Category Archives: Sewing

Ric Rac Dishtowels

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I was planning on doing a post about meeting the Pioneer Woman today, but I am still waiting for one photo…so I am going to post these darling dishtowels instead!  :)

Is anyone out there still working on your goals that you set?  I am still using this book, by Connie Sokol, and I am loving the fact that I set a new goal each week and then I REWARD myself!  It really seems silly that a grown woman needs a reward in order to get her goals accomplished, but guess what?  It is working…so I will keep doing it if it works!  My goal for the week was to clean out two, (yes, I have two) dishtowel drawers!  I purged the old ones and washed and ironed all of my aprons and folded everything neatly.  It looks so good, that sometimes I just open the drawer to look at how wonderful it looks!  Well my reward was that I got to make two new dishtowels.  I had this fabric from our trip last March and I still had not made them up, so I told myself that was going to be my reward…to make these darling dishtowels.

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Top Ten Posts for 2013

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I posted this a couple of weeks over at I Should Be Mopping the Floor, and I wanted to post it here for you today!

 These were my top 10 posts  in 2013!

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Button Trimmed Dishtowels

Decorating, For the Home, Gift ideas, Sewing, Valentines, , , , , , , , , , ,

I used to decorate for all the holidays when my children were at home, but now I usually decorate a lot  for Halloween… a little bit for Thanksgiving… for Christmas I still go all out… and then I kind of just go spring/Easter and Summer/Patriotic.

But I still like to have a few decorations and candies in my kitchen for each holiday!  So for Valentines day, I decided to make up these darling button trimmed dishtowels!  I got the supplies for these last spring, when we went on our trip to Arizona.  My husband basically took me on my very own, private, quilt shop hop on that trip!  We went to about 15 different quilt shops while we were there for Spring Baseball, it was like having the best of both worlds!  :)

So here are my button trimmed dishtowels:

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Blanket Purse

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I received this for a Christmas present from a dear friend and I loved it so much that I decided that I had better make a couple of them to have on hand for gifts.  (I might even save them for next Christmas!)

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It is a blanket that is rolled up and has a pouch with a handle attached to it with velcro!  How cute is this?  My friend filled the pocket full of goodies and said just to keep it in the car!  I can think of a dozen different places that I could use this! Continue reading →

Pillowcase Doll Dresses

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Well, I don’t know about you, but I had a very productive weekend.  I was able to get all the Christmas put away and I went to town on cleaning my house!  I got my steam cleaner going and I got everything sparkling clean!  Well, at least the main living areas. :)  I am still working on organizing my closet, I have been waiting for a jewelry organizer to come in the mail, and it came on Saturday, so now I can complete that little project! :)

One of the projects that we did during the holidays with a couple of the granddaughter was another “grandma sewing class”.  One of my granddaughter’s kept asking me if  I would do another sewing class, so we decided to do pillowcase doll dresses!  The girls each got a “Fur-Real” monkey friend for Christmas, so we thought it would be fun to make some dresses for each of the dolls.

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Star Quilts

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I am back from my Christmas break!  I hope that everyone had a great holiday and that you got to do something you loved or be with someone you love!

I mentioned that I was making quilts for Christmas, well we ended up making 5 of them!  I bought a kit last summer and it had the pattern and everything in it for a complete quilt.  It was such an easy pattern that I was able to put the top together in an evening!  There was actually enough fabric in that kit to do the star and the border for a second quilt!  So that is what got me on a roll!   My husband was out of town for about a week and during that week I was able to put 4 of these quilts together and my daughter did the 5th one for her husband for Christmas!

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Girl Baptism Quilt

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One of our granddaughter’s was baptized this last weekend.  This was a special day for her.  In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the children are baptized when they are 8 years old.

I have made it a tradition to make a quilt for each of the grandkids for their baptism.  It has always been a minky quilt with minky fabric on the front and the back!  They are so warm and cuddly!  I also have their name and the year and “choose the right” embroidered in one of the corners.  

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Stitched Redwork Quilt

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I finished my redwork quilt last weekend and I am so excited to put up all my Christmas decorations now!  In fact, I had all my kids and grandkids haul up all my boxes with my decorations from the downstairs, so they are scattered in boxes all around the house!  It usually takes me 2-3 days to put up all of my decorations, but for the most part, I take my time and just enjoy it.  I usually have a little helper or two, so it goes up pretty quickly.

Here is my newest redwork project, to add to my collection:

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Thanksgiving Table Quilt

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I finally got my Thanksgiving Table quilt done last week!  It took me longer to get to it than I anticipated!  (But isn’t that how a lot of things go?)  I am very happy with it, and it is on my kitchen table now, where I can enjoy it every time I walk into the kitchen!

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Halloween Table Quilt

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I finished my Halloween Table Quilt last weekend!  Hurray!

I feel like I have been sewing non-stop lately, but I have been able to get a lot done, so I am not complaining!    My husband went hunting last week so I did no cleaning or cooking for a couple days.  It was nice to just be on my own timetable and do whatever I wanted when I wanted!   I have two more quilts that I want to get done.  A Fall/Thanksgiving quilt and my Christmas Stitched quilt.  Oh, and I have another minky/baptism quilt, (but for a girl this time) coming up the first part of December!  So I have 3 more to go!

But here is my Halloween Table Quilt.  I think that it turned out pretty cute.  I love all the details in this little quilt.  It is good for a wall hanging or for a table quilt:

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