It's FINISHED!

WOOHOO! I just love it! And I love the brown border. It's a girly quilt top but not little girl looking.

Here are some close-ups of the blocks.

I need to get the backing pieced together, I think. I'm not too terribly sure of that whole process. I'll have to look it up online. Then it will be off to Sharon to get quilted. Can't wait to get it sent off!

But any sewing plans I had todaywill be on-hold. My Punkie Pie is sick. She's not feeling good at all. Woke me up at 6:00 this morning to tell me her tummy hurt. Since then she's vomited twice. Second time around she made it to the toilet. Good girl! Of course, WHO is off driving to Vermont to go snowmobiling?! My husband! I already called and thanked him for leaving me home alone. I sure he would have turned around but he's driving with two other guys.

Let's HOPE he would have turned around to come home to help. I'm going to think that he would have.

Enjoy your day!

Jen

Fat Quarter Swap

Darci is hosting a FQ swap. Just need to swap two fat quarters. Go on, check it out and sign up. Should be fun and painless. LOL.

Focus! I Need to Focus!

I am awful sometimes! I'm all over the place with sewing projects without finishing what I'm currently working on.

My latest sewing venture... I want to make a new ironing board cover. Mine is terrible and of course, I bought; ages ago, an extra wide ironing board from Target. From the look of all the tutorials I found online, others are having the same issue I'm running into it... you can't find a replacement cover that fits!

So, I'm going to make my own. Maybe not anytime soon (like this weekend) but within the month. Has anyone out in BlogLand made a replacement cover? Any tips? Some tutorials say to use quilters cotton. Some say use home dec weight fabric, as long as it's 100% cotton (any polyester in the fabric may melt). Any preferences to either - besides the price difference between the two...?

Enjoy your day!
Jen

My Lil Zipper Bag.... All Done!

Here it is. All done. Took me about 2 hours to make. An hour and a half of those two hours was fighting with the zipper. I never did a zipper before. I had and still do have, zipperphobia.

So my zipper challenges...

- I sewed the zipper upside down the first time. NICE JOB!

- I had the zipper closed when I stitched up the sides. Don't do that! I had a heck of a time getting the zipper undone so that I can turn the bag right side out. LOL. But I did it.
- Unsure of zipper placement - front to back - on the bag. I think I positioned it wrong and now I can't zip the bag shut all the way.

Even with all the zipper issues I had, I will make another one since I really like the bag and I'm determined on figuring out the zipper stuff . This one is going to Punkie. She really likes it!

Thank you Vickie for the tutorial! It was very easy to do. Just me the zipper novice had challenges but like I said, I'm going to make more!

Enjoy your day!

Jen

Honey Bun... Who Needs the Extra Calories?

I mean, fabric? I would! But I don't have the funds right now and my LQS doesn't have the Moda Honey Buns yet.

BUT I do have fabric in my stash that would be perfect in making Vickie's Lil Zipper bags from her tutorial on the Moda Bake Shop blog.

What do you think? Cute, no? I think so.

I'm starting it tonight. Let's see how long this lil zipper bag takes me. I'm home alone with Punkie tonight so sewing will be at a minimum until she goes down for the night. We'll see if I have the energy to sew after that. Maybe I'll at least get the fabric pressed and strips cut.

Enjoy your day!

Jen

Loser Monday? Week 4

PMS weekend. That's all I have to say about that. LOL!

Onto another subject... Do you love it?!?! I DO!

I got Punkie's quilt top all pieced together this weekend. Finished it up last night. My husband, the engineer/general contractor squared it all up for me. Told me I didn't do half bad. LOL. Still needs borders which I will be ordering the fabric for today. I was on the fence as to which fabric I wanted to pull out of the quilt for the border. I think I'm going to do one of the brown fabrics. I'm drawn to those for some reason.

So, my very first quilt top is 95% finished. Are there mistakes? There sure are but I think that's where the phrase "Made with Love" comes from. Does my Punkie Girl love it? She sure does. She jumped up and down when I told her it was for her and told me it was beautiful. Do I love it? I sure do. Only took me a month to finish. LOL.

Here's my favorite block:
Had to play with my embroidery stuff too!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Blog Giveaway!

Go check out Vickie E over at Mid Ohio Knitter. She's having a giveaway in celebration of her January finishes. Also, super cool.. she has a very cute tutorial on the Moda Bake Shop blog.

RUN! Go check it out!