One Creative Family

I am running a little late on the computer today.  My daughter and I took the youngest granddaughter to the Children’s Hospital Emergency Room last night and got home about 2:30am.  She is doing better, was dehydrated and had a viral infection.  An I.V. and watching to make sure the heart rate was ok and only 6 hours later all 3 of us made it home.  Destiny is only 20 months old and couldn’t let us know just how bad she felt.  But with meds in her I am looking forward to seeing her tomorrow.  We babysit her 2 days a week.

Then Alicia, my oldest daughter, came over so we could do some sewing together and throw ideas back and forth.

I am very lucky to have children (3 of them and a daughter in law) who can help with the creativeness when needed.  I count a lot on my Hubby for his input on what looks good together.  He does get a little more conservative on fabric choices.  I do enjoy the bright and crazy things alo and for these I go alone to the fabric store.

I have decided to take one of Gary’s(hubby) woodworking intarsia patterns and make into a wall hanging.  It is an angel sitting on a bench.   I will post photos of the progress, but today is the day to finish up a few items that are started.

I am rambling so I will sign off and enjoy some of your posts.  Good night all.

 

This is exactly what I have done the last 2 days.  My first attempt started off really well

Nice Right?

Until you turn it over…

And there are ALL my mistakes right there…but hey not bad for my first one.

One to my 2nd…

I sewed all these little things and turned them inside out (my fingers hurt)

Not to bad, but it came out smaller than the rest.  Its not my favorite.

This is the back

Finally I came up with these!  They are made out of old jeans and fabric.  I haven’t learned to applique yet so I sewed the flowers on and tried to do things a little different.  Not to bad though.

Tomorrow I’m going to go to mom’s house to learn to applique.  Hopefully I’ll get everything figured out and do more.   I will continue to try, try, and try again!!  – Alicia

Today brings another set of coasters.  These are 6 inch squares and am using scrap strips of fabric. 

I will be making more of these, but first I have a batch of chocolate chip cookies to make for the Granddaughters.  I have 5 of them.  The oldest goes off to college today, her first year.  2 that are Juniors in High School (11th grade), and one that is a sophmor (10th grade).  Then the 5th one is 20 months old.  I will be taking care of her while Mary takes Katelin to get settled in college.  Once all this is done I will be back to sewing.

On the round coasters from yesterday, I use an old CD to cut them round.  Makes life so much easier.  Assemble them just as you did the square ones. Pin, then turn over and draw a circle and stitch in a circle and turn.    Such fun.

As promised, here is the pattern.  Not sure where I got it, but here goes.  Started with 6   5inch squares of fabric, and 1 square of batting( you can use flannel, or denim)

This is the fabric I chose.

I decided to use an orange for the bottom of the coaster and the white is not going to be seen.  Place the Orange on the Top face down, batting on top, and then the orange on top.       The opposite of the picture below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fold the other 4 fabrics in half, and press.  Now place each folded fabric on top of the orange and laying it like you would a closed box top.

Make sure the raw edges are on the outside edge of the square.  Sew around the edges.  I sewed it in black so you can see the stitching..

Trim the corners and now you are ready to turn it right side out.  Reach into the center opening and turn…I use a skewer to poke into the corners to straighten it out.  You are ready to enjoy it now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been using a lot of scrap fabric and batting for these projects  Doesn’t take much time at all.  I hope this makes sense.  If not let me know.

I made a variation of the square coaster, making it round. 

Here is a sample of the coasters I am making.  Now I know wine doesn’t sweat, but these are so cute.  A set of 4 makes a wonderful gift.  You can use your scrap fabric.  That is how I am using up my scraps.  I will see about putting out a pattern for this.

Frozen quilt is finished and ready for delivery.  Olaf turned out pretty good.  Added a little pocket at the bottom for hidden treasures.

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Well, here we are in week 2 of August.  The weather has been hot and miserable with a few days hidden in that are cool and nice.  I hope everyone has stayed as cool as possible and the creative juices flow.

This week’s challenge is COASTERS.  Big mug rug coasters, square coasters, round coasters, fabric coasters, crochet coasters, knitted coasters, tiled coasters.  Surprise us.  What media do you like to use?  I am so excited to let the mind go crazy.  Give it a try and share with us.

Here is Alicia’s upcycled jeans.  It is a scrappy skirt finished off with a fabric rose.  Really cute

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  Today is a cloudy day with light showers here and there.  Nice in cool today.

I will post Alicia’s jean upcycled project in a little later today. A few more pins and tucks.  We all know how that goes.

I started a peek a boo quilt for a little girl who has cancer, then found out she loves Olaf from Frozen  This is what I have done so far, and trying where to go from here.  Any suggestions.  I want to add only about 5-8 inches to the top and bottom and about 4-5 inches on the sides.  I am sitting here looking at to see what it is telling me to do.