Bubblegum Kisses, finished

I promised that I would show you my finished Bubblegum Kisses Mini quilt that I received in my Sew Sampler Box from Fat Quarter shop.

You can see my post about it here.

I quilted it in a circle motif, echoing the original circle with my walking foot, and using the foot as a spacing guide.

I backed the mini with a Lori Holt print, of course!

 I'm displaying the mini quilt on my half wall right now, looking into the living room.

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Quilty Fun Birthday Cake banner

My youngest grandson is Jacob, he will be 2 years old on April 8, and this quilty fun birthday cake banner is for him!

Then I'll be all caught up with my banners :)

I wasn't able to use my "M" and "N" pieces, because I cut them a l/2" shorter than they should have been!

I like the look of this cake though.

I used Lori Holt's fabric with dessert recipes, for the border.

I quilted with a stipple stitch, but tried something different with the cake and cake stand and bow.

In the past, I have used my walking foot and outlined the pieces, using stitch in the ditch method.

This time, I used my free motion foot and just traced around the pieces.

I think I prefer the look using the walking foot.

I pieced the back, using a cute fairy tale fabric.

Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of it!

I outlined each letter with the free motion foot too.

I'm not crazy that some of the stitching runs into the letters.

I used a machine blanket stitch to attach the letters.

I have a tutorial with measurements for the banner that you can view here.

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Retro Mama's Notions Pouch

I think that Kim from Retro Mama designs the cutest things!

The moment I saw her little notions pouches, I was in love.

I bought her pattern and set to work, even though I had so many other things I should be doing!

I'm a sucker for cute things, including grandchildren :)

It's a funny thing, but when I use my scraps, the piles never get any smaller!

Weird!!!

Notice all the delectable little strips of prettiness?

I cannot lie, I love fabric!

 I adore my little pouch!

I don't know what I'll use it for or who I'll gift it to, but I love it!

Here's another one, the possibilities of each little pouch are endless!

I bought the metal zippers just for this project.

Zipits is a great shop to purchase zippers, on Etsy.

Here's the inside of the pouch.

By the way, the zipper isn't difficult at all, and believe it or not, it's handsewn.

I highly recommend this pattern!

It's cute, fun, functional and feminine.

 I've got 3 others in the works, although I still have so many other things to do :)

Be My Neighbor

I have some friends whom I became acquainted with, over 3 years ago, on Instagram.

We had an Instagram quilt retreat a couple of years ago, and are going to  have another one this summer.

For our birthdays last year, we decided to make this quilt.

There are 8 of us, and someone drew our names, and we were each given 2 blocks to make for each person on their birthday.

I was assigned these two blocks.

Another rule was that we used only Fig Tree fabric, that way no matter which colors or prints we chose, we knew they would match.

We also purchased the same color for the background.

There's a little bird appliqued onto a rooftop on every row.

As each block arrived, I pinned my friends names onto them.

Tazzie lives in Tasmania, Australia, so does Leanne.

Kristie lives in Utah, Nessa lives in Wyoming, Joanna lives in Oklahoma, Lynette lives in Idaho and Annette lives in Chili right now, but she lived in Utah when we were having our birthdays :)

When I saw Joanna's finished quilt on Instagram, I knew I had to get mine done!

Here's my finished quilt top, with my friends' names still pinned to their blocks!

I thought of them as I sewed their blocks into the quilt.

I'm on a self imposed fabric fast this year, because I have way too much fabric :)

I found this Amy Butler fabric in my stash, and it looks just like Fig Tree colors!

Here is the link to "Be My Neighbor" quilt, it's free!