More Pouch Patterns — Janet Szabo

I got everything crossed off my to-do list Friday morning. My class submissions for Sew Expo are done. They changed the submission process this year and it’s much easier for the teachers. Instead of asking us to submit fully-formed class proposals, with outlines, photos, etc., they asked us just to submit class ideas. The teacher coordinator then discussed the ideas with the teachers and settled on classes. Only after the classes had been chosen were teachers required to submit all the supporting documentation.

I proposed new classes to the quilt store for the next couple of months and got my serger mastery classes on the schedule for 2025. The pie social organization is coming together. I also recorded Part 2 of presser feet for this week’s podcast. After lunch, I prepped the kits for my upcoming thread class. Friday was a very productive day.

Yesterday morning, we had a worship planning meeting. It was only supposed to last 90 minutes, but it ended up being three hours because we got a bit sidetracked on a discussion. It was a necessary discussion, but it extended the meeting. I discovered, however, that I am able to knit approximately half a skein of Lion Brand Homespun—what I use for prayer shawls—in a three-hour meeting. I use three skeins for a shawl, with a fourth for the fringe. Now I know that it takes me approximately 20 hours to make a prayer shawl. Most of that knitting happens in bits and pieces, so the actual creation of a prayer shawl takes much longer, not that I would ever sit and knit for 20 hours straight.

It is apparent, I hope, why I knit in meetings. Sitting through a three-hour meeting without something to occupy my hands would send me around the bend.

Anna Graham of Noodlehead released a new pattern this week called the Plover Pouch:

I bought it; I buy everything Anna designs. It’s in the queue for later this fall.

I also found this pattern from Sew Lux fabric, which will be a great way to use up hexies:

I am trying not to rush time, but I am looking forward to fall and winter when I don’t have to eke out moments of sewing here and there. I’ll be able to make breakfast, clean the kitchen, then head upstairs for an entire day of sewing.

I do need to get out to the garden and check on a few things. We’ve had a few hot days and I should probably cut the cabbages before they split. And there are probably a few more zucchinis. . .