Miscellaneous

If you've read my blog for long, you know my sewing includes more than quilts and today is no exception.  I've been working on a few quilts without finishing them, so they will be shown later.

First:

This great tutorial was found at Sew Mama Sew and uses a t-shirt for the skirt!  I made two skirts out of one mans t-shirt!  The top is Ed Emberley Happy Drawing Scratchy Scribble Curly Scribble from Cloud 9 fabrics.  Excellent instructions in the tutorial from Marie.

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We babysat Alice on Saturday and she was wearing the reversible romper I made her:

She was an angel the whole evening!  So fun.

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Bonus photo:

Audrey got to hold a kitty at the family reunion.  Her smile tells how much she enjoyed it!!

And now for that finish...

I got the ric rac in the mail and finished Pumpkin Time by Crab+apple Hill!

I won this awesome pattern and complete kit from Anna at Woolie Mammoth blog just over a year ago.

 I completed all the embroidery and appliqued the scalloped edge to the embroidery piece while on the road or in waiting rooms.

The pillow is 12" X 14" and will be so fun to have around for Halloween.

Thank you again Anna!

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And I finished block four of Summer Star's from Temecula Quilt Co.:

And here are the first four together:

Back to my Salt Air project.

A peek at my Salt Air project!!

I've been working on this Salt Air project for a while in between others but it's ready to show you a peek:

I hope I can get this all together this weekend along with a birthday party and a family reunion!

I Almost Posted a Sewing Finish Today

I was SOOOoooooooo close to finishing a sewing project that has be around a long time and then last night discovered I was eight inches short of the very necessary trim!

That required me to go online and order some more. 

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So instead, you get to see I crafty project I finished a few weeks ago and finally got hung:

 

Here is the story of my bulletin/chalk board:  I acquired this all wood ironing board a few years ago from a family member without any plans for it; about a year later I saw one made over in an antique shop and planned mine. 

First I removed all of the padding, canvas and a "million" nails, tacks and staples.  Next I lightly sanded it, cut sheets of cork to fit half of the board,  added four coats of chalkboard paint and glued on cork.

I love how it hangs over my sewing machine with a photo of my maternal grandmother (my quilting idol) watching over my every stitch.

Here are the two signs I have next to the board:

 

And even though I have every brand of thread under the sun since I've been sewing for a "hundred" years, my thread storage is rather colorful:

And here is a shot of my little sewing corner in the second bedroom/office:

Romper and Summer Star

Romper

Our granddaughter Alice Matilda will be one year old on Wednesday and I made her a romper called Shortcake by the Cottage Mama using two prints from the Simply Sweet line by Barbara Jone of QuiltSoup for Henry Glass.  It's reversible too:

 

 I can't wait to see it on Alice!

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I finished block three for Summer Star sew along by Temecula Quilt:

Another fun block.

What are you working on this weekend?

Button Bag

Button Bag

My Mom rarely asks for anything, but the other day, she asked if I could replace the bag I made her that she takes to Mass every day.

It must have been at least five years ago when I made the first Button Bag for her.

It is called Button Bag by This & That:

 I used some lovely organic Tilly by Daisy Janie and some buttons my Son & Daughter-in-law gave me a few years ago.  It was a dream to sew with Tilly.  Even though I did not use charm squares, it is a charm friendly pattern.

I gave the bag to Mom yesterday and she just called to tell me she used it this morning and loves it.

Project success!

Needle Keeper Swap

I joined the RATZ (Rapid and Tiny Zakka swap) in May for the key fob and now again in July for the needle keeper.  I had ulterior motives for joining this one - I must have dropped my very favorite needle keeper in the garbage (along with ALL my needles) and need a new one.

I hope this one meets my partner's needs.  

It's rather large for a needle keeper, but she requested a place for her scissors and also a way to keep threaded embroidery needles in her keeper without the thread hanging out the bottom.

The scissors will fit in the little heart print pocket with a Velcro closure.

The embroidery floss wraps around a floss holder which is stitched to the felt while the needle (and many more) can be placed in the felt.

This embroidery is a pattern by Aneela Hoey of Comfortstitching and can be found here. 

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In the last swap, I sent the embroidered Hello Kitty coin purse/key fob and received this cute little bird: