We had 2 Grands for 2 weeks this summer. We had a lovely time. I took lots of photos and we talked about making a photo album. In the end, we ran out of time and I started posting some of the photos on a blog to share with Mum And Dad back home. https://www.wolfhuntinginabingdon.blogspot.com. You can pop over and take a look.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Beneath the Starlit Sky
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Looney Little Love Knot
The Quilt Guild I belong to calls these little charity quilts "Love Knots." The focus fabric here was scraps from someone's clothing project (I'm guessing pajamas). I added more scraps and stitched them together anyway they would fit in the center section. The borders were a little more planned to highlight Taz, Tweety, Bugs, and Sylvester. Finished with some free motion meandering and it's ready to go.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
364 days to Valentine's Day
A few years back I won this jelly roll of Valentine's Day fabric and started this quilt. Not sure why I set it aside, but there it sat. I almost finished it in time for Valentine's Day 2014! Almost :)
Saturday, February 15, 2014
There Be Dragons
Melanie of catbirdquilts.wordpress.com has a great tutorial on Medallion Quilts. She inspired me to give it a try with this great dragon fabric I bought for DS's quilt. His birthday is Valentine's Day and I'm happy to say, this one will arrive on time.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Cat Shaped Heating Pad (Ice Pack)
Monday, February 10, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
selvage chair up-cycle
This chair was to be discarded as ruined (can you guess what happened here?) A hot iron will melt straight through a vinyl chair seat, just in case you didn't know.
The seat and the back were easily removed with a screwdriver. there were just a few screws. I've been saving selvages for a while now and this looked like a good project to use them on. http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/ has been a great inspiration. Using what I learned there I recovered the chair seat in selvage edges in a typical string quilt design. The back of the chair is more of a braid pattern. I like the words on some of the fabrics. On the chair back is "The Times of Your Life" and on the seat it says "Play Your Song."
The seat and the back were easily removed with a screwdriver. there were just a few screws. I've been saving selvages for a while now and this looked like a good project to use them on. http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/ has been a great inspiration. Using what I learned there I recovered the chair seat in selvage edges in a typical string quilt design. The back of the chair is more of a braid pattern. I like the words on some of the fabrics. On the chair back is "The Times of Your Life" and on the seat it says "Play Your Song."
Friday, February 7, 2014
repurposed wool sweater
I was gifted a wool sweater after a family member accidentally laundered it. I repurposed the body of the sweater into a sofa pillow and one sleeve became a tea cozy. Careful cutting and 2 seams (top and bottom) are all it took for the pillow. The teapot cozy still resembles the sleeve of the sweater. I used some embroidery to finish the places I cut the sleeve, it disguises the raw edge and adds decoration.
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