Cupcake Pillow and Little Girl Skirts

I made these little skirts for my five year old granddaughters.  One has a Halloween birthday and the other a late September.  Both mamas are into Halloween.  The cupcake pillow I embroidered and then stippled.  I put a zipper in the back of the pillow, my first.  It was quite easy.  The tutorial came from Piece N Quilt.  If I wasn't so lazy, I would get up and get the info.  Email me if you are interested. 

GPS Bag and Store Sample

Not much going on here.  Trying to get into the retirement mode, which was not easy at first.  Retired for almost two months now.  I made the Smorgasbord quilt sample for http://www.craftythreads.com/, my local quilt shop. Went together so easy if you are wondering.  The patter is by Block Party Studios. 

The other is a bag for my GPS.  My old one was not updated and kept getting us lost on our recent trip to Cape Cod so we got a new one.  I made a simple padded drawstring bag to hold the GPS, the instruction booklet and the USB cord.  Now when not in use, it goes in the bag.

Vintage Spools Small Quilt

I downloaded this pattern from Loft Creations, it is called Vintage Spools. You need some background, spool top and bottom fabric, five inch squares and rickrack.  I used a 30's charm pack.  I had everything in my stash except the rickrack.  It measures 35" long by 31" wide.  Don't know want I am going to do with it yet.  It could be a baby quilt or a table topper.

Up Cycled IPAD II Case

These jean men's shorts were meant for the Goodwill bag but were detoured to my sewing room.  I wanted to make an IPad case out of them.  I put an additional pocket on the inside.  The two outside pockets are fully usable.  The outside can hold the cell phone and the other all the cords and accessories.  If interested, you can purchase through my Etsy shop here for $20.00 plus shipping.  The lining and top border are a Robert Kaufman print of old clock faces. 

New Bag Made

Wrong sided hounds-tooth.  My bad!

Blue Zippers??

This is called Take Me Away - Weekend Bag by J.L. Stephens Couture.  I ordered the PDF pattern from Etsy.  I don't know if I will make another one.  If I did, I would change a few things.  One side is good the other the hounds-tooth did not match up as I was short on fabric.  I used what I had on hand to include the navy blue zippers in the lining.  I made a hard covered bottom as well. 

Early Halloween Wallhangings

My daughter is a Halloween nut.  She sent me home from Vegas with these two panels and the fabric for the borders.  I mitered the borders so the little table topper is from the leftover strips and is reversible. 

Back From the West Coast

We took a family trip to Disneyland.  There were 15 of us and three vehicles from Las Vegas to Anaheim, California.  There were seven kids and one teenager ages two to 18 years. It was exhausting and fun.  The little ones were so fun to watch.  We went to a character breakfast and well worth the money.  Then the Disney characters come to the table and you can take pictures of your child without having to wait in long lines.  

I went to M&L Fabrics which is a great store if you get a chance to go there.  There are so many fabrics and very good prices.  Bring an extra bag if you are flying.  My one daughter bought two Halloween panels and fabric for the border to make her wall hangings.  I got them together, now I have to quilt them.  Pictures later.

Humbug Bags

I whipped two of these up last night. This pattern is from http://www.quiltwoman.com/.  They would be great for cosmetics, toiletries, or to hold the foot pedal and cords for your travel sewing machine.  I have one a friend made for me years ago and I keep my little Janome pedal and cord in there.  So a great gift for your sewing friends.  I will probably put these on my Etsy shop when I get back from vacation.  Going to Las Vegas and all seven of my grandchildren will be there.  Well three already live there, but all in all, it will be great.  We are driving to Disneyland and hope to make a trip to M & L Fabric without the kids. 

Any Ideas -Foundation Piecing & the Phone Book

I call this the start of a phone book quilt.  I tore pages from my phone book and laid my six by twelve ruler on them and cut.  I then went to my scrap bucket and started foundation sewing.  I have 27 six by 10 1/2 rectangles so far.  I don't know what I am going to do with them.  Any ideas out there?  I am thinking sashing in between.  I know I need to make several more rectangles. 

IPAD II Case and Placemat Pillows

I designed this IPad cover.  I wanted something to hold my charging cord and stand so I put a nice big pocket on the back with a hook and loop flap pocket.  I added batting to the lining and outside fabric, so it is nice and cushy for my Ipad. 
The pillows are from two placemats I purchased at Target.  They add some nice color to my couch.