Crazy Quilt!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Filed Under Sewing, Quilting | 1 Comment

If anyone is looking for a great tutorial on making a very simple and quick quilt, stop on over at All Sorts and check out her tutorial on making this Crazy Quilt!

She started with 36 fat quarters, then cut them into 36 squares. You divide those into 4 stacks of 9 squares, then make a cut, sew them together, make more cuts and sew more together. The tutorial really takes you step by step through the whole process!

She has a lot of other great tutorials on other crafts as well! Check them out!

Quilting

Friday, November 2, 2007

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Foilage Friends

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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I just love these Foilage Friends from Family Fun! Aren’t they just adorable!!!!
Use your imagination (and some paper, glue, and a pen or pencil) to turn ordinary backyard leaves into a whimsical menagerie.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Autumn leaves from your yard
	Paper
	Glue
	Pencils, pens, or crayons
Time needed: About 2 to 3 Hours

1. Go outside and see what kinds of animals are hiding in your leaf piles. Below are some possibilities. When you’ve found leaves in your yard whose shapes you like, glue them to pieces of paper and use pencil, pen or crayon to make your creatures complete. To preserve your creations, press them between two books.

Maple Butterfly 2. MAPLE: These leaves have three main points and lots of smaller ones; count them as they flutter by.

Rose Turtle 3. ROSE: The rounded shape of this bush’s leaves makes them look a lot like little shields.

Birch Bird 4. BIRCH: As big and tall as this white-bark tree can get, its leaves are as small and as light as feathers.

Geranium Hairdo 5. GERANIUM: You might flip your wig if you find one of these wild-looking leaves in your yard.

Barberry Fish 6. BARBERRY: While this plant doesn’t live underwater, its leaves resemble raindrops.

I just love them and can’t wait to make a few! With all the leaves all over my yard, I k now I’ll have tons to choose from! Let me know if you make any and post pictures of yours!

Creamer Bottle Snowmen!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Filed Under Crafts, Kids, Christmas Crafts | 3 Comments

I love these and can’t wait to give it a try! Aren’t they adorable! I found the directions on the DLTK’s website after my friend Melissa posted about making them with her day care kids.

Scarecrow Wreath

Friday, September 28, 2007

Filed Under Sewing, Crafts, Fall Crafts | 1 Comment

I just love fall! It’s my favorite season! I always get some corn stalks from one of my neighbors farm, lots of pumpkins and of course some beautiful mums and make a little display as you walk up our sidewalk. It’s too early to cut out the pumpkins, but as long as the weather doesn’t get too warm, they’ll be fine until a couple weeks before Halloween. Then we’ll carve out some jack-o-lanterns!

Here’s a cute little scarecrow wreath that I made last year. I picked up all the supplies to make it at Michaels. Isn’t he cute?

I love fall crafts too! So many possibilities! I’m planning to sew a fall table runner, hopefully tomorrow afternoon. My local quilt shop has some gorgeous material that I can’t wait to buy! lol!

She Won!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Filed Under Photography, County Fair | 3 Comments

Becca enter two photos in the Fair photography competition and she got a 4th place on one!!! Woo Hoo! We are very proud of her! Here is her picture:

There were about 30 entries there and some of them were really, really good. I’m so excited that she won a ribbon! She’s going to put this in her portfolio for college. She wants to go for photography and graphic design!

Here’s what the actual picture is that she entered. There’s a lot of glare in the photo above, so it looks better here:

This is just one of the 150+ pictures she took of flowers when we went to Florida. It was so hard to decide which ones to enter but she could only enter one 3 x 5 and one 5 x 7. She made this one the 5 x 7. Isn’t it gorgeous!

Coasters…

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Filed Under Sewing, Crafts, Gifts | 4 Comments

Aren’t these gorgeous? My friend Fiona over at Dragonfly-Crafts made these to sell in her online shop and they went like hotcakes!

I’m going to be trying my hand at it this weekend. I have some cute material that I think would make very nice coasters. Now I have to decide who to give them to, or if I want to keep them for myself! lol!

Our Band Boosters are planning a Christmas Craft and Home Show in November and I’m planning to have a table with some items that I’ll be sewing, and I think I’ll make several sets of these.

You can purchase the book, Bend the Rules Sewing, that carries the pattern for these coasters at Amazon.com. Enjoy!

Murphy’s Law of Sewing…

Monday, August 27, 2007

Filed Under Sewing, Stories | 3 Comments

These are hilarious and so very true! Have any of you veteran sewings had any of these happen to you? I know I have! lol!

Fusible interfacing always fuses to the iron.
The serger only eats the customer’s garment.
If you need 6 buttons, you will find 5 in your button box.
The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one.
When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.
The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.
The pattern you wanted to make again will have one key piece missing.
If you drop something out of your sewing basket, it will be your box of pins …..with the cover off.
Whenever the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs outs.
The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.
Your lost needle will be found by your son, husband or brother-in-law …..while walking around barefoot.
Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side. (Opposite sides attract).
Collar points don’t match, and you’ve trimmed all the seams.
The iron never scorches the garment until its final pressing.
Pants seams always rip where they are the most noticeable.
The steam iron only burps rusty water on light silk fabric.
The sewing machine light usually burns out on Sunday.
Pinking shears get dull just by looking at them.
Gathering threads always break in the middle.
The scissors cut easiest past the buttonhole.

Seashell Wreath

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Filed Under Crafts, Kids, Vacation, Summer crafts | 1 Comment

I’m always looking for unique craft ideas, especially ones involving Seashells since we collected so many this summer! We found lots of little shells that were absolutely perfect when we were in Florida at the Gulf of Mexico. We were amazed at the thousands of shells under our feet as we walked on the beach! We had never seen so many before! But they were all pretty small.

We just got back from a beach in New Jersey last weekend and were a bit disappointed on our first day because we couldn’t seem to find many shells. There had been a bad storm a few days before we got there and the waves were very high. The kids weren’t even allowed to swim because of the undercurrent, so we spent the day just playing at the edge of the water. Two days later, we went back. Oh my! There were tons of perfect shells, and some of them were huge!!! We collected way too many!

After coming back for the beach I needed to find some craft ideas for all those shells! I came across this very unique idea for a Seashell Wreath that will make a very nice addition to our bathroom which has a Seashell shower curtain. I found the idea at Craftideas.info where there are tons of craft ideas for every season and occasion! Enjoy

Fire Starters

Monday, August 6, 2007

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Since we’ll be camping while we’re at the beach, we need to make some Fire Starters so that it’s a little bit easier to get our campfire started in the evenings!

While at Girl Scout camp as a kid, we learned how to make fire starters from cardboard egg cartons, dryer lint and melted wax. I’ve been keeping the last couple egg cartons just for this occasion!

These are so easy to make. Just stuff each egg holder with dryer lint, then melt some candle wax and pour it over each egg holder. Close the lid and you have a very easily portable fire starter! When it’s time to make your fire, simply tear off a few of the egg holders and place them at the bottom of your fire ring. Put some kindling and a little newspaper around it then stack some wood around it. Light the newspaper and fire starter and you have a nice hot fire in a matter of minutes!

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