Poinsettia Pillow Finish

I love Poinsettias.

I love Pillows.

When I saw this Bucilla kit for a poinsettia pillow,

I was sold.

The kit called for the panel to be sewn to a

piece of 10" felt to make the pillow.

Who makes just a 10" pillow?

I added fabric and a zipper back, bound it

 and it's finished.

It was more difficult finding a fabric that would go with the poinsettia

than I thought it would be,

and I am super pleased with what I found.

This fabric is from "Splendid" by Robin Pickens for Moda.

 

This kit went together very quickly

and is a newer kit by Bucilla.

 I do need to get a larger pillow form.

I'm using what I had on hand for the photos.

 

This is a better photo of the gorgeous fabric.

Guess who might have ordered a fat quarter bundle of this line??

I have two tree skirts to make in the upcoming year!

 

 

Noel hopped on here to say Merry Christmas!

Happy Quilting!

Finished Twisted Tote

I have a friend, Dottie, who makes the most

beautiful bags.

I call her the Bag Lady!

She will find the neatest patterns and before I know it,

she's made three or seven of the bags.

She has inspired me to make bags that I would not have

ordinarily made.

The Twisted Tote is one of the gorgeous bags she's made.

When I saw hers, I had to get the pattern and make one for myself.

The fabrics were selected and the cutting began.

The front and back were made and quilted.

I just love this new Kaffe print!

After a few days of sewing on and off,

my bag is finished!

The "twisted" part of the name comes from the pieces
in the squares on point that are three dimensional... twisted... before
they are stitched in place.
The contrast between the fabrics does not come through in the photo.

The inside uses another new Kaffe print,

along with this fun stripe.

I had fun sewing around the flowers to quilt it.

I'm ready for the beach!

Happy Quilting!

Santa Has Arrived...

at least in quilt form!

A few weeks ago I saw this Santa panel on someone's blog.

(I'm so sorry, but I couldn't find the blog again to give credit.)

***Edit***

Julie from Julie's Quilts and Costumes reached out and thought
maybe I had seen the panel on her blog.
This is where I found my inspiration for this little quilt.
Thanks, Julie!

I searched the internet and found the same panel and ordered it.

This is the second panel I've quilted this fall!

My husband is a Coke person and loves the old Coke advertising.

This little quilt is for him.

I didn't add any borders to the panel, 

but just quilted it and trimmed it.

This old Santa is super cute

and was fun to quilt.

Feathers were quilted around the edge,

it was bound and is not hanging in our family room.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!

I Like Where This is Headed!

A few weeks ago I showed a photo of a fabric pull I had done

to begin a new quilt.

Those who have been reading my blog for while know

how much I LOVE Kaffe and Polka Dots!

This is a bit of the Kaffe I started with for this new quilt.

Now, first, I need to show a photo of the pattern I'm using.

No offense to the pattern designer,

but if I had seen the photo of the pattern first,

I wouldn't have given it the time of day.

This is not me.

Dark and kind of drab.

What caught the eye of my friend and I

was a quilt made from this pattern in Kaffe and polka dots.

We knew we had to make that version!

The fun began....

I have a TON of Kaffe and loved pulling it out

to made the blocks for this quilt.

The quilt we saw used just 8 Kaffe prints,

but we went scrappy.

Between the two of us,

we had enough prints to use only a couple twice.

Making the blocks required the use of the

Spider Web ruler by Creative Grids.

The Kaffe pieces were cut into triangles

and the polka dots were cut into kite shaped pieces,

both using the ruler.

Here is one block of the quilt.

I did put all of the pieces on my design wall

to distribute the colors and not have

like colors together before seweing

the blocks together.

Now that the blocks are sewn together,

borders will be added.

These blocks are really brightening my Hidey Hole

on these gloomy days!

Today I'm linking to Design Wall Monday
and Monday Making.

Happy Quilting!

Kris Kringle is Finished!

This is amazing!

I actually started a Christmas quilt this fall

AND

Finished it in time for Christmas!

Usually I start the quilt

and it's finished the next year.

This quilt was from a kit I purchased last year

at a local quilt shop.

The designer is local as well.

It was a fun quilt to make, especially the santa's.

The pattern is called

"Santa's Forest"

by Christine Quilts.

 

For some reason I am wanting to do

minimal machine quilting these days.

I just quilted the gray triangles and did a little

detail on each santa.

This is a soft and cuddley quilt since there

isn't a lot of quilting on it.

 

I think this quilt will be gifted to someone else this year.

I have a number of Christmas quilts,

but really wanted to make this one.

It's the best of both worlds...

I get to make the quilt

and someone else can enjoy it.

Happy Quilting!

Plaidish Finished Top

This past week I had a few minutes here and there

and was able to get my Plaid-ish blocks sewn into a top.

I must say that I am much happier with this top

now that the blocks are all sewn together.

Scrappy quilts are not my thing,

but I decided I needed to do something

with my bags of scraps,

even if it's only making one quilt.

 

Who knows....

now that this top is finished,

and I like it, maybe another scrappy quilt

will be in my future.

 

Hopefully this will be basted and quilted soon.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!

To The Moon and Back

My oldest daughter and I love the saying

"Love you to the moon and back".

Last year I was in a quilt shop near Charleston, SC

and saw this kit using a panel with this saying.

