Sweet Cream Dream

This quilt is going to a girlfriend whose favorite color is cream. She is due just weeks after me, and the gender is a surprise.

I hope she likes the colors I chose. Even if they decide to go with blues or pinks for the nursery in the end, I know this quilt will look great in her living room.

Here are some photos of the quilt in various stages...

Fabric selection...

Half-square triangles all made...

First block pieced...

Quilt top pieced...

All quilted and bound :)

My quilting, an attempt at straight lines, but I'm still figuring out my walking foot...

Yes, satin blanket binding.
Un-traditional, but then so is the super soft chenille back.
I thought it was baby appropriate. :)

All done!

Amazingly I am not finishing this one the night before the baby shower (its in December!) In this specific instance it would have been disastrous, considering her shower is just days after my due date :) I think I'm going to try my hand at embroidering the label for this quilt.

Hope you like it! I really loved the muted colors, but working with all of these soft, earthy tones has me wanting to do something really bright next, like this ... Bring on the solids!

Happy sewing,

Janice

Fancy Little Boy

These are my latest creation:




Both of these were made from full sized men's ties, and are scaled down to fit a 3-4 year old boy. I use elastic for around the neck, and did my best to get the dimples in the right spot for the ties so it looks like they are actually knotted, even though they aren't.

Everything was hand sewn, and they took about 20-30 min each.

I have a HUGE pile of ties that got sorted out with our last major closet clean out... some of them are definitely destined to become ties for my two little boys :)

Happy sewing!

Janice

So many projects, so little time...

My lack luster posting I blame on being insanely busy, and getting the flu. But, this week I have delivered all orders, and am on the mend from the flu bug!

I made a few more of the personalized burp cloths, super cute!

Finished making some pillows, with welting and zippers! (I even made the welting myself)

Finished putting a leopard print binding on a blanket for my mother-in-law

Had the fam over for a little sewing...

And cleaned out and organized my craft room closet and my fabric stash...

I'm hoping to organize my fabric a bit better with the help of some comic book boards, I saw the idea on another blog and loved it, I'll post pics of the finished project...

I'm pooped! So many things finished, now I can finally get back to finishing my quilt! I haven't worked on it in what seems like forever!

Happy Sewing!

Janice

Baby Things!

Just finished the last bib, and while I admit it is a bit of tooting my own horn, I had to post the pics of these. They turned out pretty darn cute.

To start I machine appliqued the letters/shapes on one side of the bibs.

Then I added a layer of poly batting and a cotton backing, pinned, and quilted the bibs. I did each one a little differently.

Then I trimmed the excess batting, snipped loose threads, and added a contrasting binding to each one.

I also finished the personalized burp cloth, I am in LOVE with "Heat N' Sew," it makes applique so stress free!

Busy last couple of days, I'm beat, but very pleased with the results! These were a custom order, I hope she likes everything!

Side note, I now have an email to go with my blog, seamssewcreative@gmail.com :)


Happy Sewing!

Janice