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Sunday, October 20, 2013

A furry foot wrap

I got some really cute snuggle fabric with some of my birthday money, but wasn't sure what I was going to make with it. I always keep a little blankie under the covers to keep my feet warm and my M.I.L. mentioned getting cold at night and so ah ha! I knew exactly what to do.  I popped those puppies on my longarm (no batting needed), did some loops and hearts with blue Omni thread. Added some blue binding and voila! A super soft throw to keep the toes warm and toasty. What a fun project.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A Christmas quilt in process

I saw this charm pack (that's 5 inch squares) called Aspen Frost that just appealed to me. I was doing my birthday discount shopping at the quilt store and couldn't resist.  I think it will make a really nice throw for the couch during the holidays. It's a simple pattern that I just made up.  Sometimes I get such a great feeling of accomplishment seeing all the pieces come together so nice and neat.

Monday, October 7, 2013

A Quick Little Bag

I got this kit for a trick or treat bag at the Quilt, Craft, Sewing Show last month and finished making it this weekend.

It has pieces of metal ruler in the front and back orange part so the bag stays shut. I'll make some more of these, but I'll change a few things: I'd make them a bit bigger and the stacked prairie points bigger too. It would be fun to do some white ghosts or something on the black straps. Ooh, a button or embroidery on the purple points would be fun too.

You can't see it, but I did free motion quilting on the black part. For me, it's sooooo much easier to quilt on the longarm than my DSM. I have the hardest time getting the tension right - extreme pokies on the back. I finally got the extra bobbin case, loosened it 3/4 of a turn and cranked the top tension to 6. The bobbin thread still just lays on the bottom fabric but at least most of the pokies are gone.

This is a good size for my youngest grandson.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Help I Can't Stop

making fun pillowcases that is. They're a fast, useful project and it's just fun to pick out colors that go together.


What delicious colors! I love how the purple and chartreuse pop. These are for the grandkids.

Had to Have this Fabric!

Isn't this just the cutest Halloween fabric?

 It's call Mona Makes Magic by Alexander Henry. And the cats are great too - so fun!

So they both had to come home with me and become pillowcases:


I did some decorative stitching on the skinny accent piece with glow-in-the-dark thread (how fun is that). This one kinda looks like spiders:

and this one is like the bubbles in the witch's brew:
 
 
Poppa says Grandma steals his pillow, and I had some extra pillows so these are going to their house!