Thursday, December 22, 2011

Merry Christmas

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

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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.

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Hand quilted with red perle.

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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.

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Linking up to Amanda Jean’s Finish it up Friday

Merry Christmas

xoShawn

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Two firsts!

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

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

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First time machine stitching my binding.

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

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

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

xoShawn

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Gingerbread House Party

 

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                                                                                          Barb

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                                                                                              Susan

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                                                                                            Samantha

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                                                                                           Erin

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                                                                                                Jade

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                                                                        Alex

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                                                                                              Dan

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                                                                                              Verle

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                                                                                             Grant

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                                                                                 Will

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We all had a fun time!

xo Shawn

Friday, November 18, 2011

A quilt for Carter

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

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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.

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A cute dotty fabric for the back.

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

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

xo Shawn

Friday, October 21, 2011

Swoon Practice

I love this Swoon block by Thimble Blossoms

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

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Hand quilted with natural perle #8

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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

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

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

xoShawn

Friday, October 14, 2011

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

xoShawn

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Vivid Terrain

Definitely a cheerful quilt

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

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I made some wonky pieced blocks for the back.

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Happy Fall!!!

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xoShawn

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Crochet edge pillowcases

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

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

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xoShawn

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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.

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Perfect use of a charm pack.

The pattern was in one of the BHG special publications.

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xoShawn

Monday, June 20, 2011

Made a new dolly

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

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xoShawn

Thursday, June 2, 2011

I love making pasta

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

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

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xoShawn