fun memories

I always enjoy decorating for Christmas with things from the past.  They bring back good memories and joy, and feel so comfortable and sweet!  This quilt is from a swap that I participated in when I first began patchwork.  I have always liked the log-cabin quilt block and it really makes a pretty red and green quilt.

We each signed our block and added our hometown in the light side of the cabin.  Here is the block that I made for the swap.  We each made 20 log-cabin blocks.

piece,
elizabeth

 

little quilt monday~~~merry christmas stitchery

Little Quilt Monday

I made a simple little stitchery and framed it with some pretty pinecone fabric.  Then I FMQ(free motion quilted) in a meandering way.  What an easy little mini quilt : )

The measurements for this little quilt are 14 X 17 inches.

I know that for many, this is a very busy time of year!  I hope you have something to link up this week 

for

Little Quilt Monday.

  Maybe you have been making some cute gifts.  Let's inspire each other!

Be sure and check out my give away here.

piece,

elizabeth

tis the season~~~giveaway

I am excited to have the opportunity to give away a Lapel Stick to two of my readers!  I first showed you the Lapel Stick when I used it to make a mug rug.  Read my review here, and see why I like using the Lapel Stick for my sewing projects.

If you would like to win one of these all you have to do is leave a comment.  Please make sure that there is a way that I can contact you : )  And because I appreciate all of you that read my blog, I will also send the two winners forty 4.5 inch charm squares cut with my Go!Baby die cutter.   When I contact you to get your information, I will give you a choice of fabrics from my stash to choose from for your charms!  When you leave your comment, why not tell what your favorite cookie or candy is this time of year.

The giveaway will close on Friday, December 9th at midnight(CST).

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elizabeth

The winners are sunny and Heather D. : )

november in review

Here is a mosaic of some of my November projects.  It has been a colorful month : )

faux piped binding mini, lazy bargello mini, jungle mini
colorful pincushion,  Christmas swap mini, picnic quilt
merry little bunting, yo-yo mini, button tree

I am linking up to Fresh Sewing Day at Lily's Quilts.

piece,

elizabeth

wip~~~button tree

I saw the cutest framed button tree while shopping and decided to make one with my button collection.  The inspiration piece had some embroidery and used only white/off-white buttons.

First I placed the buttons on the charcoal grey(it looks blue in my pictures) flannel.   I put a little glue on each one, making sure that I didn't get any glue in the holes.  Then after the glue set, I sewed each button on with red thread.

Now I need to decide what embroidery/stitching to add.  I need a tree trunk too : )

When it is finished, do you think I should make it into a mini quilt or frame it?  I am not usually one to use embellishments, but this was so fun and easy, and at this busy time of year that makes it a perfect project!

I am linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

piece,

elizabeth

merry little bunting

I made my first bunting to decorate our outdoor fireplace mantle for Christmas.  I have always wanted to make a bunting after seeing so many cute ones on other blogs.

I used my Go!Baby to quickly cut out the triangles and then I sewed them to some red cotton bias tape.  This was so easy : )  I am really enjoying my new dies for the Go!Baby.

I am just beginning to decorate for Christmas.  It is so much fun to bring out the different decorations that I have collected over the years.  The Santa plate on the mantle was painted by my mom and always brings me joy when I see it and think of her.   

Well, it's a lovely day to be decorating, so I better get with it~~~

I am linking up to Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.

piece,

elizabeth

little quilt monday~~~mini holiday quilt swap

Little Quilt Monday

I joined the 15 Minute Holiday Swap.  The rules for the swap were to make a 12 X 12 inch mini quilt for your partner in the holiday theme of their choice.  My swap partner picked Christmas as her theme.  If you have ever read the 15 Minutes Play blog then you know that the idea is to use scraps and orphan blocks to make fabric to use in quilting, while you create and play : )

I am entering the 2011 Christmas Quilt Show with this little Christmas mini quilt.  I hope you will go check out all the wonderful entries at SewCalGal's blog!

I am new to this type of creative freedom!   I enjoyed the process, and I will do this more often because we all know that there are always scraps of fabric left over from other projects.  Making fabric from scraps is really lots of fun.  Do you ever make fabric from scraps?

I hand stitched with red crochet thread in the big stitch style that is becoming very comfortable for me.

I hope my swap partner likes her mini Christmas quilt.

Remember to add your pics to the Little/mini quilts flickr group or the Mini quilts Facebook page : )

I am linking up to Finish It Up Friday.

Now it is your turn to link up something that you have been working on.  Let's inspire each other on this

Little Quilt Monday!

piece,

elizabeth