Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Finished little Baby quilt
I finished this before but didn't include a complete photo. |
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Summer Star (12 1/2 inch star block tutorial)
Today I visited this site called Ladylike Designs and was inspired to sew bright star blocks surrounded by colorful 4 patches |
I'll show you how I sewed my star blocks |
Showing how I assembled the pieces |
These turn out to be 12 1/2 inch square blocks (unfinished). I like how colorful and bright they are. Good for summer! |
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Winter Wonderland Table topper and mini snowman wall hanging CompleteI
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The holly leaves and berries turned out pretty good after a rough start and having to pick a leaf and berries stitches. (I get in a hurry and don't want to practice first.) |
I saw this Christmas tree design on the Ivory Spring blog. She has a lot of good tutorials for free motion quilting. |
Friday, July 19, 2013
More Christmas in July!
I followed the tutorial for the Winter Wonderland Table topper by Sarah Rose Quilts -- from the Christmas in July blog hop hosted by the Crafty Quilter. It was easy to follow and I did this in one evening. Still need to quilt and bind it. I really love this pattern. I used a few pieces of a layer cake called Share the Joy by Deb Strain. You can find the tutorial here: http://sarahrosequilts.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/winter-wonderland-table-topper/ |
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Hooked on Christmas in July!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
CHRISTMAS IN JULY! CHRISTMAS WINDOWS WALL HANGING
I have really enjoyed seeing all the projects from the Christmas in July blog hop and am in the mood to sew some more! I hope you like my Christmas Windows wallhanging tutorial. Update: Check out my recent posts for more projects and another tutorial!
Here are the links to all of the projects that were featured during the Christmas in July blog hop:
- July 12: Amy – Amy Made That!
- July 13: Amanda – The Patchsmith
- July 14; Elaine – Summercrafter
- July 15: Sarah – Sarah Rose Quilts
- July 16: Patricia – Quilting Lines
- July 17: Sheri – Sunshine in the Attic (you are here)
- July 18: Julie – The Crafty Quilter
- July 19: Wrap Up and prizes
Let's Get Started on the Tutorial!
Supplies: 1. A Christmas panel or fabric with a christmas or winter scene.
2. Sill fabric (light color) 1/8 - 1/4 yard (depends on the size of your panel); Cut: 2 inch strips
3. Jamb fabric (dark color) 1/8 - 1/4 yard (depends on the size of your panel); Cut: 2 inch strips
4. Pane border fabric in a contrasting color, 1/8 yard; Cut: 1 inch strips
5. Border fabric 1/4 - 1/3 yard; Cut: 2 inch strips
6. Batting
7. Backing fabric: You need about 1/2 yard bigger than your panel.
8. Binding: 1/3 - 1/2 yards
NOTE: I'm using the terminology sill, jamb, and pane, even though that may not be technically correct.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Finished Scottie Dog Table Runner and Story!
The inspiration for this little quilt. It was made for Katrina who loves Mary Engelbreit.
One day, Katrina got a little black Scottie puppy named Griffen. |
Then she got another blonde pup named Gracie. |
Gracie and Griffen then had puppies, two of which are named Fergus and Buttercup. They are a happy little Scottie Dog family! |
Free motion quilting with domestic machine. Free pattern for the Scottie block can be found here. |
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Painting of the Fentons scene from the movie, "Up"
Last year I painted a picture for a friend from work who was going to have twins. She decorated her babies' room in the theme of the movie, "Up" and the scene I painted was when the little house is being pulled from the ground by the large bouquet of balloons (you can see it if you look at my blog from a year ago). At the time she wanted to commission me to paint the Fentons scene and I started it and worked on it a little here and there but had a LOT of "painter's block". Today was the twins first birthday party so I got up and finished the painting, wrapped it in brown paper and string and took it to the party. Here is the finished painting. |
Monday, July 8, 2013
Baby quilt and Christmas in July
I started this baby girl quilt over a week ago and it's ready to machine quilt. I saw something similar on Pinterest and loved it and still love it! I have been working on a special Christmas in July quilting tutorial. I follow several blogs of quilters who mention that they sometimes get quilts they have made published in magazines or books or they are sponsored by fabric companies and make quilts with certain fabric lines. When Julie Cefalu, The Crafty Quilter asked for volunteers to do a tutorial on a Christmas project, I wanted to try it! Here is the Christmas in July Bloghop schedule:
July 12: Amy - Amy Made That
July 13: Amanda - The Patchsmith
July 14; Elaine - Summercrafter
July 15: Sarah - Sarah Rose Quilts
July 17: Sheri - Sunshine in the Attic
July 18: Julie - The Crafty Quilter
July 19: Wrap Up and prizes
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