The Tuffet

Today was the second and final tuffet class. Julia Struthers was a great teacher. On earlier post I showed the sections that I had to sew together and the completed tuffet cover. Today Julia guided us through the upholstering process. It was so much fun. We used hammers and staple guns connected to compressors. I was with the same group of ladies and we enjoyed finishing our tuffets.  

I enjoyed departing from my quilt making and trying something new. This was hard because as many of you know I quilt by hand. I had to use my mom's machine. I know she was smiling. Of course, now I'm hooked and want to make another one. I think I want to make one for a little girls room or a baby girls nursery.  My daughter suggested I make a matching quilt.  Great gift idea. 

My finished tuffet. 

 daughter suggested I make a matching quilt.  Great gift idea. 

My finished tuffet. 

Baby Quilts

The color was green and the theme was fairies. 

More Baby Quilts

The theme was a nautical one with blues and brown.

Pink fairies for this room.  

More of my past work.

I have shared some of my past work with you.  I thought I would share a few more things. I mentioned that I make baby quilts. I think they make a great gift that can last a lifetime.  I get pictures from parents of their little ones napping under my comfy quilts.  I always put flannel on the back so they are soft and warm.  I always ask if the parent has a theme and/or color scheme. I am currently working on two quilts for babies right now.  I will post some pictures of completed quilts in the next few posts for you to see. 

Dad flies helicopters in the Navy.  I found the fabric for this quilt online.

Tuffet next Stage

I completed the eight sections of the tuffet. The next step was to join them together and press open the seams. That was not easy because it was round after it was joined together and it became narrow at the top.  After the seams where pressed open, I had to zig-zag a cord around the bottom of the fabric.  The machine and I had a real fight. Now I am ready for the second and final class Saturday. The instructor will show me how to stuff the tuffet, attach a button on the top, cover the bottom and add four legs. I ordered mahogany legs.  Below you can see the circle of fabric.  I will post my completed project Saturday.  

Tuffet progress!

I have been working on my tuffet.  I had to complete eight sections with 8 strips of fabric in each section.  I used a pack of Jelly Roll fabric that was perfect for this project.  In the beginning I was taking time to coordinate the colors.  As time went on I decided to just mix them up. I posted what some of the sections looked like.  

Something New

I decided to try something new. I was walking out of my favorite fabric store and saw a beautiful tuffet.  Yes a tuffet.  I decided I had to take the class.  I signed up and found out later I had to use a sewing machine.  My least favorite thing, using a sewing machine.  My mom showed me how hers worked but I erased it from my mind.  I was able to thread it and figure out how to sew a straight stitch but the bobbin was not cooperating. Thank goodness for Lee one of the five women in the class for showing me how to thread the bobbin.  Once I mastered that I was able to sew with ease.


This is a picture of the tuffet I saw in the store,  the one I am making has different colors.  I will let you follow my progress.