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My first mini-quilt of May was this pink and blue whirlwind, inspired by a quilter friend's colors for her monthly project.

For the first time I used my sewing machine to hem a pair of jeans.

I patched some holes on a thrifted pair of shorts with a swatch from a cute dollar store fat quarter.

I finished crocheting another throw, this one from stash yarn and leftover scraps from other projects.

My second mini-quilt of May was another bunny-inspired piece when I was feeling a bit blue.

I altered a pair of thrifted capris into summer shorts for me.

An overflowing scrap bag gave me the idea to start using one night a week to make as many small projects as I can out of leftover fabric. These two cup sleeves and the mug rug were my first go at that.

A rush of creative ideas made me make my third and fourth mini-quilt of May together; the first one was a little tribute to my mom for Mother's Day, and the second was in honor of my favorite person.

Not that I was going for the droste effect, but my fifth mini-quilt of May was this brooch embellished stitch practice on a cutter swatch of another muslin stitch practice piece.

For my second scraps Saturday project I pieced this tote bag out of a stack of blue scraps (and then spent another week turning it into a stitch practice project.)

I finished my second big work project of the year.

Finally I used my third scraps Saturday to make a table topper and mug rug out of a charm pack and some green scraps I found in the bin. Let's head into June and see what I get up to this month.

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