Autumn Birdie Sling

So, did everyone have a great day yesterday and today? I did!
This morning I did a bit of online fabric shopping (check out all the sales! some people make it too easy :) and then hubby and I saw the new James Bond movie this afternoon - LOVED it!

And all week I've been using my new Birdie Sling. (Look at that stiff handle! all that interfacing, LOL!)

I used two fabrics from Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks collection that I bought specifically to make this bag several years ago. It's good to finally get it made and use it!

I do regret using the cream thread on the brown handle, I think it stands out a little too much but it's fine, I still like it. Soon I'll be making another one for a gift and it will have a brown handle too and I will definitely use brown thread.

For the interfacing, as you know, I got impatient with using a press cloth and decided to do what some others do and just iron it on without it. It seems to be holding up fine so we'll see over a longer time but I'm happy to have taken the shortcut for now. :)

New Business Cards

Happy pre-Thanksgiving! I've got some pies to bake today.

I had a slight blunder at the Etsy craft show earlier this month when I realized that my business cards still had my old email address that I had to cancel when we moved. Oops! So, when I got home from the show I promptly ordered new ones. 

Even though it's just a standard design on Vistaprint, I'm super happy with them!

Some new fabric treats. I totally had to have that Tree Bark fabric!
A few more Farmer's Wife blocks:

#86 Squash Blossom


#46 Hill & Valley

P.S. Thanks for the advice on interfacing! I've finished my bag and I'll be posting it soon. :)

interfacing

I'm finally making a Birdie Sling bag from these fabrics I've had set aside for like two years!



Anybody else hate fusing interfacing on as much as I do??? I'm about to ditch the "damp press cloth" and just iron it on (being careful not to burn anything of course). Is that a bad idea? If you've ever made any of Amy Butler's bags then you know all her patterns use a ton of interfacing.

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday!

1. Weekender Bag, 2. Spinning Stars, 3. habitat quilt top, 4. boy's nonsense, 5. Pillow Talk Swap 9 - Done!, 6. PTS9 - Here they are..., 7. Pillow talk swap 9- top done., 8. 4x5 Bee Block for - Hive #6, 9. tree packaging

Quilted Patchwork Bible Carrier

I've had this little project in my mind for a while now and I'm so thrilled that it came out just how I envisioned it!
My Bible is a compact study bible, meaning it has notes and is very thick (it's also leather and kind of floppy). It's just awkward to carry around, especially when I'm trying to juggle various other things at the same time. I've tried using tote bags but it just never worked well. I wanted something that would keep it from flopping open (and that wasn't a "traditional" bible cover).

So, here's my totally custom bible carrier:

At first I had intended to use just a single fabric but then I got sucked into the quilted patchwork craze that's going on now (so much inspiration!). Oh Fransson has a little tutorial to get you started.


I basically just used all the bits and pieces of how-to I've collected in my brain to create it. It turned out just perfect!

Even a place to keep a pen and highlighter.

beautiful fall

We've had a wonderful week enjoying the perfect fall weather! The trees aren't particularly vibrant in this part of the country but I enjoy the few ones that do put on a good show.

With the trees starting to turn here I was inspired to get back to work on my Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt.
I've been looking forward to making the Maple Leaf block for a while but could never settle on the perfect fabric. This Anna Maria Horner Field Study print is PERFECT! It was born to be a maple leaf.

Maple Leaf #56


Contrary Wife #21


Honey's Choice #50

Have a great weekend everyone!

Baby Quilts

So baby quilts were very popular at the craft show. Here are two others that sold that haven't been shown here on the blog before.

I used a tutorial from Handmade by Alissa for this quilt but made fewer blocks and made the borders the same width all the way around. I LOVE how fun this quilt is! I want to make another very soon!

It was really fun picking out all my whimsical fabrics for the block centers.


I used the Crazy Mom Quilts tutorial to make this baby zig zag quilt. I modified it to make it baby sized by cutting my strips 2.5" wide and making the zig zags vertical instead of horizontal.

You can't go wrong with a good zig zag quilt!

P.S. Yes, my Itsy Bitsy Spider quilt sold at the show too! I'm sure it will be well loved in it's new home. :) I just recently got a super steal of a deal on the pink colorway of that Itsy Bitsy Spider fabric so that will be fun to make a new spider quilt soon.

it went well!

I had a fantastic day at my local Etsy Handmade Harvest show! I was quite nervous actually, would I sell enough? what would people buy? I just hoped I would do as well as last year. Turns out I did double what I did last year! It was a ton of fun too.
Here I am getting things set up. Sister is helping.

And so is little Jack.

It's so funny what you think will sell and what actually sells. I thought this feather table runner would be the first thing to go but it never sold! I'm seriously thinking about keeping it for myself though. :)

My booth was a tad bigger this year than last year which was nice because it gave people more room to get in and hold quilts up and really look around. My booth neighbors were selling handmade soaps so I had lovely scents drifting into my booth all day. Bonus!

I didn't get any good pictures after the show started but it was packed! A great turn out for sure.

So, this little baby quilt was the first thing that sold!

I used up almost the last bit of my Heather Ross Far Far Away 3 fabrics and bordered it with Yarn Dyed Essex Linen in Flax.

Rapunzel made it in there too (she's from Far Far Away 2).

And two large pieces of girls playing horses and golden flowers made up the backing.

LOVE how adorable this quilt is! Very earthy feeling with all the linen.
More quilts to show later this week!

I have a pretty cool robot

Tomorrow is the big day!!! I think I'm ready. Today I just need to finish sewing on labels and take some pictures of everything.

We had a fun Halloween this year!

Jack wanted to be a robot so hubby and I came up with a costume for him.

Hubby insisted on wiring it up with LED lights and I have to say, it came out so cool! I wish I could have gotten a picture in the dark so you could see the lights better.

Hope everyone had a fun week too!