Friday, March 8, 2024

Final Project: Graveyard Ghouls

 

"Graveyard Ghouls" by Victoria Hutto for Studio E Fabrics. 

What's cool - this is glow-in-the-dark fabric - perfect for quilts, 

trick-or-treat bags, costumes or anything else 

your imagination can conjure up ... like a village for

the ghouls!




My final project using this line.  I'm going
to have a hard time parting with this one!




Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Progress Shots: Hello Honey!

 

"Hello Honey!"

The pattern on the right is called Pinwheel Posies.

I wasn't sure if I liked this block but once I had them all
done it worked!  You can decide when I post the final pictures.
Derby just had to get in the picture.
I have the "Hello Honey!"panel to work with next.
Then I have another Halloween themed collection
to work with and after that I would be caught
up on all things Jaftex [until Fed-X drops
another package on my doorstep].


Sunday, March 3, 2024

"Hello Honey"

 

"Hello Honey!" is the collection I'm currently working on.
I've taken the soft book panel [shown in the lower left],
cut out each page then added on two borders around
each of those cut-outs.  What's left - adding the side borders.

My thoughts are to make several quilts to add into
the guild's holiday sale in December.


Monday, February 26, 2024

"Snow Crew"

 

"Snow Crew" from Henry Glass Fabrics 
is almost done.
A few more stockings to add to the kids stack I started.

I'm really happy how these turned out.  Will need to decide
on backing fabric probably later on in the summer.

When designing quilts I like easy, quick & cute.
For the most part I may use a pattern I have in my
collection but at times I take a part of that pattern then
add my own touch to it.  That is what I consider real fun.

"Glaze" Quilt is Done!

 

It was a wonderful day so I took an arm full of quilts 
outside to photograph.  I'll post the other ones tomorrow.
This was a new pattern for me called "Curtain Call".  It was
a free pattern I pulled from a fellow blogger.
The butterfly fabric I pulled from my stash and I believe it's
from Blank Quilting.
Countdown to spring!  My Dutch Iris are blooming!!

Friday, February 23, 2024

"Graveyard Ghouls" from Studio E

 

Graveyard Ghouls is a collection of fabric that has 
glow-in-the-dark properties.
The designs are very kid friendly and cute.
With leftover fabric I designed the back for this quilt.

It's more enjoyable for me to sew and complete projects
when I know there is a home waiting for them.

The cream and orange side panel blocks were taken from 
the quilt I made using the collection called "Glaze".
Those 2 colors just didn't work in the quilt I made.
Photo's of that quilt coming soon!
The second batch of Halloween fabric arrived today Fed-X 
from Korea.  It's called "No Tricks, Just Treats" 
from Henry Glass.

Yesterday I finished three quilts using the winter
collection called "Snow Crew" plus six stockings
that will go into the stack for the kids in North Carolina.

Pictures coming as soon as we get a good weather day.

I also finished one small quilt using the collection called
"Glaze" from Blank Quilting.

Started working with the book panel for the new collection
called "Hello Honey" from Studio E.

Yes, you could say my sewing room is a production area!
   

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Progress Shots: "Snow Crew" from Henry Glass

 

I've been going between winter and Halloween fabric collections.
At least I have my wits about me not to mix them up!
I prefer to make three smallish type of projects
 vs one large project.  Why you ask?
The answer is simply ... I get bored quickly.
He's so stinking cute!
Hard to believe that Derby will be 15 in May.







This panel will be the last of my three projects
using "Snow Crew".  
Next up ... to quilt and bind five
quilts I made previously.

Sunday, February 11, 2024

A Trip to Amish Country for Fun & Fabric

 

My sister and I took a road trip to Lancaster on Saturday
because I wanted to do a little fabric shopping.
The buggies were out in full force.

Driving to Lancaster from my sister's house the GPS 
takes you through many a winding country road.
She looked very young to us and I'm guessing
this is a training buggy.
Pass with caution!
We even went through a covered bridge.

This is the owner of The Old Country Store, Jan.
We parked behind the Old Country Store and next time
we'll have to check this place out.
I didn't buy a lot of fabric but I did see a lot that I liked.
Mainly I was looking for fabric that could be made
into items for the next guilds homemade sale in December.
I want to make placemats and napkins out of the deer
fabric.  The hunting fabric I'm not sure what I'll use it for.
This was purchased just for fun because it was on sale.
Since 4-H is big in my area I'm thinking of using
the panels for a quilt.

This panel and the one below will be made into 'man cave' quilts.

The national park themed fabric is really big and people
love it.  I'm not sure what I'll do ... maybe
leave it whole and just pop a few borders around it.