Upcoming project: Amy Butler Messenger Bag

I'm going to try my hand at an Amy Butler pattern: Highstreet Messenger Bag.

I chose some great brick red exterior fabric for the bag and the lining will be the gray/turquoise.

We'll see what it turns out to be!

Bullseye/Log Cabin Quilt in the Frame!

What a great day!

The gals came over to put my quilt in the frame.

It was too big to put in the house, so we set it up in the driveway.

Here's the quilt in the frame, in the driveway:

Here's Pat and Evie laying the top on the frame.

After we had it on the frame, we rolled both sides so it would be a manageable size to go into the house.

Before it went into the house, we did some quilting outside.

It was a perfect day for outside quilting!

Headbands Headbands Headbands

They were a hit!

Here two girls modeling them: Kami & Kate.

Empty, but full of possibilities....

Today's Craisglist Score: A Re-Cycled Card Catalog Cabinet!

I couldn't be more pleased with the possibilities of this cabinet. All of my bits and pieces for crafting will be neatly organized, finally!

This comes from a university library about 2 hours from here... I can only imagine that they're going completely electronic and no longer need this fine specimen.

This wouldn't have been possible without the help of my mom, and aunt Lynn and uncle David. (mom wasn't available for the photo...)

Aunt Lynn, Uncle David - Thanks a million! I am ecstatic!

The camera added the smoke - it was in transition from the air conditioned house to the hair-curling humidity outside.

Mom's quilt back from the quilter

Finally, it's done... and I mean really done.

Mom's quilt came back from the quilter and it looks fabulous. I think she really likes it, but time will tell.

The fabric store that did the quilting is Melear Fabrics, located in Sullivan, MO and Salem, MO. They've done another spectacular job on it. I can't say enough great things about them. They do a huge variety of edge-to-edge patterns. This time, they finished the edge for me, too.

The pattern is "flock of triangles" from Denyse Schmidt. My version was made with mom's favorite colors... pink and maroon. I kind of like it.

Purple Crooked 9patch Baby Quilt!

Crooked 9 Patch is now my favorite kind of 9 patch!





This is going to be a great gift for a friend who is expecting her first child.
I worked on the top in a class at a local quilt shop a few years ago with a friend, but never found the right occasion to finish and gift it... until now!

Fuzzy wonderful purple flannel on the backside will make this the perfect blankey.

(the white lines will wash away)

Bed for the dog crate

Here's some shots of my first zipper project!

This is a box-pillow that will cover some high-density foam for a kennel mat for Stella (I know, I'm over the top with it))
I used exterior upholstery weight material.

If you can't tell by the photo this was some sort of two sided zipper where there's two different zipper cars and it can be opened by either end.

I ended up putting it in by exposing the teeth. I even tried my hand at a top stitch! and, check out the serging on the inside.

I watched a few youtube tutorials on zippers and asked everyone I knew how they do them.
Eventually, I'd like to learn the proper zipper installation technique!

what a hoot!

It's not perfect - the ends of the zipper need some minor adjustment....

Pink Cowgirl

This turned out great!
I'm extremely pleased with this shirt!
This shirt is for my friend, who is originally from Cheyenne, WY. . . transplanted in Washington DC.
You can take the girl out of Wyoming, but you can't take Wyoming out of the girl....

Purple Frog Shirt

Nice try... but not perfect!
This is my first froggy.... I had some trouble with this one, but I think I still like it.

Adult Rock Princess

Black fuzzy "Rock Princess" was out of stock... but I found something much, much better: sparkles! I can't wait to see it on the recipient. She really is a Rock Princess!

Custom car seat cover

Custom-made seatcover


Unsatisfied with the available seat covers, I made my own!

Because Stella sits in the cargo area, I needed it to cover the back side of the back seat. It's hard to find a seat cover that fits on the entire back seat!

I didn't cover the sitting part of the back seats.

Who doesn't need a splash of orange in the car?

Gaggle of headbands...

By popular demand... I made some more headbands.
Five in the original fabric, one "Taylor Swift Blue," a purple, and a bonus paisley pink.

They're super cute and I can't wait to see them on the recipients....

Niece's Ninth Birthday Gift!

My nieces to pieces is turning nine next week!
I've crafted two nifty pink shirts and a matching headband!
The headband was from the Blue Bird tutorial http://bluebirdstudio.blogspot.com/2008/09/ten-minute-headband-tutorial.html [thank you bluebird, it was so easy and fun!]


The headband's neat feature is that it uses a pony-holder for elastic. genius.

Here, I appliqued a "9" with the same material as the headband. She'll look super accessorized!


And, finally, the "rock princess" shirt! (front and back)

Mom's quilt

I finally finished mom's quilt top.
It's based on Denyse Schmidt's Flock of Triangles. I used mom's favorite color: PINK and supplemented with maroon, brown, beige.
Added bonus: an appliqued "P" to monogram it. She loves monograms!