My outfit for Tuesday.  

Top is from Van Husen outlet.  There is one an hour from my house.  They have nice knit modest tops.

My skirt is the Rebekah from Modest Mom.

I am wearing earrings I got on clearance from Kohl's.

Here in Michigan it is cold and I like my feet to be warm so I take a lot of flack from wearing socks and shoes with my skirts.  I never wear tennis shoes with my skirts but I wear a flat dress shoe.  

Wool Circles

My Wool Circles have returned home!  I so enjoy looking at them.

A trip to a quilt shop

On Friday my mom and I went to a quilt shop that is an hour away. Quilted Cottage.  We don't get there very often since it is so far away and in an unconvenient place to get to.  It is a great shop though! They were having a Valentine's week special.  We each drew a heart out of a basket and opened it up.  Inside was our sale.  I got 20% off all patterns and my mom got 20% off all fabric! She had a gift certificate to use too!

These are the patterns I bought with the discount I got.  

I scored these great fabrics by Sweetwater from the clearance section.  I don't know what they will become so I bought 2 yards of each.

I also got this "candy bar".  It is Oasis by 3 Sisters.  I may make a pillow with this.

After the quilt shop we went to Joann's to get sale essentials.  And then to Sam's Club.  We needed large size food items.

Tina

Sunday Sling bag

Today's sewing was this Sunday Sling Reversible Bag.  The pattern is from Amy Butler.

I made this bag for my Mother-in-law.  She is knitting me a scarf so I thought I would make her a bag.  It is big enough for her to carry her knitting in.  It is made from the same Ambrosia fabric as another bag I made.  It was well liked so I have used it a lot.  I would like to make myself one but in the smaller size.  I will need to have a bag to carry my stuff in to the shower at quilt retreat.

Tina

Sewing things

I have been sewing like crazy on some days and other days I have no desire to sew.  Two weeks ago during the blizzard I sewed for 2 days straight.  I loved it!  Last week I had no desire to  sew for several days.  So I cleaned  out the bookcases.  I got rid of boxes of books and bags of old magazines.  I just got boxes to organize my quilt magazines.  I did not throw those away.  This past weekend I got the sewing itch again and got these two quilt tops done.

This quilt is not quite all put together in this picture.  It is made with Blush by Basic Grey.

This is made with a charm pack and a jelly roll of Oz.

Both of those fabric lines are older ones.  But I finally got the quilts made!  The Oz quilt will be donated to a kids camp where they are collecting quilts for all the kids that will attend.  

Also this past weekend I made this pillow.

It is made from a Moda candy bar.  I cut the bars in half so I had 2.5" squares.  Then I followed this tutorial.  Four Patch Pillow Tutorial

On Monday and Tuesday of this week I sewed these two purses.  They have been cut out and waiting for a month.

Left purse is for an aunt in Florida.  The right one is for a friend in Kentucky.

On Monday I also got in a trip to my local quilt shop.  On Tuesday I gave blood.  Today I have to get taxes done.  Busy, busy, busy.  But also sewing projects to do.

Happy sewing!

Tina 

I love wool appliqué

This is the Savannah Wool Table Runner from The Noble Wife. I love doing wool applique!  No finished edges to deal with.  This will go to the quilt shop and when they are done with it I get to keep it.

Moda Bake Shop Progressive dinner

Check out the Progressive dinner Moda is having.  It is going on today over at The Polka Dot Chair.  

Wall Quilt done

I finished the top of this small quilt today.  It is the background for the wool snowman I showed earlier.  Each month there is a different wool center to make for it.  This is for the Quilt shop.  I want to make a second one for me.

Here it is with the snowman in the center.

These patterns are by "Under the Garden Moon".  They are called "As Time Goes By".

Cosmo bag

Here is the Cosmo Bay I made from Amy Butler's book Style Stitches.

The bag is made with fabric from the Ambrosia collection from Robert Kaufman.

Here is a picture of the inside.  I love the pink!

I used my new sewing machine to sew tis bag and it worked wonderfully!

Onto the next project.

My new toy!!!

Here is what I bought today!

I am so excited about it.  It is the first machine I bought that was not a floor model.  I got to take this one out of the box!  I sold my Janome 300E embroidery machine and traded in my Husqvarna  Rose sewing/embroidery machine.  I got to keep my Husqvarna 500 for travel or for Breanna to use.

The machine I bought is Janome 6600P.  The P is for professional.  It has a professional grade motor in it and it sews 1000 stitches a minute.  I can't even see that fast!  It has an amazing amount of features on it.  I am still learing about it.

Monthly Bag Challenge

These are the fabrics I chose for the Cosmo Bag.

The top fabric will be the main fabric, the middle fabric will be the trim, and the bottom fabric will be the lining.  I cut all the pieces out today and the trillion interfacing pieces.  I am using Decor Bond for the interfacing.  The pattern called for Shape Flex but my shop did not have that.  But with this being such a large bag I thing the extra stiffness from the Decor Bond will be perfect.  I do have the outside of the bag sewn together and it stands up by itself!  This bag will be so cute!

Monthly Bag Challenge

Check this out over at JemJam.  I am going to try to do this.  I have my fabric picked out for the first month's bag. She is using Amy Butler's book Style Stitches.  I got the book for Christmas so this will get me to make the bags in the book.

Today's project

I think this snowman is so cute.  He is the center for a wall hanging that has a different middle for each month.  I have not made the quilt base this goes on.  I will soon.  I just wanted to show you this snowman.

