Seahawks Mesh Wreath!

I love a good wreath! 

This picture was blasted all over Facebook not too long ago.

I'm not sure who the original photo was from. The Seahawks posted it and asked if we had enough spirit to rock this on our door! I was like, please... Then, a friend of mine posted it asking if anyone could make one for her.  I said I could, but it wouldn't look exactly the same. I have never seen those adorable football tie patterns on a ribbon. Trust me, I frequent craft stores. I should own stock in them...at least Joann's and Ben Franklin!

So...I searched and searched for those football ribbons (and I found some!) and I went to every craft store in the greater Lynnwood area and collected ribbons and mesh. 

After a few days, I started putting my wreath together.

It started to come together real nicely. 

Then I needed to make the flag. I couldn't find the flag though, so I made a tag instead. I painted the symbol and then wrote the letters on.

Here's the steps for the tag:

1. Find a picture and print it. Rub chalk on the back. 

2. Tape the picture down. Trace the outline onto surface. 

3. Start painting in the outlines. 

Then I trimmed and glued ribbons in place just to create a sturdier structure. 

Here's the finished product!

I think it turned out pretty well!

Who did it better? I think I did pretty darn good for the first try. 

Baby Quilt

I wanted to bless a friend with a cute quilt for her new baby. She's a stylish chickadee with impeccable taste, so picking some trendy fabrics was fun! I love blue, yellow, and gray, and she specifically requested the orange and chevron.

I drew up a simple pattern.

The plan included large squares of chevron interspersed with 9-patch.

My nine patches were made from 3"x3" squares.

Then I started sewing them together...

How cute are those little Forrest creatures?!?!

Then sewing rows together...

I originally planned 5 blocks by 7 blocks but the size was getting away from me, so I just did a 5x5 square with a simple one inch border and then a 5 inch border with cornerstones made of a 4 patch.

Some machine quilting and some ties!

A quilt isn't finished without a label.

I love how it turned out! Here's hoping she and baby do too!

Chalk Board Art!

It's so trendy right now! But who can resist it? It makes me so happy!

Here are a couple chalk boards I did over the weekend!

I love love love chalk boards!

Strips with Flowers Quilt

This one us soooooo cute! When I saw it on Pinterest, I knew I had to make it! Plus, it's super simple, and therefore, fast!

Sew various STS strips together so that you have around 60 inches in length. Your quilt will then be trimmed width wise to the smallest selvage--probably about 40 inches. I quilted the layers together here just with simple lines following the strips every 2 inches or so. Here's the backing with a label! (A quilt isn't finished without a label, they say!)

Then you make these adorable flowers. I just eyeballed them and sewed a 2" circle onto a 3" circle and then keep adding layers of circles til you have about 5"-6" bottom circles. I sewed the outside edge to the next layer and then sewed the outside later of that one to the next and so on...

Then I appliqued the stems and leaves with my machine and added the flowers! 

Here's the finished product. Made for a baby girl in the family!

Pieced by Christina Konrad.

Quilted by Christina Konrad. 

Easy Zig-Zag Quilt

This us a quick and easy variation on a chevron/ zig-zag design! I needed to whip something together relatively quickly, so I found this idea on Pinterest!

It's just strips of colored fabric sewn to a background fabric.

 Then laid out in the design.

Then sew the rows together and then rows to rows.

You can start to see the chevron design come together, although I don't love my color choices as much as I had hoped.

Here's the finished product. Made for a baby boy in the family!

Pieced by Christina Konrad.

Quilted by Christina Konrad. 

Graduation Banner

We love Bothell! We love Football. We especially love our football family! This year one of the kids from our football family graduated from high school and I said I would make a fun banner/ some decorations for his party...

Fun times!

4th of July -- Sweet Stuff

For that family gathering I mentioned, I did the desserts! I made several varieties of cupcakes as well as some low sugar options and fruit!

Cowboy hat cupcakes! Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting topped with a cowboy hat!

Low sugar cheesecakes topped with fresh fruit!

Cherry chip cake with vanilla frosting. Yellow cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting topped with flags!

Fruit tray flag style! I layed out 2 rows of yogurt covered pretzels and then filled in the gaps with red fruits! The bowl in the corner is filled with blueberries!

Everything was a hit!