Recent Work

I'm afraid I've neglected my blog recently, but it's mainly because I've been so busy sewing!  So this blog post will be "short and sweet" so I can get back to my sewing.  #notaddictedtoquilting

Here are a few of the things I've been working on.

While watching Giants games in the living room with MisterStitches I've been cutting out aprons for TwoFish Baking Company.  Here Cassie is inspecting them.

On Saturday I started a new quilting project, one involving the "fabric confetti" method.  The whole quilt won't be confetti; I'll be adding some appliquéd shapes too.

Finished up this cute little Christmas tree ornament for my quilt guild's fundraiser sale on Thanksgiving weekend.  Isn't it cute!!??!

Added some appliqué flowers to my green denim jacket.  I guess I should do a whole blog post about that jacket, to show you all the treasures it holds.  

Here is a closer photo of the embroidered flowers.  I found a new way to embroider a flower on Pinterest:  the two red flowers.  I think they look a little like roses.

 I finished quilting a spiral on this quilt for our quilt guild's challenge show in October.  I found a great entry on Pinterest that gave very detailed instructions on quilting a spiral, and it was very, very  helpful.

And I finished crocheting another baby afghan.

Upcycling Art Exhibit

At our local Gualala Arts Center there was an Upcycling Art Exhibit in April.  And here is what I entered into the show.

I make a lot of dog/cat beds, as you know.  So I thought I would "class one up" a little bit for this show.  Taking a discarded shirt of MisterStitches, I cut a large rectangle out of it for the body of the dog bed.  Then I sewed up the placket so it would be "sealed."  I rather roughly embroidered "Bow Wow" onto the shirt front.  If I had thought about it for even a little bit, I would have remembered to put some interfacing or another piece of fabric under the embroidery.  But I forgot about that.  So the words are slightly gathered.  I doubt if any animals will mind that!  

I stuffed this shirt full of discarded quilting scraps, then sewed up the opening.  Someone suggested to me that I should take the buttons off, so a dog won't bite them off.  And I fully agree with that, so off came the buttons!  All ready for a doggie to snuggle in.