The Blythe Marriner's Musings: finishing projects

Sunday, September 4, 2011

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish...

So we ventured in to new territory...I am sewing a lot of new things... and enjoying every minute of it. But I've never done a quilt. Nope not ever. That has always been my big Sis' territory. She makes BEAUTIFUL quilts. My favorites... the one she made me for high school graduation and our wedding present quilt.

This summer the girls and I have frequented a few fabric stores. And we have had so much fun making plans and doing lots of craft projects together! And then we walked in to a new shop we hadn't been to (which has now become our favorite shop) and well we fell in love with some Dr Seuss fabric...Sweetpea dreamed up doing a quilt and well it looked easy enough. At first I relented in buying the fabric thinking "sure... we'll do that someday... well someday came... and there was no getting out of it.

Sweetpea picked out ALL her fabric, she sewed much of the blocks together, the rows of blocks together, and finally I did the quilting and binding. It was such a neat project for us both to work on together. I did A LOT (I mean A LOT) of research on quilting, tying, and the biggest part - the actual QUILTING. And what did I go for? Normal just stitch-in-the-ditch quilting... o no... I had to start with free motion quilting and... the result? I LOVED IT!!!!

Well you tell me? How'd it turn out?

We sewed it together

Sweetpea organized the blocks


Here's her layout

All our blocks are sewn together

Sweetpea picked borders

Small border matches kite string of Thing 1 & 2

Pleased kiddo with it sewn together!

Almost done and LOVING how it turned out so far...

Teeheehee

She REALLY loves how it is looking (can ya tell?)

Really... trying... to Free motion Quilt... (forced smile)

True feelings...trying to quilt 3 layers...

LOVE the fun Free-motion quilting

Almost there!!

Last step - adding the binding on the quilt!!

So close (and had to finish before our vacation to SC)

My trusty helper asleep on the job...

DONE!

This pattern was one of my favorites!

Loved this one too... Cyndi Lou-Who reminds me of my sister!

Fun colors worked well with King Tut's rainbow thread!

What an extremely fun project to work on with Sweetpea, new material, new thread (King Tut - rainbow variegated thread - gorgeous), and just a crazy fun pattern... Not bad for our first quilt EVER!!
Now it's time to get moving on BooBoo's quilt - (what I do for one... I OF COURSE have to do for the other...). Only this time it's harder... PINWHEEL'S!! YIKES! Another learning curve!


Bunnies and Pinwheels YAY!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Shop's Getting Stocked!

So I am pretty excited...I am designing, sewing, crocheting, knitting, and downright crafting up a storm to get my Etsy shop MOVING!

I went from ONE item to THREE! hahahah Well hey at least it's a start right?!
I am doing a few things for Valentine's Day and I am super excited about them... I took my inspiration from of course HEARTS... but oh my goodness do those have more meaning than I can ever truly put to words...And I promise to try... soon... I just don't think I am ready for that story yet!

But on a happier note... HEARTS seriously represent... ME! Having a birthday on Valentine's Day is just awesome let me tell you! And I truly try to live my life... with LOVE.

(Do I sound like a Hallmark card yet? hahaha)

Well enjoy some of these photos... they are some of the items I have been working on...I am truly enjoying getting things accomplished for this Etsy shop... if you would like to see my shop... check it out here: mArrineR's monTage on Etsy!!