Miscellany

Ok, ok, I know, I said no more holiday stuff...but this is for NEXT year. All the stuff I wanted to make or found too late:

• Very cool wine bottle bags from Under A Blue Moon.

• Patchwork balls from Grand Revival Designs. I'll make mine with holiday-ish fabric for ornaments.

• The bird ornaments from Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts


And just some more stuff I'd like to make:

• The oven mitts from Denyse Schmidt Quilts

• The elephant from Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts

• Summer slippers from Lady Harvantine because my feet get hot in the summer but I like to be wearing something on them around the house.

• Sewing machine cover! Canvas maybe? Something pretty to look at.

• A small patchwork thing to hang on my wall. Using stash fabric that I really like to look at.

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Above picture: Using a mask to help pick fabrics for my Too Hot To Handle Oven Mitts from Denyse Schmidt Quilts.
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The Last Holiday Post, I Promise

Made, hung and enjoyed the flag bunting that was very popular in craft-web-world this year. Over done by now? Perhaps. But I still like it.

Get the tutorial at WhipUp.

Holiday Gifts

In the scramble to get everything done in time for Christmas, I didn't take as many pictures of my projects as I would have liked. But here are a couple in-process pictures and one finished gift.

Woodland Elf Hat from Bend the Rules Sewing by Amy Karol. Made for my 3-year-old niece along with a purple fairy skirt. The yo-yo I used on the flower is the same fabric as the waist band of the skirt. The hat was very easy to make and the flower is super cute.

For my nephew and brother-in-law (who are BOTH six!) I made the Eddie Cap from the tutorial by Irene at Mushroom Villagers and a matching scarf. They came out really great. I am so sad I didn't get any pictures of these.

A note about the Eddie Caps: I made mine out of a dark gray corduroy and added a striped flannel lining to the top part. Also, I shortened the bill about an inch so it didn't hang over their faces as much. In seeing it on the boys, I think the extra inch would have been too much so I'm glad I decided to edit the pattern.

Stepping Stones Quilt for my mother-in-law. I really liked how it came out and wish I had taken a picture of the completed quilt. I didn't worry about lining up all the stripes in the striped pink fabric. It ended up looking homey that way but your eye still followed the stripes up and down the quilt.

Irish Chain Quilt for my grand-mother-in-law. The quilt is all quilted in this picture, I just needed to trim and bind. I used the dark green for the binding.



I'm not a New Year's Resolution kinda gal but I think I'll make one to be sure I take pictures of completed projects this year!

Great Expectations, Part Deux

Way back in this post I mentioned that I would be making some softy trees. Well, I did make them and they adorned our mantle over the holiday. I thought I'd finally post a picture of them...very cute and quick to make.

The design is by Little Birds Handmade and you can get the pattern and tutorial here.