Saturday, September 29, 2012

Busy, Busy Week Here!!

Soooo busy here!  My younger son, Anthony, and the love of his life, Leah, get married next weekend!  Smile

This past week, I made three different dresses before finding one I liked enough to wear to their wedding. 

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This is the vintage Vogue pattern I used.  The dress is all black linen except for one sleeve and half of the bodice…which is red linen.

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My son, Anthony, is an architect and has an artist mind…therefore, the wedding is a black and white wedding… with a tiny touch of red!

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The girls are wearing black satin dresses and the guys are wearing  black suits, white shirts black ties and red plaid socks!

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And Anthony is very much a modern minimalist kind of guy.  So figuring out what quilt to make them for their wedding was reallllly difficult for me!!

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I was VERRRRY worried that they would not like whatever I made.

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But, they did like it!!  Smile

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YAY!  I am soooo relieved!!

Leah posted this photo she took later that night on Facebook!

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And they texted me this photo when they got back to their apartment!  Smile

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Soooo, what are you up to???

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

I Love “Speck” a bushel and a peck!!

I finished this month’s Schnibble… actually a “Little Bite”…  Carrie’s new collection of patterns for Moda’s newest precut- the tiny 2 1/4” mini-charm packs.

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I made mine from Sandy Gervais’ “Monster Bash collection. 

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Super quick and easy little quilt to  make!!

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I‘ve needed a little table quilt for Halloween, so it is perfect!!

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And because I might want to use it on the reverse side sometime, I did not put on a label.

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And now I can’t wait to start on Hubble for the October Schnibble… but as my younger son is getting married in two weeks, it will have to wait until after October 6th!

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This week, I gotta get my dress for the wedding made…

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Soooo, what are you working on this fine autumn weekend??

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

A Twofer and a Nametag

We normally have our local guild meetings every second Thursday evening of each month during the school year from September through June, as we meet in a nearby elementary school cafeteria.

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However, sometimes we have to move the date due to something going on at the school … like this month!  Our first meeting is this Thursday…and it just dawned on me that I had not done anything with our summer challenge fat quarter!  Sad smile

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At the same time, I received an invite to a dear friend’s daughter’s house warming…sooooo, this little project turned out to be a “Twofer”.  I love Twofers, don’t you??

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I used some batik charm squares along with the purple batik fat quarter given for the summer challenge, to make a table runner that I can show at the guild meeting in two days…

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and then it will be a gift, along with a matching candleholder and autumn candle, for the housewarming gift!!  YAY!!  A Twofer!!  Smile

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Then, after making the table runner yesterday and going out this morning to find the candle holder and candle, I got home to remember that I wanted to make a new guild name tag.  The one I had was made in 2000 and is beyond grody!!!  Yucko!!  Time for a new one!!!  So, I spent this afternoon making a new one!!

I saw this one on Pinterest and thought it was so cute!

(http://megsmonkeybeans.blogspot.com/2012/02/petite-piecing.html)  So that gave me the idea to make my nametag with a sewing machine on it!

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I snagged this logo off the Bernina newsletter to use as my inspiration!!

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I used graph paper to  plan out my little sewing machine block.

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Then went through my stash scraps to find the perfect fabrics in fun colors.

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I knew I wanted to attach it to this cute sewing themed pin, which would make it easy to put on!

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It was really fun to create…and not a hard as I thought it would be with such tiny pieces.

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I am pleased with how it turned out and will be ready on Thursday now for our guild meeting!!

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Sooooo, whatcha working on???

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Sewing Seeds of Love

I saw this quilt kit in the new Hancocks-Paducah catalog and fell in love with it!!

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I must admit, however, that I also looked for the kit online at www.quiltshops.com

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and found it cheaper!! 

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I love the online shop I bought it from- Ft. Worth Fabric Studio!!

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Their prices are good and their service is amazing!!  So fast!!

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You can see how interested Yogi was during the cutting part… sigh… wish I could sleep so well!!

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The pattern is a free one from Quilting Treasures.  Get it HERE!

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I did change a few things, though!

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I thought it was weird that it had the look of a sampler design but two symmetrical blocks were the same and the other two symmetrical blocks were different… 

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soooo… I made all 4 blocks different.

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The next thing I changed was removing the red flange type mini border

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and I changed the brown border to blue…

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and added green corner stones!!

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So, I am really pleased how it turned out!!

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And I think now that it’s done and he can sit and lie on it, Yogi is liking it now, too!!

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I quilted it all over with free motion leaves.

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I love the backing fabric!!

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Red cherry tomato pin cushions!!

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How fun, huh???

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So, what are you sewing on this weekend?

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