Nursery

For those of you who know ME I love to decorate and craft. This was the first thing I made for the nursery. I want to use muted pinks and ivories to make her feel like shes in a garden.

It's a GIRL

We couldn't be happier IT'S A GIRL.

T-shirt quilt

This was a long time in the making

Step one: cut out tshirts using rotary cutter all the same size and arrange them as you would like the quilt to be.

Step two: sew them together into rows then sew the rows together

Step three: Make the "sandwich" with the top, batting then backing. Secure with batting adhesive. I used fleece on the back.

Step four: get busy quilting. I used tape as a guide to keep my stitching straight. Don't sew over the tape though.

Step five: you now have a quilt minus the binding. To make the binding sew strip of fabrics together. I made strip 4 inches wide so when I folded and pressed in It made a 1 inch binding. Sew this on the quilt. Binding is definitely the hardest part I had to watch a few tutorials on you tube to learn the correct way to do it and it still isn't perfect.

Now Anthony has a great way to save all of his sport shirts from little league right on up to college and can be passed on to his son one day.

My first quilt

I completed a quilt from start to finish. This was one of my to-dos for 2013. This is for my friends baby but as soon as I find out what my brothers are having I will make a quilt for them as well.

Crochet Cowl

I saw this on Pintrest and had to try it. I used a 42 chain to start. A single stitch for most of it but randomly added a row of a double stitch at every other stitch. It only took about 5 hours to complete and the outcome looks GREAT!!

Pumpkin Patch

Here is one thing to do with Anthony's scrap wood and some old wire I found in the garage.

A Spot for Bill

Anthony recently caught a big bass that he is getting mounted but of course it will take up to 10 months to be complete, so in the mean time to save a spot in the wall for "Bill" I made a bass silhouette. I drew I onto white paper, cut it out and taped it on a piece of black paper put it in frame for a finished look and there you have it a spot for Bill. Simple, easy and he loved it!