Home Again!

Home again! Jiggety jig! :-)

I generally will not tell you when I am gone, but you will hear about my adventures when I get home. :-)

We packed my friend's SUV~ 

And headed off for a little fun!

There are 2 sewing machines, 1 embroidery machine + embroidery unit, 2 Sew Ezi tables, snacks, toiletries, bolts of interfacing, 2 laptops, and more projects than I can count!  And we had room to spare! LOL

We always do a group project and this time we made Hobo Bags!~

I did not get individual photos of each bag, sorry. 

There was too much excitement! :-)

We used Alice Pineapple Packs, which had 5 Bonus Quarters, from Pineapple Fabrics.

Everyone enjoyed the project and I think all the bags turned out great! I am already using mine~ it brought home the projects I finished at the retreat. :-)

And I did finish 2 quilt tops!

Pix of those will come when the patterns are released. ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

 

Hey Gnomie!

Hi!  I hope you are having a fabulous day!

This week is just flying for me~ yesterday I did not make it here for Wordless Wednesday, but it would have had to been titled 'Weird Wednesday'!

We had thunderstorms in the AM! That is such a rarity for us that hubby and I usually have to look at each other and ask 'was that thunder?' There was no doubt yesterday. LOL Luckily we did not get the lightning and power outages others got as the storm passed us before it built. 

Do you like gnomes?  

I know some do and some don't and I was on the fence until I made these placemats and table runner!  

Aren't they just fun?!

The designs are from Designs by Juju~

table runner

placemats

And guess what?~ they are on sale!! I love a good sale!

What are you working on this week?

I have a 2nd tree skirt going on my embroidery machine and I am cutting out a back pack I hope to put together next week. That is all for today~ have a great rest of your week!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

 

Wordless Wednesday...late

 Hi & welcome back!!

In my last Wordless Wednesday I showed my Slice Box from Pineapple Fabrics.

I made the 'On the Go' tote from the pattern and BQs in the box. :-)

Such a fun and easy sew out!

I make a few changes~

the pattern is for a reversible bag, and since I knew I wouldn't reverse it, I used foam for the outside and SF 101 on the lining. I also changed the strap a little bit~ I am not of fan of turning long straps right side out, so I folded and pressed. ;-)

Well, this wasn't really wordless, but then, it is no longer Wednesday! LOL :-)

Have  fabulous rest of your week!

What are you working on?

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Machine Embroidery~

 Do you have an embroidery machine?  Do you love it? :-)

I do & I do!!!

I had the extreme pleasure of making a sample of the newly released North Pole Village Tree Skirt from Designs By Juju and let me just say~

It was fun!!!! 

Choosing the background fabric, choosing applique fabrics & threads.. all the things I love about machine embroidery!

This was done in a 6 x 10 inch hoop~ 45 hoopings. 

It measures approx 45"  

I used a dark blue fabric with gold specks on it and glitter gold thread for the stars. 

I did keep track of the time each tile scene took, but I haven't added it up yet. ;-) I was not behind my machine constantly as you can tell from my past blog posts~ I was also piecing and quilting. ;-) 

I so enjoyed this project~ I already have a 2nd one started. ;-)

If you machine embroider and would like to make one too, the files come in 3 sizes and the design is on sale now. ;-) ;-) 

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Finishes!

Warning: photo overload ;-) LOL

 

I love it when finishes happen! Don't you? We had a few cooler days and I spent them in my cottage quilting up my Calendar Girls quilt tops~~ 

I quilted Cozy Up with all over butterflies and used a colorful thread and fancy machine stitch for the binding.

 

For Sticks & Stones I also did an all over design; this time it was fanciful flowers and I put orange piping under the binding.
I think both turned out really cute!  I have 3 DGDs and 2 quilts~ what to do, what to do?!!

I also finished making a Batman patch for DGS's denim jacket. ~~

 I found the machine embroidery file on Etsy and changed it to a patch instead of embroidering it directly on the jacket. I hope he loves it! :-)

Ok, back to work for me! :-)  ...or is it play? LOL

 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Reading Pillows?

When I first heard about reading pillows, it reminded me of the big pillows I had when our kids were younger. They loved them! So I knew I wanted to make a few for my grandkiddoes, but I never seemed to have the time.  

Until now! :-)

The Crafter's Edge Unicorn Die was just the 'kick' I needed! 

(Although in full disclosure, a unicorn did not really kick me. :-) )  

 

The embroidered word art is from Designs By Juju

Do you think my DGD will approve? ;-)

I have more to make, so stay tuned!

 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!
 

Wordless Wednesday... almost!

(you know I can't be totally quiet!!) 

It is so fun when happy mail shows up!!!  Yippee!!!

Did you notice when something disappeared in the photos? :-o

You can find out more about the Pineapple Slice box HERE

Make it a gift to yourself~ you deserve it! :-) 

Until next time~

You know where I will be!! :-)