Bird Wristlet

When I saw this tutorial from Pink Penguin, I knew I had to make one!

 

The bird fabric came from IKEA. It's so cute!

I'm definitely going to make more wristlets now that I have a better idea what size is most useful.

Hexagon Placemats!

I bought this gorgeous fabric at Joann's and planned to make fun summer placemats.  After browsing the Internet, I decided on the hexagon design.

I made an equilateral triangle template with Word and the rest was pretty easy!

To make it super quick, I sewed it together inside out and turned it to skip the binding step.

Next, I might make a matching pot holder.

Check out what other people are making at the Blogger's Dinner Party!

Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirt Quilt

Over the weekend, I finished my Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirt Quilt!  In high school, I collected these shirts and enjoyed wearing them.  After a while, I retired them, but saved them for a quilt one day. 

I designed this quilt using Excel.  Surprisingly, it came together exactly as I planned.  All the fabric came from Joann's.  I had no idea what color would match these bright shirts, but the batiks seems to go perfectly.

For the back, I used zebra print to balance the bright colors but still keep it wild.

I still need to make a label for it.  I'll post it soon.

Sprocket Poppy Pillow

After a month of dragging my feet, I finished my sprocket pillow!

Awesome blogger CluckCluckSew posted this tutorial on how to make this circle pillow.

It's just lovely next to my other poppy pillows.

Here's the back.  I used my left over blocks from the other pillows.

The pillow was very easy to make, and I learned a little about sewing on a curve.

Poppy Pillow Part 2 - Blogger's Pillow Party

This week, I finished my second Poppy/Chopped Veggies Pillow. 
It looks AWESOME on my purple couch next to the first Poppy Pillow. 

Again, I used Oh, Fransson!'s Chopped Veggies pattern.  This pattern taught me the basics of improv piecing. I usually prefer exact instructions and clean lines, but it was fun to try something new. 

I used Laura Gunn's Dogwood Stripe in Aqua for the back.  I love how all the fabrics coordinate.  

Zippers are becoming my friends too!

Here's the beautiful pair!  They make me happy!

Jump on over to StitchedinColor.com to see other pillows at the Pillow Party.

Winter Placemats

I made more placemats!   Since Christmas is over, I needed something new on my table. 

While visiting Texas, my friend Lacey and I picked out this Joann fabric for winter-esk placemats.  The bare trees remind me of winter and the pink has subtle hearts for Valentine's Day.

I used this pattern by Handmade by Alissa.  Her instructions were very easy to follow! 

I wanted to practice my free motion quilting, but my machine had other plans!  After I snapped two needles, I decided straight line quilting works just fine! 

The tree fabric reminds me of this painting I made at ARTjamN. (3rd from left) We had so much fun painting!

Poppy Pillow

Here is my new pillow!  I used a pattern by Oh, Fransson! and fabric by Laura Gunn. 

My parents gave me this book by Miss Oh, Fransson! herself.  I cannot wait to make something from it.

I picked up the fabric from Klazzy Katz and Joann.

Here you can see my first zipper!  I thought it would be difficult, but it really wasn't!

Christmas Placemats and Towels

Just in time for Christmas! I finished these cute placemats yesterday! 

I like to practice new techniques with placemats, so I'm not too committed if I don't love it.  With these, I practiced my machine binding.  I sewed the binding onto the back then top-stitched the front.  It turned out nice!

For the design, I tried this 9 patch technique from That girl...That quilt... It was super easy!  The blocks came together very quickly, but for this small project, with only 3 fabrics, it was hard to mix them up.

A few weeks ago, I made these towels.  I bought waffle muslin from Joann and was thrilled with these towels!  I used wonder under and then stitched around the edges.  So.. bad news... the muslin SHRINKS big time when you wash it... so now I have wash rags. LOL  They are still cute though.

That's all for now!  

Merry Christmas, Blogland!

Fall Table Topper

I've been in the mood to make small projects to spruce up the house for fall.

I found this cute fall tree fabric at Joann's and couldn't resist buying it.  For weeks, I could not come up with a project for it and then one night, I thought of this design.  All the other fabric is from my stash.

My new-ish walking foot made quilting SUPER easy.  This is my first attempt at making a grid.  It turned out pretty well.

Mug Rugs

Since "mug rugs" are all the rage in Blogland, I decided to make a few of my own.  

I've always been interested in flying geese, so I decided to try them out on this small project.  

Conclusion: Flying geese are complicated and only cute when they are perfect!

The fabric is a reproduction print left over from this quilt.

My dad requested this mug rug inspired by LandShark Lager.  lol

It was a good opportunity to test my free motion quilting skills.  As you can see, they are lacking, but I'm improving.  Maybe in 2 years, I'll be ready for a quilt. 

Free Projects = Fun Projects 

I used left over fabric and batting for these mug rugs!