Girly Girls

I need to write a bag tutorial, but I'm still fine tuning my technique, so I don't feel comfortable posting one yet.  I'm going to make trick or treat bags for the kids for this year.  I've had the cloth for two years, its about time I did it.  Last night I whipped up this darling little number for a girl that was described to me many times as a girly girl.  I approached the making the bag much differently than I have in the past and was very pleased with the results:

Finished Quilt

I finally finished Abby's quilt a couple of months ago.  A few weeks ago, I got her pillows done.  Here's a picture of the final product:

I think it turned out very well.  I wanted to do bugs and butterflies and all sorts of fun things that the girls like, but after I got the flowers done, I realized that all of that stuff was really just going to make the quilt overwhelming.  I love the stripes
The hardest part of this quilt really surprised me, and that was that the lovely pink cloth that I picked was quickly discontinued by JoAnn's.  I searched high and low for even something that was the same shade of pink, but never found anything that really worked.  Next time I do a design project, I'm buying twice as much of the main cloth than I estimate I will need.  I'm still frustrated about the whole thing.
Now that I've been through it once, I think Lucy's quilt will go much faster.  I almost have all of the flowers on the middle section.  I'm planning to use Lucy's to do a series of tutorials about quilting.  I am by no means an expert, but I like to share how I do things and what I have learned.

Yet Another Project

I really want to make these baskets.  I can make them any size I want and with any cloth I want.  I'll post how it goes when I get around to making them.

New Ways to Use My Embroidery Machine

I've been messing around a bit with my Embroidery Machine.  I tend to avoid putting designs on things that require me to move the hoop around, but I found an idea that I just adored, but I couldn't do without moving the hoop.  I had three different places I had to put the hoop to get this design to work.  I think it turned out pretty well, although the design is a little crooked (sorry Sarah).

The front is cotton, the back is minky with stars on it.

A Baby Quilt

Some good friend of ours are adopting a baby soon.  We are so excited for them!  I designed a potential quilt, which may turn into a duvet cover, for them based on these pillows from IKEA (which I think are discontinued):

 

 And another quilt we found on the internet:

So here it is. I'm excited to get started on it. Of course when am I not excited to start a project?

What I Did Instead of Sleep

What do college and crafting having in common? All nighters. I finally got the motivation to stay up late and finish quilting Abby's quilt. It helps that we've been snowed in.  It's all quilted, now I just need to bind it. I'm going to do an invisible binding, so it will look essentially the same. I also realized that the size of the quilt is a little shorter than I was planning on, but at least it will make it easier for Abby to make her bed!

Felt Foods

This is an informational post for me. I don't have time to make these right now, but I'm getting tired of all the plastic play food that I'm finding around the house and these look like they could be fun (if I don't get tired of all the hand sewing). I'm sure that there are other places that I could get patterns from, but there are a lot of good looking foods here, including sushi. What kid doesn't want to play with felt sushi?

Felt Food Etsy Shop

(The link should work now!)