Sewing!!!

Hi everyone!

  I spent the weekend at a small retreat with friends and managed to get a lot of things that were weighing on me finished! Yay!

I cannot show you the pattern tests yet, but I can show a few other things...

I got this table runner together. It's from a charm pack that a shop had put together.

I have a red dotted print for the binding.

Oh! My camera did it again and turned the photo on its side!

I need to figure out why the editing program does this sometimes. Sorry.

I also got caught up with my January BOM. Some friends and I are doing this one.

This block is from Quilters Cache and is called Carolyn's Star.  

 

 

I had a FQ pack of Halloween prints that I am using. If you have been following me for any time at all, you know I love stars! ;-)

In my next post I will show you the quilt top I got together. I need hubby home to be my quilt holder. LOL

I hope you all had a sewing weekend too! Tell me what you did and I will stop by your blog for a visit. 

Until next time~

happy Stitchin'!

A Machine Emb. Finish

I finished this last week, but we have had such rainy, gray days that I couldn't take a decent photo! But~ drips are better than flakes!! ;-)

This is an in-the-hoop design from Titania Creations.

My DS1 told me that DGD was having a few 'listening issues' the last time we talked, so I thought this cute little quilt might inspire her. LOL  Each day that she is good, they put a sticker over the number and when she collects all 7 stickers, she gets a little incentive reward.  I am not sure how well it will work, but it will be cute hanging in her room. :-)

 

I put little hanging triangles on the back to slip a dowel into, and also added a little pocket for the stickers.  I hope she likes it! 

This week I am doing a bunch of cutting~ preparing for an upcoming retreat. 

I plan to sew the weekend away! Crossing my fingers I get at least half of what I am taking along finished. ;-) 

I hope you are having a little fun stitching too!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Mama Always Said...

...whatever you do on New Year's Day, you will do the whole year through.... or maybe Grandma said that. LOL ;-)  With that thought running through my head, I tried to do a bit of everything!

Sewing, hand embroidery, machine embroidery, making quilt blocks, cooking... it was an exhausting day! :-)  LOL  What did you do?

I put together these quilt blocks for the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild to use in quilts for the Thomas fire & flood victims.  They are collecting blocks through January, the last I heard.

Hmmm, it looks like I will need to play in my photo program some more~ not sure why it didn't use the whole shot.  But, you get the idea, right? ;-)

I joined the Buttermilk Basin "Spirit of America" sew along and finished the first two blocks.

I am just using scraps from my CW bins.

And I just put the finishing stitches in my first finish for the year~ a Valentine table topper.

The hearts are the machine embroidery I did on NYDay. ;-)  They were free designs I found on-line,  if you would like to know the sites, let me know and I will look them up.

I have a bajillion things I want to make this year, so I'd better get off the computer and busy!

I hope you are having a great new year and keeping warm & happy!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Last Christmas projects~

Ok, so I did make some things and mail them off without taking photos~ I will try to be better at that this year! :-o These are the last of the photos I saved~

My DGS is crazy for Nerf dart games, so I machine embroidered some targets for him~

Designs from Buggalena Designs.

Sorry they are hard to see. We mounted them on dowels and painted little blocks for the dowels to make them stand up. I hope he enjoys them!

I also did keychains~ no pix.

I made this Zip-Up Tray Pouch by Aneela Hoey

for a gift exchange. 

And now I am ready to start my new year sewing!

I have some quilts I want to make, some machine embroidering waiting for me, and

I am also getting back into my hand stitching. So much to do!

I better get busy!

Until next time~

happy stitchin'!!

Blog Hopping~~

Today you can find me at the Henry Glass blog. :-)

A little more of that 'secret sewing' revealed! :-)

More Secret (Christmas) Sewing (Part 2)

For my sewing and quilting friends I wanted to make things for their sewing rooms~

I made a sewing machine cover and matching notebook cover for one friend. 

She love chickens, so I had to embroider that rooster on the one side. LOL The other side has pockets. Sorry no pattern, I just went by her machine measurements~ which I got from another friend who has the same machine. ;-)

I added the band of chickens across the front for a little fun.

This quick and easy pattern can be found HERE

Another sewing friend received a sewing machine mat with pincushion and clip holder. And a notebook too. ;-)  We all plan to keep track of our sewing this year~ we will see how that goes for me! LOL

I totally forgot to take some pix before things went out in the mail! :-o Oopsie!

Since I want to make another of those things, I will just wait and show you when I have one done. ;-)

That is all for today~

It is a blustery, rainy day here~

time for some hand stitching!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Secret Sewing part 1

Hello there!

Did you have a good Christmas? Ours was wonderful!  I even managed to get all but one of my gifts sewn~ and I have a little time on that one as we aren't getting together with our DD until after the new year. ;-)

I am going to divide my Christmas sewing into two posts. The first will be the bagmaking part of my gifts and tomorrow or the next day, I will do the quilting/sewing projects.

I made this bag for my DDIL.  She loves Harry Potter, so it was a no-brainer on my part to find some HP fabric.  

 

I made this over the summer and blogged about it HERE

I am happy to report, she loves it! :-)

I made this set for my Mom~

 

The handbag is smaller than most. The pattern is by Toriska and is called the Sweet Sunday Bag.

There are a number of variations to the pattern. My favorite part is the large outside pockets!

 

 

I also made a wallet to go along with the bag. This pattern is by Uniquely Michelle and is called the Kristine ID wallet. I see more of these in my future! ;-) Sorry~ I didn't take any photos of the wallet other than the one with the bag. Oops!

I also gifted all of these bags~

You can read more about them HERE

That is all for today~

I'll be back soon!

Until then..

Happy Stitchin'!!