longarm quilt #44 A Fun Project on the Longarm - Tootie Fruitie

This is a really cute little girl quilt I did for my greatniece a couple years ago:



I got the idea from watching Linda Taylor's quilting show on the web. Pam Clark was a guest and she quilted the background and then added the applique all with the longarm. I fussy cut the flowers and used loops and zigzags to attach the shapes.

I used King Tut thread in Harem and peach So Fine in the bobbin. The Harem variegated thread had the perfect colors to go with the flowers. I also added those crazy 3-d strips to the sashing with the longarm.

I took a 2" wide strip, folded it in thirds and sewed it down the middle on my DSM. Then using a scribble stitch with the longarm, I added folds and "ruffles" to add some dimension. It would also be cute with buttons. I used Hobbs Polydown batting so all the different background quilting really showed up and added more fun dimension.  A little different view:

By the way, I keep a list of quilts with notes so I can look back & see what I've actually accomplished and that I'm getting better with practice. I'm really happy with how this turned out; I may need to do another one like this soon!

Sewing experiments

My granddaughter had on a cute skirt last time she visited so I found a nice pattern to play with. I thought I could make it fancier or more unique than a store-bought skirt.

 

Here's the muslin test. It's been a loooong time since I've tried to sew any clothes. I played with some decorative stitching and tried out my new binding foot to add the trim at the bottom.  No hemming needed and it looks kinda snazzy.

  

 

I also found a free pattern on craftsy.com for a boy's bowtie (thanks to asundaygirl.etsy.com).

I used fabric I had left over from making bags for beadsofcourage.org  I think it turned out pretty cute.

 

A lovely fabric find

I took a few days off this week and worked on the flag quilt. Was just supposed to get wide backing fabric,  but look what I found! The colors are awesome and the fabrics are so soft. They washed up beautifully and I can't wait to use them - maybe some lounge pants or something to wear. 

The stripe is by Kaffe Fassett and the solids are by Pepper Cory. I found her blog when I got home with some interesting info about her new peppered cottons fabric collection: peppercory.blogspot.com 

I may need to get every color!

More spooky pillowcases!

I made a few more Halloween pillowcases. I got a small pillow insert and made a tiny pillowcase for my grandson that matches the one for his Daddy.