The Quilty Barn Along, Patchwork Pumpkin

This quilty silo barn is #7 and it's perfect for October!

I think the teal barn color goes really well with the orange patchwork pumpkin.

Lori's tutorial for the 6" pumpkin block can be found here.

Isn't this the cutest block ever?

I could see a quilt or a table runner with these pumpkins!

Ta da!!!  Here's my silo barn...

I really like the birds on the silo, very farm - ish :)

The window has details for a Costume Contest, perfect for a Fall Festival!

The Quilty Barn Along, Canning Season

These barns are always so much fun to design and make!

Lori has some really cute vintage photos on her blog, and you can get the instructions for her mason jars and silo barn tutorial here.

I chose the colors for my mason jars very carefully :) 
This is silo barn #6.

The green jar is green beans, the orange is peaches, the yellow is corn, the purple is grape juice (yuck, I see some spiders got in there by accident.....), the aqua is strawberries, and the red is tomatoes.

Yummy!!!  I love home canning!

I auditioned my fabrics and here they are.

Here's my cute little silo barn!  

The fabric I used for the window is Japanese fabric, I fussy cut it from a busy print.

A pink barn, who knew?

Hallowe'en Pennant

I love pennants hanging in front of the fireplace.

I wanted one for Hallowe'en, so I bought some fabric on the quilt shop hop I went on a few weeks ago.

This little green monster fabric is so cute, and the purple fabric is crawling with spiders!

Here are the monsters in orange, along with some candy corn.

I really love this fabric!!!

This fabric and the two monster ones are by "Sweetwater".

They always have really different collections.

Here is the pennant on the fireplace.  

I think it looks really pretty but unfortunately, it doesn't look much like Hallowe'en.

Since the pennant has fall colors, I think I'll just keep it up throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.

A Princess Dress

This is Neo and Charlotte, two of my grand daughters.

They both like to dress as princesses :)

Charlotte has a lot of princess dresses, but Neo doesn't have any.

This is Neo in the dress I made for Charlotte. 

Neo's favorite princess is Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

I was very fortunate and found some super sparkly fabric to make a princess dress for Neo for her 3rd birthday.

My motto is the more sparkly, the better.

I spent days making this dress, there are 6 layers in the skirt!

I love the shirred overlay, it's made out of glittery tulle.

Do you think it looks like Belle's dress?

The bodice is lined with satin, but I didn't line the sleeves.

The hem is scalloped, I didn't have to do anything to it.

Do you notice the illusion of pink under the skirt?

I sewed three layers of pink tulle under the yellow lace skirt.

My cousin calls it crinoline, which brings back lots of girly memories from my childhood :)

I'm excited to see Neo's reaction when she opens her princess dress.

I think she will be in "princess heaven"!!!

Lucy's Smocked Bonnet

I've been working non stop on Lucy's bonnet.

I watched a lot of TV this weekend, so I smocked while I watched.

I smocked diamonds with little flowerettes in the middle.

Isn't the lace beautiful?  

It's 100 % cotton French lace, very delicate

The bonnet will look so much cuter on Lucy head.

The back gathers up, and some of her hair will peek through :)

I used a silky ribbon for all the smocking stitches.

It adds texture and a soft sheen.

I used ecru silk satin ribbon.

I bought this ribbon once at an heirloom supply shop when I lived in the South.

I have no idea what brand it is, and don't know if I'll ever find any more.

The online shops that sell heirloom shops don't have the best selection.

This is the 7th bonnet I've made in 6 years :)

I have 7 grand daughters, and have made one for each of them.

I made heirloom blessing outfits for my two grandsons as well, but I didn't make them bonnets!

My daughter Lindsay texted this photo of Lucy to me.

She and her husband were on a date.

I just know that Lucy is dreaming about how angelic she'll look in her blessing gown and bonnet :)

More photos to come!

Pleating and Smocking

I have a lot of projects going on right now, but one of the most important is a blessing gown, slip and bonnet for Miss Lucy Jane.
This is the bonnet with the pleating threads.
I'm sewing the ecru lace onto the white cotton organdy.

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I love how delicate and old fashioned looking the lace and bonnet fabric are.

I pleated the bishop neckline of the gown with a swiss lace overlay.
I'm going to smock it with white ribbon.

These are the laces that I'm going to use...
The swiss lace 2nd from the left goes on the edge of the sleeve, with the lace to it's right, gathered and sewn to the bottom.
I have silk satin ribbon that will run through the eyelet holes.
The entredeux on the left goes on the bottom of the dress.  
The scalloped lace will be gathered and sewn on the hem.
The white lace on the right will be sewn to the hem of the slip.

Won't little Lucy Jane look sweet on her blessing day?
More photos to come....

Hexies

I started making these l" hexagons years ago when I saw the tutorial on "Bee in my Bonnet's blog here. 

They are fun, fast and fabulous!

I made a whole basket full but have never done anything with them, they have just been sitting in the basket.

I always like to take some handwork with me on a trip.

I got out my little hexies and arranged them in ziplock bags.

On my trip to Montreal, I had a few occasions to take out my hexies and handsew them together.

What pretty little flowers!

I'm not sure what I'll do with them, I would like to make a mini quilt, a pillow and maybe even a larger quilt.

I'd even like to make some with each hexie a different print.