Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Receiving Blankets on Etsy

I've listed 8 receiving blankets in my Etsy shop. And I still have 5 left to get on there. It takes forever to pick which pictures to use and upload all the info. But it's so fun, I love it. I just want to keep listing and listing and listing. So check back often!



Thursday, March 11, 2010

shop update

I've been busy sewing and I love it! I will be updating my etsy shop over the weekend with 14 blankets. They should all be up there by Sunday evening, March 14th. I have lots more in the works too.

Monday, April 13, 2009

new in etsy store

new blanket... for sale in my etsy shop



















Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Receiving Blanket

I just finished this cream and blue receiving blanket. I experimented with a new way of attaching the binding. I probably wont sell it on etsy because I made some mistakes while trying this new binding. I will probably just end up giving it away. But I still like how it turned out, it's a good color combination.





Friday, January 23, 2009

pin cushion

I made this pin cushion all the way before Christmas. I have used it nonstop since and love it.





















































Idea and pattern from this book.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

12 fabric christmas tree ornaments

I made these for my co workers. I love how they turned out. It is so great to try something new and then have it turn out well. Although I altered the idea a little... the original idea doesn't suggest using them for ornaments. I liked them better as ornaments so I just attached a little ribbon and ta-da, Fabric Christmas Tree Ornaments. A great little gift to spread some Christmas Cheer!
















Idea from here and instructions/pattern from here

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

new in etsy store

New blanket. For sale in my etsy shop!



















Monday, November 17, 2008

new in etsy store

My new blanket. For sale in my etsy shop.















Tuesday, November 11, 2008

HOW TO: rag quilt

Finished Project: 42” x 42”
Fabric Requirements: 6 fabrics, ½ yard of each


You can do this type of quilt in so many different ways. You can do lots of different sizes and you can make it easy or hard. It all works.

For this example I decided on 6 squares by 6 squares, so 36 total squares. Each of those 36 squares is 7” x 7”. And I picked out 6 different fabrics.

I try to pick soft, textured or flannel fabrics if you are making it for a baby. They also fray a lot better than regular cotton fabrics. My favorite fabrics for this project are chenille or minky fabrics.

Unlike most quilts, this one does not have a separate backing you sew to the front once it’s completed. Because of this, you need to double the amount of square: 36 squares for one side, so you will need 72 total cut squares. You cut 12, 7x7 squares out of each ½ yard of fabric. Six fabrics, each cut into 12, 7x7 squares = 72 squares.

Once you have them all cut out you place them wrong side’s together (right sides facing out). So now you have a total of 36 pieces/squares (6 fabric sandwiches of each fabric).
You can put a piece (same size of cut fabric square, so you will have to cut the batting into squares) of batting between the 2 pieces of fabric. I put batting between all fabrics except for minky and chenille (they are thick enough on their own).

Once you have all 36 fabric sandwiches ready to go, you will sew each one individually. Sew a big X on the square; top corners diagonally to bottom corners. When all done, you will have 36 fabric sandwich squares sewn.

Now arrange the pieces how you want them to look in the finished product. Place 6 across and 6 down and create your own look. I change it up each time. Sometimes I will place them randomly, sometimes I picked an order/pattern and stick with that.

Once you have decided how you want it to look and where you want each square, you get to start sewing all the pieces together. I do ½ inch seams on everything.
Sew each square to the next square starting with the top row. After you have all the squares sewn together in rows, sew each row to another row, until you have sewn everything together.
You will then have to sew around all 4 edges of the quilt. You do this so when you cut/fray the edges, it wont continue to fray further than you want it to.

Once it is all sewn together, to make it look rag, you cut/fringe all the edges. This is done by snipping with scissors all available edges, but don’t snip through the seams! By doing this, you have created a binding. You also cut/fringe the backside of the quit where all the seams are showing.

When finished snipping everything, you will want to wash it. This will make the snips you made look fringed.

Looking at the finished project, you will see the front and the back of the quilt will be the same fabric, but one side will be smooth and one side will have the fringe/rag look.

There are so many variations of this quilt. That’s what makes it so fun and enjoyable. You can always find a way to make it your own!

Monday, October 27, 2008

in action

I love seeing my creations in use. It beings me great joy!
I gave this blanket to a friend for her baby boy, born 2 weeks ago.














On Sunday she had the blanket draped, ever so nicely, over the cute baby boy, Mack.

It was so cute and so fun to see. I was extremely excited. Because of this excitement I was displaying, Eric leaned over and (jokingly) said, I heard she doesn't like it.
















go here to see the blanket wrapped around the cute baby