Chalkboard M

This July is my grandparents' 60th anniversary. We intended to have a family gathering around then to surprise them but due to some unforeseen circumstances they found out. 

I have been making decorations and things to have around and I am just so excited to see my cousins that I haven't seen in 10 years!

I made a sign with a cardboard monogram letter and chalkboard art! This might be used as a decoration but I am also gifting it! Love when things can serve multiple purposes!

 

I made the fabric scrappy heart on the monogram!

I made a fabric scrappy banner to use as a photo booth backdrop!

I also made a mane banner using paper doilies, jute rope, and diecut letters!

And, I died rice to use as weight in the vases for table center pieces! Who would have thought? I planned to purchase stones but I saw this idea on Pinterest and I though--I already have rice & food coloring--yes!

Tumbling charms

WTumbling charms! You have a 10" square, framed by 2x10 and 2x13.5 strips. Then I cut those 13.5" squares in 4 quadrants. After you do that, you flip them every which way to create a zig-zagy design. It takes some planning, and my poor kitchen table is NOT big enough! Wha, wha, wha...

Can you see the mistake?  Don't worry--I tore it out and fixed it. 

Here's the finished product! So pretty!

Backed with leapard print flannel!

Pieced by Christina Konrad

Quilted by Jennifer McCrea

Finished 2015

Plus Quilt

I collected "boy" fabrics over the past year and cut them I to 5" squares. Then I took a long, long, long time to arrange them in plus signs so that fabrics of the same color would not touch. Then I sewed them all together in strips and voila!

Here's the finished product! I love the quilting!

Pieced by Christina Konrad

Backed with pieces of leftover fabric

Quilted by Jennifer Mccrea 

Finished 2015

Pampered Chef!!!

I had a pampered chef party recently! It was such a hoot! I hadn't had one I over 10 years! I love all the handy, time-saving gadgets! I forgot how much fun cooking can be when you have the right tools to make your meal quick and easy! 

Here are my fruit cups! Used the fruit pizza recipe but made cups with the mini muffin pan! Delish!!!

Wonky Star Quilt--Done-ish...

I am exstatic about this quilt and how it's come together! It's been a long time coming!

I'm obsessed with how bright and happy it is!

2015 BOTM

2015 BLOCK OF THE MONTH

This year's block if the month is a paper piecing quilt! Ever paper pieced? It is definitely not difficult, as I assumed it would be. It is, however, super super duper time consuming! 

Here is the block for January...

The whole center medallion is made of 32 triangles. The whole block took about 14 hours! I love this and I love that my points actually worked and it's beautiful!

I don't think I'm going to finish the quilt though...each month is basically making 32 triangles that go into 16 squares which are sewn together into 4 larger blocks. I don't have 14 extra hours every month!

But, since I have the fabric for a whole quilt, I am planning on doing this pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co.

The quatrefoil quilt!

http://youtu.be/V3A7ZWzAzRs

Stay tuned!!!

Charming, Wonky Star Quilt Block

Found this block on Missouri Star quilt Co.!  This is the idea: http://youtu.be/eMoE5-q1lP4

But then I found this idea on Pinterest...

...and I absolutely lived that it had a uniformity about it with the white starts in the middle of each 9-patch block.

So...I combined the two and made charming, wonky blocks for my makeover quilt!

So making the wonky star is pretty simple, but you do have to pay attention...

A. Sew a corner onto a colored block by laying it right side down through the center of the fabric block.

B. Press out.

C. Trim to colored block size

D. So it looks like this...

E. Repeat A on the other corner--these form your points to the stars!

F. Repeat B-D so it looks like this!

Then you sew row by row, and then sew the rows together, like any 9-patch.

Then this is what you get!