These days when I'm not
building yellow houses I'm picking up a
Little Tree or two, and they are starting to add up. I think I must have close to 100 made now. I keep a pile of them prepped and ready to go near my chair in the study and often during the evening news two or three come together before I know it.
They are fun to stitch and I'm enjoying pulling together different combos for the tree, background and stump.
What I really love is having a seam that is longer than 5/8" to sew (can you say Minnie...?). The edge of each tree is about a four-inch seam and it almost feels like a foot by comparison 😄.
I started pressing the seam between the tree and the stump up towards the tree but changed my mind on that so as to avoid a lot of bulk at the bottom corners of the tree when I join one block to another. It means pressing open a small seam, which can sometimes be a little iffy with the iron, so I've been using a handy dandy Fingerthing.
This little gizmo was in my Christmas stocking and is proving to be perfect for such a small job. It's basically a stiletto on a band that you can adjust to fit your finger (I've got it flipped around on my finger compared to the image above).
This is what the packaging looks like; it's full name is
Sew-E-ZFingerthing. I use it to help keep my seams open when I press them to avoid burning my fingers but it's handy for any number of things, including guiding your fabric through your sewing machine. I believe that Santa picked mine up from
Connecting Threads.
I guess one of these days it will be time to start considering a layout, but it's been so nice just to be able to pick something up and stitch without too much thinking that I haven't really gone there yet.
Lots more fun to be had!....M
9 comments:
Those little trees of yours are filled with such happiness and fun.....and lovely fabrics. I can't wait to see them all standing together. That little finger stiletto is a fabulous tool. I have not seen one before.
Those trees are delightful. I have one of those finger gizmos. I appreciate your reminder to use it when pressing those seams open!
It will be a very nice quilt. I love the scrappy look too! Can you please tell me your pattern source? Thanks.
These trees are so charming!
very cute!
I love a little mindless sewing once in awhile! Your trees are looking very sweet.:)
Such pretty little trees!
Your trees are looking great! That finger thingy -- do you use it to hold the seam open for ironing so you don't burn your finger tips?
Just love sewing the little trees Marie, likely have about 50 completed thus far. WOuld like to make them into a Christmas Quilt for my Granddaughter Lucy. Maybe for next Christmas. So much fun. Love your finger protector thingy. Lindy
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