Gift boxes and tissue holders

Some virus is going thru my house.  But I cannot stay in bed!   Of course these cuties don't require much energy or time - perfect for yucky feeling days.  I'll be giving these to some special friends I sing with.  

Hope they enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them!  

More Fabric Boxes

Ok, I know this is crazy, but I LOVE those cute fabric boxes I posted about here.  I have decided to give some of these as gifts for Christmas to my NP Comforts group.  Even those who don't sew can use these for any small item that needs a place to go.
Tonight, I made these six.

All are made from 10" squares.   I just need to add the buttons to the flaps and then make 6 more!  Woohoo!

Hope your weekend will be sew wonderful.

Getting Caught Up

This week took off fast and furious! I knew I had a ton of things to get done but my hand was killing me. I have some arthritis in my thumb so when I do too much quilting or hand sewing, or even using the rotary cutter, my thumb gets inflamed and the pain begins. Still, there are deadlines, ya know? Sunday I have a baby shower to go to and so I had to finish this baby quilt - all done now except for sewing on the label. I must admit I sewed the binding on by machine, both sides, not something I usually do. I enjoy hand sewing the binding on but my hand would not allow it. I think it turned out really nice anyway.

Next I had to finish up my Tea Cup Blocks for a monthly swap I am in. I just love these teacups and have posted them before, but this month, and because fall is right here and now, I used this luscious fabric for the cups. Aren't they pretty?

Tomorrow brings me to a special birthday celebration for my Grandson, Riley, who turned 16 on the 18th and my Granddaughter, Macey, who will be 10 on Halloween. Macey had requested I make her a zipper bag so I made this one and plan to fill it full with little surprises meant just for her.

And that concludes this week of sewing. Well, not quite. I finished some coasters to send to my mom to crochet but I will post a picture of those when I get them back. My weekend will be full of sew much fun!

Cute Fabric Boxes

Yesterday I saw a post about these cute fabric boxes for thread snips.   After making the first one,

I decided not only are these the cutest thread snippet holders but what a cute little gift box.   So I made this for my grandson to give to his teacher for Halloween.

These were fun and fast to make.   You can find the tutorial for them here.  I hope you enjoy making them as much as I have.  

So Charming has a home!

Hello! It's been a bit again but I have a few more pictures to share.  I found the perfect recipient for my So Charming quilt.   My sister, Rene, came for a visit and brought 4 of her older grandkids with her.  Her oldest granddaughter (actually her only granddaughter) turned 16 while they were here and who could be more perfectly suited for this quilt.

 I also made this cute little clasp purse for her.   I had ordered some new labels here   and they came while they were here which allowed me to put one on the side of this cute purse.  They are just the cutest labels and I recommend them  highly.

I did the sew on frame this time instead of the glue on and I feel more confident this will last longer and not pull apart.

I also completed the block of the month I am doing at Country Stitches in Burleson, TX.  Meeting is today and now my next block is free!   Yea!   Doesn't get any better than free.
I will post pictures later of those darling blocks.  Any whoo, that concludes my week.  I hope your weekend is sew wonderful.  Mine will be!   hugs

A few more things....

I completely forgot to post these little cuties I made right before our trip to Colorado.
The kids needed something to put their "road trip" goodies in so I came up with these cute little bags for them.  They are made of mesh and quilted fabric with zippers.  They were perfect for the trip.

Abby's

Tyler's

 The bag above and the one to the right I made for my niece from New Zealand.   She had requested some smallish bags to organize the inside of her traveling bag.  I also made her a mesh bag with the orange quilted fabric like I made my granddaughter Abby.









I also made her one of the cute little clasp purses.   I had so much fun making them I tried one of them in selvedge fabric I made.
Aren't they just the cutest?

One of the girls that works for me had a new niece born June 4th and I made her some burp cloths made from cloth diapers.   Her name is Harper.   what a cute name!

That should be the end of the this post.   I know I will find more pictures of things I made on my camera and as soon as I do, I'll post again.  God Bless!

Fun Project

A few years ago I was in an apron swap and received a lovely apron made from a tea towel that I use most every day.  Tomorrow my mom and I have been invited to lunch at a friend's house.  Robin did not want us to bring anything so I made her this apron as a thank you.   This was so easy ( of course, I learned a few things NOT to do on the next one) that I will be making a few more!

The picture does not show the ruffle I put on the bottom, don't ask me why!   Since my embroidery machine is out of commission, I cut out and appliqued her initial on the front to personalize it.  I hope she likes hers as much as I like the one I got years ago.

 

Baby Shoes

I found this pattern for baby shoes here 

http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/blog/cloth_shoe.pdf

 and since my newest grandson will make his appearance in the next two weeks, I just had to try it.   

Aren't they cute?   My little Parker will look so cute in these.     And since they weren't too terribly difficult to make, I may just try another pair.   Hug

Pull Apart Purse

This is the cute little pull apart purse I made for my granddaughter.   It is made with a tape measure in the opening.

My grandson, who is holding it open, wants one too, but with baseballs or something Nonny!  LOL

NPC Quilt and more

Another productive day!  After getting up way too early for a Saturday morning to go to my grandson's basketball game (he was awesome btw! -  he's 8) we came home and crashed!   Well, at least my daughter and hubby crashed.  I hit the studio running!  I had seen a really cute quilt block on Quiltsville Quips and Snips and just had to try it.  Of course, I made it wrong but I think if I stop and think it thru correctly, I will get it right next time.   It was a star block and I just go crazy for those.

Then we took my daughter and grandson out for a birthday lunch at BJ's Brewhouse.   It was so yummy!  On the way home I dropped off my hubby at my son's so they could watch the Broncos play (they are such die hard Bronco fans even though we now live in Texas and have for 25 years), and came home and hit the studio again.
First thing was to load and quilt another lap quilt for my church group, North Pointe Comforts.  We make these for the nursing homes and our supply is really low.   I have about three more to do to be caught up.

   
I ordered a book called doodle quilting which came yesterday and I had practiced drawing loops and tried it out on this quilt.   I really want to do more free motion quilting.  The stippling I can do pretty good.   My goal is feathers!

Then, just because, I made seven more key fobs.   They are so quick and easy and cute!

I hope you all have a blessed week! 

Key Fobs

Another inspiration today.   Yesterday the postman delivered a package with some webbing 
I had ordered in it.   I decided to play for a few minutes.   The first one I made was a tad short/small

 
so I lengthened the fabric and webbing and made these

There are two lime green ones, one with webbing and one with twill tape.   The twill tape is, of course, much softer and bendable.   My daughter took that one.   I think I will ask a few others what their preference would be and go from there.  
Also, here is the first one I made ever and I like the hardware on the new ones better.  

I made this so I could find my keys in my purse and so many people asked me about it that I thought I would make some more.  
Yes,  I do drive a Honda!