Bunting

With extra triangles from her quilt, Lis made this bunting with ribbon and hot glue. It'll look pretty charming in her apartment.

Felt Breakfast

Quilt Shoppe

There is a local quilt shoppe that I absolutely adore. An old farmhouse turned into a fabric shop. A roomy classroom has been added on for quilting classes. (Which I also adore.)

A cozy kitchen for eating potluck lunches.

A whole room full of Civil War fabrics. The row of pinks is my favorite.

Fat quarters, cutting table, and *always* lots of pleasant chatter.

30's reproductions. *love*

How to choose?

I love these greens!

...and these pinks!

Quilting

Autumn Tints block

A "Peary" Cute Pincushion

Made from this pattern.

Little Babies

I'm working on a tutorial for these....

Pink Decorations

Cut out hearts, from felt, and sew them all together to make a lovely garland. You could use different shapes for different holidays.

I also made a garland to hand around our light fixture- and gluing candy canes together makes perfect hearts!

These Valentine decorations are late, I know. But you can keep them in mind for next year!

A Purse

I can't wait until I finish it!

♥Autumn

Paper Piecing

    I have never tried paper piecing, but I liked this idea at a little gift shop we recently stopped at. 

 Instead of using freezer paper to back quilt pieces, this lady used 

old letters. It was so clever!

Autumn

Curtains

Using this fabric....

for curtains in my kitchen. 

Autumn

A Colonial Dress

Sewing for dolls is much more fun than sewing for humans.


I recently attempted to make a colonial dress for an 18 inch doll. I used fabric from and old stash from the 70's, and this is what I ended up with:

There are even little darts in the back.

What do you think? Do you think it would sell?



♥Autumn

Bringing Back the 70's, One Wrap Skirt at a Time

Because the previous wrap skirt I made requires you to make your own pattern, using your own measurements, I decide to make one to fit an 18 inch doll.

The fabric I used is actually from the 70's which makes it ultra cool. What makes it even cooler, is that the fabric belonged to my grandmother.


It fits perfectly, and was easy to make.


I think I'll be making several more in the near future.


And after having a fun photo shoot with my own doll, the skirt was given to Abigail. She was thrilled.

♥Autumn

My Wrap Skirt

I made this wrap skirt yesterday. It was really easy. And fast. It took Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest hits, and 4 songs off of my Monkees CD. (About 2 hours) That is my kind of project!



And it didn't require a pattern. I used directions from the "Sew What! Skirts" book.

♥Autumn

Napkin Rings

Napkin rings a really pretty, and can dress up an ordinary table. They are very fun and easy to make too!Start by cutting strips of fabric 2 inches wide, by 12 inches long. Fold the right sides together, and stitch up the raw edge. Attach safety pin to one end, turned the safety pin to the center, and worke it through so as to turn the long case right side out.

Next, thread the long case onto a plastic shower curtain hook. These can be found at the dollar store. Fold the raw edges of the casing in, so that everything looks pretty.
Hand stitch where the two ends meet, and you're finished!

A pile of finished rings!

These are a great project for beginners. If you have any questions, or are confused about the directions, leave a comment and I'll help you out!

This post was originally written by my creative mother here.

♥Autumn