Merry Christmas

Finished my Christmas Tree Pants sew along hosted by Monica at the Happy Zombie.  I used Kona natural and red linen.

Outlined all my stars with some vintage cotton ric-rac that I have a lifetime supply of (thanks to my sweet Mama), hand stitched every peak and valley cause I didn’t want it to curl and I’m anal like that …lol  also added a border.

Hand quilted with red perle.

I made two new red linen table cloths, a natural runner and 15 napkins in a Denyse Schmidt print.  Now I just need to add dishes, cook and bake  and I’ll be ready for Christmas Eve dinner! I wish Christmas was a couple more weeks away so I could enjoy the anticipation a little longer….. I surprised myself at how much I like my table arrangement, I’m really happy with it.  Inspired by this pin.

Linking up to Amanda Jean’s Finish it up Friday

Merry Christmas

xoShawn

Two firsts!

First T-Shirt quilt (for a friend).  Lady Lions basketball!

I had one block left over so I made a pillow to match.

First time machine stitching my binding.

I love the way this quilt turned out and am sure I will make one for each of my kids someday….Sigh lol

Her Mama wrote a sweet note and I attached and embroidered it to the quilt. 

Linking up to Amanda Jean’s Finish it up Friday!!

xoShawn

Gingerbread House Party

 

 

 

                                                                                          Barb

                                                                                              Susan

                                                                                            Samantha

                                                                                           Erin

                                                                                                Jade

                                                                        Alex

                                                                                              Dan

                                                                                              Verle

                                                                                             Grant

                                                                                 Will

We all had a fun time!

xo Shawn

A quilt for Carter

My daughter asked me to make a quilt for her friend who is expecting a baby boy any day now.

She did a little shopping at Fabric Worm and I think she made a great choice.  A nice cuddly patchwork quilt, hand quilted with a squares in squares design with perle.

A cute dotty fabric for the back.

Happy Thanksgiving ~ We’ll be cooking a turkey with all the trimmings at our house..yum

Linking up to Amanda Jean’s Finish it up Friday ~ this lady is a motivator!!!

xo Shawn

Swoon Practice

I love this Swoon block by Thimble Blossoms

I decided to make a practice block and liked it so much I finished it into a small quilt.

Hand quilted with natural perle #8

Looks good on a  table, this sewing machine works but I haven’t  used it for a while.

Confession ~ I have more sewing machines than I can use… but not as many as I once had

One of the last roses of summer, we may have a frost this weekend..

Linking up to Amanda Jean’s finish it up Friday, blogging two weeks in a row ~ a record for me.. haha

xoShawn

Topsy Turvy

Made from Amanda Jean’s Pattern at the Moda Bake Shop

I think I started this back in March… at least it was March 2011, lol

I used the Simple Abundance fabric line by Thimble Blossoms, I love this fabric !!

It took me a little longer because I hand quilted straight lines with perle #8.  I love hand quilting and this is the first time I have used the perle , I really enjoyed it, the stitches don’t have to be so tiny.

I pieced the back, this picture is kind of bright … oh well

I added a border so it finished up measuring 74”x82”.

One of the few sunny Fall days we’ve had around here.

Linking up to Amanda’s finish-it-up Friday

xoShawn

Vivid Terrain

Definitely a cheerful quilt

Two charm packs of Kate Spain’s Terrain is perfect for this pinwheel quilt.

I made some wonky pieced blocks for the back.

Happy Fall!!!

xoShawn

Crochet edge pillowcases

tutorial from You Go Girl!  and so fun to make and to look at in Flower Sugar!

                                             

and a couple little mug quilts with the leftovers…..

xoShawn

Frolic

It’s been so hot here. 

Time to come inside and sew a little table runner made from a Frolic charm pack.

I quilted it in the ditch with perle and really enjoyed it.

Perfect use of a charm pack.

The pattern was in one of the BHG special publications.

xoShawn

Made a new dolly

and a quilt for her too, love that Flower Sugar line ~ so sweet!

xoShawn

I love making pasta

Thanks to my inspiring Mom and yes our dogs have a cookie jar on the counter…..

Now I need to go spend some time outside on this gorgeous day!!

xoShawn