Hello Blog Friends,
More on those three "quickie" projects I mentioned last week.
MINIONS! My youngest daughter, Kerri, is mad over Minions! Here is the fabric for the Minion pillowcases that her Momma (me) is making her for Christmas.
MITTS. There is a story behind this project. Here are a couple of oven mitts, cut out and ready to sew together and bind. This fabric wasn't supposed to be oven mitts...it was supposed to be a hot-dish carryall cover (see previous post Purple Passion). I had the fabric washed and quilted, but mis-measured (twice, even) and made a wrong cut. I ran off to the fabric store, got new fabric, and finished the carryall in time for the bridal shower. It seemed a shame to toss this fabric. So, I repurposed this quilted fabric to new oven mitts.
COVER-UP. Here is a picture of the bedside table in my guest room. You'll notice the retro look of the table, the lamp, the clock. The one thing that stands out (like the proverbial sore thumb) is the tissue box (pink leopard is definitely not my style! LOL). While sorting through my mother's sewing things, I found this fun kit from Connecting Threads for a tissue box cover. And it will coordinate well with the green bed-cover and yellow walls in this room! Mom to the rescue once again!
So, here are my projects for the next week. I'll post a production report next week!
Til then...
Hello Blog Friends!
My show-and-tell for this week is a set of three two-page layouts. We had scrap group on Thursday and used the Nevermore paper packet from Close to My Heart. Here are the layouts, all ready and waiting for photos:
More on those three quickie projects (that I mentioned last week) in next week's post.
Til then...
Hello Blog Friends,
I know that I missed my post for last week, but I have a good excuse...I've been busy working and working on Northwoods, and it is finished! And in the nick of time. I finished the binding Friday night about 10:00 pm, and the wedding was yesterday at 1:00. Whew!
The quilt is made of the most luxurious flannels I have ever worked with. They are from the "Winter in the Pines" collection by Holly Taylor for Moda. These flannels are fantastic!
I chose straight line quilting patterns for this quilt for several reasons...1)Time. I needed to get it done quickly in order to finish it on time. 2) I didn't want to take away from the swirling star patterns in the blocks. 3) I decided to do a minimum of quilting on it, to preserve what I call the "cuddle-ability" of the quilt. This is very important...it is going to newlyweds, after all (wink, wink).
Here is the finished quilt:
Here are Heather and Cort at their wedding. All my love and best wishes for a long and happy life together!
And, of course, I have the next project lined up. Actually, it is a series of smaller projects. More on this next week....
