OWL because I LOVE YOU

      My  obsession with owls (they are soooo cute)  started when the 1970's owl necklaces started coming back in.  My daughters were selling them in their business, 'Sassy Pose'. They sold out very quickly. 

    

 I made an appliquéd owl pillow and my daughter Kimmie fell in love with it.

  She wanted to do her kitchen in bright colors with owls. I gave her some owl dish towels. 

 Of course my daughter Melissa thought they were cute so I made her an apron out of adorable owl fabric.

I made this for Melissa when she was using Zebra print as her decorating accent in her apartment.  Way cool!

             

 I then started selling my new design 'Night Owl" pillows.  They came in sets of three.  I sent a set to Kimmie for her kitchen.

She also wanted and appliqued owl for her bedroom.  I love the colors

So now Kimmie is in a new  apartment and I felt my creative juices flowing so I came up with a new owl design for a house warming gift.  Happy moving in to a new apartment Kimmie!  Your picture is in the mail.  

"owl because I love you"  MOM

Time for a little creative Visiting Teaching

"almost as good as chocolate"

      My friend Annie and I needed a bit of creativity this week so we made these adorable little burlap bags complete with flowers for our visiting teaching sisters.  We don't have the same route so she made four and I made four, actually, she whipped up the bags and I did the handles and the bows.  We were so lucky to get the daffodils for 99 cents a piece.  Annie made really cute cards to go with them so we have a complete "Happy Easter Package"  to drop off to our sisters.  How cool our we?  Bet you wish you were on our route?

Easter Devotional

Of course there is candy in these along with scripture verses.

   I don't know what to do with teenagers for Easter, and I always like to try to get the family to get a little taste of the reason for the holiday, so this year I made a devotional for the week.   Each egg has verses from the Bible to read and a suggestion for a hymn.  Hopefully we can have our little devotionals every night with family prayer.  If you want a copy of the verses just ask and give me your email.  Happy Easter.

Her comes another Baby Quilt

 It is that time of year for baby quilts!

I copied this idea from my mother. It was quick and easy . I just rolled the edges over and stiched a straight line for the finish. I loved not having to sew quares together and I love the raggety soft look. 

 

                               







Lay your bottom fabric (45" square) print side down. Spray a light film of spray adhesive on the fabric then lay the thin batting ( I use warm and natural) on it and smooth flat. Spray lightly again and then lay your top fabric wrong side down on the batting. smooth and trim edges if needed.





Take a pencil and a ruler and mark you top fabric with a graph of 3 inch suares. This is the most important step so you have a pattern to lay your squares on. Trust me the pencil lines will never be seen.




                              



Cut your fabric into squares. You will need 182--- 2 1/2" X 2 1/2" squares. I figured that I could get 48 squares out of 1/4 of a yard of fabric.



Lay your squares of fabric out on your grid with each corner on a corner of the penciled in squares. You can make a design or place them randomly. I pinned each one to all the layers of cloth with a single pin. Then just sew it all together!



So simple and adorable! What are you favorite patterns for baby quilts?