Monday, December 24, 2012

My Family's Quilts n More


This is a shirt I made for my father along with 4 other shirts. I mailed them out on Friday and I hope they get the package today. I spent the night before putting on buttons and button holes. I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. as I was determined to get this done in time for Xmas. I did the happy dance once it was in the mail.


This is the two sides of my middle son's quilt. He wanted orange fleece backing. These are all scraps from projects I've made in the past. I can actually tell you what was made with each piece.


This is my mother in law's quilt. She wanted red on the back of hers-well assumed since it is her favorite color.



This is my father in law's quilt. I didn't have any red, orange or yellow blocks so I mixed it up with green,blue and purple. I picked green for the back of his.



This is my hubby's quilt. He has a blue flannel backing.



Here's my youngest son's quilt of X-men with a blue fleece backing.



This my oldest son's quilt with a Marvel's Punisher patch on it. I added a periwinkle fleece backing to it.



I finished them up by Sun. and I'll end up doing this next year again.
Merry Xmas

Friday, December 14, 2012

My Mother's Quilt

Here is one of the scrap quilts I made(started some crazy quilt squares but didn't do too many).I have the backing done and I'll take pictures of it later this weekend.



Saturday, December 8, 2012

Handmade Xmas Gifts-Collage Clipboards


I would like to do these up but I don't know if I'll have time before Xmas. Anyway from Mod Podge Rocks here is the tutorial

Handmade Xmas Gifts-Tie Fleece Banket

These are very warm and very nice Xmas gifts.Instructions here at ValsJewels

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Handmade Xmas Gifts-Fleece Hats


These are very nice and easy to make. I've made these for my boys. There are over 15 pattern here on tipnut


Another site with instructions is here Martha Stewart

Monday, December 3, 2012

Handmade Xmas Gifts-Fleece PJ Pants

I've made these almost every year for my boys. It's easy especially since fleece doesn't fray.
From Simply Modern Mom here is a tutorial

Another tutorial here

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Handmade Xmas Gifts-Barrette Holder

I've made these for myself before but I ended up putting them in a container because I was hanging so many up that I that it collasped under the wait. So keep in mind this is for a few barrettes and not the really heavy ones.

From Zakka Life Tutorial here






From Plum Adorable a tutorial here



From Diary of a Working Mom -here is a tutorial using a picture frame-here

Handmade Xmas Gifts-No Sew Fleece Scarf

I will be trying to post a tutorial(mostly directing you to one)of making handmade gifts. Right now I'm working on those quilts that I posted awhile back. I probably won't make anything else as they are very time consuming to make.

Anyway, here is the first post for handmade gifts. How to make a no sew fleece scarf. I've made these a few for gifts and they are quite easy. I've used pinking shears for added effect on these.


Here is the Tutorial