21 posts tagged “rag quilted”

Moda baby lovie for Etsy

I have finally gotten back to my rag quilting!  Here is my first finished project in a long time.  This baby lovie is made from Moda's All You Need is Love fabric squares.  I'm going to list it on Etsy.  There will be more pictures there. 

We had stormy weather yesterday morning and again last night.  Not too much rain here, but I couldn't be on the computer.  I did get started on another project using Moda fabric.  I had it laid out yesterday, and would change it around everytime I went into the room.  Finally last night I sewed the first row of squares together, decided I didn't like it, and took them apart, and started all over again.  I think I'm going to like this design better, but I'm going to look at it a few more times before I get started. 

Lightening bug

Darcy inspired me to try to take pictures of insects.  I knew better than to try moving insects; this picture of a lightening bug sitting still is out of focus! 

I got one of my hummingbirds, but I was too far away.  They aren't as tame as they used to be. 

We have more rain in the forecast for the next several days.  Need to go out and look around.  I moved some nasturtiums yesterday; one looks really good but the other two are going to need some TLC. 

I have gotten two leads on possible jobs, so that is good.  I'll keep you posted! 

Now to get my baby lovie listed on Etsy!

Iris in the window

I was taking pictures this evening for this week's Photo Quest.  This one doesn't meet the qualifications exactly, but I liked it anyway.  It is somewhat distorted by the resizing.  It was taken in front of a window with no flash. 

Homespun appliqued hot holder

I didn't do any quilting today.  I was fighting with a bad headache all day, and it was winning! 

I finished this pot holder last night.  I made this one a little bit different.  It has an appliqued star on a plain denim field on the other side.  It will be on Etsy soon. 

I received my order from JoAnn's today, so now I have the white flannel I need to finish the Moda baby lovie that I started a long time ago. 

Need to clean house tomorrow.  Two of our sons and their families are coming out on Sunday.  I want to finish my camp orders so I can put that mess away.  It is spread out all over one end of the dining room table.  My fabric strip knitting is spread out on the other end, but I can put it in a bag and get it out again without loosing my place. 

Have a great weekend, everyone, and Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in my neighborhood and on Vox!

Papa with his twins

Here's a picture of "Papa" with his one year old twins.  Their birthday was April 26th.  We went to their house yesterday for their birthday party.  We also celebrated their big brother's birthday; he will be three next Sunday.  It was rather cool, but most of the kids went outside to play.  The babies wanted to go out, too, but we kept them  entertained in the house.  They are wearing outfits that their other grandma made for them.  Very cute!

White picket fence

Here's the white picket fence that we all have been working on for a couple of weeks now.  It really looks nice, and it is nice to know that the little kids can go out to play and will stay in the yard.  The landscaping is the next big project.  They were working on the gates today.  They want a small walk thru gate on each side of the house, plus a large gate that you can drive thru on the garage side. 

It has been beautiful here today.  I went out and hoed my radishes again.  There is a little bit of spinach coming out, but very little.  No sign of the beans or beets.  I used old seed, so may have to replant. 

We had frost again this morning.  It was 34 degrees when I got up.  I took a chance and didn't bring my plants in last night.  It looks like they all survived. 

I added a border to the yellow and white baby blanket this afternoon.  It didn't look quite finished.  I took some more pictures, so now I need to edit my Etsy listing. 

I started loading some of my pictures from yesterday up to Snapfish, but it takes 6 minutes for each picture to load.  Wish my computer was faster!  Guess I should be thankful to have a computer at all. 

Homespun quilted appliqued place mats

Here's the place mats that I started on last week.  I was in the kitchen most of yesterday afternoon.  I made blueberry muffins, no bake chocolate cookies, and stir-fry.  Then I finished these place mats.  The homespun strips are pieced to a piece of Warm and Natural batting.  Then I added a muslin backing before rag quilted the quilted patchwork hearts.  Then I hand quilted the strips before adding the rag quilted "border".  The reverse side looks nice, too.  Take a look on Etsy. 

I spent most of today trying to get my computer running again.  My hard drive was so full that it wouldn't run any programs or let me load pictures, or anything.  I did finish one of the little dresses I was making for the twins.  I'll post a picture tomorrow.  I also got out my menus that I am planning for camp.  Last year I volunteered to spend a week helping in the kitchen at a camp for kids with cancer.  I will need to get the food ordered  in a couple of weeks.  Camp is the first week of June. 

We are supposed to get frost tonight.  I moved most of my plants back inside already.  Still have one planter to go.  I have little radishes in the garden, but a little frost won't hurt them. 

