Chevron Grocery Tote

Oh how I love chevron! The oh so trendy chevron.  Anyways here's a chevron grocery tote from one of my favorite books One-Yard Wonders.  This is my second grocery tote I have made from this pattern and find it is pretty easy to put together.  The fabric is from premier prints.

Happy Birthday Grandma Nan!

~Amanda~

Baby Booties!

I made these Cutie Booties from Amy Butler's Little Stitches book and just had to pair it with a little mushroom applique onesie.  The booties were a little difficult for a beginner sewer like me, but I am pretty satisfied with how they turned out.  The orange fabric I got at a yard sale and the green is spirographix by Benartex.  I think I am going to use the rest of the spirographix fabric to make Taj a pair of pants or shorts.

Thanks for looking, Amanda

Hot Pads

I made some hot pads this week.  These were really fun to make and pretty easy.  I used a pattern from one of my favorite books One-Yard Wonders.  The fabric is Amy Butler for the print and the solids are from Pure Elements from Art Gallery.  I have not tested them out.  I hope I got the right kind of batting for the inside, I bought thermolam Plus by Pellon from Joanns.  I had a fun time doing the free motion circles for the quilting!

I also made a few applique baby onesies. 

Thanks for looking! Amanda

My first apron!

I made a short pleated apron from Amy Butler's In Stitches book.  This was my first apron I have made and it was surprising pretty easy.  The fabric for the body is Amy Butler (love it) and for the trim I used Art Gallery pure elements in empire yellow (another one of my favorites).  It has been sunny here and Taj no longer naps, so not too much sewing going on:)

Thanks for looking, Amanda

Tree Quilt!

So I finally finished Taj's tree quilt, yipee. Oh boy does he love it!  His room is not quite ready for it though, he is still in a crib:)  I machine appliqued each tree and used a lot of wood grain fabrics. I used Amy Butler fabric, Valori Wells fabric, lots of Joel Dewberry fabric and many others.  The pictures are not the best, it is raining today so no outside pics.

I got the idea for the front of the quilt here on flickr.

The back I made up as I went along, trying to use up some scraps.  I had a lot of fun making this quilt.

One last photo..............

He gets mad when I try to put it away:)

Thanks for looking, Amanda

here's some outside photos

 

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

So, I have three quilts I have been working on.  It is my birthday week and I got my new sewing machine a Janome 3160, I just love it.  I finally finished the free motion quilting Taj"s tree quilt, however the stitches are not perfect, I am still learning.  Maybe it was my tension or thread.  The only bummer with this machine it doesn't come with a free motion foot, but I was able to use my other machines foot on it.  I do love the 1/4 inch foot for piecing.

I am now sewing the binding, will post photos as soon as I am finished.

Here is my gender neutral chevron quilt I am also working on.

I am still working on my bow tie quilt, but had to order more fabric.

Thanks for reading.................Amanda

Weekend Sewing

Taj went to bed early Friday, well at 8, and I was finally able to finish my shopping bag project, from one of my favorite books One Yard Wonders.  I used a yard of Valori Wells Karavan fabric, love it.

This cool bag can be rolled up easily and fit in any purse for easy grocery shopping.

And I am still working on that bright stripes knitted blanket!!

Thanks for looking, happy sewing!  Amanda