I'm not one to use panels,

but I thought this was so cute.

This past week I decided it was time to get this finished.

It went together so quickly!

Everything needed to finish this quilt was in the kit.

 I just love the outer border fabric.

Polka Dots!!

 

This panel was such a nice one to use.

It was not wonky at all

and went together with the borders so easily.

 

Flannel was included for the backing.

It's being washed as I type and will given to E

when it comes out of the dryer.

Quick and mindless finishes are fun!

Happy Quilting!

Canyon Dance Top is Finished...

... and it's ready for the quilter.

This quilt is for my daughter and son-in-law.

They will be here for Christmas and I think I'm

going to have it finished by then!!

I just love this pattern.

This is the fourth quilt I've made from it

and this is the largest... queen size.

 

The backing is pieced and needs to be ironed.

I'm hoping to drop it off tomorrow for quilting.

This morning and friend is coming over to play.

We saw a quilt at a quilt show we went to in September

and both really want to make it.

I pulled a lot of my Kaffe fabrics from waaaay back

in my cabinet and began cutting yesterday.

Some of these fabrics have been in there for a long while.

 

Hopefully this pile will become something fun very soon!

As I was cutting the 8" strips I need for this new quilt,

I cut the scraps into usable strips instead of throwing them into my

scrap bags.  Maybe these will be made into something else soon??

Another Bucilla kit was started, too.

This is a new ornament kit and is rather fussy to make.

Both sides are the same, so there are a lot of pieces to stitch 

for one ornament.

This one was already gifted.

It went onto a bridal shower gift.

There are five more to make... all different.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!!

Scrappy Plaid-ish Quilt

Well, after ironing and cutting a pile of scraps,

the blocks are made and the quilt is on my wall.

Well, all but the bottom two rows!

This is a large quilt!

This quilt pattern is "Plaid-ish" and can be found here for free.

I don't use a lot of dark fabrics in my quilting,

so the contrast between the darks and mediums

isn't as good as I would like it to be. 

The "Plaid-ish" look still comes through, though.

I have enough scraps cut to start another one and may

either need to find lighter mediums or darker darks.

The rows will be sewn together soon!

My older daughter and I have been participating in 

art classes with the ARC group in our county.

We've had fun doing things that we would not ordinarily do.

My daughter is especially enjoying these classes.

The teacher is excellent and has found things for all

of us to do that look good no matter who is making them.

This week we made mosaics.

E did a great job on her Christmas tree!

My snowman needs a hat.

I decided, while this was fun,

I'll stick to quilting!

The Sea Life ornaments are finished!

Mr. Turtle was the last one to be made

and he is so cute!

Here are all six from this particular Bucilla kit.

I need to add the hangers and they will be ready to hang.

Happy Quilting and Creating!

Scraps!!

Scraps are taking over my sewing space

or so it seems.

I do not enjoy making scrappy quilts.

I'm more of an organized quilter

who likes to pick fabrics and use some order.

Throwing caution to the wind and using

the next piece I pull from my bin is not how I roll.

Therefore, I have this....

These bags vex me!

They taunt me and tell me I should be using them in quilts,

instead of going to my stash and adding more to these bags.

The other day I succumbed to their taunts.

After parts of three days pulling fabrics,

pressing and cutting specific pieces for a scrap quilt, 

all I have is this...

This is not much for hours of work!

I am going to make the quilt from these scraps,

but, honestly, the rest of these bags just have to be removed

from my Hidey Hole.

I know if I had stayed on top of the trimming and cutting

I wouldn't be in this place,

but I'd rather sew and create.

Please don't kick me out of the quilt club.

:)

On a more creative note,

I finished two more ornaments from the Bucilla kit!

There are a LOT of sequins stitched onto these ornaments!

I really like how they finished and look forward to seeing

them on a Christmas tree this year.

 

I've never sewn sequins on like this before 

and it took some time to get the hang of what I was supposed to do.

One more ornament to make from this kit and I'll be done with it.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!

Blogger issues

I was going to write a blog post,

but Blogger won't let me post photos. 

:(

Back to quilting, I guess.

Have a great day!

Vacation Stitching

I spent the past week in California

visiting my daughter and son-in-law

and had a wonderful time.

Since I couldn't take my sewing machine with me,

I took the next best thing....

two more Bucilla kits to stitch!

These kits are both newer kits that I ordered recently.

I know.... I should be working on the kits I've

had in my cabinet for some time,

but I knew these would be quick and easy.

The first kit is supposed to make a 10" pillow.

I'm going to add a border to this and quilt it.

Then it will become a larger pillow.

This came together so quickly and easily,

even with all of the sequins.

Poinsettia's scream Christmas to me

and this will be a nice addition to my Christmas pillow collection.

The other kit I took is for sea life ornaments.

Some of Bucilla's ornaments are quite fussy and can take

quite a bit of time to make.

The first three in this kit went together very quickly.

There are six ornaments total in this kit.

The rest of them will more time to make.

There are a LOT of sequins on the last three.

This one is my husband's favorite.

He says we are keeping this one.

It's okay with me!

Yesterday my quilt club friends got together

and Janet made each of us one of these cute coasters.

The quilt group I belong to is so wonderful.

We have learned a lot from each other, 

but the time spent chatting and visiting is the best.

 

Happy Quilting and Creating!