It was cool this morning, and a bit windy, but not bad.  We lucked out again yesterday - no bad storms.  We did get some more rain, and the biggest hail I've seen in a long time, but it didn't last long.  The strangest thing was the two barn swallows who came up during the hail and were hanging onto the screens on our porch.  My camera was too far away for me to get a picture. 

Went to do some shopping this morning.  Stopped by our sons house to wish his twins a happy first birthday, but they were taking a nap, so we took his almost 3 year old shopping with us.  He was very good; we had to stop six different places.  At Wal-Mart, he sat on the bench at the front of the store with "pa-pa".  I wanted to buy some more flannel and batting a Wal-Mart, but the fabric department lady wasn't there the first time I went by, and by the time I came back, the sub lady was swamped and upset about the whole deal, so I just put my stuff back on the shelf. 

I started working on a set of place mats yesterday that are multi-media, but I think they are going to be nice.  I strip pieced homespun onto a batting base, stitched on a backing around the edges, machine appliqued patchwork hearts, then hand quilted along the strips.  The final touch is a rag quilted "border".  I have one finished, and about half of the strips sewn down on the second one. 

I've started another project.  I like to have something up here by my computer because it is so slow.  I was cleaning off my sewing table one day and found a couple of counted cross stitch projects from who knows when, so I'm working on one of them.  I know they aren't very creative, but I like the fact that they are square and perfect!

Country By Design flannel baby lovie

I was able to finish a couple of projects today.  It was really nice outside, but I kept my nose to the grindstone.  I only went outside long enough to plant a row of spinach. 

This baby lovie is made with 3 layers of flannel.  Each square has all three colors.  The ones that are white in the front are red on the back with the plaid in the middle.  The plaid ones are white on the back with red in the middle.  Really makes a bright quilt.  I think I will add a border to the next one I make.  I'm finally getting the on point process figured out so I don't have to spend so much time thinking about it.  You can see more pictures on Etsy. 

Almost time for American Idol.  I'm hooked.  Later!

Mother's Day note card

I found these buttons at Wal-Mart and thought I might be able to do something with them.  I'm not sure if denim was the best choice for a background.  I have another set of buttons that are slightly different.  I may try something different for a background.  I like the way the "grass" turned out.  I satin stitched the stems, then added the grass strips, then ran the piece through the washer and dryer to "rag quilt" the grass.  Then I stitched on the leaves.  They aren't stitched around the edges, just down the center and the veins.  Then I stitched the denim to the card stock.  I added the buttons last, since they are close to the edges.  They are stitched through the card stock.

Lunch time!

Tea Dyed Table Runner

Well, I'm making a little bit of progress!  The picture that I tryed to load last night actually showed up after I thought it wasn't going to, and I was able to load another one this morning.  Now if I could just get them to load on Etsy!

This runner was an UFO.  I made it from lots of different fabrics, some new and a lot of vintage stuff from my stash.  The back looks a lot like the front.  I wasn't too happy with it, so I got the idea to tea dye it.  It looks much better now, sort of primitive looking. 

I finished another runner last night, and a couple of fabric cards.  I'm working on another chenille baby lovie today.  I'll post more pictures later, or at least I will try!

Country By Design table runner

Here's the newest table runner.  I made a border for this one.  The blocks are based on a design I saw in a quilting magazine.  I was able to get it listed on Etsy without any problems, so I decided to try to get it to load here.  There are more pictures on Etsy, although I still need to load two more.  I have stopped trying to load all of them at once.  It is very frustrating to get the listing finished only to lose everything while trying to load the last picture.  Now I put in my title and a one sentence description, then upload one picture and click on "finish"  so I at least have that much, then I got back and edit to add the rest. 

The dark floral fabric is from my stash.  The light floral is this season from Wal-Mart.  The off-white is unbleached muslin.  The backing is off-white, and dark green. 

I didn't do much outside; it was too cool and windy.  I fed the cat and came back in.  I need to go pick a few flowers before the storm. 

Rag quilted flannel baby lovie

Here is the flannel baby lovie that I listed on Etsy last night.  I didn't take forever to load my pictures this time.  It is alternating squares of white and pink gingham squares.  The backing is alternating white and multi colored dots on white.  I didn't use any batting so the lovie would be soft and easy to carry. 

I did a lot of computer work yesterday.  I had bills to pay, checkbooks to balance, info to download, and on and on.  I got most of it done.  I had a couple of bills to pay yet tonight that I wanted to pay online, but I finally gave up and wrote out checks while this picture was loading. 

I went to my sewing room last night with a plan to make something out of some fabric I have that is the same color as red bud blossums, but I got side tracked by some other fabric and started something else instead.  Does anyone else let their fabric tell them what to do?