Leaving the Farmer's Wife..and my new repulsion to the aqua/red combo

I hate to say it, but I got bored with the Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-long. The problem is not the actual quilt-a-long but my bad choice of fabric. I should have gone the scrappy route like most people but I thought having it all in a fabric line I love with matching colors was going to be great.

I guess I forgot about my short attention span and no longer like red & aqua or even want a quilt out of this fabric. So as I sat in my sewing chair staring at all these red & aqua blocks that really look almost exactly alike I decided to split them up for small projects.

Pincushions and lavender sachets are what became of most of them.
As I was looking for buttons for one though I discovered these metal things I had squirreled away, so I made a little coin pouch.



I was excited because I could practice using my new serger which honestly somewhat scares me. More on that later though.

I think it turned out really cute! In fact I want to make some more of them once I find out where to buy those metal pieces.
I'll be back soon with my serger review for sewing pattern review.com and my new patchwork skirt!! Think Anna Maria......again :)

Practice Piece

 
I grabbed some scraps and decided to practice some more free motion quilting and even some applique and ended up with this.

Not sure what I would even call this...a cheesy art quilt?
 I am going to bind it later this week and see if I can figure out what to do with it.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

It's Here!!!

My kit for Danita's Free Motion class arrived today. I want to dig in it so bad but am holding out until the online course starts. I am notorious for losing things.
Here's a peek of what's inside. I even got a couple postcards.



It's just too cute beyond words. I am contemplating practicing on something else other than the items in the kit in case I screw up.
This is the 3rd crafty class I am taking this season so I'm going to be really occupied in the next few months and am giving up Flickr activities until I'm done.
I'll still visit blogs on the weekend though so I won't be in creative hiding too much. :)