Turtle Stripes

This is a finish that's posting is way over due.

Turtle Stripes and plush toy  ~

This was gifted Oct 2012 to my great nephew.

My niece said turtle and this is what I created, I used Ty Pennington fabric.

I created strips and worked them up randomly, took the scraps and made squares then bordered them to make the top wider.

 Fun little turtle on the back.

Backing is cream flannel and fluffed up so nicely after quilting and washing.

Secret Santa Pt 2

Here is what I received :-)
A quilted table topper ( fits perfectly on my dinning table as its center piece)
2 cup rugs ( that's what I'm calling them) I have one by my computer and one by my sewing machine they hold my cold/hot cups
An ornament and a coffee cup

I'm very pleased with it all

On the table today

Working on a treat for my niece whose due in a few weeks. Here's a peak. Lots of trimming going on, taking these hst scraps and cutting them down to 1.5in squares o_0

on the table...

There are 18 Love~Snug~Tug's being put together.

Have you seen these yet?

They are lovie/teething type infant toys.
They come in three shapes,
Baby~ Akachan
Turtle~ Kame
Elephant~ Zou
Kept small enough for safety yet big enough to cuddle up close with.

They have stuffed heads, feet, tails for chewing.
They are double sided, one cotton print and one cotton texture being chenille, velour or corduroy.

Coming soon- Love Snug Tugs with wooden teething rings attached.

Remember September

My first go at one of the ereader covers thats being collected for Remember September is the following Kindle cover. I followed this tutorial and tweaked it to my liking /stash.

I pulled out 3 coordinating fabrics I had, cut 2.5in by WOF and placed out 5 strips to be used.

I also QAYG (quilt as you go) so that the inside was also quilted and its a plus that it helped with the time of project start to finish.  Under an hour.

On the plus side, I got to work on the proper way to bind, maybe after a few more of these I'll try it out on a quilt.

Now I gave a Pillowcase a shot too, my Mac was being occupied by my little Miss watching Pocahontas (I actually started it, she came to watch with me :-P )

So I didn't have a tut or pattern available, I improvised, I pulled out a clean standard pillowcase I owned and made one by looking and measuring it, I was a few inches short of the WaterLily print so my top border is a few inches wider than most.

Remember September...Sew Along

Over at SewBitterSweetDesigns & HopefulThreads, they have gotten together and came up with a project for this month.

 Remember Service Men & Women, Creating a Handmade Holiday 

to those serving overseas this coming Holiday Season. 

They are linking and providing tutorials and patterns for Pillowcases and eReader cases (of all shapes and sizes) on blogs, shops, even Pintrest.

I will be contributing to this project, as a Military Family, Hubby is Active Duty Army, my father and grandfather both served along with a few uncles. I feel very close to this cause, I lost count how many Holidays my husband has missed in his 13 yrs of service.

Just typing this up I have chills, I can't even imagine what its like to be away from family and friends, while on a deployment, during the Holidays.

Check out the projects and if you can sew up a few things, theres a Flickr group to post to, all would love to see your finished items.

Heres some great FREE tuts and patterns

Here are some measurements HopefulThreads posted:

Here are dimensions for some popular e-readers. If you can, it would be super great if you labeled whichever style you sew your cover for if specific.

More details about this September Monthly Project on the blog here, http://hopefulthreads.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-monthly-project-announcement.html

blackberry playbook is 5" x 7.5" and is 3/8" wide

Kindle Fire and it is 7.5" x 4.7" x .45" (thickness)

Kindle: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.34 inches

Kindle Touch: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Kindle Touch 3g: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Nook Simple Touch: 6.5" x 5.0" x 0.47"

Nook Color: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Nook Tablet: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Kindle DX: 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38"

Sony: 6.61 x 4.68 x 0.38 inches

Nook 1st Ed: 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches  

Kobo: 7.2 × 4.7 × 0.4 in

Kobo Touch: 6.5 × 4.5 × 0.4 in

iPad :First Generation = 9.56×7.47×0.528 in (243×190×13.4 mm) 

Second Generation = 9.5×7.31×0.346 in (240×186×8.8 mm) 

Third Generation (newest) = 9.5×7.31×0.37 in (240×186×9.4 mm)

Please feel free to add others! Thanks for all your help!!!

Baby boy blanket

Just finished up on this little quilt/blanket. I did cheat a tad by purchasing a printed panel. I turned and topstitched. The back is thick flannel and there is a layer of poly in between. To finish it off I stitched around the balls, diapers, hats and followed the what would be seams of the triangles. I even followed the wiggly blue border.
Quick and easy, one day project, hitting the PO tomorrow.