I finished the Stacked Coins Baby Quilt using the fabrics from Moda Collections for a Cause. I saw this quilt pattern over at Moda. It is from one of my favorite quilt blogs, Crazy Mom Quilts.
I did a couple of new techniques on this quilt. For one I did this loopy loo thing on the seams instead of stippling. I also strip pieced the binding using left over rectangles. Lastly, I added a stripe to the back.
In this side view you can see the bed and the wall colors. The family who owned the house before us had a little girl and this was her room. I loved the stripes and the bead board. I already owned a yellow bedspread that went perfectly in here.
Yesterday the boys helped me make a project board for my sewing room. We took a bulletin board and glued down scrap pieces of batting. Then I covered the board with a great piece of design fabric I picked up in the salvage section at Joann's. Since I don't have a staple gun I hot glued the fabric to the back of the board. I used brown ribbon and tiny white buttons to complete the board. I really like how it turned out. I am just not sure it matches the room decor. I am trying it out to see if I want to keep it. If not I may donate it to the Twins Brunch.
I made some more T-shirts for the boys. I got the shirts at the dollar store. 
This pirate shirt is for Z. I let each boy pick out their picture from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge. I also tried layering for the first time. The pirate face was ironed onto the ship. 
The rocket ship was for D. I added the lightening bolt to give the design something extra since it was hard to tell it was a rocket ship. It looks more like a mini sub. I am almost finished with the Stacked Coins Quilt. I have had a lot of fun making it. I tried two new techniques I will highlight when I post the finished pictures. I also planned out my next two quilts. I will be making one quilt to donate to the Twins Mother's Day Brunch. The other one I will make out of my stash. I found a great quilt on one of my favorite blogs Crazy Mom Quilts that she made out of only scraps and her stash. I realized I have been saving fabric for years that I never used. Time to use it up. I laid it out last night and I can't wait to get started. I want to have my stash cleared out by the time of the Quilt Fair so I can re-stock.
We love the Red Sox at out house. Hubby bleeds Fenway clay. So I took some of the million beer mugs we got for our wedding and using the B from the Storybook Cricut cartridge etched these mugs.
Go Bo Sox! 
I did a baking marathon this weekend. I made pumpkin bars from Martha Stewart for my Twin Moms meeting on Tuesday. Then I decided to make holiday cookies with the kids. I had intended to use cookie cutters but then at the last minute decided to try my cookie press. I have owned a cookie press for about 6 years but never opened it. I never even took it out of the box.
Well let me tell you a cookie press is so much fun. The boys and I had a blast trying out each of the designs and then delighting in the shapes that came out. We made so many that I had to break out the spare cookie sheets. Did you know you can bake cookies on tin foil. I didn't. Makes clean up a lot easier. 
I made this quilt for my sister. She and her family live in New York. This was made with a charm pack from Moda called Beach House by Blackbird Designs. The boarder is a Debbie Mum fabric I got at Joann's.
I tried a different approach to stippling this time. I sewed two lines, one on either side of each seam. I saw this on one of my quilting blogs. It made for quick sewing and was less pressure on my hands.
I added a quilt label that I made from an iron transfer and colored with fabric pens.
I had to get this quilt to my mom in time for her to transport it to my sister in New York. So during a two hour car trip I finished off the binding. 
I hate patterns. I shy away from sewing clothes. I can't sew in a straight line. So I always make quilts. It doesn't matter if the lines on a quilt are not straight. No one can ever tell. But sewing clothes. That is like baking, it has to be precise. Then I found this amazing blog called V and Co. She has amazing stuff and all kinds of tutorials. She made a skirt out of a table cloth. I thought that was so neat. And she found the table cloth on sale no less. I started to keep my eye open for something I could make a skirt out of. I found this curtain at the Goodwill and decided to try the skirt.
Everything went really smoothly. I even did a zipper. My first zipper! The only problem is that a curtain is not the best material to wear next to the skin. It is pretty rough. Even with a slip underneath I can't wear it. I found some other material at the Goodwill this past week that I think will make a better skirt. I am really proud of myself for attempting this. It gives me hope that I can make other simple items. Now what to do with this curtain skirt?
