21 June 2012
26 May 2012
Another 241 Tote...
On a whim trip to Hancock Fabrics today I found some fun chevrons in a nice decor weight/duck-like fabric. Plus there was red with dots to coordinate. I heart polka dots a whole lot!
Got home and had about an hour in which I got the outside cut out and all put together. Then I finished it up this evening.
I had enough of the blue cordoroy left over to do the outsides of the pockets. The inside is a tiny black and white check (same as the loops for the strap)
The hardware for the strap and the strap itself came from an old garament bag I found at Goodwill for $2! Score!
This will be a gift for a friend who I've been promising I'd make a bag far too long ago. Still have to make at least one more for that silent auction. A project for Sunday, when it's suppose to rain!
Pattern: 241 Tote from www.noodle-head.com
Got home and had about an hour in which I got the outside cut out and all put together. Then I finished it up this evening.
I had enough of the blue cordoroy left over to do the outsides of the pockets. The inside is a tiny black and white check (same as the loops for the strap)
The hardware for the strap and the strap itself came from an old garament bag I found at Goodwill for $2! Score!
This will be a gift for a friend who I've been promising I'd make a bag far too long ago. Still have to make at least one more for that silent auction. A project for Sunday, when it's suppose to rain!
Pattern: 241 Tote from www.noodle-head.com
24 May 2012
Tick, Tock. It's 3 o'clock. In the morning.
Tick Tock, it's 3 o'clock. In the morning. Guess who was still up sewing?
This girl! I haven't had a late night sewing marathon in ages. It was awesome!
On Tuesday I noticed my LQS posted pictures on Facebook of some Melody Miller's Ruby Star Rising fabric she picked up at Spring Quilt Market. The gift certificate I received for Mother's Day was burning a hole in my pocket as soon as I saw that! It's a fabric line I've drooled over a long time, but never justified buying any. The gift certificate was like a permission slip to indulge!
Paired with some fabric I left over from some other projects and Anna at www.noodle-head.com's 421 Tote Pattern , this is what I came up with:
I mixed it up a bit, adding just one zipper on the front since it played nice on an angle next to the clock.
Instead of a regular pocket for the inside that the pattern called for, I added a zipper pocket to keep my stuff more secure.
On the front zipper I added a fun zipper pull. Using a washer, a metal die alphabet set, and a hammer I added the word "JOY" to the washer. I drew over the letters with a Sharpie marker and then rubbed off the excess, leaving the black settled into the letters to make the word stand out a bit more.
It's a great pattern - easy to follow and a fun design! I plan on making more of these totes... next one up will be for the camp that we used to work for. They are having a silent auction this summer and I was asked to make something for it. One of these would be a fun addition!
Now to gear up for a sleepy day ahead.... I'll probably be asleep on the couch before 7pm tonight!
This girl! I haven't had a late night sewing marathon in ages. It was awesome!
On Tuesday I noticed my LQS posted pictures on Facebook of some Melody Miller's Ruby Star Rising fabric she picked up at Spring Quilt Market. The gift certificate I received for Mother's Day was burning a hole in my pocket as soon as I saw that! It's a fabric line I've drooled over a long time, but never justified buying any. The gift certificate was like a permission slip to indulge!
Paired with some fabric I left over from some other projects and Anna at www.noodle-head.com's 421 Tote Pattern , this is what I came up with:
I mixed it up a bit, adding just one zipper on the front since it played nice on an angle next to the clock.
Instead of a regular pocket for the inside that the pattern called for, I added a zipper pocket to keep my stuff more secure.
On the front zipper I added a fun zipper pull. Using a washer, a metal die alphabet set, and a hammer I added the word "JOY" to the washer. I drew over the letters with a Sharpie marker and then rubbed off the excess, leaving the black settled into the letters to make the word stand out a bit more.
It's a great pattern - easy to follow and a fun design! I plan on making more of these totes... next one up will be for the camp that we used to work for. They are having a silent auction this summer and I was asked to make something for it. One of these would be a fun addition!
Now to gear up for a sleepy day ahead.... I'll probably be asleep on the couch before 7pm tonight!
11 May 2012
Happy Birthday/Retirement/Mother's Day Mom!
Life has not been conducive to sewing lately.
Hence the lack of being around on here.
But I have something to show again! A few weeks ago I went a couple of quilt shops in town with friends. I saw a jelly roll that screamed "Mom" - Basic Grey's Origins by Moda.
It was Monday Her birthday was that Wednesday and her last day of work before she retired was Thursday. Sounds like a quilt for to laze her days away under while she watches soaps on the couch would be in order! (Yeah right, she's never home!) The jelly roll and some nice, warm cozy minky for the back followed me home.
I brought it home and started sewing it up right away that afternoon. It was done lickity split - with a late night I figured I would have it done for her birthday! I started doing free motion quilting on it and my nightmare began. I was doing some loops and it all started out good. Then my thread started breaking. I'd get everything re-threaded, go a bit more and it would break again. I put a new needle in, I made a new bobbin, and messed with tension. All that stuff and it made no difference. The thread kept breaking over and over and over. It was a new type of thread I was using and it seemed to be the issue. While I was close to half way done, it would take me forever to finish at this rate. Guess she wouldn't be getting it for her birthday... another "raincheck" as a present.
