Happy Friday! Things have been a bit busy behind the scenes over here as we prepare to move to PA. We're in the process of finding a place to live (fingers crossed), listing our current house on the market, decluttering, packing and managing regular life with a toddler. I'm also working on our annual Lined Drawstring Bag Sew Along, because I just can't miss it!!

This has left very little time for sewing lately. I wanted to destash a lot more stuff before our move, but I'm quickly running out of time I did want to share what I have been able to list in my online shop! I've lowered the prices of most of it, so there is something at most price points! And all physical orders still come with free mini patterns while supplies last!


I have a couple of scrap bags left, specifically solids and flannel scraps. US shipping is included in the prices on those.




I just reduced the prices on all of my remaining vintage sheet fat quarter bundles! There are some good ones still left.


If you'd like a surprise, I have mystery fat quarter bundles too.


And mystery seconds fat quarter bundles that have noticeable stains, holes, etc.


And finally a few more scrap packs of narrow hems. Make yourself a wrapped wreath with one!

All of these things can be found here: Jeni Baker Patterns. I would say hopefully I'll be back soon with some sewing updates, but who knows! It's going to be a wild next couple of months!

Quilted Tea Towel Pillow Cover

I have another recent pillow project to share! I thrifted this vintage tea towel so long ago that I can't even find a photo of it! Honestly, it could have been 15 years ago for all I remember. I know I've had it for a really long time. Last month I decided it was finally time to make it into something! This idea was fueled by thrifting a long rectangular pillow form. I realized that this tea towel was pretty much the perfect size for a cover.



I knew I wanted to use an invisible zipper for this cover so that it would be a double sided pillow. Lucky me, I had this geometric canvas print by Ellen Luckett Baker in my stash that coordinated nicely in color and design to the tea towel. I started this project by quilting both pieces. After cutting them both to size, I used my serger to finish all the edges.



Ta-da! The finished result! I love how it turned out. Such a simple project, but so satisfying. The tea towel is so funky, I am very glad that it is out of storage and living its life as a pillow cover!


And the other size is fun too. I started working on this pillow after our local JoAnn fabrics closed and honestly had a hard time sourcing an invisible zipper that matched and was long enough. My Mom brought me one from her stash, but while she was visiting we went to Ecoworks, our local craft thrift store and they had the perfect match! It's the same color blue as the back of the pillow and the length was just right. It's like it was meant to be. My application of it could have been better, but that's okay. I haven't installed that many invisible zippers in pillows, so I just need some more practice!

If we're keeping track, this project used a thrifted pillow insert, thrifted tea towel, and thrifted zipper! :)

Happy Sewing!

Quick Note for My Email Subscribers

Dear Friends, I realized today that my email subscription service has not been working properly. For the last few years I have been paying for a service (Follow.it) to be able to send you full blog posts via email without ads. Unbeknownst to me, my account was reverted back to the basic free plan which simply sends a notification email with ads. I was still paying into my account every month, which is why I did not notice the change sooner.

I have (hopefully!) fixed this issue. Future posts should show up in full in your inbox again, without any ads.

Take care,
Jeni

Vintage Striped Sheet Quilt

Happy Thursday! I have a finished quilt to share today. This quilt has been in progress most of the Summer, and I'm excited that it's finished!


Whenever I rip up a vintage sheet for fat quarter bundles, there are always leftovers. Either a long strip that wasn't wide enough or pieces that are just under fat quarter size. After I made striped sheet bundles this Spring, I decided to cut into all those leftovers instead of folding them into my stash.

There are still some striped sheet bundles available, find them here: Vintage Sheet Fat Quarter Bundles



My inspiration for this quilt was strip quilts. Quilts like Scrap Happy by Amy Smart, and this quilt by Steffi Troy. Obviously these kinds of quilts used strips pieces together, but I wanted to play with achieving a similar look with a striped fabric. I used the block from the free Tessellation Quilt Pattern I shared when Geometric Bliss came out. These blocks are smaller, I cut the stripe squares 4.5" and the background squares 2.5"! I cut all the stripes on the bias so that I would get the look I wanted.


I paired the stripe sheets with a plain white sheet that I also thrifted! I've picked up a few recently but this is the first one I actually cut into. I like that all the fabrics in this quilt are reclaimed!


All the stripes! I love how this turned out. I kept the palette strictly to the sheets I used when I made the bundles, but now I'm tempted to make another all stripes quilt with my whole collection. They're so fun all together.


Quilting is simple as usual, I followed all the vertical and horizontal lines with 1/4" quilting on each side.


For the back I used this incredible striped sheet! It feels very 80s to me, especially the colors.


I honestly struggled with choosing a binding for this quilt. I knew I wanted it to be a stripe of course, but finding something that went with the very specific color palette on the back as well as the front was tough. In the end I made a scrappy binding from sheets I used in the top.


Always a win when I remember to use one of my tags!



Dusty cat (and baby girl) really likes this quilt! She was trying to lounge when I was trying to take photos. Such a silly goose!


Vintage Striped Sheet Quilt
Pattern: Modified Tessellation Quilt Pattern (free)
Fabrics: Vintage Reclaimed Bedsheets

Happy Quilting!