Portable Tea Party

I saw a very cute tutorial for this on Prudent Baby and decided to make one for my niece's birthday. Of course hers is fancier than mine. It nice because when you are all done playing you just pull the ribbon and close it up into a bag. Easy clean up! Click on the link to see the tutorial.

Portable Tea Party

Dress form Pin Cushion

I really like dress forms. My goal in life is to own a vintage one. When I came across this tutorial I just had to make one. I found this fun idea at the DIY Dish. It's kind of funny because I knew these ladies before they were famous. They were supervisors for students in the Elementary Education program at USU. Here is my finished pincushion!

Envelope Pillow

I found the cutest orange and cream canvas fabric at Hobby Lobby and just had to have some. I made an envelope pillow out of it using this tutorial from Domestic Imperfection. Super easy to do. I embellished with a little bit of black tulle and some bling. And since it's a slip cover I can change it out if I ever get sick of it. Have I mentioned that fall is my favorite season.

Binding Quilts

I saw this technique for pinning quilt bindings in quite a few places but I had never tried it out before. After my first time trying it... I give it two thumbs up. I thought this was a great way to "pin" my binding!

Coin Quilt Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek at a baby coin quilt that I made for a friend of mine who is having a baby in a month. I will post more pictures after I give it to her.

Walking Foot

I am now the proud owner of a Bernina walking foot. I as so excited to have this tool. I think it will be a great help for binding and machine quilting. I have already used it once and I thought it made binding much easier. What is your favorite foot to use?

Fabric Organizer

I wanted to make something for my mother-in-law's new sewing room for mother's day so I came up with this organizer. I saw quite a few ideas in magazines and on-line, but I didn't find a pattern I loved, so I came up with my own.

This is in no way professional. I am sure there are much better ways of doing this type of project. But this is what I came up with.


My Supplies:
2 fat quarters for the pockets
1 yard of fabric for back
2 yards of stabilizer
Ribbon


I cut the background fabric into two pieces the same width as my fat quarters. For the pockets I cut the fat quarters into pieces and folded them in half and ironed them. I just randomly picked some sizes that sounded good. I think I ended up with 9, 5, and 3 inch pockets. Make sure your fabric piece is twice as big as your desired finished size.




I wanted the pockets to be stiff so I cut a piece of stabilizer and tucked into the folded pocket.



I then sewed along the folded edge to keep the stabilizer in place.



I laid out my pockets on the background where I wanted them and then drew a line across the background.


I then lined up the open edge of the pockets with the lines and sewed and them pressed them up.



I then taped the top of the pockets in place so that they move while sewing. I also added small pieces of ribbon along the top and held them in place with painters tape. This is my new favorite pining technique. I learned it on the show "Sewing With Nancy"



I then put the second background piece on top and sewed around the edges leaving an opening for turning. Then I cut a piece of stabilizer to fit just inside the piece. I sewed the edges of the pockets and then sewed up the middle of each pocket to create smaller pockets and to hold the stabilizer in place. Stitch up the opening and fill your pockets.

Project Sneak Peek

Serenity Now

This is my version of a quilt by Fresh Poppy Designs. I bought this pattern at Material Girls (my favorite quilting store). The pattern was pretty easy. It looks nice and springy in my front room.