Here I am. Some projects I have done.

This is the project I did at the Bay SHore Quilt retreat in October.  It is all done in wools with wool thread and by hand.  Pattern by Under the Garden Moon.

Margo purse pattern by Lazy Girl designs.  I have made 5 of these and have 2 more cut out.

I am so proud of this wall hanging.  It is at the Backstreet Quilt shop in Elkton.

Getting ready for a quilt retreat

I have been sewing this week in preparation for a quilt retreat I am going on this weekend.  You ask why I have to sew to get ready for it when I will be sewing at it.  I was blessed to get a scholarship to go to the retreat and while we are at the retreat there will be silent auction to raise money to pay for scholarships.  So I feel I should donate several things to the auction.  In a previous post I had pincushion tarts I made.  Two of those will go to the auction.  I also made two more boxes, one of each size, and a purse.

I also got three more Lilly bags made.  The green one is for my daughter, the one on the right is for the quilt shop and the left one is another for me.  I just love that pink fabric. 

Have fun sewing!

"Stars Across the Thumb" Shop Hop 2010

I had fun on a shop hop this weekend.  Check out all my goodies.  I was a good girl and did not over spend or buy.  I went with my mom, good friend, and her mom-in-law.  We had a good time.  We were gone for a total of 10 hours.  

When I returned home and finally sat down to rest I realized I had not looked at my list at our last shop and I forgot to get some things I really needed.  Never fear, I went back Saturday morning and picked them up.  Another visit to the quilt shop is a good thing!

Saturday I got two more boxes done.  One for me and one for a silent Auction.  I almost have one more done for the silent auction.  I have two more frogs I am working on too.

Then....I was checking my email when I found I had one from Pat Sloan telling me I won a set of Aurifl thread!  I was so excited I started yelling!  My children sure were looking at me funny and wondered what was wrong.  I told them I was excited because I won!  Then they wanted to know what I won.  Thread I told them!  They just did not get my excitement.  Then... I went to Pat's blog and she had listed my blog!  I was yelling again.  My children think I am weird!  Thanks,Pat, I can't wait to get the thread.  I wonder how much I will yell when I have the thread in my hand.  

Check out Pat Sloan's blog at patsloan.typepad.com

My Girl is Sewing!

My second daughter learned to sew today.  She made a bag that will hold her Bible.  It is her 4-H project for the month.  She did a good job of following directions and being careful.  I am not sure if she liked sewing and will do it again though.  This is a pattern from a Better Homes and Gardens Publication.

Yesterday I made a purse and wallet for a dear friend of mine.  Her birthday is Thursday.  She recently lost a baby.  The second one this year and I wanted to do something really nice for her.

The purse pattern is "Mini Bow Tucks" by Quilts Illustrated.  Then wallet pattern is "Whimsey wallet" by This and That.

I need to make more of these wallets.  They would make great gifts.  I also love the fact I can make a wallet.  I have the smaller version of this by This & That that I use now.  A bigger one would be nice.

So many projects, so little time.

A weekend being sick makes for lots of sewing.

I got a cold/sinus junk on Thursday.  I was at the quilt shop to teach a bag class.  No one showed up for the class, but I stayed awhile and did some sewing.  Mostly talking really.  While there I started to feel the itch in the back of my throat and my nose began to run.  I had a lot of places I was suppose to go to on Saturday but I was sick.  Along with several of the children.  That meant sewing.

Here are all the things I got done this weekend.  Well, the bag on the far left I made while at the quilt shop on Thursday.  It is the "Clutter Bug" by This & That.  

The left bag is made with Bliss from Moda.  The bag on the right is an older fabric line by April Cornell from Moda.  I added yo-yos instead of covered buttons on the front like the pattern called for.

This next bag is a Lazy Girl designs.  It is the Lily Pocket Purse.  I made it out of some fabrics I had.  It will go over my shoulder.  This is my preferred way of wearing a purse.  It does not hurt my shoulder as much.

My children all want one of these!  They sure are fun to make.  The pattern is "frog patch"  by Me and My Sister Designs.  I made these 3 from a "Happy" charm pack, also by Me and My Sister.  Only one of them is filled.  I have to get more poly-pellets.  

Sorry this is a bad picture.  It is a purse made with the "junk bag" pattern by Sweetwater.  The pattern called for canvas but I made mine out of cotton.  I should have lined the front and back outer pieces with fusible fleece so the bag is not so floppy.  The canvas would have taken care of this.  Never the less it will still be a great bag.

Last of all I made a 10  minute table runner.  I learned this at the quilt shop on Thursday.  It only takes two fabrics: one that is 1/3 yard the other that is 1/2 yard.  Very easy and makes a great gift.  This one is for my mother-in-law's birthday.

That is all for this weekend.  I have more projects planned so I will keep sewing.

Tarts anyone?

Last week I made tarts.  They are fat free and very useful.  The pattern is "Petitfore Pincushions" by Indygo Junction.  I call them tarts because they are in tart pans.

Then I finished up another project for the quilt shop.  It is a Crab Apple Hill pattern called  "Arlyn's Embroidery Envelope.

I had alot of fun making this project.  I am very proud of it.  It is made out of wool and is sewn with wool thread from Aurifil.  It is great to work with.

These are  two projects I made from the book "Quilt a Gift" by Barri Sue Gaudet.  The quilt shop has this book too so these items are at the shop too.  

Raccoon in the Mailbox

Here is what was in our mailbox this morning.  Who sent this to us?