Wallhanging

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great holiday season. This is the last of my christmas stuff for this year. I thought this snowman was soo cute. It's a panel by Moda. They do such cute things. I just finished putting the binding on yesterday, so it was a little late. But it can hang all winter . Doesn't look to Christmasy. I hope you all have a great 2008.

Christmas Quilt

This quilt was done with the Holly Jolly chame pack and Jelly Roll from Moda. The colors aren't the traditional red and green, but they are fun. It was made to give a punch of color to an off white bed coverlet.

Pillow

This is a pillow I made for my son and his girlfriend. The snowflakes on the sides are made with their names. It's a very unigue looking snowflake and unless you really look at it, you don't even realize it is a name.

Sleigh Ride

This is a wallhanging I finished. It is done with an embroidery machine. Each of the squares is embroidered then put together like a windowpane. The sashing is then added, then it was quilted and bound. It takes a lot of time, but the end product is well worth the time. The design is from anita-design. Her designs are great.

Christmas tablerunner

This is the tablerunner I made for my dining room table for Christmas. I bake,decorate, and sell sugar cookies year round so I thought these snowmen were perfect for my table. This pattern is so easy to do.

TP Pumpkin

Thought you might be able to use this idea for yourselves. It is just an orange fq, green fq for the stem, and a roll of toilet paper. Put the tp in the center of the orange fq, pull the 4 corners up and stuff into the paper core. Arrange the folds to your liking, but be sure the ends are still in the core securely. Roll the green fq into a roll, insert in center, arrange to your liking. These are fun to do, and very quick. They are a cute decoration for your bath.

Change purses

These are some change purses I made with the Anita Goodesign embroidery cdrom. They are completely made in the hoop. The part that takes the longest is cutting the different fabrics. They are really easy and fun to do.

New baby quilt

This is a baby quilt I just finished for my niece's new baby. It's a little late, but it will get to him by the time he is a month old. Better late, than never. He was born a little early, so I can use that as an excuse.

Fall wallhanging

This is a pic of the fall wallhanging I just finished. The fabric is from the Deb Strain line 'Harvest Bouquet' for Moda. I love sunflowers and these colors are so pretty. Some of my favorite colors are the 'fall' ones.

Fall wallhanging

This is a fall wallhanging I just completed.It was also made with the munchies quilt pattern. The fabrics are from the fall back in time line by MOda.
I used redwork pumpkins and fall leaves for the quilting on it. They are from www.emblibrary.com. It was very easy to do. I love the colors in this line of fabric.

Quilt Pink quilttop

This is a picture of a quilt I am doing for the quilt pink program. All of the quilts donated will be auctioned off at the beginning of next year on Ebay. All proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen fund. The pattern I used for the quilt is called Munchies by Karen Montgomery of Quilt COmpany in Allison Park,PA. I used the charm pack and a jelly roll by Moda for the Pink squares. I have ribbons that will be embroidered on each white square. They were digitized for me by Gina Reddin of 'Splinters and Threads'.com. When it is quilted I will put up a pic of the completed quilt.

Travel cases

Here are a couple travel cases I made today.

New purse

This is a purse I finished this weekend. It is te towne purse by Lazy girl. I love these patterns because they go together so easily. And they look very good, inside and out. If you have never tried a Lazy girl pattern, you should.

I like to put unique zippers in my purses. I got 2 separating zippers, one red, one yellow. Took a part of each of them, and combined them for a 2 color zipper. I think it adds that extra something that you won't find in ready made.

Cakes and cupcakes

Here are cupcakes and a cake I did for my sisters husband.

Sanctuary quilt

This is a quilt I did to add a splash of color to a beige coverlet on my bed. It's made with the sanctuary fabric line from Moda. It's very summery looking. Reminds me of a beachhouse quilt.

4th of July cupcakes

This is a pic of some cupcakes I did for the 4th of July. I thought they turned out cute.

Yo-Yo flag

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Here is a flag I made with the new clover yo-yo maker. It was alot of fun to do and really easy. These are great little gadgets for anyone thinking of getting one. They are also a good way to teach a child a little about sewing that doesn't take alot of time. Good for short attention spans. I don't know why the pic didn't turn out very well. I tried it on a white background and a brown one. Neither of them were great.

Water melon table runner and placemats

I finally finished the watermelon table runner and placemats that I started way back in April. The table runner and 4 placemats turned out cute, if I must say so myself.

drink koozies

Hi, these are some water bottle koozies I did for some friends at a local quilt shop. It was shop-hop and the theme was camping. So, Camp WannaQuilt was founded.
We had a lot of fun with the idea.

