Monday, July 8, 2013

4th of July Weekend

Back to work Monday!!  It is going to be a long day after having 4 wonderful, sunny days off!

I accomplished quite a bit (don't look at my yard...)!

This towel was made with a scrap piece of fabric, iron-on interfacing, half of a towel and a pearl snap.  Took me maybe 20 minutes from start to finish.


It now adorns my Mom's oven.  I have made several more sense this one but I am trying to figure out the snap tool.  The one I have breaks the pearl!

This pattern was a pattern that a dear friend gave me... I am slightly challenged at making smooth round corners!

Saturday Morning, I spent some quality time with my Mom and Sister picking these gorgeous berries!  We are so blessed on the West Coast with a bounty of fruit!

I simply froze them flat and then bagged in freezer bags for this winter (When I'm not on a diet!)

And the best part of the entire weekend?  This blanket.  Pretty much took me 3 days from start to finish!  I have to say that I really want to sit down and cuddle with it!  It is SUPER soft and I love the bright, cheery colors!





The front is simple cotton.  I followed this tutorial a little: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2012/05/downy-touch-of-comfort-quilts-for-kids-making-a-four-patch-quilt.html

I had cut all the solid squares and for some reason my cotton keeps shrinking with the iron so I had to re-cut everything down to 6" instead of 6.5... Lesson learned - Make the multi-color squares and iron to see what size it will come out before you cut the others!

After debate, I used purple minky for the back.. The stuff is awful to sew with but boy is it soft!

 

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