a little here and there

 I love spring. Juju and I went to the Quilter's Guild of Dallas Quilt Show. We loved seeing, not touching, all the quilts and I came home inspired and with more Kaffe prints I didn't have. I loved his Harry Potter themed bookcase quilt I have been meaning to start.

Angela Walters and her free motion quilting greatness visited the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild. She brings a lot of ideas and she was just plain fun to hear from. My free motion foot gets a great work out after seeing her quilts.

I finished another Noodlehead Cargo duffle bag. Julia uses it every day as her gym bag. It' s very simple and the directions are easy to follow. No doubt I will make one or two of these before tackling the Amy Butler Weekender bag I am so scared of. I plan on sewing this weekend, I don't care what it is I am sewing.

Mom Life and passing down the love of sewing

My mom never taught me to sew. But I do remember Grandma Rita. Mom would tell me stories how Grandma made her and her sisters their cotton dresses and pinafores to match. Grandma also was a great quilter,crafter, and crocheted the fastest granny squares she could make into ponchos (mine was olive green and red)and blankets. I taught my self to sew and quilt, first by hand, because I did not know how to use a sewing machine, much less thread a bobbin. My hunny bought me my first Singer sewing machine in 1997. My carelessness of accidentally leaving a pin or two in the carpet and him stepping on one prompted him. I hope to pass this love to at least one of my girls Julia might be my first victim. HA HA. I think she actually enjoys it though.

 Girl Scout Juniors Troop 237 made Christmas aprons. They used bias tape to finish the edges.

Scrappy trip along, part 2

I decided to be a crazy person and cut each 2.5 inch square one by one out of the scrap bin. This may take a while.

Life happens

Life happens. You blink and your kids are grown. Christmas came and went. Just seems days ago I was excited about putting cheery red things around the house. Snowmen everywhere, Christmas quilts out. I only made two quilts for Christmas. I guess the teens are more into material things. I did make some quick beanies. And now it's late February and spring is in BLOOM. Winter missed Dallas entirely. And I am not sad about it.

Beanies for days.

Nine patch and snow balls in Little Black Dress fabric.

Party like it's 2016.

Winter nights.

Izzy

 My great niece Isabella turned one. I love making quilts for presents.

 My grandsons are excellent quilt holders. Don't you think so?

Sewn, quilted and bound by me, with love.

Valentine lovies

Loki wants me to make him a quilt.

Valentine mug rug. Do you like the border or no border?

I love LOVE. 5 inches square.

Februaury mug rug swap.



For Sara (aka Bee). I need a new mat, right?!

I love making bags. Scraps are the best.

Boxy pouch, Luuuv! Follow the pattern from Pink Stitches blog: http://pinkxstitches.blogspot.com/2014/01/boxy-pouch-tutorial.html

Not a snow day!

Winter at the 1955 ranch house. I love my house!

Raffle quilt & Chili cook off

 I finally finished these blocks that I won in the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild raffle a couple of years back. We were all to use inaugural QuiltCon colors, and all the blocks were raffled to four or five winners. This is my finished. Quilt as you go was not as easy as I thought it was. I find it hard to align and make the sashes meet. But then again these are one inch sashes! I feel confident in my color choices and quilting. I love how it turned out and gave it to my mother in law for her 70th birthday in January. These blocks were made by different DMQG members, whom I will never know who's which, but they are all loved!



DMQG members' blocks

the back

Guess who won the church chili cook off? Me! I was very surprised with the win and received so many compliments! This stick to your ribs recipe is a keeper!


Mug rug swap, Smowman style

My cousin and I decided to mug rug swap for each season. I started by stalking all the snowmen I have been seeing on Instagram, I was sew inspired. Snowball blocks are so easy to make and mug rugs are perfect for using every inch of batting left over from quilting.

not whimsy enough, the eyes need to be closer to the nose

Felt didn't come out so pretty but okay.

Finished big size mug rug to swap! Because who doesn't love getting happy snail mail!

Christmas 2014

I can't believe how fast Christmas came and went. I tried to put my decorations around the house and tree up early, the weekend after Thanksgiving, to make it seem longer. I love the spirtual feeling with all the mangers, angels, and more Jesus than Santa. I love Christmas sewing more than anything and this is my first Christmas quilt I have actually finished! ( there are a few UFOs hiding in boxes that will get done in time for 2015, I swear!) These are  Joann's fabrics but they were a steal so I just had to. Not too bad as some fabric snobs make them out to be. I was going to applique something on the white but I lost my sewjo (sewing mojo). Hope everyone had a great December.

 

Baby quilt

I decided to give garage sale on Facebook one try, and I sold one quilt. I have yet to make enough quilts to sell on Etsy so this was a fast way to make some cash. I made the second one to save for a future sell.

 

 

 

 

It's a hoot! by MoMo



names in Ta Dot are sew much fun!