From quilts in progress to secret projects, I’ve been keeping busy! I gathered fabrics for a bee I will doing in 2015. It’s going to be a color filled quilt. The cats have been keeping us entertained: Dexter hanging out in bags and boxes. Fluffy playing with organza and chiffon. I just fused the girl […]
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Happy New Year! I send you wishes to smile often and easily, play every day, dream out loud and find joy in everything. May 2015 be filled with endless laughter and creativity. ~ smile often and easily ~ love resides in you ~ there is joy in everything ~ ~ accept life as it happens
After the brad was applied, I added a piece of patterned card stock to the back of the door hanger and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. A ribbon hanger was added to the top of each one with another line of stitching across the top. ~ trust your heart ~ believe in
Each door hanger is created similarly to how I make them the fabric ones. I trace the girl pattern pieces onto WonderUnder and fuse it to paper, instead of fabric, to create the girls. I use a Micron pen to outline around the girl. Sticky back ribbon makes her belt and two layers of lace
Last holiday season I made some holiday door hangers with girls from paper and a bit of lace. I received an order to make some with every day (non-holiday) inspirational sayings on them. It was a fun project; over the next few days I’ll post photos of them here. ~ be strong ~ believe in
A small tree on it’s way home via the basket on a gray bike. Bring wishes for a happy holiday! The bar code on the chain guard is probably my favorite part. Merry Bike – Gray (13.5†x 10) Hope you are having a fun and relaxing holiday.
The final quilt in the year of quilts! One side has santa, reindeer and penguins. The other is more muted with kitties, puppies and plaid. I quilted it with ‘merry’ and ornaments. I did so not stitching the words left to right but rather top to bottom. Like writing sideways – I was surprised how
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I tried a new bike pattern. The basket is on the back and it seemed great for holding holiday fun. ‘Merry merry bike’ is quilted into the background. Merry Bike – Yellow (13.5†x 10)
