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| The room the dressers are in has poor lighting. |
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| Still left to organize |
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| Solution; "Mini Bolts" stored in a double Martha Stewart bookshelf. This represents over 175 pieces of fabric ranging in size from a fat quarter to multiple yards. Still have lots to wrap. |
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| Embroidery Library design |
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| While organizing my ample fabric stash I found these great purples. ( a mire fraction of purple stash) |
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| This is my favorite! |
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| Fairy Frost! How can I not put this in the quilts??? |
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| I like this one too! |
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| First attempt at machine embroidering this large "dense" design |
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| Added a basting line in Embird (embroidery software) |
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| Added an additional layer of stabilizer |
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| Note to self: set the basting line farther from design or it will be stitched over. (Not the end of the world, but it would be easier to remove when done) |
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| Still a bit wavy, but no puckers or tucks. |
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| I will probably cut the block down and add borders. It will help with the waviness and soften the design. |
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| I have several other sayings to add in to this quilt. (The design is from Embroidery Library) |
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| I like how the colors go together. |
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| Unfortunately it puckered as it stitched, so I will have to redo. But I like the colors and I think if I set a basting stitch around the edge and put a second layer of stabilizer, it will be fine next time. |
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| The embroidery design is from Embroidery Library. This is the same fish embroider that my machine died on the last color. I left it in the hoop and was actually able to finish it a month later when I got my machine back from being repaired! |
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| Buttoned back. The bottom half is some of my hand dyed fabric. |
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| Machine embroidery design by Embroidery Library |
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| Buttoned back! (First time I made a pillow with buttons) |
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| Two potholders and a kitchen microfiber towel |
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| Machine embroidered key (Urban Threads design) |
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| I just fell in love with the key fabric. |
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| Inverse colors! |
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| 3 layers: prequilted fabric (a little added protection), Insul-Bright, Alexander Henry's Barcelona fabric |
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| FMQ in a geometric pattern |
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| I drew an outline, then stitched it, before cutting it out. (Thanks to Janine from Rainbow Hare for this idea). |
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| I cut it out, then over cast stitched to keep it from fraying. |
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| Flipped it right sided out. I used a small dowel to help turn the thumb. |
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| Voila! An oven mitt! |
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| Added the binding. This was very difficult because it barely fit on the free-arm of my machine. |
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| Comparison to the store bought mitt I copied. |
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| Made a pattern by tracing an existing oven mitt, adding approx. 1/2" all the way around. |
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| 3 layers: pre-quilted fabric for the inside, Insul-Bright batting and Sanctuary fabric (by Patty Young) for the outside. |
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| This is were I think I will do it differently next time. I cut out all 3 layers before I quilted it together. Normally I quilt, then cut. |
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| I put both side together with an over-cast stitch. |
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| Looks good so far, right? |
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| Upon closer inspection, I didn't catch all 3 layers in my seam. I tried 3 times, then I called it quits for the night! |
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| Peach jam, pickles, salsa and strawberry jam from Melissa! YUMMY! |
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| A FABULOUS reversible hand knit baby alpaca wool scarf from Carol! |
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| These pictures don't do this scarf justice. It is beautiful! |
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| Humphrey still wants to know when Santa is going to bring him a gift! |
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| iPad Cases (Embroidery designs are from Urban Threads) |
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| I used Soft and Stable batting and lined it with the same brown fabric on the outside. |
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| Mermaid Pillows to our Administrative Assistant, iPad cases to my supervisor and co-worker, and tea towels to my work-study student. PHEW! (Mermaids designs are from Embroidery Library) |
