Starting again

Finally dug out the T-shirt quilt and fixed my mistake (somehow a 3" strip got mixed in causing a huge offset) and attached the 3 completed rows together:

To the left is the 'rag' side.

On the right is the other side.














Funny how a project can go 'stagnant'  because of a relatively small problem. And just a little nudge (this time from a YouTube channel I like to watch) can get you going again... thanks Jo!
Attaching the third row was slightly unwieldy. I've got 4 more rows. I think I'll assemble them into two-row chunks and then assemble with 3 more long seams. Adding each row will just make it more and more difficult to handle. I should probably move the machine to a wide open space for those last seams.

In the photo above it already nearly covers a queen sized bed! This thing will be huge. It is going in the van:

Things that got in my way of starting this last week included, hemming the sleeves of my new bathrobe which were ridiculously long, and making this cute thing:

It is a hanging set of bins that uses velcro to attach to the curtain rod. The thing is I used fabric samples and hardly cut anything. It was great to use a bunch of the samples. I used this tutorial which was lots of fun. Kind of a magical mystery while assembling and finally, voila! I'll be making more of these.
Also found a video to make these cute flowers(the flower part is at about 13:30;hmm, was supposed to fold the fabric strip in half to make loops... next time!):

I used a strip of an old bed sheet and a pair of rescued rhinestone earrings and practiced my glue-gun skills which are somewhat lacking. In the background is a square from the t-shirt quilt, a shirt from an aerobic dance class I took circa 1981. The shirt was hopelessly small, I had to add strips to the sides to make it big enough.
Here are more squares waiting to get into the quilt:

oops, and a peek at how overcrowded my 'studio' is. Too many shells, too much fabric, not enough time to create. Only 7 months until I retire and can play more!
I'm also covering some cardboard boxes with fabric. Many tutorials out there including the one with the flower linked above. I'll post the ones I tried and the results soon.
Today off to breakfast with a friend and then off to a fabric sale. I'm going to try to be good. Last year I only spend $10.

PS spent $30 but $20 on yarn and $10 on fabric, not bad. Time to find a good knitting pattern....