Bagging it!

 

If you had a hard time finding the buttons on my Let It Snow wall hanging for the Ho Ho Ho blog hop, there are only 3 so far: a snowflake in the top left section, a gingerbread boy in the largest center section, and a cardinal on a nest in the bottom section. :) They are hard to see with such little photos.

 

 

Today I want to share the bag I made for my cousin who is a cat lover extraordinaire.

Below you should see the entire bag.

I used that special stiff lining for purses (first time ever--and it sure used a lot!)

I didn't want to spoil the outside with pockets...

 

 

Sew, I put a bunch on the inside!

 

I "wrote" her name on the strap with the lettering on my machine, after which I added a few kitties.

And I "wrote" my name and the year on a pocket, with more kitties, of course.

I love this bag and would be happy to keep it, if it weren't made for someone special. :)

I can't wait to give it to her!

 



 

My hibiscus are blooming so beautifully that I thought others might like to see them.

(My blackberries laden with fruit are behind the propane tank.)

 

Here's a close up. They are so large and such amazing flowers!

August 8--Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop--My Turn

 

Ho Ho Ho… It’s my turn today. Thanks to Mdm Samm and to our cheerleader Carol for heading up this wonderful blog hop. This is my first one and I have really enjoyed (well, most of the time) making some projects for this event. I hope I can get them posted correctly!

First, I want to show some placemats I finished up a few months ago. The pattern is Take Four by Cary Flanagan and uses fat quarters. I’ve made several different sets in various fabrics. There are 8 of these, 2 of each design.

 

 

Next, especially for this hop, I wanted to make a Spicy Spiral table runner (pattern  by School House Quilts).  I think this is the 4^th one I’ve made. If you saw Kathy’s tree skirt at Just Quilt It yesterday, you saw the same technique used as for this runner—fat quarters and a 9 degree ruler. I love the results! (But I have no idea why my photo turned sideways when I uploaded it for this post.)

Well, there were scraps to be used, sew I didn’t want to waste anything and thought these coasters would be cute. They take 6 charm (or 5”) squares for each one.



 

Then I wanted to get a jump on the hexie blog hop, sew I tried my hand at English paper piecing and came up with a mug rug with more of the scraps from the table runner. I machine appliqued the flower onto the mug rug after it was sandwiched sew the applique was also the quilting. I do like it, if I say sew myself.

 

When I saw the Nancy Halvorsen panel and matching fabric, I had to purchase it and make it into a wall hanging. I added a few button embellishments and may add more if I get time. Can you find the 3 buttons I added? For quilting, I did some FMQ around the shapes and stitch in the ditch along all straight lines. I put it on the clothesline as some others on this hop have done and tried to get good photos. As One Other Lady said, it is difficult to get a good shot in the wind. LOL

 

Lastly, I found a UFO when looking for buttons and decided to finish it. Don’t you just love this dolly dress? Wait a minute, it’s not a dress—it is a towel to hang over an oven door handle! It will look quite dear at Christmas time in my kitchen (or someone else’s)!

 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects! Don’t forget to stop at everyone else’s blog to see their creations!

August 8

Quiltscapes

Marla’s Crafts

A Stitch In Time

Mehitabel’s Musings

Buzzing and Bumbling

Transitions For Meee

A Little Bit of Lorene

I Piece 2-Mary

Under the Presser Foot

A Reformed Heath’n

Just Sew Quilter   (that’s me!)

Thanks for visiting!

 

Aiming for Accuracy Block 5 is finished! I like it a lot!

Michele has Block 6 out so need to get busy, but first, I must finish my wall hanging for

the Ho Ho Ho blog hop.

 

 

I want to show off my "barn" quilt! I didn't want to put it outside until I added more layers of

polyurethane to protect it from the elements. Now that's done, and here it is.

Isn't it beautiful?

The block is called Prairie Star.

If you want to see a close-up, you might need to come for a visit!

 

 

Below is the Ho Ho Ho blog hop schedule. Please visit each site and see what wonderful creativity we all have!

 

July 31

Just Let Me Quilt

Grandmama’s Stories

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Pumpkin Patch Quilter

Bumbleberry Stitches

Baas Amazing Adventures

The House on the Side of the Hill

Geta’s Quilting Studio

Felt Free Pa Asly

CLF by Nailaa

How Art You?

Rainbows. Bunnies. Cupcakes.

 

August 1

Vroomans Quilts

Abyquilt

MacDonald’s Patch

Life and Everthing Around It

Hill Valley Quilter

Traveling Quilter

Quilting Lines

The Reluctant Quilter

Pig Tales and Quilts

Teatime Creations

Ravelly1

 

August 2

Quilt Doodle Doodles

life, quilts and a cat too

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Ridge Top Quilts

Editha

Stitchin By the Lake

Quilts, Fabric and Thread Tales

Sew Many Yarns

Kwilty Pleasures

Kris Loves Fabric

52 Quilts in 52 Weeks

Robin’s Fabric Nest

 

August 5

Cherry’s Prairie Primitives

Scraps of Life

Words & Stitches

Blue Heron Quilts

More Stars in Comanche

Handmade by Mama

Julie from Quilted Works (on my blog)

In Stitches and Seams

Scrapbook ChickADoodle

Jane’s Quilting

Beaquilter

Life@RuffHaven

 

August 6

Why-Knot-Kwilt

Debby Kratovil

Apple Avenue Quilts

Domestic Deficit Disorder

Jane’s Fabrics and Quilts

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Cate’s Linens

Brenda’s Blog

Charlottes Creations

Selina Quilts

Made By Me In Red

Blooming where I am Planted

 

August 7

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

From This to That

I Like To Quilt Blog

Leah @ L3designs

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much?

Just Quilt It

Meadowbrook

Peanut’s Patchwork

Around the Homestead

Feathered Nest Studio

In The Boon Docks

MO Broker, My Creative Side

 

August 8

Quiltscapes

Marla’s Crafts

A Stitch In Time

Mehitabel’s Musings

Buzzing and Bumbling

Transitions For Meee

A Little Bit of Lorene

I Piece 2-Mary

Under the Presser Foot

A Reformed Heath’n

Just Sew Quilter

 

August 9

Moose Stash Quilting

Cathy’s Chatter

Darlington Delights

Life in the Scrapatch

Quilt n Queen

Forget-Me-Not Stitches

Quilted Delights

AnnieOak Designs

Sew Peace to Peace

Wips & Tuts

Just Keep Swimming

Sew We Quilt

 

 



 

Last week we were blessed to be with all 4 of our grandchildren for several days.

Here they are: the girls' green shirts say "Owl in the Family" and I think Amelia's little onesie says "Whooo loves me." Cute!

Kathy of

Just Quilt It

posted several photos from our Quilt Club meeting at which she taught the lesson on the tumbling flower pots wall hanging. Here is my completed wall hanging. I like the way it turned out, except for the wrinkle in the backing that only I will see. Best of all, it can be made with lots of scraps.

 

The HO HO HO blog hop has started. I'm SO excited to see what everyone has done.

My day is August 8. I sure hope I can figure out how to post my things on time!

 

 

I took some time yesterday to figure out, following the tutorial from one of the Aiming for Accuracy members, how to get my quilt mock-up done. Here it is so far.

Some of the edges of my photos are still showing but I can't help that. One still gets the idea.

Block 5 will go in the top left corner.

Since I want more focus on some of my browns, I need to include more of it in future blocks.

 

 

 

Now I have Block 4 of the Aiming for Accuracy Quilt-along done.

 I really like the looks of it.