I just love these cute little Mod Dogs. I had made quite a few in pinks and in browns last year, thinking I would make a quilt using them. I wanted to create my own setting and not follow the pattern exactly, but nothing I auditioned the dogs on really looked that great to me. So I decided to make a couple of the dogs into small wall quilts (or they could be a placemat or large mug rug or table topper too). I had some that I made looking right and some looking left, so I grabbed one of each direction and color and appliquéd them to a wavy quilted background.  These each measure 13" wide ..read more

I love making Twister quilts! I have made several in the past. I usually use the 5" size Twister Tool to cut the Twister Pinwheels, but this time I used the 6.5" size and I like the larger pinwheel effect. I may try doing the next Twister with even larger blocks. This quilt measures 36" x 36". I backed it in a bright yellow flannel. I grabbed all the pieces of fabric scraps that I had that were large enough to put into this quilt. I put it in the gift shop to sell it, so we'll see what happens. If it doesn't sell then it will be donated to Project Linus. That is always a great option for me t ..read more

Sew Powerful sent out their newsletter and they had a small fundraiser that 20 people could join in doing. The idea was to make a purse and mail it to one of the women who is going on the trip to Zambia with some other people in May and she would hand deliver your purse and get a photograph taken of the girl with the purse that you made. There was a donation fee to be paid too, of course. I jumped on this as soon as I read it! I didn't know if I would ever be able to make the trip to Zambia and hand deliver several of my purses to girls, so this was the next best thing! I am so excited to see ..read more

Hello my crafty, sewing friends. Several months ago I got the idea to make a free from scrappy quilt using my turquoise scraps and a tiny orange center for each block that I made. Well, I didn't plan it out very well as I just kept sewing scraps and I had so many blocks started, but very few that were squared to the 8.5" square size I wanted, so I had to add blue scraps and green scraps as well as the turquoise I started with, ?.  Then when sewing the blocks together, I didn't want huge quilts, so I made 3 square quilts at 40" x 40" and one that was a bit longer and a rectangle instead of ..read more

Trying to use up the never-ending Pile O Scraps!!! Okay that is impossible to do! You end up with more scraps after cutting the backing fabric, and binding (if you use binding), and smaller scraps after using larger scraps, so the scraps keep on coming, lol! That's okay, because sometimes you need a mindless scrappy project to sew and sewing scrappy quilts, whether large or small is just satisfying. I do use up some scraps (even if it doesn't appear so) and making these doll quilts for a charitable cause is also something to feel good about as well.  My quilt group makes doll quilts all ..read more

A friend asked me if I could finish knitting this hooded cowl that she had started. I wanted to see it first to make sure it was something I was able to knit. It looked easy enough to knit, so I took it on and knit it, but I ripped out what she had knit and started from the beginning because I wanted to make sure that it was all knit in my tension. It didn't take long to knit. It is a free pattern on Ravelry too, even though she gave me the printed instructions to use. I do like looking up patterns to make sure there aren't any errata's for the pattern.  My head model here to show you h ..read more

9 more purses finished for the girls in Zambia! These are scrappy purples!!! I know the girls love bright colors and purples is one of the colors most of them love. #53 #53 Under the flap. #54 #54 back pocket. #54 under the flap. #55 #55 back pocket. #55 under the flap. #56 #56 under the flap. #57 #58 #58 under the flap. #59 #59 back pocket. #60 #61 ..read more

Oops, I got this posting out of order. I thought I had shared it and I hadn't yet.  15 more purses made for Sew Powerful Purse Project. These are the rest of the purses using that batik print with metallic gold that my friend Tara, gave to me more than a year ago. I was able to make 20 total purses using the batik fabric for the 20 purse exteriors, and using a bit of the scraps leftover to create the scrappy pieced purse flaps, along with lots of other fabric scraps too! With some added buttons and serpentine stitching in metallic gold along the center of the webbing straps for added bli ..read more

I completed the purse after receiving the 2nd Flap of Friendship that I signed up to do. This one was made by Susan from Florida. She made it scrappy!!! I posted just the flap in the Facebook Group and Susan commented that was her first scrappy flap she ever made! Gosh, I couldn't believe it. It was pieced so perfectly and colorful scraps too, which is just my style! I completed the purse a couple days after I received, but the weather has been windy or rainy or both, so taking a good photo wasn't going to happen for a while. Yesterday the sun came out for a little while, so I was able to snap ..read more

I finally finished this quilt! I had the blocks done for years, so I wanted to get it done! I made it a bit smaller than the pattern from Fat Cat Designs by not adding the outer border. Originally I was going to sew on button eyes, but these cute, crazy, whacky chickens needed Googly Eyes!!!! Googly Eyes enhances their personalities, don't you think? I didn't have any chicken wire fabric when I began making these blocks, so I bought a stencil and painted on the chicken wire. Now I can have chicken wire fabric anytime I want to and in any color wire and fabric color ..read more