Hey everyone, today I have my first Halloween Project! I realize that this is early, but decided to post it now in case any of you out there want to make one, you will have plenty of time to get it done! I bought this as a kit at one of my local quilt shops but I have seen the pattern around in several different quilt stores.
Isn’t this just the cutest!!!!
Have any of you ever had a project that you worked on so much or for so long and had so many problems with it that you were sick of the project before you ever got done with it? Well that describes this quilt perfectly!
I sewed this quilt top 5-6 years ago in a Relief Society class that we did a block a month. I was learning how to do some of the different quilt blocks, so I can’t say that they were my best work, but I always have loved the colors in this quilt and I finished the whole top and the sashings, but I felt like it needed some borders, but I just never got the fabric, so I just never finished it!
Fast forward 6 years- I got this quilt top out a few weeks ago and found some fabric for the borders and the back. I put it on to quilt and the tension on my quilting machine was way off and it took me several attempts and phone calls before I finally got my machine working right, I was just about ready forget about this quilt, but I finally got it quilted only to find that when I loaded the quilt on the machine, I was 1/2 inch short on one end, after it was all quilted! So I had to trim the outside border all the way around! But after I got the binding on and hung it up to take pictures, I decided that it turned out OK after all! I still love the colors in this quilt, which is it’s redeeming quality!
I really enjoy doing furniture makeovers but I don’t do a lot of them because my house if full of furniture and I really don’t have room to put a lot more furniture pieces in my house. But I have had this little cupboard for years and when I moved some things around this summer, I saw this cupboard in a whole new light and just had to do a little makeover on it! This cupboard used to be in my scrapbook store and held all of our class samples in it, on it, and hanging from it, so it has been put to good use! I also wanted to try my hand at making my own chalk paint, so this was a great excuse to try it out.
I am loving how it turned out:
Right now is the best time to buy a patio set because they are all on clearance! I was wanting a tall table and chair set for our cabin to put out on the deck and when I started looking, they were all on sale! (Score!)
I found this set that was perfect for what I wanted, it was the right height, no glass on the table, padded seats and swivel chairs!
Last week I promised you a gift idea that you can use for all those spring weddings that are coming up!
This is a fun subway art picture. I buy a nice frame to put this in and add a note that they can change out the picture later for one of their wedding pictures when they get them back! Although a lot of the recipients like the subway art and say that they are not going to change it out! :)
Here are my ideas for my calendar for this month.
Most of these things were just purchased. Not a lot of homemade here this time, but when you can buy cute things that are already made there is no sense in making them, right? I did add my own touch to a couple of the items.
I am so excited! I joined a block of the month quilt at Just Sew in Highland, Utah!
I absolutely love the colors and the patterns in this quilt.
The pattern for this quilt is called: Sew Classic Sampler.
This pattern is designed to teach three kinds of piecing (regular, paper and template piecing) as well as a little applique. It is a very stunning quilt and I am SEW excited to be doing this!
These are my first two blocks that I have finished for this month:
Name of this block is: Arbor Window (aka Granny Square)
I am getting anxious to start working in my garden but it is still too early to plant most things.
I planted some some butter crunch lettuce which is one of my favorite things, but that is about it for now, so I decided that I would plant some beautiful succulents! These are great to plant, because they do not take very much maintenance! You only have to water them every once in awhile when the soil dries out! I don’t have very many houseplants, because I don’t take good enough care of them! But these are easy and they are so beautiful! These plants make great gifts, because the person receiving the gift does not have very much maintenance to keep them looking beautiful!
Today I have my calendar ideas for March!
This was kind of a tricky month with both St. Patrick’s Day and Easter, so I just went with a general spring theme for the calendar and then made two printable magnets-one for St. Patrick’s Day and one for Easter! So you get a double bonus this month!
