Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle rag quilt

This is one of my favorite quilts that I have made. It was done in he memory of my son, Bryan.  It was made for Bryan's best friends baby boy. It's made of 8 inch squares. I made the template for the mask.  I love the way it turned out

Payton's quilt

This was such a fun quilt to make. When I picked out the fabric I wasn't sure if y was going to like it. But as usual once it was all done, it's moved up to one of my favorites. This quilt was made for my niece for highschool graduation. I wanted the quilt to reflect her personality, her highschool years and accomplishments. I succeeded. 

Payton had Hawaiian Fridays.  They  would wear Hawaiian shirts on Friday. Payton's was bought at Goodwill. She shopped at Goodwill regularly. Most of the flowered material is Hawaiian shirts from Goodwill. She was in Marching Band all four years of High School I incorporated music note fabric. I chose black material to make the blocks stand out. I asked her mom ask her friends and family to think of one word that describes Payton. I put them on a block of black material. I appliqué d her name out of the Hawaiian shirts. I wanted a quilt pattern that looked spontaneous. I used this site for the idea and directions for the quilt. It turned out so much better than I ever imagined. 

Elephant baby quilt

                                                               

I made this baby quilt for friend from work. I am so excited. It turned out better than I thought it would. It was a lot more challenging than I expected but I absolutely love this quilt. I think this is my favorite quilt so far.  I know I say that every time I make a quilt except for the Megaman quilt (I haven't posted that one but will soon). 

The quilt is 40X45. I used 5 inch squares. The middle piece is 20X25. My husband drew the pattern of the elephant.  I drew the pattern for the balloons, the strings are 1/4 inch ribbon. 

Memory quilt

I had the privedge of making a memory quilt for a young lady whose boyfriend died a few months ago. This quilt took a lot longer and was much harder than I thought it would be.  I had never done a quilt like this before.  I didn't follow any pattern but pieced the shirt squares together in a pattern that I liked.  I used as many shirts as I could. The back was made of his jeans. The wares were 7x7. I tried to use pockets and holes and different part of the jeans.  I was surprised at how well it turned out.

Valentines tea

My husband is the hardest person to get a present for.  For Christmas this tear he picked out and bought his own present. I did wrap it put it under the tree.  Usually homemade presents are best if I pick something out but that doesn't always work out either.

For Valentines this year I did the usual thinking about it and at the last minute found some inspiration on Pinterest. I decided to buy some loose leaf tea and make tea bags. I bought way too much tea.  I probably only needed 1/4 of the tea I bought. For 15 bags you probably only need 1/2-3/4 ounce. I bought 2 ounces. My inspiration cane from here.  I free cut each heart. I used my machine to sew them.  After filling them with tea I sewed in the string when I filled the hole. The other end of the sting are paper hearts that have a word on each that I think of when I think oh my husband, ie loving, kind, caring etc. I decorated the tea tin the tea came in with decorative paper and stickers. I put the bags in a tin.  I put a valentine card on top of the tin. I got the valentine card from Here.

I am goin to give it to him tonight I will let you know how it goes.

Halloween Bags

I must admit I really dislike Halloween and don't like celebrating witches and goblins and such. With that being said Halloween was one of Bryan's favorite Holiday, which makes hard for me not to celebrate it all. This is the time of year I start my emotional roller coaster.  I have found in the last few years I do better when I am doing and making things for other people. I make thing Bryan would have liked when he was kid.  Last year I made some Halloween bags for some of my co workers kids. I had a blast and the kids loved them. This year I decided to do the same but really wanted to challenge myself. I difiantly did. I love the way the bags turned out. I didn't do a step by step instruction, maybe I will next time.  All of the bags are basic 12X18 inch lined bags with embellishments.

I got my inspiration for the princess bags here. The Spider-Man bag is my own creation. If I make them again I would change each one a little bit.  For the Spider-Man bag I would chand the spiderweb to be more of a pattern. The Snow White bag I would switch the colors and the Cinderella bag I would use all blue to make it look less like Alice in Wonderland.

This was such a fun project. 

Spider-Man bag

Snow White bag

Cinderella bag

Personalized baby rag quilt

Before washed


It's been awhile since I have posted on here. When I do a project I forget to take pictures. Today I finished up a rag quilt for a baby shower present.  I have made rag quilts before, each one always turns out my favorite when I am done. This one is no different.  I love how quick and easy they are. Bonus the people you give it think its a lot more complicated and time consuming. I did my own thing but got advice from two tutorials.  This one for the sizing of my strips and this one for the personalization..



I cut my strips 7 inches and 4 inches. I used green flannel in the middle of the strips. I sewed them using  a 1/2 inch seam allowance. 

 Note, when personalizing make sure you trace your letters backwards on the fusible web. I learned the hard way.  Also when sewing your quilt together make sure the name is the right or you could have an upside down quilt like mine.  The name was suppose to be on the bottom. However I really like the way my mistake turned out.   On other note you definitely want to wash the quilt at a laundry mat or have a really good filter on your washer and dryer.

After wash.

I have made a couple more rag quilts using the same technique.