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?

Bedroom redo.

When I was at Kimmies we also redid her bedroom.  

The Before Picture...

AFTER!!

We did a headboard that I love and we got new bedding, which she loves.   I made her some throw pillows when I got home and here they are.  This is so fun.  What should we do next?

Easter Time

When the seasons start to change I always get in the mood for new decorating ideas.  It is still very wintery here but inside my soul I am longing for spring so I made a SPRING WREATH  and I love it!

If you want to make one I got all my supplies at JoAnn fabrics.  Just glue them on.  The idea is just right here for you.

Pottery Barn... Move over!

Here I am in San Diego with my cute little daughter Kimmie (favorite daughter :)

She has a new apartment and wanted to spruce up her patio, so she came up with a plan and I executed it!

Thanks to the Dollar Store, 3 clay pots and 2 bags of potting soil for $5 and a stop at Wal Mart for petunias at $5... and VOILA another successful ALLIORIGINAL CREATION!

We had our first BBQ on the CUTE patio tonight!

First quilt of the year

For Kaileys birthday this year (January 25, 2011) Christie and I made her a quilt using her old T-shirts.  We found a stash of shirts from elementry school, girls camp, tennis team, dance teams, EFY and other events that she participated in.  We wanted it to be warm and cozy so we cut out the logos from the shirts making 12" blocks and then sewed them  into a 'rag' quilt with purple flannel (her HS colors are purple and gold).  All of the seams are cut and frayed which add to the texture.  As you can see, she loves it.  Happy Birthday Kailey!

I Love My MUMMY

I saw this cute idea for a halloween candy jar and had to make one...I love it, especially the eyes looking out under the bandages.  Everyone needs one:   buy a square glass canister with a lid......fill with candy (I put in halloween taffy)  cut some strips of cloth about an inch wide.....glue on two google eyes.....wrap the cloth while securing here and there with a glue gun.   I finished this off with a little sign attached with rafia that says,  I love my mummy!        So cute!

Autumn leaves

I love decorating for Fall.  It is great because it is not only a season but there are two holidays that you can use alot of the same decorations.  This year I made these fall leaves that I can spread down the table or put around the living room.  They were so easy:   Find some leaves that you like the size of in your yard.  Put them on the copier and make yourself a pattern.  Cut them out of different colors of felt (way cheap).  Then sew the veins on your sewing machine.  (if you don't feel comfortable eye balling it like me  try drawing the lines with chalk first.)    Voila,  leaves........

Now we can sing "It's Autumn Time, It's Autumn Time,
                             the leaves are falling down"

Am I the only one singing?