I had the awesome pleasure of designing this week's gentle giant, Fezzik!
You can find the pattern for him here along with an embroidered quote pattern designed by Kim.
The stuff I make in my spare time.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Anybody Want a Peanut?
There are only a few characters left to go in the Fandom in Stiches "As You Wish" quilt-and-stitch-along!
I had the awesome pleasure of designing this week's gentle giant, Fezzik!
I had the awesome pleasure of designing this week's gentle giant, Fezzik!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Inconceivable!
Over at Fandom in Stitches there is a pretty awesome quilt-and-stitch-along going on... it's Princess Bride themed!
I had the wonderful pleasure of designing a couple of paper-pieced blocks for this adventure, the first of which is everyone's favorite Sicilian, Vizzini!
I had the wonderful pleasure of designing a couple of paper-pieced blocks for this adventure, the first of which is everyone's favorite Sicilian, Vizzini!
I couldn't decide which expression was better, so I designed two patterns! You can find them here along with a lovely embroidery design by Amber Lowery.
I am slowly but surely working on my projects... so eventually you'll get to see all of the Princess Bride characters as I piece them. The winter blues hit me hard this year and our family's free time has been stretched a little thin these past few months. Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
We're Remarkable Cows...
This year has started off slowly to say the least. I do apologize for the severe lack of posting, but I was in desperate need of a break. Now that I'm ready to get back to sewing, I needed a couple little projects to ease back into things. So I made these!
When I first started doing paper-piecing I didn't have a large variety of fabrics to choose from... but that all changed one day that I happened to visit to the Salvation Army. Sitting there amid the pillows and tablecloths were 3 HUGE bags full of partially-used fat quarters and fabric scraps! It was my luckiest thrift store find ever! I've used bits of fabric in just about every color... but there were some fabrics that came with the bunch that I honestly didn't know what to do with. And that included this lovely cow print.
But what better stash-busting project is there than a pieced pot-holder? It was actually quite fun to search through my stash for coordinating colors and I didn't need to use much material. I fussy-cut the center squares and then took the opportunity to practice quilting "in the ditch." I sewed the binding on by hand, which was also good practice for some of the other projects I'm hoping to finish this year.
These turned out quite nicely. ...And I still have a whole stack of random, I-don't-know-what-else-to-do-with-it fabrics that will probably also get the pot-holder treatment in the near future!
Thursday, February 6, 2014
All Together Now
Last year I introduced you to three little rainbow-colored monsters that now live at my Craftsy store. I have one last pattern to share with you that incorporates them all together in one large block.
At 18" x 12," this block would be perfect for a wall-hanging! Like the other individual patterns, this one is available for sale in my Craftsy shop here.
You can also now purchase all four patterns together for one low price with the Rainbow Monster Super Pack!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The Twelve Days of 2013
Sing it with me!
On the first day of 2013 I made for you to see, a harvest-themed wall-hanging!
On the second day of 2013 I made for you to see, two crafty tutorials...
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
On the third day of 2013 I made for you to see, three Spoonflower fabric designs!
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
On the fourth day of 2013 I made for you to see, four smallish bags!
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
On the fifth day of 2013 I made for you to see,
five random, miscellaneous and otherwise uncategorized thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
a random green squid!
On the sixth day of 2013 I made for you to see,
six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing!
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
Ravenclaw scarf!
pretty lacy scarf!
fingerless gloves!
On the seventh day of 2013 I made for you to see, seven fish-shaped pencil cases!
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
On the eighth day of 2013 I made for you to see, eight messenger bags!
...seven fish-shaped pencil cases,
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
Star Trek!
...more bags!
On the ninth day of 2013 I made for you to see,
nine paper-pieced patterns designed by me!
...eight messenger bags,
...seven fish-shaped pencil cases,
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
On the tenth day of 2013 I made for you to see, ten Pinterest projects!
...nine paper-pieced patterns,
...eight messenger bags,
...seven fish-shaped pencil cases,
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
key holder
On the eleventh day of 2013 I made for you to see,
eleven quilted pillows and/or pillowcases!
...ten Pinterest projects,
...nine paper-pieced patterns,
...eight messenger bags,
...seven fish-shaped pencil cases,
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
birthday pillowcase!
birthday pillowcase!
birthday pillowcase!
On the twelfth day of 2013 I made for you to see,
SEVENTEEN (out of 29...) Not All Who Wander Are Lost Quilt Blocks!
...eleven quilted pillows,
...ten Pinterest projects,
...nine paper-pieced patterns,
...eight messenger bags,
...seven fish-shaped pencil cases,
...six knitted/crocheted articles of clothing,
...five random thingies!
...four smallish bags,
...three Spoonflower fabric designs,
...two crafty tutorials,
...and a harvest themed wall-hanging!
....and then on the first day of 2014 I took a very long nap...
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