Give-Away-Day

Its give-away-day over at SewMamaSew.com and I'm headed there right now. Lots of blogs to see and fun prizes to win.

Walking Sticks

One of the latest projects at Pre-School. Walking sticks! The wee ones painted these beautiful driftwood sticks today and I would love to just put them all in a short wooden barrell and keep them :)

Red Obsession

I'm slightly obsessed with red. and birds.

Fessing up

I was cleaning my room today and un-earthed this quilt. I made this for my Mr. Incredible a few years ago. For some reason I am not super fond of how it turned out, have you ever made something and just thought (from a design point of view) what was I thinking? Anyways my hubby loves it and likes to use it -when its not buried- in the mess I call my room. I figured it was probably time to fess up and take a picture and claim ownership. Yes Mom, my room is still a mess, but you probably already knew that.

Flying.Family.Florida.Fabric.Freetime.Fun!

okay, in the midst of my n0-time-to-sew-or-have-fun-april, I had to make an unexpected trip to see my parents in Florida (and don't I just love to say F-L-O-R-I-D-A instead of say...Alaska) Anyways since I flew down solo (no kiddo's or hubby) I had some free time on my hands. It wasnt until the last day I was there that I realized that there was a Hancock Fabrics just a few miles down the road from my folks. WHY my Mother, who knows I love fabric, did not tell me this sooner I can only speculate...hmm maybe it has something to do with all the piles of laundry I left lying around my room as a child or the fact that I-eh-hem didnt always listen. BUT had I known she would withhold this kind of information from me 30 years later I promise you my 8 year old self would have behaved! Anyways I found this great embroidery book that I got cozy with on the flight home, I stiched up this cute little squirrel and trees.

oh and I treated myself to some fat quarters :) I told my Dad (who had surgery) that he could go right ahead and schedule another one next year and I would gladly come down and visit them AND the fabric store ;)

Progress

Guess what?...............this quilt has a sister, and boy is she beautiful. You can see it over at Obsessively Stitching . It makes me want to finish mine and curl up with a good book..........BUT. ugh, its spring and I dont know about the rest of you but that = temporary shutdown of all things stitchy. So for the time being It will have to wait. Sunshine trumps sewing. I am slowly bringing this quilt together, now for the dreaded quilt sandwich, basting, and ahhhh onto the fun part :) you can see more pics of this quilt here. I used 2 charm packs of "full moon forest" by Tula Pink for Moda

Throw pillow Slip-covers

Back in November I bought a pile of brand new dishtowels at an auction and they came with matching placemats. I am not a placemat person. So for the last few months I have been trying to figure out what to do with them. (very sad that it took 5 months for a lightbulb moment) anyways WHY have I never thought of this before! Placemats are readily available nothingness -my apologies to anyone who loves them- I cant tell you how many times I have come across beautiful placemats at yard sales and thrift stores and thought what a waist of cute fabric. Well I will never again want for pillow slipcovers. Below are the simple steps I used :)

Step 1: placemats, seam ripper and a cozy chair

Step 2: Remove the lining, this was lined with an iron-on type stabilizer. It left little pieces of itself behind but no one is going to see the inside of the cover anyways.

Step 3: cut the back into two equel pieces. Then cut about 3/4 th of the way up on the front. Or what ever size you want your pillow to be. The great thing about this is it doesnt require exact measurements

Step 4: Iron out the folded edges on all pieces then fold in twice on the back pieces where you cut them to make a nice seam

Step 5: layer the pieces with Right sides of the fabric together overlaping the two back pieces and pin.

Step 6: stitch all the way around with a straight stitch and then a zigzag to keep it from fraying. Or just surge all the way around if you have a serger.

Step 7: turn pillow case right side out and pop in you pillow!