IPAD Case & Color Nook Cover

Steve purchased a Nook Color - that's his holiday gift and birthday.  I made a new cover.  He has a thing for the Three Stooges.  I found the fabric in my stash.  I bought it in Florida about four years ago.

More Three Stooges fabric - this time an IPad II cover.  It has a zippered pocket on the front for your cables, cords, etc., hook and loop tab closure, and a detachable strap.  This is going in my Etsy shop for $19.50 if anyone is interested. 

Small Quilt Swap #1

I am in a small quilt swap and this is what I made for my partner.  Hope she likes it.  It had to be bigger than 22 inches, this one measured 23.5.  Now I want to make one in a bigger size for myself.  Actually this is the fourth small quilt I made.  The other three are done in various stages.  I could not decide.  

Another Toddler Quilt Made

I made this for a friends great-grandson.  I machine quilted it with straight lines and then used the quilt as you go method to put it all together.  Nice and bright for a little two year old boy. The pattern is called Nite ~ Nite, a very easy quilt to make.  It was eight fat quarters plus the border and backing. 

QAYG Table Runner

I have been sewing my scrap fabrics to phone book pages.  I tear out a bunch of pages and then using the straight side of the page cut the pages six inches by the length of the page, ten or so at a time.  I had almost a hundred of these pages which turn out to be about 6 x 10.75.  While watching TV, I tear off the paper on the back once I get a bunch sewn.  I want to make a lap/throw quilt with them, so I tried the table runner first to see if I liked the method = quilt as you go (QAYG) first.  So this is my result.  I loved it better after I washed it.  It is amazing how all the scraps just float in the center.  I used a gray kona cotton on the sashing and borders. 

This is about as Halloween as I get.  So now I know how it works and want to go on and make a lap quilt.  Quite easy.  I used the method in "Mile-A-Minute Quilts" by Sharon Hultgren. 

New baby quilt and diaper bag made.

My sister sent me the front fabric to make a baby quilt for her co-worker.  I dug the back fabric from my stash.  The diaper bag I made from the left over fabric. I stippled it myself.  No pattern, just on a wing and a prayer.  Happy with how they both turned out.  Now I just have to get them in the mail to my sister in Las Vegas.

I have joined a small quilt swap!

I hope I can come up with something for my partner.  This swap is at http://Mary-myneedlethread.blogspot.com.  It has to be about 22 x 22.  I am trying not to stress too much.  Maybe this will help me get my sewing room in order from the move.  Seems like everyday we have to go and do something related to living here in Oregon and have not had the time to sew, except two small drawstring bags. 

I just came back from San Antonio, Texas.  My grandson graduated from Air Force Basic Training.  I am one proud grandma!  This is a bright future for this 18 year old young man.  Maybe he will friend me on FaceBook now?? 

More Drawstring Bags

This is my first sewing project since we moved into the house.  My sewing room is almost unpacked.  I thought I downsized a lot before we moved, but apparently not enough.  I have three plastic bins full of nothing but kits I have purchased.  What was I thinking???  So definitely on a no buy odyssey now.  I am leaving tomorrow to go to Las Vegas.  My daughter lives there and of course her five almost six year old twins.  We are leaving Wednesday to go to San Antonio together to see my grandson, her son, graduate from Air Force boot camp.  I made these two little drawstring bags for them to put toys in or whatever they want.  Grandma just can't go empty handed.  I will put some money in there, they like that.  I have not found a good place for pictures yet in this house. 

We have arrived!

It was 3300 miles from Tampa, Florida to Eugene, Oregon.  We are staying in a LaQuinta Inn as they are pet friendly.  Our moving truck was suppose to be here September 16th, but as Murphy's Law will prevail in our house, it won't be here until Thursday or Friday next week.  So we will be staying a few more days at the Inn.  I am anxious to move in and get out of this place.  I did pack my little Janome AQS machine and a project so not all is lost.  I made 30 string blocks 6 x 10.5 yesterday. 

Start of Scrappy New York Beauty

A little project I started using my scraps.  I purchased the book New York Beauty Simplified by Linda Hahn at my local quilt shop Crafty Threads.  She really does a good job of explaining and lots of pictures for clarity.  My plan is to use pinks for the pie, greens for the background and yellow and oranges for the spires which have a white background.  Instead of paper to make the arch foundation, I used something I found in the interfacing section of Joann's.  I think it is used to make patterns.  I tested it by washing and drying a small sample.  While watching the idiot box, I have been tracing the arch's onto this stuff.  Works well, I love using it and a bigger bonus, no paper to peel away.  Looks like interfacing, but better. 

Once we move across country, we will be staying in a LaQuinta with our two dogs in Eugene, Oregon.  I am packing my small Janome with this project and another one, just incase I get bored.