This week has seen me burning the midnight oil (as well as the 1 and 2 am oil!) in making Halloween costumes for my guys. My oldest wanted to be a penguin and the youngest picked a winged-bat-creature-superhero-type-costume that had to be the most obnoxious pattern ever made. So even though I did not make [...]
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Trick or Treat!
Posted in Miscellaneous, craft, tagged bat, bats, boys, costume, halloween, penguin, penguins, sewing, trick-or-treat on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Curve-tastic Quilting!
Posted in Classes, Turtle Tracks, craft, handmade, tagged crafts, handmade, quilting, quilts, sewing, teaching on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In May, I will be teaching another class at Maplewood Quilts using my own technique developed in the Turtle Tracks Quilt. In preparing for this class, I made a sample for the shop to display and I am very pleased with how it came out. Inside, I am jumping up and down since this quilt [...]
Obese Bunnies
Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, craft, handmade, tagged animals, children, etsy, fabric, hats, toys on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I discovered a pattern for the cutest “Bunny Stuffies” on Kwoozy, a really neat etsy shop and blog. In need of a gift for my niece and a friend’s little girl, I decided to give them a whirl.
I chose to use some fleece scraps for the belly and ears which had an interesting [...]
Quilted Children’s Art Bags
Posted in Quilted Bags, Works In Progress, craft, handmade, tagged art, children, craft, crayons, fabric, gifts, Quilted Bags, quilting, sewing on December 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After seeing a post for a little crayons and paper art pad for children, I came up with the idea for an art bag. One side would have slots for markers and the other would have slots for crayons and a pouch for miscellaneous stuff. The inside of the bag would be perfect for a [...]
Two More Quilted Bags!
Posted in Quilted Bags, Works In Progress, craft, tagged bags, craft, fabric, gifts, quilt, sewing on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With each new bag, I have been trying little variations in the pattern. Here is the second bag, which will be an exchange gift for my husband’s work, and on it I did a smaller band across the top. I wanted to see what it would do the proportion of the bag and I think it [...]





