Handwork

                                     

Hand stitching is so satisfying.

I love adding contrasting color to patchwork!

and when the project is small...

well...

I goes so FAST!!!

It made me REALLY want to get going on a bigger quilt!

Just need to get a quilt sandwich made and get GOING!!

Just.

Haha!

These little mug rugs will be gifted soon

with a mug!

Yeah for simple practical little gifts!!

Homemade makes me happy!

Homemade is also nice in the kitchen.

This is an excellent pie that takes NO TIME at all.

Sour cream apple pie.

I bought a ready made crust

and filled it up.

Easy peasy.

Soft and Light

Lightweight.

Simple.

Practical.

 

This receiving blanket is just 2 pieces of flannel.

I tried to make it special by hand stitching around the outside...

and adding some FUN ribbon loops to the side.

I call these "LOVING touches".

 

This little blanket measures 40"x40"

 

Soft and cuddly.

A "quilt" for these HOT summer days.

;)

 

Fabrics used were both Robert Kaufman....

Different designers:

Bonny bloom by Lesley Grainger and Nordica by Darcel Phillips.

When I bought them I thought they were the SAME designer.

..........

After googling them....

I THINK the blue birds were designed for a Christmas line of fabric.

:)

The baby will never know.

 

 

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Here's the HOW TO video...

if you're interested.  ;)

A Little bit of slow stitching

Last night

after a VERY big day

all I wanted to do was SIT and watch something....

knitting in hand.

 

But my knitting skills are not UP THERE yet.

I totally forgot how to increase at the end of each row.

:(

I did not have the patience to figure it out....

so I pulled out something that did NOT require

BRAIN power.

;)

 

This is one of my very first dump and sew quilts.

A little tiny baby quilt.....

Put together on a ski trip (I wasn't skiing)

about 5 years ago.

 

DUMP and sew is the technical term

for sewing random pieces together

in a random format.

It's always nice when the random pieces

have a theme.

These scraps were mostly 30's looking prints.

 

It was a very small baggy of scraps...as I recall.

I added batting and an old piece of cotton to the back.

Quickly spray basted and gave myself a LONG line to quilt.

Pulled out some BRIGHT green thread.

THEN...

I was able to sit down after my LONG day

and STITCH.

;)

I have a few lines done.

Yeah!

I KNOW this little quilt will be calling my name

 from the dining room table

ALL day long as I do my chores.

 

I will try NOT to listen.

;)