Trinity Helping Me Quilt

**Edited to make the videos work**

Today I was finishing up the quilt blocks. Later on in the day I had a chance to cut out the sashing for my quilt! Trinity decided to help me out. ;) lol! As I was smoothing out the fabric before I cut, Trinity would pounce on it & my hands! lol! I took some video of her goofing off!

Attacking the fabric

Caught it!

She was just having too much fun!


After she wandered off, I finally got it smoothed, & cut out.

The sashing is 4" wide, and about 21" long. The finished quilt should be able to fit a twin sized bed!

(I'm hoping)

I'll take a pic of the quilt laid out sometime when I get a chance to lay it all out again.

Marie Madeline Stuio Giveaway!

The blog, Life in a Shoe is hosting a giveaway for Marie Madeline Studio! The winner will receive a $50.00 gift card to Marie Madeline Studio! You can read more about the giveaway HERE!

The giveaway ends Tomorrow, I believe. (Thursday, 11th)

Quilting

Well, so far my quilt is turning out! :)  Below are some pics:

The pieces laid out, & the bottom right corner is pinned & ready to sew!

Sewing the 2 triangles together.

Most quilts (well, all the ones I've read about) don't do a serge stitch. I decided to do it since the seam is a scant 1/4", and I didn't want the seams to pull apart, and I want it to last a good long time!

 All the triangles sewn together to create the small squares. I have it pieced together to see how the finished block will look like.

All the little blocks sewn together to create the larger block!
I now have all the other triangles sewn together, & pressed, & ready to be pieced together! I'll take more pics of the progress later.

My Attempt at a Quilt

Recently I've had a fascination for quilts, and have wanted to make one for a time now. (Especially one for my hope chest for some day!) For Christmas, I got some quilting supplies. I haven't had the time since then to begin making a quilt until recently! (as in a few days ago! :-P  )  I've decided to take some pics of the process for you all on my first quilt.

I'm not going on a specific pattern exactly. Just a block style that I like. It's called the Pinwheel. (here is a link to a quilt block pattern. It's similar to what I'm doing. Only difference is I'm not doing the small triangles. Pinwheel Quilt Block ) I'm using some fabric I got in a quilting kit I bought at an antique store.

The fabric I'm using, and some of the quilting supplies I will be using. The yellow & light blue will be the pinwheel, the floral will be the sashing around the blocks (kinda like a boarder)  & then the dark blue will be the boarder around the whole quilt. (If there is enough)

Cutting the squares w/ the rotary cutter. (It's great!) The grid I'm using, the inside square is 4 1/2". W/ the seams, the quilt blocks will be a little smaller than 8 1/2". (that would be about the finished block size) The light blue fabric is under the yellow fabric.  If you decide to start up quilting, I highly recommend getting a rotary cutter! It's faster, and easier to cut pieces. My blade size is a 45mm or 60mm I think.

The blocks are cut out, and now I'm cutting it diagonally for the pinwheels. I hope to get the pinwheels sewn together maybe today or later this week.

I'll post pics of the progress!

Cute Little Bunnies!

In the Family Fun Magazine, we saw a craft to make little sock bunnies! Aaron helped the little girls make their own little sock bunnies this afternoon. They are really cute!

Step 1:

Find a missing sock!  ( good luck w/ that! lol!)

Step 2: Fill the sock up just past the heel w/ rice, or whatever..(the magazine suggested dried lentils)

Step 3: Tie off the sock at top of the heel, and just below to create the head.

(We used yarn, but the magazine suggested rubberbands.)

Then tie a colored ribbon around the neck for it's bow!

Step 4: Cut down the center of the top of the sock. These will be the ears of your bunny.

Step 5: cut one "ear" on the diagonal to creat a tapered look for the ear.

Step 6: Cut out 2 black felt circles for the eyes, 1 pink triangle felt piece for the nose, and 1 whit felt rectangle for the teeth. (For the teeth, cut the felt rectangle half way lengthwise to create teeth.)

Step 7:  Glue on the facial features! (Make sure the glue is dry before playing or messing w/ the bunny. I suggest stitching on the facial features cause they kept falling off...)

TaDa! A cute little bunny! :) You could even fill the sock bunny w/ potpourri and keep it as a decoration.