Minnie Mouse Quilt

Just ran across the most amazing quilt idea. I am a member of a Facebook site called The Main Street Mouse.  It's all Disney addicts discussing all things Disney.  Someone posted a quilt they received as a gift and I fell in love!

So we begin the planning process...

I searched the Internet and found the shapes I wanted.  Copied to MSWord and re sized.  Not terribably technical but it worked for me. 

Love this bow however can I get it to look right?

Used 10.5 inch blocks

Had to put stabilizer behind the white squares. Didn't want anything to show through the thin white fabric. But how cute is the white on white dots?

 

Used red to make the bow puckers. Probably should have used a slight different shade for more emphasis. 

The sashing is 2.5 inch 

Coming together!!!!!

Decisions. What to border with?  No loving solid black.   DOTS!!!

My first attempt at mitered corners!  Who hoo it was not hard at all. I love YouTube videos!

Border is 5.5 inches. 

Well it's done!  Turned out super cute. Quilted the edges on an angle every inch or so and outlined the middle of the boxes with Rays.  

Love it. Time to pack and send to its new 

owner!  A friends granddaughter. 

 

I think she loved it too!

2013 Christmas Table Runner

Back in Florida!  My friend, Maureen, came up with a easy project for Nancy and I to learn paper piecing. The idea came from a quilt but we decided to make table runners for the holidays. I have to say. I am ALL about this. I am so bad at cutting and lining up corners. This is the perfect thing for me. 

     The colors I decided in were bright Christmas colors.  I like the cartoon whimsy type of fabrics. 

Such a fun pattern and easy!  Loved the final piece!

Tuyler's turtle pillow

My niece is into turtles. Wanted to make her something she would like. Came across the Mola Turtle and loved the bright colors. Hoping to put it on a sweatshirt.

Grapes and wine table topper

Twist to the round table topper. Cut the corners off. Binding was a little tough to turn the corners. Used the glue technique, which worked out really well. Guess practice makes perfect. Have another in like this in the works. Will see.

Dog Collar

My handsome man is Ripley. We hate to have tags on his collar because he is always on the move and the tags clink.  That is very annoying in the middle of the night.  So I decided that I would put his name and my phone number on his collar.  Turned out really good and now if he gets out he will be able to find his way home.  ( ps:  he IS microchipped too). 

Patriotic Table Topper

Nancy came up with this idea on her own. She used a embroidery design in the middle. I probably should have.

Easter Placemats

Ok so my good friend, Nancy, has this great talent of being able to see things and recreate them. She found a cute Easter placemat picture and recreated it. The first picture is her's and its my inspiration. But of course I have that issue with flowers. I just never can see some fabrics together. I did like hers though. So anyway I can up with my own version in bright "Shelley" colors. They turned out cute and I actually finished them so they spent a whole week on the table before Easter!