Pillows

This is a Buttermilk Basin Embroidery that I made a pillow out of for my couch. It sits opposite the one I did last year. Hope to someday have enough pillow covers to update the living room for each Season...

This Christmas pillow is from the latest Art to Heart Book, Jingle All The Way. I don't have the peppermint buttons on it yet and not really sure I'm going to. This pattern would be so great done up with photos instead of solid blocks and different words on the front....a memory pillow, baby pillow, engagement or wedding pillow with LOVE on it......soooo many possibilities!

I've been wanting to try my hand at putting a zipper on the back of my pillow. It's hard to see in this picture (sorry), but I'm lifting up the flap hiding the zipper. Erin at House on Hill Road did a 17 minute video that walked me right through it. I watched for a few minutes, paused and did what she said - step by step-It was easy and very fun. No more lap over the backs for me. It takes less fabric to cover a back this way.

Snowbound

Caught up with the monthly Bunny Hill free patterns. It won't be long before we'll be shoveling again...

Retreat coming up soon....planning to make the joining quilt blocks. Snowbound - Bunny Hill

Embroidery

I really love this little embroidery. I'm hopiong to make several more of these for family before Halloween. Goes together very quickly.

This one is a wall hanging

These were two patterns picked up from Buttermilk Basin at Quilt Market. I did them up to put in the shop for demos. You can check out all of the new great Halloween patterns here. There are still two others I plan to do before Fall. I just started another ghost pillow yesterday.

Bunny Hill Designs Block of the Month

I know we're not really thinking about snowman at this time of year, but I'm trying to keep up with this free on-line pattern. This is my block four embroidered.

My friend Kathy is doing it in Blue Work.

My friend Carol is doing applique.

I need to get started on the pieced blocks to go with my snowmen. The pattern for that can be found here.

Embroidery Project

I posted about block one, back in January. Haven't shown any since so thought today would be a good catch up day. My friend Carol, is doing them in applique while I'm using embroidery and crayola crayons. This is block three.

This picture came out a little too dark....I did put one button on his scarf, but after they are quilted they will have small black buttons as well. This is block two. Overall a pretty quick little project. I'm looking forward to the Irish Chain Blocks that will connect them. They'll be cute as a quilt, but I could also see a couple done up as the center of a pillow .

Block four just came out today. Our snow is almost completely gone. The bicycles and walkers have come out in abundance. Spring has sprung!

Block of the Month

I'm just back from a wonderful quilt retreat weekend. It was so fun to see what everyone else is making. Ate way too much great food. Can hardly wait to go again! I'll post pics of projects soon, but found this link today to a Block of the Month embroidery project called Under the Sea.
Wanted to make sure to share it with you. I'm not sure who it will go to, but I'm planning to make it as the first block is ADORABLE! She also shows a demo of how she color shades her embroidery work. I'm going to stick with the crayons, but will follow her color scheme.

Snowbound

Bunny Hill has started a Block of the Month, titled Snowbound. This is the January block.
My friend Carol made this one which is appliqued.


I did an embroidered one using Crayola Crayons to give it some color. It could be done as red work or blue work too.

You can join in the fun here.

Summer Quilting

I bought these Posh fabric during our recent Shop the Hop. It took no time at all to get the fat quarters cut up. The hard part for me is mixing it all up for the quilt...

I had this past weekend off and spent a large part of it working on my quilt. I'm not sure about the quilting part yet. I'm thinking I'll have this one quilted by a local long arm quilter. Then I'll bind it. My little embroidery project is done too. This whole thing started because of the lovebird embroidery I did quite some time ago now.

There are two smaller pillows to cover yet that will complete the set...I think they will just be patch worked together. I'll leave these out till Fall when I hope to have another small quilt completed with new pillow covers. That way I can "change up" things a little around here.

Teddy Bear Quilt

Our Quilting Guild makes Teddy Bear Quilts for chartiy. I used one of my blotto blocks to make this one.

I'll do a few more with some of the others and probably some throw pillows with a couple too. Originally I was going to donate my color project as a Teddy Bear Quilt, but it turned out pretty big. It also was alot more work than I intended to make for myself....so now it will hang on a wall in my sewing room. (I posted this before, but now it is quilted and bound.)

This is my current project. I bought enough Posh during our local Shop the Hop, to be able to make more slip pillows for the couch and a Crazy Eight Quilt to match. Now, if I can just find some free time to work on it...
The weather is finally warming here. The buds on the trees are just beginning to open. Tulips and daffodils are everywhere. Ü

Favorite Friday Blog Finds

Check out this crocheted Mary Jane slipper pattern. Too cute! She uses lots of pictures in her directions also.

Two free bird Pdf files to download for applique or embroidery at Lolly Chops. (I've printed mine out to keep on hand) Then she so generously also posted a flower and leaf Pdf for us too!

Check out this great way to display doll clothes. I can sure see these on my wall in the sewing room. What a brilliant idea!

Getting Organized

I was so excited about making pillowcases at the retreat, with French Seams and the tube for the cuff...I went right out and bought some sewing notion fabric to make pillowcases for the next retreat!


I did this piece of embroidery last Spring, and finally got around to framing it in at the retreat. It's gonna look great in my chair this Spring.
I fell in love with this pillow when I saw it at HeatherHale Designs Blog.

It's so much nicer to work in a tidy space!I spent the first two days I was home folding my fabrics (I still have a bag of scraps to sort through). The top shelves are projects that need my attention...Now, if I can just keep it this way...

See that little dresser sneaking in the picture? It's next!

Moose Pillow

A co-worker has a 2 year old boy that comes to visit somtimes. When he was here last, I traced his hands and a foot to make his mom a special present. I embroidered this little moose, framed it in, and using this link, made this pillow for her couch. I'm looking forward to doing these for grandkids some day. When I was going through the Christmas stuff I've collected over the years, I found the fun foam ones my kids did when they were small. I'm hoping this pillow will hold up much better.

I did put buttons on the back to keep it from gaping open, but it fit so well I probably wouldn't have had to do that.

I just used computer paper to trace his hands and foot separately. I laid a clean sheet of computer paper over that to retrace it all as a moose, then transferred it to my beige fabric.

It was worth it all to see the joy on Carrie's face when I gave it to her. I hope this post brings you a little inspiration and Joy this Season.

First Snow Storm

We've had some snow flurries already this year, but we have snow on the ground now...and it keeps falling. They say we might get up to 10" today.
I've been working on a little embroidery pattern and some knitting I hope to share this week. This is on it's way to being a little pillow.

Friday Favorite Blog Links

So sorry for the bad photo, I was in a hurry. I posted about this embroidery and my love of it. Well, I did it too! It still needs to be made into a pillow. I love the pillow Heather made. ( You do need to scroll down a bit to see the pillow.)

If you are a fan of these two fabulous bloggers, you probably already saw these, but for those of you who didn't, it's worth a look see.

Button pin tutorial well done by Artsy-Crafty Babe.


Oh Frasson! did it again....another wonderful tutorial. This time it is for a lunch bag/shopping bag/gift bag. There will be many of these in my future! I hope she enters this in the Sew, Mama Sew! tutorial contest.