Mod Times Quilt Along Finished

Started this one in April.  Finished the top in the quilt along over at Twin Fibers Mod Times Quilt Along.  It took me a while to decide on the border. This quilt used fabrics entirely from my personal supply (aka "stash").  I quilted this one with some straight lines around the rectangles and used free motion to follow the design of the fabric in the border.  This was my first time using nylon thread in the top and white thread in the bobbin.  I am pleased with the results.  No problems with the tension and very few thread breaks.

Quilt top prior to border

Free motion and straight line quilting

College Graduation

Made these for college grads from IU (titled Hoosier girl) and Purdue  (titled Boiler Up) based on Aneela Hoey's tutorial girl on a tree swing mini quilt tutorial!!!.  Incorporated some of their dad's old shirts into the design.  I am so proud of both of them.  One an engineer off to a job.  One a biologist off to grad school at Wisconsin.  Great going ladies.



Hoosier Girl











                                 

I was able to use my embroidery machine to personalize each mini quilt. They both love music and were in the marching band during college. Yeah!

Boiler Up









Boiler Up close up









Hoosier girl up close



UPcycled Dog Pillow

I decided to rework a pretty sad dog pillow for the pillow party.
I ordered this dog print fabric on sale from Pink Chalk fabrics.
I thought it was perfect for a dog.
My idea was to use as much of the original pillow as I could along with some other upcycled items.
Here is the project in pictures.

Kyra's spot.  She is allowed on the couch if she sits on her spot and is under supervision.  Clicking on the picture will enlarge it.



Starting point

Tearing it apart with Kyra's help. Boy is she excited for a new pillow.

Leftovers.  I used most of the original pillow along with an old t-shirt. I used the cording and backing. I cut a bone shape from the t-shirt and used the rest to cover the cording .  Patched the back with some of the material from the front.

Kyra Helping Again!



She can hardly wait.  Fits perfectly on one cushion right in the middle. 

Mission Accomplished and Comfy too.

Back with some bones and balls to cover the previous holes.

Close up of machine embroidery.  Free paw design from Urban Threads. It is a really cool site and they usually have something free.  I bought an embroidery machine about a year ago and do not use it nearly enough :(. 



Housewarming

Wow, its been a while since I posted.  I have been working on some housewarming gifts for a friend who is an avid hunter.  I purchased this awesome "Incognito is Neato" fabric from Vo on spoonflower.  I thought it was perfect for my project.
Really pleased with how it all turned out except, there is always an exception.

I am not thrilled with the quilting that I chose for the front of the potholder. I was mainly trying out some free motion quilting but I feel that it is too busy for this piece.

Christmas sewing

 I made these fabric buckets following this tutorial springform fabric buckets by Amy at badskirt. I found some halloween buckets on sale for $0.50 at one of the dollar store chains.  After lunch my sister and brother kindly stopped and let me jump out at all the dollar stores on the way home. We found some halloween candy baskets for $0.50 on clearance.

For the potholders I followed this tutorial quilted potholders by Elizabeth at Oh Frasson. I really liked the cutout to make it go over your hand without it being a mitt. That way they can be used as trivets as well.

Pillowcase Dress

Here is a pillowcase dress I made for some friends expecting a little girl any day.  I got my inspiration here freshlypicked pillow case tutorial.  It is a size one so maybe for next summer.  It would also be great for fall with a tshirt. 

I used some of the piece I cut off the pillowcase to create a few wonky quilt blocks.  I did not quilt them but made them into a fabric basket.  I go my idea here sewn stash basket from the purl bee blog.  I just love all the great info.

I could not resist a picture of my lovely assistant holding the dress since it is for his friend.

Quilt Label

I wanted to thank crazy mom quilts for her label tutorial one way to label a quilt.  I followed it for my first quilt.