Newest Projects

This week while Amy was in town we did a few projects. We used the Silhouette Machine a lot. We made these cute candy filled carrots with it:We also made these crown cupcake holders:
Amy bought this magnet board at Ikea for her sewing room and added some vinyl to it:

Another project we did while Amy was here was felt flowers for the girls.

Meg's dress makeover

I hope that Meg doesn't mind that I am posting her project. A while ago, she bought this dress for Lexi on clearance, I think for just a dollar. Anyway, she wanted to make it more spring-like, so she took off the striped sleeves, leaving the dotted sleeves, and added a ribbon sash. It turned out cut, and Lexi likes it. Always the super bargain finder! Good job, Meg!

Thank you, Lexi, for modeling for this post. You are so cute! I have a couple of things I don't wear that I maybe could alter, so that I would like them better. My new challenge.

Dinosaur Quilt FINALLY Done!

Did this quilt take me forever, or what? I am glad that it turned out so cute. I like the colors better than the bright colors they used on the pattern. I hope Trevin will like it!

What happened to us doing regular posts? I guess life got in the way. I haven't finished much lately, so I will try to finish more, just so I have more regular posts!

Projects at Amy's house

Megan and I (along with the rest of Meg's family) went to Las Vegas last week to visit with Amy and her family. We had several projects we wanted to do while there. We stayed up late on Thursday night and did some vinyl. I liked this St. Patricks' design.

The SPRING blocks are inspired by ones we saw on a craft blog (I can't remember right now which one it was). We had fun deciding on the papers, embellishments, and the font for the vinyl lettering. I think they turned out cute!

I am not sure these blocks turned out just as I had envisioned them, but it is a new decoration for each of us. I think they needed lighter paper, or something.

This is another project that we came up with ourselves. After several idea changes, this is what we came up with. I like them! We had a lot of fun, and even got SOME sleep. Meg had 3 photo sessions (McKenna's preschool class, a family group, and a newborn baby) and we still got these done, and some shopping, of course. Meg's husband, Jeremy, was our 'nanny' while we did all this. Thanks go to him and to the kids for being so good! Thanks to Amy for letting us take over her house for 4 1/2 days! A good time was had by all, I think...

Valentines Decorations

I made two of these valentine topiaries. It is just squares of fabric glued onto a Styrofoam ball.

This is scrapbook paper and embellishments on a painted 2x4.

You can't tell from the picture, but the hearts are painted with crackle medium so the black shows through from underneath. I just glued the two hearts together, then onto ribbon. I tied the ribbon around an empty frame.

Table Runner

Here is the table runner I did last month. It's just straight with a ruffle at each end.

Block of the month

I signed up to do a block of the month for my Maple Mountain quilt group for March. This is the block I decided to do. I finished the block, now I need to get the directions printed up for everyone. I like it. It would be a fun quilt, maybe doing each block with different colors? Anyway, I am glad to have it ready.