Photo Quilt

I have been working on a quilt for my niece that recently graduated from college.  I took a picture and did some manipulation in photo shop and blew it up to the size I wanted for my quilt. I made two copies.  I took a permanent marker and traced around the areas that I want to do in different shades of gray and the facial features that would be cut out of material.  Then I labeled and cut these pieces out of one of the copies.  I used wonder-under on all of the fabric that I want to become the face.  Cut the fabric pieces and arranged them on the backing fabric using my extra copy as a guide.  When I had everything in place I followed the instructions on the wonder-under and pressed the fabric pieces in place.  Then I  layered the top fabric, batting and back fabric together, pinned and free-form quilted the face.  I used a quilt as you go method to finish the rest of the quilt.  I am pretty happy with the results and would give it a try again.

Tags: photo, quilt

Traveling With Watercolors

If you travel at all and like to do watercolors here is a helpful idea from The Hiking Guy.  This will come in handy this summer and maybe I will get more painting done.  One of my goals for this year.

Tags: watercolor

Geometric Bookmarks

I confess I like bookmarks and if you have been reading this blog for a while you have seen a few posts about bookmarks.  I have been trying to curb this obsession, but I really like these geometric bookmarks from How About Orange and had to share. 

Tags: bookmark

Red White and Blue Bunting

I have a bunch of coffee filters and this looks like fun.  I like the bunting better than anything you could find in the store.  What do you think?  Thanks Katy Did and Kid.

Tags: bunting

Tips for Sewing on Knit

You know how sometimes you are told something, but really don’t believe it until you see it.  That is the way with this tip from Me Sew Crazy. If you want to sew on knits and have them turn out with a professional look here is the place to get the know how.

Tags: knit

Quilt Block

If you are a quilter you will like Quilt Jane.  With almost a 100 blocks to choose from you will not run out of ideas.  There is information on how to make the block and many show different looks you can get with that one block.

Tags: quilt

Organized Kitchen

This week I went through and cleaned all the drawers in my kitchen, moved things around and bought new pot holders, towels and dish cloths.  And then I found this picture from Better Homes and Gardens.  I need to make a trip to the hardware store.  Is it normal to start nesting when your children are getting ready to leave home??

Tags: kitchen