Tis the season...

So I made stockings yesterday. Mikey wanted a new one and he picked out the fabrics for his. I didn't like the one I had so I made one for myself. Jesse said he liked his the way it was. Maggie didn't have one yet. And Jesse's partner is staying with us for a while so I made one for him and one for his son (the one with the flames). It was a small but fun project. =)

Here's something you can do with your Honey Bun

Do you know what a fabric Honey Bun is? It's a moda product, it's a roll of one and a half inch strips of a line of fabric. Here is something you can do with one. I bought one of Christmas fabrics, and I;m making these stockings! They are smaller than they look in this picture, though.

Anybody want to have a craft day?

I was wondering if any of you want to have a craft day to do our Christmas ornaments together like we did last year. I was thinking maybe December 5 (Saturday) or December 18 (Friday). Any volunteers to host or requests for a different day?

Sharon

One more Christmas project done

I did this for Tiff and James. The red fabric is the same fabric I used to make the cross stitch for their wedding. I still have some things to learn and this is far from perfect, but it comes from the heart. The embroidered words say "Always remember the significance of this simple gesture" "Holding each other's hands" (from the piece Eric did at the wedding)

Quilt for baby Chase

Here is a quilt I made for Dylan and Amanda's baby. Earlier, I posted a baby animal quilt I made for them. Well, I'm probably going to sell the baby animal quilt, because I heard that their theme is airplanes, and I found this cool airport fabric. These pictures were taken at show and tell during our latest Buckeye Machine Quilters club meeting.

The front is a pattern called "disappearing nine patch" which is the same pattern I used for Krisha's unicorn quilt. It is a very easy to do pattern that looks great when finished. The back is a panel of a play airport, and I added borders to make it bigger.

My fav of gifts for Roxanna

SO Mom and Sharon saw this one in the making... but I loved it so much I wanted to post it anyway.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

It seems like interest in this blog is declining...I can't believe Kim didn't check out my Harley snugglie...its been 12 freaking hours. It is AWESOME. There, I said it for you. LOL....I am anxious to hear comments.....I must be the only one with nothing to do but look at the blog and craft. HAHAHA. I love you all.

Do you know what a PITA quilt is

This was the biggest PITA project I have ever completed. Do you know what PITA stands for? "Pain In The @$$" It looks pretty good, finally, but please don't look very close!

I bought the pattern for this at a quilt shop in Glenwood Springs when I took the train to Kim's earlier this year - I'm finally getting to the projects I bought on that trip!

Kim, I will always remember my trips to SLC to visit. But I can't wait till you live close enough that we can visit a lot more often! I haven't heard from you for a while. I hope it's just because you're busy.

Harley Snuggley

Candi spent the day here with me, and we went to a craft show. The weather was too nice, and there wasn't a very good turn out at the craft show. Candi got a lot of compliments on her snugglies, though. We went down to my shop after the craft show and did some sewing. Here is the snuggley she made today.

BLOG HOG SNUGGLIE MARATHON

I reached my goal....I finished a dozen...saw a sign for Ellet High School Craft Show this Saturday and called...no booths available...drats...they were only $40 for a 12X12 space, table and two chairs provided. DOUBLE DRATS.

How to use the "SNUGGLE SACK"

Per Sharons advisement, I am showing different views, so you can see how it works...and I used a "newborn" teddy bear, and one approximately 8 months old...obese, and with a gigantrous head, to show you there is room to grow. (if the baby has a head this big, I may have to make a custom size hood) Step one...completely open the outer flaps, and pouch to put baby in. Step two, fold flaps over baby. Step three, pull pouch over entire thing...easy. Maggie kicks out of it when she is awake, but sleeps well in it. It is pretty big for her yet, but functional. It does not fit as tight as it apears on the big teddy, but he is way fat.

For Dylan and Amanda's Baby Boy

I hear the baby's "theme" is going to be airplanes...His name is going to be Chase. I am using up some fabric stash. I am broke because workers comp is fighting me about my most recent reinjury. Recycled blue jean pocket, old shirt, and a set of sheets, and vetoed fabric I bought for the back of David's quilt and changed my mind....don't tell.

Trish and Candi's evening project

This evening while Randy was watching the OSU game, Trish and I decided since it has been so long since we did anything crafty together, we would make the baby girls some snugglies. The dark bright colored one is for Roxanna...we are going to give it to her when she is born. The other one is Maggie's...here she is modeling her's. It has little lady bugs, caterpillers, and bees on it. I absolutely love putting this pattern together....it is alot of fun, and SEW cute!

OSU on the jacket

I finally got the nerve to stitch this on the jackets that I bought for James and Tiff for Christmas. They aren't perfect, but I am still learning.