Handmade Christmas...

It's mid January and I finally have my computer back in working order. After all that waiting to show pictures of my handmade Christmas gifts - here they are - better late than never!

Aprons for my sister and her two girls. (made from dish towels)
Cloth shopping bags made from thrifted sheets (tutorial here). Also, friend MaryLois who stopped in to learn to sew (She made a TON of these!).

A christmas stocking for Allie.

Mini wallets for all the girls (tutorial here).

A flannel blanket for in the car for Allie.

Personalized recipe cards for my sister.

A baby quilt for the niece of hubby's best friend.

My christmas gift--- a Singer Confidence!

Ok... a gift for my floors! Reusable swiffer wet jet pads.

Mustaches for everyone! (tutorial here)

Handmade by an etsy person. Beautiful!

Allie's onesie dress made of Chocolate Lolipop fabric by Anna Maria Horner. Love it!

Salvation Army!

Here's a pic of the baby in her homemade Halloween costume. It was a rough day due to an unexpected funeral... but she still got to wear it. My pretty pink crayon!

I got a great haul from Salvation Army today. Three full sheets, one twin sheet, and three pillowcases for $11!!! All awaiting some great craftiness! Mostly, they will become grocery bags via this tutorial. I made six bags with one sheet earlier this week! More homemade Christmas gifts to come from this purchase!

Why fabric?

The question comes to me sometimes as I spend too many minutes that turn to hours looking at gorgeous fabrics, quilts, and handcrafted items online: why does fabric draw me in?

I figured it out (for right now). I love fabric because it takes what I love about doodling and sketching and pairing beautiful colors together, and makes something useful. I'm not about to display my doodling from last month's calendar on my wall. But I do love how it looks. I love how pleasing to the eye an all black on white swirly doodle looks. Fabric does that. It solidifies that beauty, and then I can make a purse, or a dress, or shirt, or quilt... whatever I might want or need, in those pretty colors and patterns.

Now if I only had the money to buy some (more) of these fabrics!

The Coolest Thing I've Ever Made:

Just turned one today!

Giveaway at P.S. I Quilt!

http://rachel-griffith.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-about-giveaway.html

Head over there to check it out!

Quilt-Along

I've decided to join AmandaJean's 9 Patch Quilt-Along at Crazy Mom Quilts. I started early, since I wanted to test it out to see if I could proficiently do a 9 patch block without going crazy. Yep I can! lol. I have done 21 of them already! All cut from the 4" charm squares given to me by Wally's Aunt Bobbie. SO- I'll only actually have to purchase the border fabrics and the backing. So far so good!

Happy Father's Day!

For some reason I can't figure out how to rotate today....