How cute are these??
Made from the Skip To My Lou tutorial - with the added stitching and pinked edges to make ruffles.
I stitched all the chips on one folded sheet before cutting them out.
The Dude designed the bag all by himself.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Work in Progress Wednesday - Week 38
This week and especially the last couple of days have been brutal on the sewing front. The Dude was sick - with croup, of all things - which he gave to me in the form of a bad cold. I've been texting and emailing people like mad because I have no voice to talk on the phone, and I'm in the final days of preparing the squadron holiday party. And then my husband came home with a stomach bug.
Thankfully, it will all be over on Friday - at least the holiday party part! And then we can all focus on getting better, and maybe getting some sewing done. The Dude is taking his first sewing class on Saturday - I'm very excited for him!
Hunter's Star, round two - 90 light blue half-blocks, 6/90 dark blue blocks
Quilt-Alongs:
Fat Quarter Stars - two blocks behind
Argyle Quilt Along {Fall-gyle} - top done until I start seam picking
LQS Saturday Sampler - picked up next month's, haven't started it yet
Christmas Sewing:
Grinch panel quilt - niece - top and back are pieced, ready for basting
Rudolph panel quilt - the Dude - started cutting fabric
Star Wall Hanging - finished attaching the borders
Advent Calendar - my only near finish of the week. It just needs borders, thread clipped, minimal quilting and a wash to get rid of the embroidery guidelines.
Untouched This Week:
Awaiting Quilting:
New Projects: 0
Completed Projects: 0
In Progress: 17
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Fifteen Minute Challenge - Week 14
This week was all about the Advent Calendar. And then we started celebrating it with the church dates, but our online Advent calendar doesn't start until Dec. 1, so the Dude is thoroughly confused. So we're going with the Dec. 1 start date and I have a little more time to finish the Calendar.
On the wall with no border to keep Days 21-24 in place, no threads clipped, no quilting, no washing to remove the embroidery guidelines...
Tuesday - embroidered 4 days
Wednesday - embroidered 4 days
Thursday - embroidered 4 days
Friday - embroidered 4 days
Saturday - embroidered 4 days
Sunday - embroidered 4 days
Monday - sewed rows together
Between the holiday and having a bad cold, I didn't do much sewing, so it was easy to leave the machine set up for embroidery all week and just line up new numbers each day. Which didn't bode well for actually getting things done other than the embroidery. Doesn't life know I don't have time for a cold during the holiday season?
Between the holiday and having a bad cold, I didn't do much sewing, so it was easy to leave the machine set up for embroidery all week and just line up new numbers each day. Which didn't bode well for actually getting things done other than the embroidery. Doesn't life know I don't have time for a cold during the holiday season?
Check out how others are managing their time at Life in Pieces.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Design Wall Monday - Week 48
Still Christmas Stars, still so close to being done.
The two side borders are attached now, and I decided I'm just going to bind it with the red instead of adding another border. Which means I should really just get it done instead of playing with....
The directions for step two call for 3.5" string blocks. I planned on just cutting 3.5" blocks because I don't have that many strings and I'm not going to cut some just for this. Then I checked my red scraps.
Uh, okay... They're almost all strings!
So now I'm six blocks in, powering through some stringy scraps and having way too much fun with these little things.
Check out more design walls at Patchwork Times, and more Orca Bay progress at Quiltville!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday Stash Report - Week 48
I accept that I'm not going to come close to zero in the next month. Maybe, maybe, close to -25? But it gives me a goal to beat for next year. That's, um, good?
I didn't quite finish the Advent calendar. It should be done, though unquilted, tomorrow.
I did buy this little stack - my only Black Friday purchases.
A yard of Grand Finale for Swoon borders and candy cane stripe to bind Rudolph and the Grinch. The Rudolph fabric came in the mail - one yard of the white for sashing, three yards of the red for backing and borders. I adore the red. It's going to be a great little quilt.
Used this Week: 0
Used Year to Date: 118.66
Added this Week: 5.75
Added Year to Date: 162.20
Friday, November 25, 2011
Felt Food Friday - Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving!
I used this tutorial, complete with removable drumsticks.
I didn't love the size of the bone compared to the drumstick, so mine ended up a bit funky looking after some trimming.
The Dude has already removed the drumsticks and turned them into...drumsticks.
Next week: potato chips! (Never browse felt food blogs with your son looking over your shoulder.)
I didn't love the size of the bone compared to the drumstick, so mine ended up a bit funky looking after some trimming.
The Dude has already removed the drumsticks and turned them into...drumsticks.
Next week: potato chips! (Never browse felt food blogs with your son looking over your shoulder.)
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Work in Progress Wednesday - Week 37
Lots of little finishes this week. Like...
...a Swoon block.
...90 light blue half-blocks for Hunter's Star, round two - halfway!
Quilt-Alongs:
Fat Quarter Stars - two blocks behind, but I whipped this week's together quickly. I think I was supposed to use my neutral. I'm probably going to take it apart and redo it. It's really bugging me.
Argyle Quilt Along {Fall-gyle} - top done until I start seam picking
LQS Saturday Sampler - need to pick up next month's, and do last month's
Quiltville Orca Bay {Skorca!} - 26/112 QSTs - I'm doing a half-size quilt...though 37x42" might be too small. When it's over and I know the design, I might add a row or two. Also, I'm doing "draw-and-sew-and-cut-and-press-and-draw-and-sew-and-cut-and-press" method, so I'm well over halfway.
Christmas Sewing:
Grinch panel quilt - niece - top done! And the back is pieced, so all I have to do is figure out how to quilt it.
Rudolph panel quilt - the Dude - the fabric arrived yesterday!
Star Wall Hanging - finished piecing the borders
Advent Calendar - made the flying geese units and started machine embroidering them
Untouched This Week:
Awaiting Quilting:
New Projects: 0
Completed Projects: 0
In Progress: 17
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