Spring inspired table runner

 

I decided to do a very easy and quick table runner for our coffee table

I had a lot of 5" squares already cut for coasters. The pattern for the coasters is so easy and they work great to protect the furniture. I wanted bright happy ones so had cut all this fabric.

Then I thought it would be a great idea to have a matching table runner, so I got to work.

I did a very simple straight stitch about 1/4" from all the seams and used a wool batting.

Putting the binding on was tricky with those corners but I got them to work.

I am very pleased with this, now back to quilting my little trailer quilt below, almost done with it.

HAPPY QUILTING!!!

Martha

Kylo Ren costume construction and a little bit of quilting!!!

Meet Kylo Ren from Star Wars

aka

my grandson Cooper

He asked me to make him a Kylo Ren costume so I began the construction this past Saturday. It was a challenge, especially the sleeves made from faux leather and pleated.

I started with a store bought quilted vest

then added a lot more quilting

I also added like a cap over the shoulder and a belt. 

After that I made the cape and constructed a faux belt buckle from foam board, twine and paint.

He is super excited with how it turned out!! I am too :^)

Happy New Year's and May the Force be With You!!!

Grateful

 Our Savior is Born, Alleluia!!!

Grateful!!!!

Merry Christmas Friends, Blessings to you and your families :^)

Love always, Martha

Time for a Christmas Quilt

 

I was going through some of my Christmas fabric scraps and found these pieced blocks and decided that I need to make a small Christmas quilt wall-haning. At first I thought about using the triangles above, but it wasn't exactly working for me.

Then I decided to use the leftover fabric from all those satin stockings I just finished. Remember those??? I ended up making 16!!!! I am kind of done with satin for awhile, for a long while that is.

I was relieved to be done truthfully. Once the "cheer" moms finish decorating the stockings, I will share again.

Back to the Christmas quilt. I decided on the white because it gives me lots of quilting space!!!

I'm going to use the above stencil, but not sure what else. I am thinking of quilting the design with red 100# silk thread. I will pull the red fabric together and I think it will be OK.

I will also add the red for a wide border and the green will be the binding. I am excited to start a new project which I should not be doing because I have so many others in progress!!!

Oh well, it's how I roll!!!

Take care, Martha

Christmas sewing, ornament making and crochet, Oh My!!!

 

First try at crocheting this little ornament :^) I think she turned out cute!!!

My daughter-in-law asked me to make Christmas stockings for our granddaughters cheer team. They picked out three different Satin fabrics. They decided at first for the ruffle on the top but they are going to add some very beautiful bows, one with each girls name. So I was thinking the cuff would work better for that.

Today I will sew all the linings, then get to work on each stocking. I am not fond of sewing satin fabric. UGH!!! It frays terribly and is so slippery. But I can do it. Hopefully I will have all 14 done by Thanksgiving. That is my goal.

We are having an Advent Fair for the children at church after Mass on December 7th. I found this craft to do with them and have made three so far so I am familiar with putting them together. I have all the supplies now other than the tacky glue. I used a hot glue gun for mine but we don't want any burned little fingers. Some of the children are as young as 2 so we will have plenty of helpers for this project.

It will be chaos!!! We always have doughnuts after Mass so the children will have had some sugar before they come to our craft table.

We also have games for them, so it will be a really fun day for all of us!!

Take care and thanks for the visit!!

Martha

Setting up the Christmas Bazaar

 Enjoy my video of the Bazaar. It was a very busy week getting everything prepped. 

If you watch closely you will see several quilted items for sale. We have a few wonderful quilters in our parish!!!

Christmas 3-D pictures from SVG files, cardstock, and my Cricut

These are so fun to create on the Cricut machine

I bought the svg files from Etsy. Then you download into your computer and upload into the Cricut Design Space.

After that you pick out your colors from your cardstock and start cutting. Layering is a little time consuming but fun. Once all done, I put them into these shadowbox frames that I purchased from Michaels.

I cut this one today so haven't had a chance to layer it with adhesive foam spacers. The spacers come in black and white and 1/8" or 1/4". Some layers are glued together and some have the spacer. The spacers are what gives them the 3-D appearance.

All of these creations will be up for sale in our church bazaar this coming week.

Cannot believe it is so close to Christmas!!!

Enjoy!!!