tin quilt

You know what's sad? Creating a swap and then being late with yours. The whole head cold/tonsils/sinus thing blew me way off track (and sucked!) and I finally got this done and out yesterday.

I found the mini quilted tin idea in a magazine and had to try it. My quilt piece was actually a piece from a vintage quilt I found in my garage that was far too damaged for me to repair, but usable enough for small projects. I goofed, though, and started making a pin cushion. I remedied that by running it through my machine and giving it more of a flower look by quilting each hexagon.

I love how it turned out.


My lid. Just a square from the Recess Charm pack and a felt flower. (Seriously, if you are looking to buy fabric online, check out Pink Chalk Fabric. Not only is she super nice, she's got a great selection and I swear the woman runs a post office out of her house because I get my orders usually within a DAY.)


Instructions from the magazine if you'd like to make your own!





Edited to say: I honestly did not know that Kathy Mack, the woman who created the mini-quilt tin, was the same Kathy who run Pink Chalk fabric.

Where nothing matches but everything works.

My dear friend Erin is having her last Wednesday at work tomorrow and in honor of her constant inspiration the last 7 years, I decided to make her a lap quilt and pillow.


The squares for the pillow actually were a set I bought from ReproDepot a long time ago and never did anything with them. (As I am wont to do.)


The rectangles for the blanket came from my recently cleaned out scrap bin. I love projects like this because it truly does get rid of all that excess. I didn't quilt it traditionally nor am I going to tie it off...I was going to but I love the simple blanket look that I'm going to leave it the way it is.


The backside is not and soft and worn...I busted into my vintage sheet stash for the backing and couldn't be happier about it. Good thing I'm giving it to her tomorrow night otherwise I'd be tempted to keep it for myself.