This bag was made for my mother-in-law. I strip pieced the bottom on quilt batting. Then using a pair of my nieces old jean shorts I attached it to the jean. After adding a strap the bag was complete. This project was a lot of fun to make. I used only scrap pieces so it was fun to combine the colors and patterns of several different quilts together. Thanks to Cattinka for the great idea.
This shows a close up of the squares and the trellis.
This is my absolute favorite quilt. This used to hang in my boys playroom and when they were babies they would stare up at the bright colors. Whenever I needed to escape I would imagine myself sitting on the wooden bridge with my feet dangling into the water. 
Both of these quilts now hang in my office, uh um I mean cubicle. They brighten up the drab space.
This shows a close up the the plum blossoms hanging over the bridge.
These are capes. The pattern called for a super hero pattern but I wanted my boys to wear them for Purim. Of course they didn't. Now they just use them for play.
Here is another glass etching project. This time I used contact paper instead of cricut vinyl. I picked up this tip from the cricut forum. It worked just as good and was a ton cheaper. I picked up three huge rolls for $2.00 each. The candle jars were used at my bridal shower. They held flowers. The larger candle jar is also a left over. Probably from a flower arrangement. I used the fleur-de-lis from the Home Decor Solutions Cartridge.
This is a matza cover used at Passover. The main stitch is called the Daisey Chain. Before airline security was so tight I used to do this for hours when I flew across country.
Beads are added for embellishment.
I made tons of these projects before I got tendinitis. Sadly I can't do this intricate handiwork any longer. I am glad I made so many projects while I could. Go over to aflembroidery.com and check out her beautiful site. 
I saw this quilt in a quilting magazine and decided to use up some scarps to make it. I embroidered all the flower stems and bumble bee flight patterns. I also used embroidery thread to frame the hives and the flowers. This quilt came out crooked which is a trade mark of mine. For a long time this quilt hung in one of the courtrooms I worked in at Children's Court. It was fun to come to work everyday and see one of my quilts up on the wall.
This quilt was made in July of 2002.
Front
Back
This little guy was a kit I ordered from the back of magazine. I think it was Better Homes and Gardens but I can't remember. I had this hanging in my cubicle at work to brighten up my work space. I made this quilt in 2003.
A couple of years I ago I fell in love with the projects at Bird Brain Designs. I have made tons of their things. This is a table runner. It is made entirely from felt. When I was on bed rest with my twins their projects kept me entertained for hours. Because no sewing machine is required I could work on these projects while laying down. I made this table runner in 2005, right before my boys were born.
Check out their amazing site at www.birdbraindesigns.net.
This quilt was made for my hubby, a die hard Red Sox fan. I searched a long time to find the right pattern. I finally settled on a pattern from Spring Creek Needle Arts at http://www.patternco.com/. This quilt was very different from previous ones I had made and required a lot of new techniques. I came up with my own idea for the lettering. And when hubby said the quilt had to have red socks on it I had to free hand a pattern copying one of his T-shirts. The results - well the quilt speaks for itself. I made this quilt in 2004. This quilt takes up residence on the couch every year between April - October.
I bought this kit at the Glendale Quilt Fair. I fell in love with the pattern and the soft fabric the minute I saw it. The directions were tricky and had to be followed to the letter. I spent a lot of time on the floor putting the pieces together.
I had to buy a special scissors to cut the seams so they would fray properly. The trick to this quilt is you have to wash it when you are done. That causes the pretty fraying look.
This quilt was probably also bought with that I am saving this for my baby girl idea. This quilt sits on the quilt rack next to the heart quilt. This quilt was made in 2003. 
This is the Ladybug quilt. I found this pattern in a nursery quilt book. Each ladybug and flower had to be individually zigzagged.
The boarder is a checkered pattern and looks much harder then it was. At least that is what I wrote in my quilt journal. It sure looks hard to me now. This quilt was completed in 2003.
The best part of this quilt was the super cute ladybug fabric I found for the backing. 
