Mini Ironing Board

I am sure this is over blogged, but I love this idea and I finally got to make my own! 

 My mom got me the TV tray table and ironing board heat reflective fabric for my birthday. So I gathered that, some Warm and Natural batting from my stash and a cute yard of fabric I got of pin cushions and thimbles. (my husband asked why I would choose tomato and flower pot fabric until I explained what they were he was not diggin' my creation lol)

 I cut the batting to the size of the table and then folded the fabric over the ironing board fabric for a nice edge and then folded it over the table and stapled the fabric for a nice clean finish.

 There ya have it! Definitely saves time while sewing to press seams beside you while you sew! Thanks mom!!

Mini Ironing Board

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A quilt for a special teacher

My son has an AMAZING preschool teacher! We just love her to bits! I am on the Board of Directors for our little preschool and just felt I wanted to give her something special! So I came up with this little idea. Our classroom theme this year was Owls and what a great way to capture memories in her first year of teaching at our preschool than make a quilt and get the kids involved...

Here we go... 

I traced the kids' hands and then used heat n bond on the back of fat quarters and cut them out, along with little owl bodies I traced and feet etc...

 They became too big for my 12x12 blocks they had to be placed on each block like so... but it worked out good!

This looked a little... blah so I added colored sashing which made it POP!

 And a border that says "A teacher takes a hand opens a mind and touches a heart"

 Then I had each child write their name (some with help) on their owl.

 and here is the finished project!

We all cried a little at the preschool grad when it was presented! Such an amazing teacher deserved a heartfelt gift with a little love from the kids in it! 

A quilt for a special teacher

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2013 New Years Resolution COMPLETED!

Last January I set my goals high on a Sewing Resolution

I Started and Finished 6 Quilts

Finished all my UFO's

** Side Note **

My last UFO completed

A rag time quilt I started in high school for my grandparents. They got it this fall before they left for Mesa, AZ and quite liked it! 

Used some stash, not all but some

Finished a project before I would buy for a new one

Cut some of my favorite fabrics I had been saving and used them in projects

Educated myself in free motion quilting, paper piecing, hexagons and using my serger

Free motion quilted 7 quilts! A new hobby! 

Start and Finish - 6/6 quilts finished

Finish the Unfinished - 4/4 unfinished project finished

Use my stash - Doing this!!

Finish before you buy - been sticking to this one! :)

Swallow and Snip - Made a few projects!

Educate myself - learned free motion quilting, learned paper piecing, Sewing Hexagons

Free Motion - free motioned 7 quilts

I am very excited to choose a new resolution this year! Its not as ambitious because baby # 4 is on the way. 

My 2014 Sewing Resolution is to start and complete a queen sized Double Wedding Ring Quilt. 

I have always admired this pattern and I am looking forward to this adventure of a old pattern in a modern world. The Double Wedding Ring Quilt pattern I have chosen is a paper piecing pattern which I am excited about. I really enjoy paper piecing :) 

2013 New Years Resolution COMPLETED!

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