It took awhile but I have cut templates and fabric, organized them together in project bags, collected my threads, needles, glue basting items, travel scissors, and of course my reading glasses, in order to do hand sewing this summer while living off-grid in our bus. We converted a school bus to a skoolie in the summer of 2021 and then bought property in the summer of 2022, so we had a place to park it for longer periods of time. We have solar on our bus, but until last year when I bought a Singer Featherweight I didn’t have any way to sew except paper piecing. I really enjoy hand sewing in the morning before the kids get up. It’s nice and quiet and just me, my sewing and an audio book. If you want more information on our Skoolie Build here is a tour, here is our youtube channel: Inconvenience Today, and check out Instagram for our adventures.
Last summer I worked on my Tula Sunrise. This year I will be working on blocks from the New Hexagon 2 book. This book has 52 different patterns to choose from. I want to make the design you see on the cover, but the small blocks will be green, teal, and blue and the large blocks will be pink, gray, and purple. I thought bringing my “Place for Everything” sewing bag was a bit much this year with all of my daughter’s stuff too, so I purchased a new one that is smaller.
It is the Running With Scissors pattern from Annie’s Bags. Once I get it, I’ll take a picture and share. And yes… It’s going to be Tula Pink fabric. I’m addicted.