quilt top accomplished...

notice each corner has a star. i know it's different than i've ever had.

i really like the bright colors and vintage appeal in the embroidery.

i almost wish i hadn't added the brown border. i wanted to calm it down

a little. i'll do red for the backing and let the quilter have creatvie

license on the quilting. i always trust her. i will make pillow shams

while the quilt is being quilted. i'm not sure i want to make another

large quilt. and this one was easy.

the quilt so far...

i put blocks on the corners. hope you can see them. now i will do borders

i also made some star blocks to add to it or maybe on the pillow shams

it's really bright, huh? let me know what you think...

quilt blocks

here are the ebroidered quilt blocks i am using in my quilt.

Family Tree Silhouettes

I gave one of these to each of the families on  my side for Christmas.  I got the idea from here. I took a picture of everyone's profile at Thanksgiving and then turned them black in photoshop.  I used Paisley Press' oval frame kit, which helped make sure everyone's silhouette was the same size. Underneath is each person's full name.  Don't worry in-laws of mine, I hope to be doing one of these for us soon!  (Anna your family's is in the mail!)

Christmas Sewing

I sewed my nieces and nephew's gifts this year but I forgot to take pictures...This is one of the aprons I made for my niece from this Mccall's pattern.

I'm also in love with vintage clothing right now - mainly the late 30s through the 50s - so for Christmas I wanted a plaid tafetta dress like this one... but I couldn't find one that I could afford.  I decided to sew a circle skirt instead:

(sorry about the bad pictures).  I used this poodle skirt pattern and Made's circle skirt tutorial to make it.  Super easy, especially using wide elastic at the top.  I threw together a netted slip to wear underneath, but have since ordered a vintage one for my summer dresses.

a quilt for my bed....REALLY!

i have been planning to make a quilt for my monster

bed for about 4 years.  I got this fabric for it.  It will hav

squares in the center that have embroidery on them that

represent our family emblem...

NOW, TO GET TO WORK!

Finally! Apron

I mentioned that I wanted to make myself this apron back in February - I actually cut out the pattern then and I just finished sewing it today!  Wow - master of procrastination.  The pattern is from here.  It was really easy to follow and I'm loving the retro look, of course!