2012 Wrap

It's fun to look back at what sewing I accomplished in 2012.  Here are some of my favorites:

 

1. Bib pattern by Amy Bradley Designs, 2. Baby quilt out of Savanah Bop by Thomas Knauer for Andover Fabric, 3. Moda Bake Shop recipe for a Quilted Nap Sack by Angela Yosten, 4. coin pure front, 5. Photo Nov 2, 2012, 11:43 AM, 6. A Ghastlies finish!, 7. Swoon using Daisy Cottage, 8. Photo Oct 20, 2012, 11:26 AM, 9. Baby-in-the-Hood Jacket & Quick Change Trousers, 10. FLQS12 Complete, 11. Summer Stars Quilt, 12. Photo Aug 31, 2012 1:27 PM, 13. Mary on Lake Pulaski, 14. Pumpkin Time by Crabapple Hill, 15. 241 Bag pattern by Noodlehead, 16. Cone Zone Girl, 17. Sweet Spot pattern by Miss Rosie and Origins fabric by Basic Grey, 18. Fabric Dolce by Tanya Whelan & pattern Brocante Schnibbles by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co., 19. Doll Quilt for swap, 20. Amy Butler Love fabric Retro Mae pattern by jane mckinlay cluff, 21. Birdie Stitches is finished including quilting!, 22. DQS 12 Finished and ready to mail!, 23. Cupcake, 24. Geranium Baskets pattern by Primative Gathering

I also pieced three quilts for designers and they will be shown in 2013.  My New Year goals are on my own list.  Sewing is for pleasure, so no pressure!

Happy New Year!  May your year be healthy and blessed with family time.

Two last gifts!

I made this bib for Vincent using a free Moda pattern called Plow Time Bib:

 

It was a lot of fun to make but took a LONG time!

 

I remembered at the last minute there was a dolly without a quilt so I made this with a candy pack of A Walk In The Woods:

 

...along with some Sherbet Pips for the border and binding.

 

+++++

 

 

My Christmas was amazing!  How could it be anything else?

 

"testing the Nap Sack Grandma made"

 

"comforting dolly with her pacifier and quilt"

 

Happy New Year!



Merry Christmas!

More gifts...don't look if you are family!!

The first of many, many baby quilts.  Our family has added FOUR babies SINCE Vincent (September) and one more due before the end of the year.  This great aunt needs to make something for each one. 

This quilt is made using Savanah Bop by Thomas Knauer for Andover Fabrics and is my own design.  I used an embroidery image he provided to do the giraffe applique.  I also quilted it with pebbles to highlight the applique and meandering for the rest.  It has a very light weight batting and Cuddle backing in a soft yellow.

And then I made:



• two sets of pillow cases using Michael Miller gnome prints

• key fobs with Anna Maria Horner ribbon

• and a ruffled camera strap with a lens pocket

Now you get to see smiley Audrey when we played hide and seek at her house:

Gifts I've Sewn

Here are a few more gifts I've sewn:

• An owl pillow from a tutorial by Suzanne of Just Another Hang Up.

• Another Bapron from a tutorial by Jess of Craftiness is Not Optional.  Rather than two layers of fabric I used laminate again.  This one is Silent Cinema by Jenean Morrison for Free Spirit.

• This apron is from More Retro Aprons by Cindy Taylor Oates and the main fabric is Fiona' Fancy by Lila Tueller for Riley Blake.

 

• These two bags are lined drawstring bags from a tutorial by Jeni of In Color Order - fabric Holiday Happy by Monica Solorio-Snow and Happy by Jennifer Heynen for In The Beginning.

• Boxy Pouch tutorial @ It's a Pretty Modern Life & cosmetic bag tutorial @ Sew Like My Mom both from fabric by Alexander Henry.

• Six month size flannel Quick Change Trousers from Handmade Beginnings by Anna Maria Horner.

• A shirt length version of Schoolhouse Tunic by Sew Liberated and unidentified fabric.

• A car organizer using A Stitch In Color fabric by Malka Dubrawsky and tutorial from Moda Bake Shop.  I modified it slightly so larger books would fit.  It ties onto the back of the front seat so a toddler can reach items from their car seat.

And here is a shot of our house after the 14+ inches of snow.

 

Quilted Nap Sack

1. An elf (who happens to be the working mom of a 2 1/2 year old and 2 month old so therefore must be too busy to read her MIL's blog) told me that little Audrey would like a Nap Sack for Christmas.
2. I bought some A Stitch In Color fabric by Malka Dubrawsky a while ago knowing it would be just perfect for the right project
3. Walla - Moda Bake Shop recipe for a Quilted Nap Sack by Angela Yosten:

The only changes I made were to not include the sashings since Audrey is only two years old and to topstitch the sack closed on the outside with the binding showing rather than on the inside and then turn right side out. 

The  12" X 16" pillow form tucks into the "sham" that attaches at the top of the sack,  but I also made a removable pillow cover that can be washed.

Could there even be a more perfect fabric for this Nap Sack?

Here is the sack all rolled up with attached straps with snap ends:

I hope it keeps Audrey snug wherever she happens to roll it out!

Schoolhouse Tunic

I did some more garment sewing:

The pattern is Schoolhouse Tunic by Sew Liberated and the fabric is Liberty of London Tana Lawn.

