Quilty Projects

I made this cute little pillow for the sewing studio. It's comfy and fun to have around. I am in love with the retro looking yellow flower print..I forget what line its from. And the sleeping princess under hanging flowers in the center makes me smile. It is hard to see but those are little mini-Courthouse Steps blocks flagging the center.

I backed it with one of my all time fave fabric lines.

 Steadily makin progress on this quilt project...in fact the whole top is done, just haven't been able to nail down a photo. Love the text prints in it and the very graphic quality the black colors in it lend.

More to come on that and a nice mail delivery for some eye candy...

As always, thanks for stopping in!

Have a glorious day;)

Linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it Up Friday:)

Pretty lil' Needlebook

I do alot of handwork such as binding quilts and pillows, handquilting quilts and needleturn applique on a long term Hawaiian quilt I am working on. With kids in the house it was starting to get tricky leaving my little sewing station on random places around the house so I thought I would whip up a little needle book for my handsewing notions. I found this adorable tutorial from lots of pink here.

It was fun to make and brings joy to something that makes me so happy...workin away, my thimble and I:)

I added a little crewel embroidery just for fun.

This makes me happy!

Happy Sewing and thanks for stoppin by!

WIP Wednesday

My first WIP Wednesday! Yeah!

My goal for 2012 is a quilt a month. Its a somewhat loose goal, like I won't stress too hard about it but am using it to keep productive. So far I've gotten up around 3 am and 6 am on a few days *uh I mean nights* to work on this next beauty.

So far just a bunch of HSTs on the table and ten minutes here and ten minutes there (two kids, if ya catch my drift;) and middle of the night and early mornin marathons. Just me and Downton Abbey. Happiness~*

                                                 
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Warm Cool Quilt

I have loved this quilt idea from afar for too long and wanted to whip out a quilt, if that is even possible for me. It went from an idea to quilting so fast...about 3 weeks! ;) I am shooting to do a quilt a month and haven't even started February's yet. Here is the tute from one of my fave blogs, In Color Order.

It took ALOT of HST squares to trim...I think I reactivated my carpel tunnel and wished for one of these spinning rotary mats:)

But they are so lovely when done. I can't believe how much trimming my squares has improving my piecing accuracy. It is an essential step. 

Here she is on the design wall. I loved the diamond look but you can rearrange all the squares for a few other effects, such as a zig zag.

Here she is a gettin basted. I was pretty casual about basting; I didn't use millions of pins-mainly because most of my pins are in a sampler king quilt I did last year that needs quilting;)

Its a twin sized quilt (63" x 90").

I decided to use a flannel fabric to back it up and found the cutest Amy Butler print. I washed it right up (washes beautifully) and have been quilting already.

See it? I LOVE it. I'd recommend if you are using it ( and actually anytime you quilt a quilt) to roll or fold the ends in and pin so the batting doesn't shed everywhere; it really helps on the fuzz factor.

Lots more projects to come! Thanks for stoppin in:)

I Love Bags!

I spotted this at Jo-anne's and had to have it....

I have made a few bags from this book and *LOVE* it. Right now I'll show you the most complicated one I made, the Great Get Away Bag. It has lots of cute details like magnetic snaps and an adjustable strap.

I used the beautiful Joel Dewberry Home Decor Heirloom line of fabric in Home Decor weight. 

It took alot of stamina to make a bag like this; tracing and cutting the pattern pieces out of the fabrics, inner & outer, interfacing and fusible fleece let alone ironing all the interfacings and sewing! Not to mention installing the zippers, in and out, pockets and magnetic snaps! It also took awhile to gather all of the notions. I couldn't find the metal adjustable strap piece so I had to hit the thrift stores and find it on an old purse. 

But it was so worth it.

The bag is sturdy yet supple with all of the fleece lining it. It feels like an expensive bag. I have already used it on a trip and it was wonderful, very roomy and not to mention gorgeous to look at ;)

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Mini Quilt pouch

Hi Y'all! Fell off the blogoshere for awhile but lots has happened! Had another baby, entered the wonderful world of Bernina ownership and lots of sewing!

I am motivated today to say hello to join the Mini Quilt Show n' Tell over at amylouwho's blog.

This is a cute lil pouch I made using very small patchwork pieces.

It was challenging to get all the the points to line up and realized that I *needed* a straight stitch plate for my new machine...        {here she is...}

Anyways back to my mini quilt; I learned a few things about working small like this. 

Cut pieces bigger then trim down! This is much easier than getting frustrated when tiny triangle points get eaten into the machine and/ or shift when finishing the seam. My points lined up way better with this method (not perfect, better ;). 

So its a pouch. Like I said I just had a baby so I needed something quicker than a quilt to satisfy my sewing needs.

Thanks for stoppin by and I promise i'm gonna blog more! In fact I have been makin lots of cool things lately...here is a sneak peek....

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Quilt Festival time again!!

Welcome friends and quilt festival browsers to the post! Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment..I'd love to hear from you!

Here is my quilt for the festival...It is titled "Joy Ride" and was lovingly made for my father for his 60th birthday. I fell in love with this Riley Blake fabric and had to buy a bunch from the collection for this quilt. I used this tutorial from a quilt is nice for the pattern.

I hand quilted it which (took forever) was fun.

And I machine sewed the binding on due to time constraints...but felt the hand quilting made up for that.

...and just for fun, the Little Bo Peep costume I made for this year's festivities...isn't it cute:) Happy Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by!