Time to Quilt the Mead Notebooks.....

Brand new Mead Composition Notebooks are irresistible don't you think? So why not quilt covers for them?

I’ve been meaning to do that since a friend showed me an applique pattern she purchased making them out of blunt cut wool and hand blanket stitching.

I improvised and made a pattern traced onto a paper bag and printed labels on Printed Treasures fabric sheets, then machine quilted them.

Why are those Printed Treasure sheets so expensive now? Has anyone tried just running fabric through their printer ironed on to freezer paper? I keep thinking there is a chemical setting process after printing that I just don't want to deal with. Maybe they will set with a hot iron but that's a project for another day.

On to Iphone covers....I am so behind in my gift making this year.....

Two Quillows

Inspired by a pattern in the book Tis the Season, Quilts and Other comforts by Jeanne Large and Shelley Wicks, I made these two quillows to give as a gift for newlyweds with at passion for traveling. I thought they would be great to throw in the trunk of the car. After finishing them I must admit I prefer the original Christmas pattern and now have a hankering to make that as well.

Okay So I Made 9 of Them ....

But I've already given three away. Why resist making them? So festive don't you think? Thanks Stacy for posting your tutorial...


http://craftystaci.com/2010/11/08/fabric-cornucopia/

Presents for my favorite Nieces

And soon to be great-niece or nephew

I'm Back

I must say after the death of a favorite Aunt I pulled back from creating anything... I guess I was going through one of those, "What's it all about Alfie" phases, but with "A Little Help From my Friends" I'm back. A coworker in another life had worked in a Quilt Shop back in the 70's. She cleaned out her basement this summer and asked if I wanted a bag of strips. Wow, being the closet fabric snivel presser that I am, I said sure. I spent hours untangling through them, categorizing by color, pressing and hanging them. Great Therapy!! So as you can see it's back to Jane and back to sewing, thank you very much.

My Best Mother’s Day Gift to Myself….

I finished all eight photo memory books for my cousins and sister; they are in the mail!!!… Hip Hip Hooray. I scanned all the important family photos belonging to my Aunt, wrote up all of our conversations about the family history, quilted the covers and wrote the eulogy that I would have like to have given in church to include as the narrative. Note to anyone who is old school, and not a fan of the large 4 “X 6” photos from places like Snapfish. I used photo shop to make each 4x6 photo more of a collage of several photographs, then I took a color from the group to act as the background. It worked like a charm, brilliant. On to my next project….

Almost Back in the Game

It’s always a quick fix to make a few doll outfits to get the feel of accomplishment on the way to my goal of making 100 dresses, but here are some of the Top Ten Reasons for not spending much time in the sewing room lately....

4. Just found the show, Hoarding Buried Alive and have been making several runs to the Good Will, and have organized every closet and dresser drawer.

3. Just found the show Hoarding Buried Alive and have decided to embrace change…the Piano’s going and so are all the outdated valances and chair covers…oh and did I also put on the to do list slip covers for the family room and a new look for the living room…. So I’ve been out furniture shopping…

2. Making seven photo memory books for all the nieces and nephews in honor of my Aunt’s life

1. Lovin my new Kindle