Last project of 2023

Mr ME was gifted table clothes for each day of the week. One of his grandmothers made them. I wasn’t sure what to do with them so I made a wall hanging. A wall hanging that it too long to hang on a wall! OOPS!! And I don’t have a picture of it!! Not sure what happened to them. 

The stitched images are super cute but don’t really fit in our house. Until I find this a permanent home, it is going to hang in the stairwell. 

Happy New Year! 

Me

Macrame Christmas ornament

Here is a macrame Christmas tree. 

I found a link on Pinterest that sent me to YouTube. I watched the tutorial and decided that it was to big for what I wanted. So I cut the measurements in half and it is still 6 inches long.

You were suppose to use a different weight of cord, I used what I had.  Plus I didn't have a hoop for the top, so I used some thick wire that I had.

Viking inspired flower

 A traditional beaded flower inspired by Mr. Her’s school colours.

Western Red Lily

 

The Western Red Lily, as imagined by Her ( thanks to The Crafter for picking up the frame).

Matching Christmas Quilts

I was asked to make 2 Christmas quilts for two cute little boys!! 

A bag of Christmas clothes that these two brothers have wore, a plan, red and green fabric and thread, a Hallmark movie to set the mood and some bubly to keep me hydrated!! 

Two piles of clothes and a sketched plan. As I made the first quilt, I designed the second quilt. 

Jessie asked me to add one of her pj shirts into the quilt. I used as much of it as I could!!

Here are the finished quilts:

The boys love Mickey Mouse. I was able to find two fleece blankets to use for the backs!

Happy making! 

Me

Balcony decor

So I was wanting to add something to my balcony this year. I went to Pinterest for some inspiration. 

This is what I came up with.

I started with 12 kid plastic hangers.

Then I made a snowflake shape and zip tied it together.

Then I decided to add some extra snowflakes to it.

Then I painted and attached the snowflakes.

I made one to see if I would like it and decided to make 2 more.

This is them hung up.

This is a week later when I decided I needed to have two more.

Lest we forget

 

Curved Binding

Check this out: https://sewnhandmade.com/blogs/sewn-handmade/curved-corner-quilt-binding?page=2

Curved binding might be my new favourite thing. I’m going to give it a try. 

Happy Friday 

Me

Earrings

 Good morning ladies,

Here are two pairs of earrings I have made. One is a brick stitch around a pair of simple hoops and the other is loops on thread. The triple loops were definitely the easier of the two. I’m trying a couple different tutorials for a wide fringe but it’s making me crazy so it may have to wait until later. Keep up the creativity! Her

Vintage Lace

What does a teacher do when she realizes summer is over as of Thursday??! 

She works at finishing as many quilts as she can!! 

I started the Vintage Lace quilt in 2020! 

One of the quilters that was in the test group pointed out I had an error! Imagine that!! 

Anyways, I fixed it and kept going. This one has sat on the shelf because I used the turquoise material to finish something else and had to order more. Just order more - sounds so easy! Let me tell you, it wasn’t!! It took a while to find enough to finish the front and for the back! I found some and finally got the top finished. 

Here’s the finished product: 

It was a little windy when I was trying to take a picture. 

I have to wait for my roll of batting to arrive before I can quilt this and put it in my bed. 

I may add a small 3 inch border before I quilt it. Not 100% sure yet!! 

Next project?? Maybe some paper piecing or maybe finish another quilt!! 

Happy Sunday! 

ME

More flowers

 Good afternoon ladies,

   I just wanted to share more flowers I have done. One is a rainbow pride for my secretary, whose daughter’s wife is a Métis youth advocate, and the next is inspired by the colours of the Ukrainian flag for my Great Aunty Gena who came for a visit from B. C. ( I couldn’t find the exact blue so I went with aqua). The third is for my friend Helen who got a permanent principal position this year finally, it’s her school’s colours. My new skill is edging with beads to finish. What’s up in your worlds?  Her

Beading flowers

 Good afternoon ladies,

Here are some new flowers. They are shown on Peter Parker, the spider plant Chase gave me, that is still alive! Her

More gifts

   June was busy in many ways. Besides the retirement gifts for my staff I also made a rag quilt for a former student who became a colleague and is now moving to B.C. For her husband’s job. I also made a super scrappy denim quilt for an awesome E.A. From Andy’s school who retired. It’s super scrappy like her, think cocktail waitress with mileage. Both brought tears but in a good way. What’s up with you lovely ladies?   Her

Retirement gifts

  Two posts in one week? I know. Bittersweet retirement gifts were given this week for three colleagues I have worked with, lived beside for 19 years.  I’m certainly going to miss them.  Her

3-4 S project

  Good morning ladies,

Happy summer break! While I may have been a slacker in the blogging department I have actually been busy in the quilt department.  You may have seen this already but I want to share a quilt my students and I did for Mayor Ames as he was battling cancer.  I made the quilt and then my students hand quilted it.  I haven’t hand quilted in a very long time so I hope I did everything right.  It was a pretty long process because eight and nine year olds are not very speedy, think about 45-60 seconds a stitch. When it was done I quarantined it for a coup,e of weeks. Ames came to visit n the last day and we surprised him with it.  For his facebook post it seems like he understood the intent of the quilt. Her

A little painting project

This painting project was purchased awhile ago. It was something I was doing for myself, so it got set aside.

It took a lot longer to get going, because I had to revive most of the paints. They weren't very "liquidity" any more.

This is the final painting.

Cushion covers

 Her helped me construct a couple cushion covers for a ottoman that was made for me. Her did the sewing and I helped with the measurements. I also got to take the foam in and out multiple times. (Haha)

But with no clue what we were doing, they turned out pretty good.

A little finish

 Good morning ladies,

    The sew-Jo has been a little absent lately as I have had sinus issues because of this stupid weather. However, I did manage a little finish. It’s made f some strips from some old fabric I found.

The back is wacky, two pieces I found in the bin. The weird floral Sharen bought me at a garage sale. I think I might like the back more than the front.

What’s happening with you?

Her 

Macrame snowman DONE!!!

This project might not have been a good choice for a first attempt at macrame, but I got it done.

This was the beginning of the snowman face. It took me quite some time to figure out how to connect it on the sides. I finally ended up finding a video on Pinterest that helped me.

This is the finished head. There was a lot of talking to myself. Just ask Her, she was here crafting when I was working on it.

Then Her help me figure out how to do the weaving for the scraf. 

The face was beads that I glued on. I also added the green bow to scraf.

Then I added a brim to the hat and attached it to the head. The project was completed. 

The instructions were a little challenging for a beginner, but I was stubborn and figured them out. I found them not to contain enough detail about how to do something or maybe it is just the way my brain works. 😄 

On a roll

 Hi there ladies,

  Apparently I’m on a roll with pinning. I made a small starblanket for my classroom door based on the colours in the Treaty Six flag.  I tried a couple of layouts.

Okay, but I decided to be fancy and mix the center star up.

 

Since it’s small, I quilted in each point and the did straight lines in white and pale blue.

What’s up with you?

Her