Good Job Fruity!
Take care,
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Things I did today.
Started with this dress.
Removed the top. Added waistband and elastic.
Got this. Very happy girl with spinny tutu skirt.
Then I made this to help with the Kaiya "room gut- redo".
Can you tell what it is?
How about now?
Had Brody buy a Hula hoop on his way home from a job.
Sewed some tubes added some elastic around the top and hung it from a swivel hook in the ceiling. Instant Princess tent.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Thanks Martha.
I used Martha's Girl's Shirt Dress tutorial for this project. As you can see, she loves it. Now to make some for all the girlies in my life.
Take care,
kendra
kendra
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Hey...
I have no real reason for neglecting my blog lately. I'm not going to make excuses and say I was too busy. I was but could have taken a few minutes to update and show off some pictures. My lists of to dos just kept getting longer and longer and I was overwhelmed. My fight or flight response was flight... oh well, I'm here now and have some finishes.
I was hoping to join in the fun at i'm a ginger monkey in the "scrap vomit" quilt a long, but the perfectionist in me couldn't wrap my brain about using so many different colors of 2.5 inch squares that may or may not look good together. I couldn't take so much time working on a quilt only to hate it in the end. I did still , and still am, using the scraps but in a way that I can deal with the chaos, yet still have some control. both of the above quilts are quilted and tied.
I also utilized my scraps in making quilted journal covers for Christmas gifts this year.
I recently got Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts: and have most of the supplies listed in this book for various projects, but I really enjoyed the chapter on patchwork quilts. I especially like the tied quilts as it reminds me of my childhood. Growing up we had many blankets, some quilts, and afghans that were made by my dad's mother. It still amazes me especially now that I'm making them myself, that she did it blind. I can't imagine how she was able to manuever though and complete some of the smallest details, but she did. I never paid attention to those things when I was a kid or when she was still alive, I think I could have learned alot from her had it not been for my snotty disposition and my teenage angst.
We still have few of those blankets, my son has one on his bed and has loved it an and cuddled it and picked at some of the tufts, so I was happy to have a very detailed diagram thanks to Miss Martha, on how to execute the perfect French knot. In doing so I realized how much I too loved those tied blankets and picked at those same tufts as a kid while I read in that big overstuffed chair at the old farm. I decided to follow the pattern for the basic patchwork quilt on page 66, but using all of those 2.5 inch squares I had cut. I first arranged them in a basic nine patch and then sewed them together and just kept going. I have been following my " Use what you got rule" and have come up with some great variations, forcing myself to think outside of the box.
More finishes that were gifted:
I was hoping to join in the fun at i'm a ginger monkey in the "scrap vomit" quilt a long, but the perfectionist in me couldn't wrap my brain about using so many different colors of 2.5 inch squares that may or may not look good together. I couldn't take so much time working on a quilt only to hate it in the end. I did still , and still am, using the scraps but in a way that I can deal with the chaos, yet still have some control. both of the above quilts are quilted and tied.
I also utilized my scraps in making quilted journal covers for Christmas gifts this year.
I recently got Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts: and have most of the supplies listed in this book for various projects, but I really enjoyed the chapter on patchwork quilts. I especially like the tied quilts as it reminds me of my childhood. Growing up we had many blankets, some quilts, and afghans that were made by my dad's mother. It still amazes me especially now that I'm making them myself, that she did it blind. I can't imagine how she was able to manuever though and complete some of the smallest details, but she did. I never paid attention to those things when I was a kid or when she was still alive, I think I could have learned alot from her had it not been for my snotty disposition and my teenage angst.
We still have few of those blankets, my son has one on his bed and has loved it an and cuddled it and picked at some of the tufts, so I was happy to have a very detailed diagram thanks to Miss Martha, on how to execute the perfect French knot. In doing so I realized how much I too loved those tied blankets and picked at those same tufts as a kid while I read in that big overstuffed chair at the old farm. I decided to follow the pattern for the basic patchwork quilt on page 66, but using all of those 2.5 inch squares I had cut. I first arranged them in a basic nine patch and then sewed them together and just kept going. I have been following my " Use what you got rule" and have come up with some great variations, forcing myself to think outside of the box.
More finishes that were gifted:
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