Huggable & Loveable Soft Books for Kids

 

It's amazing how time flies by!

I've been so busy catching up in my sewing room after being

sick for almost 2 weeks with a nasty cold that turned into

a sinus infection.  I did manage to re-watch some of

my favorite TV shows while flat on the sofa.

This is the newest collection called Huggable & Loveable

from Studio E Fabrics.  This is collection #14.

While easy and fun to make it did become a little 

tedious making the entire collection of books and soft toys.

I still need to photograph the rest of the collection and quilt.

I took one larger book panel and made that into a reading quilt.

The second large book panel I will give to the guild for a 

monthly give-a-way later in the year.

Finished Projects:   Let It Glow - Glow in the dark fabric.

I made 3 quilts with this line.

I have one more collection to work with and have my

schedule of fabric being shipping to me through April.

Scott sent me [and other Brand Ambassadors] a bunch

of pre-cuts plus he let us pick out 10 bolts of fabric

from Henry Glass & Studio E to use in our 

projects throughout the year.  I love this guy!

Done & Started

The Aussie Oz-born collection is done!

The 'X' blocks are from a pattern that Missouri Star offered.

I wanted to squeeze out 3 quilts from this collection so

I put a filler block in-between the 'X' blocks.  If I made it

per the original pattern it would be all 'X' blocks.

This is the soft book panel made into a reading quilt.

I find making these into quilts are more beneficial 

to the kids instead of making them into a book.

The panel with simple borders.

With fabric leftover I started incorporated it in the

 backs of the quilts I'm making.

Each quilt gets a matching pillowcase.

"Let's Glow Crazy" from Blank Quilting is a glow-in-the-dark collection.

This can be found in stores sometime in January.

With leftovers of Starlet [also from Blank] this gives a much

needed pop of color to the black/white prints.  I'm in the process

of making two kids quilts, giving 1/2 yard cuts of several of these

fabrics to the guild's meeting give-a-way, and with the

remaining fabric ... I'm not sure what I can make.

Hope everyone had a great holiday as we

 count down the hours to the new year!

 

Catching Up

 

Derby on the Aussie Oz-Born collection.

Final pics coming soon!

Susan Q. sent me a surprise gift of a Junk Journal.

It's really cool.

I tried to take pictures by the tree but Derby wouldn't let me.

I admit I never knew about Junk Journal's. 

Susan mentioned she needed a break from quilting and started

making these and now she is hooked.  She tucked in some fun

things like clips, needles, a tape measurer, etc.   If you are interested

in learning to make these go to YouTube for a lot of video's.

Susan also sent me a new tree ornament.

I've always wanted to make a Seed Packet quilt because the

fabrics are beautiful.  Free Spirit had a post on FB which

asked what was on your Christmas wish list.  I commented

a Seed Packet kit plus the keys to the fabric warehouse.

I got one of the two items I wished for which was pretty

darn cool.  This was a total surprise gift and I have my

Secret Santa Scott to thank for sending the kit.  

I can't wait to start on this one! 

The day before I received another box of fabric from Scott.

I put in a request for wide back fabric and he

had some at his house which I gladly accepted.

The patterns in the Jelly Filled book are large blocks 

which in turn make large quilts.  Sure I could piece the

backs together but this is so much easier.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

FINISHED: FLOCK STAR * BEGINNING: EASTER WISHES

 

These projects were done days ago but was 

putting off taking photo's for some strange reason.

This is a fun and vibrate collection which I 

totally enjoyed working with.

4 single sided napkins

A fancy fold thanks to Pinterest

The placemats are pretty much the same size as printed on the panel

that came with this collection.

Both quilt patterns are from the book "Jelly Filled" by Vanessa Goertzen 

of Lella Boutique.  If you order the book it has 18 quilts using 

2-1/2" strips.  Of course I take liberty with the overall quilt

size because I don't make overly large quilts.

Soft scalloped edges on the top/bottom of both quilts.

Next Up:

Each block is 26" and I made 2 blocks across

and 2 blocks down.  The pattern calls for 3 blocks

but that's way to large for my needs.

I requested wide back fabric from Jaftex so I could finish this.

Next Up

With this collection I've already decided to make the large 

four heart quilt pattern.

This collection is a tough one to work with plus not to mention

it's a glow in the dark.  

Easter is up next.  I'm tossing around two different patterns

in my mind for this line.

I'll probably work with this one along side of the Easter collection.

The side of this quilt panel is made up [to an extent]

from a pattern that's in the Jelly Filled book.  Plans

are to make the pattern as written using the Easter fabric.

This is also a pattern from the Jelly Filled book.

One of the brand ambassadors made a pattern from this book

and she was kind enough to pass along the name.  Of course

it's on Amazon if anyone is interested in buying it.

Next is quilting, binding, and a photo shoot with final write up.

There are four placemats/napkins made from this collection

that still need to be photographed.