Stash Busting Blog Hop - Retro Mama!

I am SOOOO excited for my turn on the blog hop!  Like, giddy, hopping up and down, rainbows and unicorns flying all around me excited!  Can you even stand it?  I can't!

So, in case you haven't heard, Retro Mama wrote a super cute and WAY inspirational book.  I was so excited to be asked to be part of it, but when I sat down to decide what I wanted to make, I honestly wanted to make ALL of it.  I ended up making 5 items and still didn't get to what all I wanted to make!  So, I will be making more! 

Kim's (Retro Mama) instructions are SO easy to understand. The pictures are uber helpful and well done.  I have a really hard time reading/understanding patterns, so for me to say this book is super easy to follow, it's 100% true and you've gotta believe me.

Here are my projects I made.

Kim's book has a darling pattern to make hoop art,  Isn't that cloud so sweet?

I really wanted to make this, but I decided to put it in a mini quilt version.  Here is mine:

It was so much fun to make and incredibly easy.  I made this yesterday....I know, waiting till the last minute!  Oldest Robot Child tried to get dibs on this. Nope!  This is mine!  A black and white stripey binding is my favorite and will be the perfect addition to my sewing room.  ♥

Next up was the pleated pincushion.  NOW....let me tell you,  I sucked at making this. Not because the directions weren't clear or it is super hard, but because personally I suck at pleats and circles.  I acknowledge this and own it.  Why I tackled this I don't know (overachiever?) but I love the look of it and wanted to use my Milk, Sugar and Flower fabric for it.   It's beyond perfect, but I love it still. And I might try to tackle it again after I practice on pleats more. ;)  For now, it's holding my yummy donut pins that make me want a donut every time I look at them.  Mmmmm donuts.

Next up, I made two versions of the Simply Strippy Sewing Kit.  I LOVE how you can totally make this your own, be creative and put all your flair and trims inside!   I am a little obsessed with trims. So this was right up my alley. ;)

You all know my adoration and love with Cotton + Steel.  SO - I decided to make a selvage version and a B&W (with a hot pink kitty thrown in) version.

It's hard to pick a favorite. I love selvages, but I love that hot pink kitty.   ♥  I will probably make more of these. They are just too fun.

Okay, my last project was the Bright as a Button makeup pouch.  In octopus of course. ;) Again, more C+S.  I didn't want to put buttons on mine, so I just stitched some "X's" instead.  This pouch comes in 3 sizes!  I love that you can make your own size.  I don't like itty bitty pouches and love that this version is pretty roomy, no matter what size you pick.

I highly recommend this book.  I honestly love everything in it and I think you will too.  ♥

Stitch Craft Create is hosting a giveaway too!  Enter to win a copy of Scrap Happy Sewing AND 50 Fat Quarter Makes along with some fabric too!  

Don't forget to check out what these other awesome bloggers have made!

APRIL:

Thu 2nd  - Retro Mama

Tue 7th  - SCC

Wed 8th  - S.O.T.A.K Handmade

Thu 9th  - Fabricworm

Fri 10th  - Clover & Violet

Mon 13th  - Robot Mom Sews

Tue 14th  - Vivid Felicity

Wed 15th  - Cut To Pieces

Thu 16th  - Straight Grain

Fri 17th  - Sew Take A Hike

Mon 20th  - Vintage Grey

Tue 21st  - Miss Print

Wed 22nd  - Pink Penguin

Thu 23rd  - Sew Creative Blog

Fri 24th  - Follow the White Bunny

Mon 27th  - A Bright Corner

Tue 28th  - Sew Justine Sew

Wed 29th  - LRstitched

Thu 30th  - Pieced Brain

 ♥