One More

More fabric and bags

This is the material I just bought. I plan on making at least 4 bags with it. I am not sure why or for who but I just really want to make them . :)

This will be bag number one. I let Savannah pick the colors.
This will be bag two. I liked the idea of having two different color polka dots.
This will be another one. Maybe I will make two of these??? I am not sure yet.

I finished it!!!

WW

For help with binding

If you want to look up binding stuff I got some info from here.
http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_4437822_sewing-quilt-bindings.html
this is how to sew binding on. and corners.
http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_4437818_connecting-bias-strip-quilt.html
this is how to finish it off and have no bulk or seam.

Or in case I forget and want to look it up again. :)

On to the Hand quilting!!!

This is what it looks like with the binding on and not sewn to the back.
This is a close up of the starting point. You can't even tell that I really started here. Except a little back stitching on the front....
and on the back.
Here is a preview of what it will look like after I sew it to the back. Nice and clean corner.
Here is the back pinned to show you. (Probably Monique only cares, Hi Monique ;) )
I did it. I made a blanket about 45" x 60" Whoo Hoo!!! All that is left is the hand sewing and I have myself a blanket. Now to figure out where to put it. And what to start next. Maybe I can talk Jason into buying me another fabric set? Maybe I will make something out of the scraps from this blanket? I just don't know. Maybe I will put my iron away since its been out the whole time. (I think this is that longest time its been out. LOL) Maybe I will make the girls each a bag for church? maybe this is the start of making all the kids a blanket? I just don't know.

Done with the quilting part.

I chose to do a wavy "S" but after the first row I hated it but I didn't want to take it out so I had to finish the rest of the rows with it.
Here is a close up of the stitch.

Then after I did the rows I did the columns just in a regular stitch in the ditch but still am unhappy with the other stitch. Oh well though it is not coming out. So I cut my 6 strips for the binding. Sewed them together and ironed them in half. If you have never made your own binding, you don't know how difficult it is to iron it in half. I forget until I have to do it again. I made it all "purty" after I ironed it. Isn't it purty?
Tomorrow I will sew it on, then all I have left ...

is the...

HAND SEWING....

AAAWWWW!!!!!! I hate the hand sewing part!!!!!
And this is bigger then any table runner I have made... ;)

Now to decide the quilting.

Do I just sew on the lines?Do I sew diagonal through each square? Do I do a back and forth stitch kind like a "S" over and over? Do I try a new stitch that the machine has? Hmm.....

How am I supposed to cut this?

Its supposed to be in half. Its a 117" piece. I have to cut it to 58 1/2" each. Hmm...

This is gonna be the backing

I got it to match the dark blue on the front. The left is the square and the right it the material I just got to go on the back.

Finished the top.

This is the top of my quilt.
This is gonna be the binding.
What color should I do for the backing? Can I do a brown or will it be too much brown?

My Quilt Project

Jason also bought a quilt project to start. Since I hate to pick colors and he knows it.
So I ironed all my fabric and cut it.
Then I sewed all my rows together in two hours.
Tomorrow I will iron all the rows and sew them together.
Yes I stayed up late to sew them but I just couldn't sleep knowing the pieces were there on the table waiting for the kids to mess with them. They were color coordinated and set up by number matching the instructions.

Finished my bag!

This is my finished bag!


I thought I would do a little embroidery stitches on the straps. Like I did before only this time the machine did it for me...
Can you see the brown dog in the middle??? Savannah asked me to do a dog in the middle and it had to be brown so its hard to see.

Blanket I made

At quilting class and finished it there too. From start to finish this is it.

Table Runner

Then I started another table runner and this is my first pic I just did this last night. The sunflower is the back so I can use it as a reversible runner.

Um why does it always take me so long?

Ok so I haven't worked on my quilted wall hanging in about a month. Just because I kinda get bored and the part I have to do is by hand right now. I have to use a decorative stitch to sew the hearts on. but I did one and then looked at it from a far. And none of the stitches were even or parallel. So I had to take it out and do it over. So I get kinda iffy when I think of sewing the rest on. but I think I need to soon so I can have it finished before its been a year. Like with my table runner.

Crafts!!

Well I started crocheting while we lived in Missouri. Which was 5 years ago. And since I get bored easily I have tried just about everything, from blankets to doilies and blessings dresses, magnets, cute chilies for my mom, trivets, baby hats. Then I got more bored and tried knitting and didn't like it. So I tried sewing and didn't really like it either. So I didn't really do crafts for a while. Then I tried scrap booking and still didn't really like it. So I started looming and have been doing it for about 2 years.
And again I get bored easily so I have tried a lot of looming projects. Like socks, blankets, scarves, doll hats, changing colors. I recently have been quilting and have made a table runner and am now making a wall hanging.
So anyway this is a update just as to what I've tried.