Pretty bottles

 I needed some table decorations for a ladies' luncheon today.  I truly didn't know what I was going to do until yesterday when I saw a post for dressed-up bottles.  I had so much fun making them.  There are lots of pictures.  I wanted to remember in case I did this again.

 And now they're resting comfortably on the kitchen window sill.

Another teaser...

Been working on very fun project for the g-kids for the long summer road trip.  Just a little teaser.  Hope they enjoy it as much as I am enjoying putting it together.  Hee hee.

Long time, no post

I haven't posted for a while, but not because I haven't been crafting.  I just hadn't taken time to take pictures.  So here we go!

Work in progress...this hourglass baby quilt.  These are strips, waiting to be pieced together.  The pieces are teeny.  The little colored square will be 1/2 inch when finished.

Remember the teaser with this fabric?  It's now a bean bag chair.  Very, very easy to make.  It has a lining and a zipper so you can take the outside off to wash.  It's headed out to the basement in Montana.  I want to make one more.  Don't ask how much the stuffing cost!!

I've said before that I love everything on the nanaCompany blog.  I love her colors, her fabric choices and her projects.  I found this little doll blanket project there and couldn't wait to see if I could make it.  I see now she has a pattern for the embroidery.  These squares finish off at 2 inches.  I think I must make more!

Colorful Bag

 It looks like the flower is in the middle of the bag, but it's not really.

 You can't see it but the inside of the bag is the bright pretty green

 with a flowered pocket.

Works in progress 3-27

 I cut out lots of 2-inch and 1 1/2-inch squares.

Some of the tinies are already sewn together in a little lovely that's not quite finished.

 Keep 'em guessing.  What do you think this will be?

Hint:  It's for the basement in Montana.

Hot Pads

 I saw this idea in a book and just adapted it.  I cut out 4- 4" paper squares

to use as a pattern and sewed different widths of fabric strips on the diagonal.

After trimming the pieces, I sewed them together for the front
and then tore off the paper.  (If you use a small stitch, the paper tears off easily.)

 For the backs, I just used four different fabrics and pieced them randomly.

Inside I put a layer of InsulBrite and another layer of cotton batting.

I machine quilted in a concentric circle pattern

and bound them with a 2 1/2" strip doubled.

Fun, quick project!  Want to make lots more.

Valentine Skirts

 I made skirts for the girls for Valentine's Day.  But I forgot to take pictures.  These are from Amanda and Mindy.  I bought red T-shirts to make the skirts and used reverse applique for the hearts.  I drew hearts on the front, pinned white fabric underneath and sewed around the hearts.  Then I cut out the hearts on the front.  Tada!  So easy...