DrEAMi #69

I was debating on whether to keep hosting this DrEAMi linkup, when a quote sent to me by Helen at Word Weaver Art made me decide yep, another year won't hurt! She said: "I read a quote once that reminded us that it's good when the muse comes, but you can't always wait on her to begin your task. She has a lousy work ethic." HA!

Well, this linky party is for those projects that the muse brings us that we can't NOT stop until they're made and out of our head! Welcome to the first linky party of 2023. I've had a few this month...

This came about through a DM on my Etsy shop where Eleasha asked if I accepted commissions on my makeup bags. Well yes I did. And poof! Off to the races and away went half of the weekend when I should have been sewing my 'The Art of Riding Thermals' quilt. Ah well. It got done in the end; she chose the colours and fabrics with lots of back and forth-ing, and she loves it, put out a lovely post in her stories. She is using it for her stationery items, and boy, do these hold a ton of pens, erasers, little notebooks, PostIt notes and so forth. So I made a new little video showing just that for the blue one that also grabbed me this month.

With bright and dark blue being the colour for RSC this month, and because I like to make two bags at a time as it's more efficient, I started a second makeup bag, and well, once 'Thermals' was done and blogged, I just HAD to finish that bag.

Of course the two PQ Season 14 projects are drop everything projects:

There were a ton of cut-off triangles from 'Thermals' and the first few I tossed because I have soooo many HSTs I am (uh huh) going to make something with. But then I just couldn't let them go because I could see a lovely table mat maybe, or a couple of placemats, but wait! Hold the phone! I could see a new design for a makeup or stationery bag, and once my SAHRR was done, I let the muse take me away again...

I’ll be finishing this this morning in short order and then turning to my PHD for January. (so she tells herself).

Update: Well, no PHD yet and here we are on Tuesday, because PQ has taken over. I did finish the bag and posted it on Instagram on Sunday, but here we are for the record:

Here is the link if you want to take a look in my Etsy shop.

Here btw is my SAHRR just for the record, in case you didn't catch it on my Instagram:

The first round is spools. I put 3" spools on just two sides, kind of balancing out the wonky centre block. I made them using stitch and flip corners, and put a couple striped ones in there though I may redo the red as the unaligned stripes bug me. I introduced a bit of blue in this round as the palette was just red, green, gold, purple and brown. I had to add two coping strips to the centre block to make it a divisible by 3 number, 12.5" x 15.5". It is now 15.5" x 18.5" 

The party was small in December I would imagine because everyone was focussed on Christmas gifts/projects/activities/family! One I really love is Kate's (Art and Socks) bear modelling the set she knitted:

Have you allowed the squirrels to play in your sewing/quilting room this year? Show us your Drop Everything And Make it project(s)!

Remember this is NOT for works in progress or for regular finishes please. It's just for squirrels! Distractions! Baubles that grab our attention and just have to be made. Right now!

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