on lidded container. It has a great threaded cap that works perfectly and makes a very tight seal. Possibly water-tight although I haven't tested it. Now we're in search for a good magnet and some foam to put in the bottom of it so I can have a safer traveling pincushion.

Seven Slots

I just received another great 3-D print from my DH, this time it was a quilting ruler holder. This is about 5" square and can hold fairly large rulers. I was surprised because it isn't terribly heavy but it didn't topple over. I'm excited to have another smaller one to corral the rulers I'm always using that seem to get lost amongst the larger ones in the long wood ruler stand that I have.

These are the first words he's 3-D printed and it was very fun to see how they were made. "Measure twice-cut once-cuss-repeat."

There are seven slots in all, so I'm able to have the rulers I'm working with the most all in one place and easy to grab right on my table top. I was finding that the smaller rulers were getting lost among the larger ones in the long wooden ruler stand that I already had set up. 

 

Halfway Geese

 

The last of the flying geese blocks for the Old Town mystery quilt are halfway done now. Finally, sheesh they're taking me forever to make. I am, however, very happy with the fabric choices I've been working with.

This one is my favorite combinations of all. Double checks!

Some of these white on white prints are super stiff and very hard to pin through. They sew up okay though.

My DH has continued churning out all kinds of new gizmos on his 3-D printer. This is a stand that fits my phone. And he's working on one that'll be big enough for my iPad. I'm going to ask for a storage rack to hold these (haha).