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Love it!!

Quiltin' Like Crazy had an online garage sale and I was lucky enough to be the 1st one to claim these two quilt tops!! The 2nd one is supposed to be the back of a quilt, but I think it's too pretty to be the back, so I'm going to make it the front :)

I'll be able to get a lot of practise stippling on these two, since they are already done for me. I really need the practise too!

Talented Boy

Japanese Pendant

Takeshi (my 15 year old) made this pendant for one of his school mates. He hand carved it out of a block of pine and engraved the japanese letters with a wood burner. The japanese is her last name in kanji. I think he did a great job! I wouldn't mind a gift like this from him someday :)

First Attempt at Stippling

Closeup

I trying to learn how to free motion quilt, and thought a (very) small project would be a good way to start. I used Sew, Mama, Sew's Doll Quilt Sew Along to make this doll quilt for Hannah. It measures about 16 x 19 and is the perfect size for any baby doll. It was harder than I thought, but hopefully I'll get better with practise (lots and lots of practise). There were no puckers on the backside, so I consider that a success.

Here's the quilt, with just the binding needed. Hannah loves it.

As I finished stippling the quilt, I looked at my thread and saw it was totally empty! I thought I would have to go back and redo some quilting, but thankfully my thread had just run out!

Perfect planning on my part, I guess :)

Fabric Covered Notebooks

Presents for my 5 nieces

I made these the day before we left for Utah. They are very easy to sew and I used the same color thread for all 5 so I could sew assembly line style. This is the second time I made this pattern and this time I remembered to wash the fabric first! The pattern is from Skip to My Lou who has a wonderful blog!

I let the girls pick which one they wanted when we arrived in Utah. They were so sweet and said how much they loved them.
I put a fun colored gel pen in each pocket. Hannah picked out which pen went to which notebook. The fabric for the notebooks is Woodland Bloom from Pink Fig.