Passport tote

This is a little purse that would be perfect for carrying a passport, cc, and a little mad money while on vacation. You could also use it to carry your cell phone

Backpack

This is a backpack I did this week. It is a little different from the pattern, but it's still pretty much the same as they did it. It looks small, but there is alot of room inside. It has a nice big pocket inside and outside. I put the cell phone pocket on the outside. (it was supposed to be inside). I love Cindy Taylor Oates patterns. She makes them very easy to follow.

Purse

This is a new purse I made. It's called a 3 pocket purse. You would never think you could get such a versatile little purse from an 18 square in piece of quilted fabric. They are really cute and so easy.

Bradyn's quilt

This is a quilt I made for my great-nephew's 2nd birthday. It was a very easy quilt to make. Just the center panel, and 4 borders.

Shower cookies

I made these baby themed cookies for my new great-niece's baby shower. They were fun to decorate. Her name will be Riley Grace, and mommy, daddy, and big brother, Noah, can't wait to meet her.

New totebag

This is a new totebag I just finished. The landscape fabric needed some embroidery added, and I think the giraffe and fish were perfect. Have you ever gotten that email where the giraffe comes up from the bottom? I think this giraffe looks just like him. Silly and all.

Baby quilt

This is a baby quilt I did for my nephew who is expecting a baby in July. The panel is so cute. I love that giraffe.

Watermelon tablerunner

This is a tablerunner I made for the summer months. It was fun to make, and very easy. I will also be making matching placemats.

Very sad day

Yesterday was a very sad day at our house. We had to have my mom's dog put to sleep. He was 18 years old. Very old in dog years. We're all going to miss him, but we know he is in a better place. He is laying across my husbands soccer bag in this picture.

We love you Buffy, and will always miss you.

Easter cupcakes

These are the cupcakes I made for Easter. They will be given as a thank you to my family and friends I share Easter with. They were fun to make. It seems that cupcakes are the 'in' cake this year. The new book from Wilton has such cute ideas. I'm going to be making lots of these.

Retro apron

This is a apron for work that I embroidered a retro chef on. We have an Italian restaurant, so I thought she was perfect for it. The design came from www.retroboulevard.com. The owner of this website is a great designer. Her designs are all really cute.

Baby quilt and tote

This is a quilt and tote bag I did for my niece who is expecting her first baby in April. It's very cute and easy.

This my latest totebag. I just loved this fabric the first time I saw it. It screams Springtime. It is a double-sided quilted fabric. The other side is a green dot. I didn't use a pattern, just made it up as I went.

50 th birthday cake

I finally finished my husbands cake and cookies for his party tomorrow. I guess it turned out ok. Not exactly as I planned, but it's good enough.

The cookies are going to be a favor for everyone that comes.

Pillowcases

Have you ever wanted to make a pillowcase, but weren't sure of the measurements.?? I recently needed to make a travel size pillow, but couldn't find measurements anywhere, so I guessed. Lucky my guess was right.

You need 16x30 rectangle of the body of the pillowcase fabric.
9x30 rectangle for the heading.

I use piping on my pillowcase where the head and the body are sewn together.

To make a standard size pillowcase, you will need :
27'x42' for the body.
9'x42' for the heading .
42' of piping.

Queen and King size pillowcases:

36'x 42 for the body
9'x42 for the heading.
42' of piping.

If you would rather use a piece of fabric instead of piping, this would be cut at 2 1/2' x 42. Folded in half, and sewn the same as the piping would be.

These are great fun to make, and so easy..

Cake for my son's birthday

This is another one of my hobbies. Cake/cookie decorating. I prefer cookies, but I do cakes once in a while.

He is a Pittsburgh Penguin fan, so I decided to put the penguin on the cake. A very amateur drawing, but

I still like it. And he liked it.

I will be working on one for my husbands 50 th birthday coming up in March. This should be a fun one.

Munchie Quilt

This is a quilt top I recently finished. I still haven't decided how to finish it, but I have a few ideas. I have another quilt on my quilt frame currently, so I have a while to think about this one. I thought this one would be perfect for a game room. Just couldn't resist the munchie fabric. It's alot of fun.

Feb. 26, 2007

Hi,

This is my first post on my new blog. I've never done this before, so if I mess up, you will have to forgive me.
My hobbies are what will be included in the blog. I love quilting, machine embroidery, sewing of any kind, reading, ........ I think you get the idea.