Our quilt guild had a mini workshop during our meeting the other day and I made this teenie yoyo tree ornament.

Maybe I'll find time to make a few more before Christmas.

Little grandson Vince took a nap on my lap when we babysat last weekend.

He is growing up so fast.

Big sister Audrey was off to see the play Little Red Riding Hood with Mom and Dad.

 

Lets take a trip down Holiday Lane...

I knew as soon as I saw the Holiday Lane Pillow pattern what fabric I would use.
I made a Christmas quilt last year that we use on our sectional and it really needed a matching pillow.

Here it is on the back of my Christmas Quilt:

I added a few velvet bows to the tops of the trees.
Here is the quilt it matches:

Maybe the pillow shows up better here on the mantle:

I made the entire pillow out of 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain except for the snow on the roof.  For that I used white wool that I felted myself!

Here it blends into the quilt top:

It's hard to see, but I used a different quilting on each of the houses: stars, stripes, snowflakes etc.  I then used some special stitches on my machine to make the window sashings, the door knob and the wreath on the door.

A big thank you to Jill Finley from Jillily Studio Designs for designing the pattern for all of us to use, to Pauline for organizing this hop and to Madame Samm for everything she does.

Please go visit all the other Holiday Lane Pillow makers for today:

Monday November 26

Living Life One Day at a Time

Polka Dot Classic

Sophie Junction

 

I'm Keeping Busy

Sunshine Quilting

The Treehouse

Petit Design Co

Nun's Quilt World

Ellison Lane Quilts

From This to That

Mary on Lake Pulaski

Luann's Loose Threads

Till We Quilt Again

13 Woodhouse Road

Pay It Forward....

I'm a little late (right? Reene of Nellie's Niceties) but I finally fit it in before the holidays.

Would you like one of these three sets sent to you?

 It is a 32" X 36" flour sack towel with an applique and mini ric rac plus an 8" X 10" hot pad using DS fabric with two layers of insulbrite.  The hot pad also has a ric rac loop for hanging.

All you need to do is be one of the first three to comment on this post, have a blog and agree to make handmade gifts for three of your readers to be sent out within the next twelve months.

Just comment below agreeing to Pay It Forward and I will send a set out to you within a week.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

U R Priceless Blog Hop

UR Priceless Blog Hop

Today is my day (and the last day) of the UR Priceless Blog Hop!!

Here is my coin purse creation:

And here is the back:

I've made a few others over the past year that I'd like to show you too:

This one is EPP using the Hope Valley line of fabric.  It was a swap gift.

Another style I made last summer.

And these three I made as gifts last Christmas.

Go visit and comment on everyone on the following list that are in today's blog hop and you will be inspired!  You will also be entered into the overall drawing at Sew We Quilt.

Day 7 - Nov. 13

Julia P
Tina
Dachsies With Moxie
Marci Girl Designs
The Sunflower Patch
Wish upon a star
Mary on Lake Pulaski
Greco Mara
Linda M
Mack and Mabel
Dreaming in Patchwork
Judith Handmade Treasures
Kaydie
Caesarea Scrappers
Patchouli Moon Studio
Sew.Darn.Quilt.
Sew We Quilt

Sewing With Minky

I won three pieces of minky fabric from Amy Schimler's Fly Away line.  I squeaked out a shirt and a pant out of two of them for Audrey, but she left with them before I got photo.

I then made some minor adjustments and made a shirt out of the third piece.

Audrey loves these clothes because they are so soft.  I didn't have any ribbing that matched so I used the stretch of the fabric for the neck band and cuffs.  A serger is very handy but not necessary. I used the stretch stitch on my regular machine for applying the neck band and then serged it and stitched down the seam allowance with a double needle on my regular machine.  I used this also to hem the bottom and for the seam on the cuffs.
As for sewing with minky, it's messy (fuzz everywhere) and slippery, but I made this second shirt in less than two hours.

I'm linking up to Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts!

Hexagon Quilt Top Finish

I usually like to only show a complete finish, but the quilting on this one may be a while so I am showing the top now.

It's 62" by 80" and was all rotary cut (not using a template) and machine pieced. The majority of the fabrics are DS Quilts from Joann Fabrics. The solid is Moda Bella Ice and is showing mostly white on these photos.

I took a class in September with Jacquie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studio. She taught us how to cut our hexagons with a 60 degree ruler and how to piece be machine. Yes, I am now a y-seam expert now! But I enjoyed the entire process and will be making more.

You might want to see our sweet grandchildren dressed for Halloween:

Vince in the caterpillar costume I made for him.

And sweet little Audrey as the pink butterfly (I purchased all but the antennae headband)! Audrey stayed overnight with us Friday until Saturday evening and we had the best time. She has renamed my sewing room: it is now "Audrey's Room"!!

 

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Happy Ghastlie Halloween!!

I finished my Ghastlies quilt last week.  I had the top completed for a whole year and I guess I just needed the push of an upcoming Halloween to get it quilted and the binding on.

This fabric still cracks me up.

I practiced some free motion quilting on this quilt.  It's hard to see but I quilted in the pink on each portrait.

 

 

 This is so fun!

 

I'm glad I dug this out.

 



Oops, one more pin to remove!!

This is what I chose for the backing and then a pink binding.

The finished size is 55" X 55".
Happy Halloween.  Stay safe.