There is a Monster in My House!

I believe it is an alien! LOL

 I used my Crafter's Edge Alien Space Die set to make this cute little reading pillow for my DGD.

She loves to read and be read stories. The last time she visited, she noticed I had a pillow behind my back when I sat down and she 'needed' one too.  I thought this cute little alien would fit perfectly since she loves pretending there are "mon-sirs" in the house. (She hasn't quite mastered the 'st' sound yet ;-) )

I made all the 'legs' the arms and the antenna 3-D using a fusible product to secure my fabric pieces together before cutting.  

I took in a little excess at the corners so they didn't poke out~

I am not a big fan of pointed corners and sewing the corners this way really helps.

I can hardly wait until my DGD's next visit to see her reaction to my monster. :-)

 

I just got home from a retreat and got so much done! Unfortunately most of the things I finished are Christmas gifts~ so no pix yet.  Christmas is in the air here and I am sewing like mad!! :-)

 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Quilting!!

The weather cooperated, the stars aligned~ I am not sure what happened! 

BUT I was able to spend the weekend quilting up a few small tops for a friend. 

My friend (no blog) has a friend who is a Chaplain to a firefighting unit and he is a member of the Federation of Fire Chaplains.  The federation will be meeting in TX this fall and will have a silent auction fundraiser as one of their activities. So my friend decided to donate some of her tops and I donated the quilting.

I think we make a pretty good team. What do you think? :-)

   I used some pantographs to do the quilting. I really prefer pantos over rulers as I am just too left handed to properly control my machine and the ruler. LOL

Today I finished up a few pattern tests and other things on my cutting counter, so now it is time to dig into a new project! :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!