Turning 20 Again is finished

Well I promised another photo when my Turning 20 Again quilt was finished and it is so here is the picture. I went by Jen's last night and got it on the frame with a little help from her. It took me about 2 hours to quilt it and that was with stopping a few times to sit and to pet Holly. I really like the way it turned out. I came home and worked on the binding and just finished it up. Now it's on to finishing a few more projects. I'm really happy with the quilting I did. No thread breaks at all. The binding is perfect and I really enjoyed the hand sewing of the binding. Well I'm off to another Dr's appointment. Maybe there is some more sewing in my future for tonight.

Cup Cake Placemats, Start to Finish

Back when we were on retreat in Ohio I was able to buy this great pattern in the quilt shop that Jill and Linda work at. I picked up great fabric to use for the frosting on the cupcakes at our shop last week. Monday night I started to make these great cupcakes for two of my Great Nieces, Cassidy and McKenzie. It's so much fun making things for little ones. The pattern was very easy to follow and I can't wait to make more of them to put aside for gifts and maybe even a table runner. I did some free motion quilting on the frosting part of the cupcake and it really brought it to life. Next up a little straight stitching down the lines in the cupcake paper. Last night I made the leaves and they were just to be tacked down but I thought since they are going to get so much use I'd just go ahead and sew them down, add a little stitching on the leaves and then instead of making a yo yo to be the cherry on top I had these great big red buttons that I sewed on. I just know these are going to bring smiles to my Great Niece's and of course they are totally washable.

Charm Party Tote Start to FInish

It seems all my Peeps have a different goal lately so I've decided that I needed to start watching less senseless TV. I have cable yet there are many nights I'm watching junk because I just can't find anything to watch. I've turned into pretty much of a couch potatoe and that needs to stop. I need a birthday present for one of my good friends and she's always admiring my hand made bags so a bag it will be.

The other night I decided on the Charm Party Tote with a little bit of a variance to it. I had this great charm pack from Moda called Fig and Plum and I decided to use that one. It was really alot of fun putting it together and tonight I finished it off. Now all I need is a card and I'm good to go for her birthday. I like it so much I'll need another charm pack to make one for myself. I know she's going to just love it so it's headed to a great new home.