Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Craft Show Progress

 I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We were so happy to meet my newest grand-niece, Mollie. She is the cutest little peanut!

I've been very focused on craft show sewing and it feels great to get things done. I made two baby quilts this week. This is a simple patchwork made from a stack of fat quarters of Lizzy House "Outfoxed." I cut 6" squares and the top went together super fast. 
 

The backing is a DSQuilts print from Joann's and the purple binding was in my stash.  Big loopy swirls is my go-to quick quilting design. This quilt finished at about 39" square before washing. I expect some shrinkage and fun crinkling.


I had fun playing with these Dr. Seuss prints that I've had for a while.
 

Straight line quilting on this one with a great print on the back and a striped binding from the same collection. This one is about 38" x 46". This fabric was pre-washed, so it shouldn't shrink much.


I made a pile of fabric boxes. (see my tutorial here) I'm stitching on the buttons at night while I watch TV. There are 8 or 9 more to finish up. It's a great little catch-all for a desk, sewing table or nightstand.


Guitar straps made from one shabby chick's tutorial. They are so much fun to make! If anyone has a use for 2" black nylon webbing, please let me know.  Amber also has a camera strap tutorial that would go great with my tote bag that isn't finished yet.
 

Pete is doing great in boot camp. He enters the Crucible tomorrow morning: the 54 hour final test before he becomes a Marine. I could just burst from the mix of emotions right now! Fortunately, I can head back to my sewing machine to calm my nerves.


Have a great week!

3 comments:

Cathy said...

Go Pete!!

I love those little boxes. And grateful you have the distraction of sewing these last few days of boot camp.

Rhea said...

Mg thoughts are with Pete facing the Crucible. My daughter's fiancee is at MCRD San Diego and started his Crucible on Tuesday. Graduation is 12/13 and their wedding is 12/14.

Tara Celeste said...

I love the Outfoxed quilt, Tina! I came late to the Lizzy House train and didn't know about her until she can me out with one of the Peeps lines.