Upcycled Baby Quilt

 This challenge came from my daughter.

She requested a baby quilt made from thrifted fabric.

I suggested mens dress shirts,

This is what she picked out

 I chose the orange peel quilting pattern

to soften the look.I loved giving these old shirts

new life. Some lucky baby will get to

enjoy this soft eco-friendly upcycle blanket

"Silk Tie" Dyed Egg

 Dye eggs with old silk ties!

Wrap raw egg in a piece of silk tie and secure with a twist-tie or rubberband

Wrap another piece of scrap fabric around that.

Add 1/4 cup vinegar to your water pan and hard boil your egg as usual

I boil for about 15 minutes

Let your egg cool before unwrapping

Kindle Fire

Confession...........

I've been cheating on my sewing machine.

with the Kindle Fire.

 This is the little book I carved out to keep it safe.

You can click here for instructions

I was going to cover the inside with some scrappy paper

but it just seemed to look fine as is.

anyone on the fence about an E-Reader?

this is probably the single most worthwhile piece of electronics

I have ever used.

Widgetworm

I'm just havin' some fun with the latest trends.

Embroidery hoops and buntings are everywhere.

And apparently so are mice, they have been leaving

me unwanted  messages around the house. They will have

to go. But this little guy can stay and hang around
.

In case you wondered?

Widgetworm = small fidgety-wriggly child 

 That is what I am guessing was the thought when

my Dad gave me that nickname. My brothers nickname

was Pattywaxel, and I used to secretly wonder if he had

alot of wax in his ears. Pat + wax = Pattywaxel?

made sense to the 5 year old me.

And this is where Mr. Mouse sleeps when he is not

hanging out with the scissors.

Cozy Quilt

I finished my first Cozy Quilt

I joined a local Cozy Quilts group almost a year ago.

Shortly after my Dad passed away from lung cancer,

I was talking to a friend about the Chemo-Caps

project that my Dad and I had been working on

during his months of Chemotherapy and Radiation.

And how I missed that special connection we had

making and giving those caps away.

She introduced me to Cozy Quilts Ministries, where

groups of ladies get together and make Quilts

for cancer patients. I feel in some small way

that Dad is doing it with me. So if your  looking

for something to do that will warm your own heart

as well as someone elses check out www.cozyquiltministries.org

Re-fashioned Sweater

I bumped into my friend Mira from Our Daily Minutiau

the other day and she had on a great re-fashioned sweater .

She gave me a few tips and inspired me to fix this cashmere

sweater I have been holding onto. Thanks Mira for taking the

scarey out of this for me :)

Yup! it was that simple. I laid out my best fitting sweater

trace, cut, sew!

Blog Design

Its that time of year agian.

I get brave enough to re-do/learn/get-frustrated

with the design part of blogging. NOT my specialty.

I decided to search for some freebies. ShabbyBlogs

is where I landed. They have some wonderful graphics

and thier directions were fairly easy to follow. They also 

recommended Fotoflexer where you can do all sorts of great

 things with your photos!  I may have to do some experimenting.

I-Spy-Swap

UpDate!

This is the fabric I found for  the swap

 

I made it into an I-Spy-Swap! 

Lorelei at Midnight Maker is hosting 2 I-Spy-Swaps

( they are both now full) I thought I missed out

on yet another one, BUT I submited my name anyway

and I made it in as an alternate.

Hooray!

Here is a flickr group of all the fabrics in the Swap. 

Below are a few of my favorites

Lil' House

I was inspired partially by Scandinavian-Stitches

(which I do not own but have drooled over many times,

thanks to the local library and loitering in JoAnn's book section).

And  This  picture I found on Pinterest

 I would love to make a whole passel of these for

Christmas next year. Stitch my peoples names

over the door? Would be cute hangin' on the tree?