Spent a bunch of time frogging those loops out. And there it sat.
Finally got some time this week to quilt it in straight lines, with new thread - wasn't taking any chances with any sort of loop!
Here's the finished product...
Done just in time for Mother's Day! Happy Birthday/Retirement/Mom's Day Mom! I love you!
20 April 2012
Granny Squares!
Hand quilting? CHECK
Binding? CHECK
Washed? CHECK
Crinkly Goodness? CHECK
Function? CHECK - I napped under it for a couple of hours and it worked splendidly!
A feeble attempt at an inside shot from when the days were all dreary. The sun was a welcomed visitor today!
Binding? CHECK
Washed? CHECK
Crinkly Goodness? CHECK
Function? CHECK - I napped under it for a couple of hours and it worked splendidly!
My Granny Square Quilt is complete! And passes inspection!
And the sun was nice enough to come out after days of rainy, grey weather.
And the sun was nice enough to come out after days of rainy, grey weather.
Look at that handsome boy! (Thanks for being my official quilt-holder-upper!)
A feeble attempt at an inside shot from when the days were all dreary. The sun was a welcomed visitor today!
15 April 2012
30 March 2012
Lucky Week
It must be my lucky week...
On Monday I got a phone call from the owner of my favorite local quilt shop, Hannah Johnson Fabrics. She was calling to let me know I had won first prize in a drawing the held over the weekend. I'm now the proud winner of a $50 gift certificate... it's burning a hole in my pocket already!
Then yesterday a messaged popped up in my inbox from Rachel at Stitched in Color. She had hosted the Festival of Scrappiness for anyone who had completed a quilt top in 2012 that used at least 60% of scraps. (By the way, be sure to check out that link and see all the amazingness that scraps can produce! Wow!) Since I had made two quilt tops in 2012 using up a bunch of scraps, I thought I'd add mine to the mix. She had a drawing for all those that had entered and she sent me an email that I had won an Amy Butler 12 pack of Lark fat quarters from Tammy at Marmalade Fabrics! Thank you so much!
I'm on a roll!
Now the joke is I should go buy a Mega Million Lottery ticket since it's up to 500-some million dollars. I never ever play the lottery, but I may have to buy one today - as someone said, third time's the charm!
Haven't had much time behind the sewing machine this week... was busy at work and at home, plus really, really tired in the evenings. Like falling asleep on the couch at 7:30pm tired.
On Sunday I had some crafty time though and made these Tie-Dyed Mickey Mouse shirts. I've made them before and family friend was heading off to WDW. Wanted to do something special for them so I got out the dye and made these up.
(The little one is for my niece for when we take her on her first WDW experience on a big family trip next January. The one on the far right is for a friend who thought her son would get a kick out of them.)
All it takes is some waxed dental floss, a needle, a t-shirt, some rubber bands and some tie dye (I got mine online Dharma Trading Company - it's amazing dye! The color is so bright and intense. Plus it lasts. Way better than the stuff you can get at Michael's and not even in the same league as RIT dye.)
If you're wondering how to do it, here are some directions. It's messy, but a fun result! I love me some Mickey Mouse!
On Monday I got a phone call from the owner of my favorite local quilt shop, Hannah Johnson Fabrics. She was calling to let me know I had won first prize in a drawing the held over the weekend. I'm now the proud winner of a $50 gift certificate... it's burning a hole in my pocket already!
Then yesterday a messaged popped up in my inbox from Rachel at Stitched in Color. She had hosted the Festival of Scrappiness for anyone who had completed a quilt top in 2012 that used at least 60% of scraps. (By the way, be sure to check out that link and see all the amazingness that scraps can produce! Wow!) Since I had made two quilt tops in 2012 using up a bunch of scraps, I thought I'd add mine to the mix. She had a drawing for all those that had entered and she sent me an email that I had won an Amy Butler 12 pack of Lark fat quarters from Tammy at Marmalade Fabrics! Thank you so much!
I'm on a roll!
Now the joke is I should go buy a Mega Million Lottery ticket since it's up to 500-some million dollars. I never ever play the lottery, but I may have to buy one today - as someone said, third time's the charm!
Haven't had much time behind the sewing machine this week... was busy at work and at home, plus really, really tired in the evenings. Like falling asleep on the couch at 7:30pm tired.
On Sunday I had some crafty time though and made these Tie-Dyed Mickey Mouse shirts. I've made them before and family friend was heading off to WDW. Wanted to do something special for them so I got out the dye and made these up.
(The little one is for my niece for when we take her on her first WDW experience on a big family trip next January. The one on the far right is for a friend who thought her son would get a kick out of them.)
All it takes is some waxed dental floss, a needle, a t-shirt, some rubber bands and some tie dye (I got mine online Dharma Trading Company - it's amazing dye! The color is so bright and intense. Plus it lasts. Way better than the stuff you can get at Michael's and not even in the same league as RIT dye.)
If you're wondering how to do it, here are some directions. It's messy, but a fun result! I love me some Mickey Mouse!
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