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Quilting Day

What did you do on National Quilting Day?  

I was lucky enough to spend an hour on Saturday teaching someone to quilt.  I was so excited when my baby girl of 5 asked me if she could sew with me!  I asked what she would like to make.  She said a big quilt with a flower on it.  After a bit of discussion and negotiation, she decided on a throw pillow for her bed with a big flower on it.

So I found a great flower pattern and gave her some steam a seam and a pencil and let her trace her patterns.  Then she picked her fabrics.  I helped her fuse on the steam a seam and let her cut out her shapes by herself.  Then we fused them together.  I think she preferred picking her thread to picking the fabric!  Then we got to the appliqué.  She has been waiting to use my sewing machine for a long time and was so excited to finally be here!  I was so impressed with her skills and her patience.

I took these photos with my phone so forgive any blurriness... it's new to me!

 She did a buttonhole stitch around the circle and a zigzag around the petals.

We ran out of time on Saturday...

 so we finished it Sunday morning while her big sister was at gymnastics with Dad.

 I have a very proud little girl!!

She was so happy with it, she brought it to school to show everyone, and she has already chosen a pattern to make another!

TGIFF - A wedding gift

Yesterday I finally delivered a late wedding gift to a friend. Joanna and I went to high school together (she was there when my husband and I first started dating!). We lost touch for a while but a few years ago we touched base again and she is now my hair stylist.

Joanna got married down south at the end of January and I really wanted to make something special for her and her new husband.

I found this design for my embroidery machine at the Embroidery Library, and stitched it on a solid white background.

Then I went out and bought this hanger.

 

I added a couple of borders and quilted it with invisible thread, and it became this:

I am linking up to TGIFF over at Dreaming in Patchwork. Head on over and check out more finishes!

 

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Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone who came to visit for the giveaway and especially to those of you who are new followers!

I had an amazing response to my question about seeing a "famous" quilter. I didn't get to respond to all of your comments so I thought I would do that now.

I think we are all SO lucky to have this online community. It allows us to take classes, find patterns, "meet" other like minded people, share and learn, no matter where we are in the world. That is amazing!

Some of you have had great opportunities to take classes or see quilters speak, whether it be at a big event or at your local quilt shops. Others have said that they are brand new to the quilting world or that they are self-taught and have not had the chance to take classes.

No matter how new you are to quilting or where you are in the world, I hope you get the opportunity to share with other quilters, famous or not, whether it be online or in person. The quilting community is amazing and quilters are such giving people. It is so inspiring and fun to be able to share your hobby or passion with others, it is also an opportunity to learn something new about your craft, or maybe even yourself. I am honoured that some of you follow my blog and like to read what I am making or learning and hope you can take something from my experiences.

I have heard of most of the "famous" quilters you mentioned in your comments but some I have never heard of and I will definitely look them up! Thank you for sharing!

Now on to the winner of the giveaway!

Random Number Generator chose number 77, which is crafter1953. I have sent you an e-mail and am waiting for your address so I can mail you your goodies!

I will be back tomorrow with a fantastic finish for TGIFF!

 

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A few finishes!

If you are here for the Blog Hop Party giveaway, click here.

It is March break week here so I am not sure how much sewing and quilting will get done. So far I have been able to work on a few things and tomorrow I am planning a trip to one of our quilt shops...hopefully the girls will cooperate.

Anyhow I have had a few finishes in the last week that I thought I would share.

My 7 year old went to a birthday party last Saturday. Here is the gift she made for her friend:

She designed the embroidery herself.

Back is made of minky.

(I apologize for the quality of the photos. I took these to show my mom and forgot to take better ones before the party.)

On Friday night, I made scarves!

This one is made with 2 different voiles for my mom.

This one is made of velveteen and voile for me!

I ordered scarf kits from Pink Castle Fabrics 2 weeks ago. I was so happy to get them last week!

The fabrics are already cut to the right size, you simply have to sew them together using this pattern from Anna-Maria Horner. The others will be gifts!

I also finished another EPP block for my medallion quilt:

 

And now these guys are on my design wall:

They are 2.5" squares. I will be putting an orange border around them and then cutting them up using my new Itty Bitty Twister Ruler! This is gonna be one cute little mini quilt!

And although this post is already picture heavy, I leave you with another cute one of my babies. I suspect we will be doing a lot of this this week!

 

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