Is It Too Early...?

...to sew for Christmas? :-)

I think not!! I have a few gifts finished up (sorry no peeks until they are received and opened), and I made something for me!

Last year I decided I needed to decorate my kitchen with all things Gingerbread Man this year. So to that end I made a little wall hanging~

 Sorry for the poor lighting~ it is raining! And we need it so badly that I am not even going to try to edit the pix! ;-)

I was thinking about pulling a pan of gingerbread men out of the oven before decorating when I made this. I used the Crafter's Edge Gingerbread Person Die.  I fused heat & Bond Lite to the back of my fabric and then cut out 2 men at a time. It went really fast~ so fast in fact, that I have a few extra's to give away.  I have 3 with the fusible on the back ready to go. They would be cute on an apron, hotpad, whatever you can think of! Would you like them? Just comment below and I will draw a name from all comments to receive them. :) 

I love the Churn Dash block so much that I had to make a big one as a border. :-)

It is all quilted and ready for hanging.

I have a few more gingerbread projects up my sleeve~ I hope to finish them all before December! :-)

Thank you for visiting, until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Happy September!!

Hello friends!

August was such a busy month for us with a retreat for me,

 and then DH was ready for a camping trip.  :-)

I am glad it is September as it means a little bit of a slow down for me. I am basically a homebody and love to stay home and sew and quilt and create.  :-) It is all fun, right?

I wanted to show you two of the projects we did as a group at my August retreat. 

First we all made the Andalusian Pouch. 

This is a pattern by Sara @Sew Sweetness. It is one of the Minikins Series~ #3.

What makes it really special is that it has wire frames that hold the bag open, and when closed it kind of reminds me of a men's toiletry bag. My friends made them in all fabrics and colors and they all did such a nice job! We had orange lobsters, 30's print, Harry Potter, cats, the Mandalorian and  Maleficent all represented. LOL

One of the ladies in our group has a GO! machine and a Tumbler Die and she cut everyone a flag quilt kit.

They went together so fast with the corner trimmed off for us. :-) 

Mine is in the center with the star field in the upper left. I plan to hang it this way when quilted.

Some of the ladies left off the stars and plan to machine embroider them in at home.

I did make a few other projects, but they are secret sewing so will have to wait.

I hope you have a lovely autumn! Any plans?

Have you started Christmas sewing?  While I made a couple things at retreat, I also have a few things I want to get busy on soon...and not wait until December 23rd! LOL

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!