Reagan's Tooth Fairy envelope

I asked my 5 year old granddaughter Reagan, to draw me a picture of the tooth fairy and this is what she sent me :)

Don't you just love her little rainbow colored dress?

I transcribed (copied, lol!) her tooth fairy onto blue fabric, the same shade as her marker, and collected all the colored floss that matched Reagan's drawing.

I also wrote myself a little note so I wouldn't have to keep referring to the photo on my phone.

I backed the fabric with a woven iron on pollen.

It gives the fabric a stiffer feel, more body to embroider, and the threads won't show through from the front.

Isn't this the cutest one hour basket?

My friend Leanne made it for me, I keep my current embroidery project in it.

She loves embroidery and I think of her when I use it.

It's all embroidered, what do you think?

I added the little flap for the envelope and a button to cover the velcro stitching.

The pink pocket is intended for the tooth and Reagan can leave a note to the tooth fairy in the envelope.

If she's really lucky, maybe the tooth fairy will leave a note for her!

Maybe there will also be some fairy dust under her pillow :)

All wrapped and ready to mail :)

Reagan loves it!!!

Quilt and Art Show

My mom and I entered our creations at our church's talent show.

My mother's name is Elizabeth, and she has the artist gene :)

She is a sculptor and a painter.  

She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia when I was a young adult.

I was able to go to her graduation ceremony, it was very exciting!

In the center of the table, a little to the right, is her Anne of Green Gables.

Both of my parents are from Prince Edward Island, where the story of Anne takes place.

Mom  has sculpted over 500 Annes, and she uses the red clay from the South shores of PEI.

She doesn't use a mold, she sculpts them by hand, and uses some little tools.

The little girl wearing the Snow White dress is my 2 l/2 year old granddaughter, Lucy Jane.

She painted it for my daughter Lindsay, but I loved it so much that she painted one for me!

That's true love :)

The painting on the extreme right is my son Sean proposing to his girlfriend, Kari.

It's their wedding gift, but it's a surprise....shhhh!!!!

 My mom's talented in so many different ways.

When she was a teenager in the late 40's, she used to sing on the radio, like Patti Page.

She's also an excellent gourmet style cook.

I showed my quilts.

My Paper Doll quilt is one of my favorites, it's designed by Lori Holt.  

Lori only ever taught her appliqué quilts once, and I was fortunate enough to take three classes from her.  I could have taken some more, but had no idea what I could do with all the quilts!  

They are only worthy of being wall quilts, each and every block is sewn by hand, and there's lots of hand embroidery too.

To the left is my barn quilt, which is really scrappy and colorful :)

To the right is my Thanksgiving Dinner quilt, another Lori Holt appliqué quilt.

This one was easier because the pieces are much larger.

The other appliqué quilt I made is "The Comforts of Home", it's hanging on my wall at home for everyone to see.

I hope you've enjoyed my little art show!

Here's an addendum to last week's post about my Hazel Hedgehog baby quilt that I made for my granddaughter Taylor who was born on February 18.
You can see the post here.
Taylor received her quilt and burp pads and she loves it all!!!

Hazel Hedgehog

I love making baby quilts, they're the perfect size!

One of my favorite parts of making a quilt, is choosing the fabric :)

Alpha bittys making finding pieces a breeze!

A few hours of cutting and sewing, and Hazel the Hedgehog (designed by Elizabeth Hartman) has come to life.

Isn't she cute?

I machine quilted and bound her, and hung her outside for a photo.

Aren't the fresh green leaves and blossoms beautiful?

There was a really perfumed aroma too.

This is the back of the quilt, it's a soft minky.

I didn't put any batting in the quilt, it's really light.

I made 4 burp pads to match, about 9" X 14".

The pink and gray animal print is what I used for the binding.

I backed the burp pads with the same minky I used for the quilt back.

The print looks like little dandelions that you blow in the wind.

I like to roll up the burp pads and tie them with a ribbon.

Since the quilt was lightweight, I was able to tie it up also.

The quilt is on its way to a special baby girl :)

My next baby quilt will be "Fancy Forest" by Elizabeth Hartman, in blues.

A Toothfairy Envelope

I asked my 5 year old granddaughter Neo, to draw a picture of the tooth fairy.

This is what she texted me :)

I drew the image onto fabric with a Pentel pencil and embroidered it, and added a triangle on top.

This is the back of the envelope, I sewed a little pocket for her to put her tooth into.

The envelope is for Neo to put her note to the tooth fairy.

The tooth fairy can write her back and put her note in the envelope too!

Neo was really excited when she received her envelope in the mail!

Even the tooth that she drew in her photo was in the tooth fairy's bag :)

It's a mystery what the tooth fairy does with all those teeth!!!

Neo hasn't tested out the envelope yet, we are waiting for her to lose her third tooth :)

Instagram block QAL

Are you an on Instagram?

It's a social network where you only post photos.

I love Instagram, I have made many wonderful friendships on there.

 Quilters are very friendly and that's just how it is :)

Lori Holt @beelori1 had a QAL (quilt along) on her page, and I was able to sew along right as she posted the instructions.

Lori stated what colors we should use and for the background, we could use brown or gray.

We had no idea what the block was going to look like, and I was thrilled to see that it was an Instagram block!

I quilted mine with an organic quilt design.

I didn't measure, I just sewed lazy lines, and I love it!

I used a scrappy binding too.

Isn't this the cutest little tag?

I bought it from Pine Needles quilt shop in West Jordan, Utah, but you can buy it from tagitons.com.

I love the red fabric with the mason jars.

It's my favorite shade of red, too.

I put a colorful ticket fabric on the back, wrapped it all up, and sent it to one of my Instagram besties :)

Lori gave instructions for a 6" block and a 12" block.  

I hope you make this block, it was very enjoyable :)

Great Granny Quilt Finished!

This is a quilt I made with Lori Holt, on her Great Granny Sew Along, 2 years ago.

I had so much fun making it, but it sat on my railing for a long time, waiting to be quilted.

I finally took it to my wonderful long arm quilter/friend Cindy Paulson, and she did an awesome job as usual!

See the pops of black in the quilt and the binding?

Do you know Greg from grey dogwood studio?

Click here and you can find out the cute story...

My quilt is made up of mostly Pam Kitty fabrics, except for the balls of yarn.

I just love her style, so what do I do?
I collect her fabric of course!

The strawberries worked out so beautifully for the border!

See all the pretty roses in the quilting?

I backed the quilt with some pink cherry fabric from Lori Holt's Bake Sale line.

This is one of my favorite quilts and I get to keep it!

This sew along kept me great company, and I have a lot of fond memories of the experience :)

Sew Together Bag

Another sew together bag, yay!

I think this will be the last one for a while :)

I used Amy Butler fabric, I just love her prints.

I machine quilted the outside of the bag with wavy stitch #4 that's on my Bernina, with pink Aurifil thread.

I don't have a huge selection of Aurifil thread colors, so usually I make do.

It looks pretty good though :)

I love the print on the side of the bag, and the binding.

The zippers are shades of blue, but I want you to notice the Amy Butler prints.

One of my favorite labels.

I don't know what the name of the fabric is that I lined the zipper pockets with, but I love how I got the stripes to match on each one.

These sew together bags are really versatile.

Hope you enjoyed the photos :)