A Little Fun~

Happy Fall y'all!!!

This past summer I saw a few tutorials on how to make a girls dress out of a man's shirt.  I liked the concept, but since my dear little GD lives quite far from us, I wasn't sure if I could pull it off.

So I bought a pattern and loosely cut my pieces like the pattern pieces. ;-)

My man's shirt went from this~

 To this~

I sewed the placket closed, but left the buttons.

I think it will be really cute with a long sleeved knit shirt under it and can hardly wait

for my DGD to receive it in the mail so I can get a pic! LOL

I hope you've been having a little fun sewing too!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Secret Sewing....

I can share another secret little project with y'all today. :-)

We have a great little group of quilters on the HGTV message board.

(I know I've mentioned that before.)  When one of us gets bad news, 

everyone always wants to jump in and help~ and what do quilter's do best?

Make quilts! :-)

One of the members received some challenging health news this year, so we rallied.

I asked for bright, batik star blocks in either 6, 9 or 12 inches and

received a great bunch of blocks.  I assembled the top~

 

...quilted it and sent it on its way!  :-)

The recipient received it last week, so it is no longer a secret.

 

 

It is a quilt of love!

 

I hope you are having a great week!

I'll be back with my next little sewing project soon~

 

Happy stitchin'!!

Sewing Along?

Is anyone sewing along with Temecula Quilt Company's Little Letters sew along?

They post the letters twice a week on their blog.

I got caught up today~

They are quick and easy. :-)

What are you working on?

Happy stitchin'!

Little Tricks~

 

 

 

Today I am guest posting about this pocket at Clover & Violet.

Stop over and say hi! :-)

A Little Therapy~ ;-)

Do you have a Tuesday Morning store near you?

When I visit my Mom, we always go to Tuesday Morning~ hers has a wonderful little sewing section with notions, books etc. all at greatly reduced prices. ;-)

I have one locally, but whoever orders for it must not be into sewing/quilting because it rarely has any 'good' finds. ---  Today I was lucky! :-)

I found yard pieces of Riley Blake fabrics!

Look at those cute hexagons!  And I love the little flowers on the selvages.

Granted, it is a 2013 fabric~ but I have a plan. ;-)

And the price was right! 

I couldn't resist a few more pieces...

Little houses! Fun!

I hope you are having a bit of fun too!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

A New BOM~

Yes, I do seem to be hooked on BOM's. LOL ;-)

 But, it is a way to keep me focused and not lose interest mid way.

And it is so fun to see what others are doing with the same pattern.

I love the inspiration!

Jacquelynne at the Art of Home is starting a new BOM in October~

 You can find all the info HERE

I have always admired Jacquelynne's artwork and projects

 and I am jumping in to this BOM with both feet!

Want to join me? :-)

Winter Solstice... or Whoops!

I've joined Sweet P in a Winter Sostice quilt along~

Last month we did the barns. And I thought this month was

houses and trees... whoops!

It was supposed to be houses and stars! :-o

 

I guess I am a little behind and a little ahead! LOL

I didn't even get all the trees finished up because they are a lot of work!

Digging through scraps, pressing, cutting, sewing,  repeat!

Here is my progress~

I cut the house as one shape, and appliqued wool doors.  I liked the look better than trying to match up plaids. ;-)

Now I need to step it up for September as she thinks I will get the whole top together!? :-o

Gulp!! 

;-)  LOL Time will tell.

I hope you are doing some fun sewing too!

'bye for now!