Projects for Family

For complete beginner's or someone who needs a baby quilt in three hours

http://www.honeybearlane.com/2012/02/basketweave-quilt-pattern.html

Cutest ship-shaped pillows for baby:

http://sewandthecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/ship-ahoi.html

Quilt for a Man
http://rocknquilts.blogspot.com/2013/01/tips-and-men.html

Angry Birds!

http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2010/12/angry-birds-plush-green-white-black-and.html

Fleece Dog Bed Tutorial

http://erinerickson.com/2011/06/fleece-dog-bed-tutorial/

Flip Flop Pillow - how cute!

http://www.suzyssitcom.com/2010/07/flip-flop-pillow-tutorial.html

Pillow Buddy and eleven other crafts for Christmas presents

http://twelvecraftstillchristmas.blogspot.com/2010/07/pillow-buddy-tutorial-part-1.html

PDF file for pillow buddy

http://www.box.net/shared/rpirt0etf9#/shared/rpirt0etf9/1/54163174/527466112/1

Summer Potluck Bowl Covers

http://thecottagehome.blogspot.com/2011/05/color-my-summer-purple-potluck-bowl.html

Kite for your bedroom wall made with a charm pack - adorably cute!!

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/05/patchwork-kite.html

Martha Stewart - How to make a Super Hero cape from a towel!

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/superhero-cape-towels-with-hosanna?lnc=6de6802fb632c110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=craft

Pokemon Party with games! 

http://pamspartyplanning.blogspot.com/2011/03/pokemon-party.html?showComment=1300741299664#c1133702446021463274

Fabric Easter basket tutorial from Linda at www.b-bumble.com 

http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.com/2011/04/fringed-edge-easter-basket-tutorial.html?showComment=1302579242026#c1984363054821327479

 A Treasure Pillow This idea is from Embroidery Library . com's facebook page:

www.emblibrary.com 

My son had to give grandma's pillow a test run for softness.  It met with his approval :-)

In the summer of 2010, I was busy organizing a quilting area as Harriet and Carrie suggested in their "Quilter's Academy" Freshman Year.  Naturally, I asked my Mom if she had things I could use.  She gave me her sewing box from the 1970s and my grandma Adeline's sewing and embroidery box.  I found two blue anchors and one little red and white sailboat that my mother had sewed onto a white 1970's eyelet swimsuit cover up that I remembered from when I was about seven years old!  I just knew I had to create something for Mom with the two left-over blue anchors and little sailboat.  I decided on a nine-patch pillow for both front and back and found an anchor design for hand-quilting.  I used my sewing machine for stitch in the ditch.  Mom was a Coast Guard Auxilary commander back in the day and has always loved lighthouses, so when I saw this fabric, I knew I had to use it!  

Here's the back with the cute little sailboat.

I sure had fun making this little pillow.  It's the first thing I quilted since a quilt I designed, embroidered and quilted by machine when I was an 18 year old going off to college.