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. 
