Warm those you love!!

I saw the cutest hand warmers today on facebook and I just had to make some. Wow!!! were they easy as 1, 2, 3 and super cute. The kids love them.  I made these with white fabric in the middle and the valentine fabric from the inchworm shop as the main fabric. The ones I saw on facebook she did all kinds of shapes- footballs, baseballs etc.  I cut out two white hearts and two colored hearts with pinking shears and sewed them together, left a hole in the side, used a funnel and poured in some rice, sewed the hole shut and it was done. It takes about 35 seconds in the microwave to warm them up and you have some warm hands.

Happy Valentines!!

Giveawy package for Tricia

This is the surprise giveaway that I sent to Tricia in NJ. It has the book "3 Times the Charm", the pattern "Starburst", a quilt kit to make a Valentine wallhanging, a vynil project pouch, a note pad, a pocket calendar and a Benatrex charm pack.

Not much sewing going on at this house this week. I did get a quilt loaded on the quilt frame but just haven't gotten to it and the machine is just to lazy to do it by its self. 

I keep wondering if it really is Feb. We had some 50 degree days last week. That is crazy weather for this side of Washington, we usually have snow on the ground. Sure makes it hard to get up and go to work when the sun is shining so nicely and it is warmish out. I feel like planting flowers. How funny is that?

Have a great week. Hug the ones you love and do something that makes you happy.

WE HAVE A WINNER

Well I am a little older than that but I thought it was cute

The winner of the surprise present is Tricia of The Crafty Procrastinator. I usually go to the blog of the winner and read all about them. She has the cutiest little baby. Everyone should go have a peak.  I will take a picture of the package I send her after I get her address and post it for all to see. Humm... maybe I should wait till she gets it so it will be a complete surprise. We will have to see how I feel.

Birthday Giveaway

Sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn over night to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze.

Sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly fly the years.
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears.

How time flies and how life goes on. Another birthday this week and it sounds (not going to tell) so old but I dont feel it most days but then again other days I do.

Well what would a birthday be without presents and of course they need to be a surprise. So will you take the chance and enter?.??? I garuante that it will be worth it. Just leave a comment, any old comment will do. You could tell me what you like to have special on your birthday. I love German Chocolate cake or a Lemon Cheese cake.  I will pick a winner on Tuesday.

Valentine Table Runner

Here is a cute table runner. It didn't take much or very long to make. I used a pink and brown fabric that has happy valentines day written on it and I used Sweet Cakes by Riley Blake for the hearts. This is what you will need to make the runner.

24- 5"squares.

4-10'squares with fusible on the back

(cut these into 5 by 10 for cutting hearts)

Heart Die for the go cutter

That will give you 24 hearts of three sizes. If you want to double the little ones you will have to cut some from the scraps. Iron the hearts onto the squares and arrange them how you like sew 8 squares in strips then sew the 3 strips together. Add a 1-1/2" border all the way around. Add a 2 inch border to the short ends. Then cut your back 4 inches(or you can do 8 inches) wider than your top but cut it the same length. Sew the side seams leave a small opening and when you turn you will have the back and side borders on. This makes a flat table runner, but if you want you can put batting in it before you turn it and then quilt it. You can buy the kit at InchwormFabrics.http://inchwormfabrics.com/category_25/Kits.htm

Double Wedding Ring

This was made using the pattern "Simple Bands" by Cheryl Phillips and using her template. Fairly easy in comparison to the normal way of putting a double wedding ring together. But I do have to admit that I up picked the seams a number of times. It was a good thing that this wasnt a large quilt, just a wall hanging for a wedding. Thank heavens!!!!

Pieced Heart Block Quilt

I won these blocks from a block lotto at the local quilt store a couple of years ago. I finally got around to putting it together. Here are the free instructions:

This 12-1/2" (finished size 12”) patchwork heart quilt block is made with a quick-piecing technique. Each side of the heart block is pieced separately, and the two mirror image sides are joined vertically to complete the block.

Fabric:
Two reds or pinks
Neutral fabric for the corners

Make One Heart Block

• Cut two red or pink rectangles from two fabrics of similar value, each 6-1/2" x 12-1/2".

• Cut two 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" neutral squares; draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner on the reverse of each.

• Cut two 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" neutral squares; draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner on the reverse of each

• Cut two 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" neutral squares; draw a diagonal line as you did on smaller squares.

Sew a 2-1/2” square to the top corner of the red rectangle and the 3-1/2” square to the other top corner on the diagonal lines you marked. Sew the 6-1/2” square to the bottom corner on the same side as the 2-1/2” square. Trim a ¼” from the sewing line. Press cut squares now trimmed to triangles so that you have a red rectangle with three cream corners. Do the second pink rectangle but remember it needs to be a mirror image of the first one. Sew together on the side that only has one corner with a cream triangle.