Another day, another amazing piece of soft and cuddly fabric from Michael Miller. This is  Beary Soft  and I have to say that I was a bit afraid to imagine sewing with it! After all, I've been exclusively working with 100% quilter's cottons for 29 years. How do I handle lots of fluffy stuff? Minky Beary Soft These 3 pieces (Red, Turquoise and Kelly Green) had plans for me! They wanted to play with the little Gnomes from the other day that I shared here. I discovered that cutting into Beary Soft was even more challenging than the Minky. But I was ready! I got out my vacuum cleaner attachment! Lots of fluff! Using my ruler to keep the fabric from being sucked into the attachment Edges are clean and no fuzz all over my sewing room. I made two pillows with book pockets. Here is the first (since given to my 5 year old grandson Javier on his birthday a few weeks ago). The single layer pocket is of the Minky and I used some  Gingham Play  to bind the raw edges at the top. I...

I have been sewing since I was about 12 - decades! Garments. Home dec. Kids' clothes. Even altered my husband's clothes (ie, suits - yikes!) And, yes - I even sewed my wedding dress (but that's because I was living in Africa and that was about the only way I could wear a traditional dress!) But, I am a Minky virgin! Never sewed with it other than putting two pieces together and stitching them up into a doll quilt. First Minky adventure I'm nervous but ready to take on my next sewing adventure. Michael Miller invited me to play with their latest Minky fabrics and this is making me sweat some bullets! This stuff is so - FLUFFY! Beary Soft Minky fabrics from Michael Miller And stretchy and thick, but OH SO SOFT! Yes, I sewed a lot of polyester in the 60s and 70s. That was just about all we had. This is 100% polyester, so I have to put a different hat on and approach it from a very different angle than the 100% cottons I've been sewing and quilting with for the past 35...