Quilt along

I am in a Yahoo group called CRAFT (creat really amazing friends together). We have been doing some string piecing and taking pictures and posting them on our group so it feels like we are all quilting together. Some of the gals that have vid cams have been setting up vid chats to sew together. It is fun.
here is what I have done. They are going to be Halloween table runners

The first is going to be a runner for dinning table.




The crazy quilt type I am going to make two more squares and have a runner for the kitchen counter.

I will post more pics after they are put together. I have done both types of squares on a muslin foundation using the stitch and flip method.

New mermaid

I have been working on a mermaid from the pattern Aquaria by Michelle Harrold. I played with the organdy burning on organza for the skirt and sleeves and flowers. She was fun to do. She has webbed hands!

Finished Colleen's Pattern!

Here is the doll that goes with the picture of the wires and fabric. She is called Snowflake/Spider Sprite by Colleen Babcock. I have been testing her for Colleen. She is the greatest doll. I really love this pattern.

Here is a close up of the face. It is so soft and wonderful! Don't you just love her snowflake hat!!

This is the back. You can see what I made with the wires! She is a hanging doll.

Crafts and stuff!

Here is an ATC (artist trading card) I made for a swap on CDA. I painted the card with watercolor pencils. I added glue cyrstals to the tail and glitter to the tail fluke and bra. The sand and ocean have no hole beads glued on top. I hope my partner likes her.










What is this???? Stay tuned as I am testing a pattern for Colleen Babcock!

Christmas projects

Here is August Challenge for Amanda's blog. It is a centerpiece tree made of wool felt. It has wool felt baubles and beads on it. It is on a wood pedestal and stand I painted red.

Here is a Giraffe I made in Christmas colors holding Christmas lights! LOL It is from a Mellie and Me pattern called Mrs. Perkins. The mane is fun fur yarn in shiny red. It really does shimmer!

Here is a 13" square mat I made with the rest of the squares I have given the grandkids to make their mats. Just had to sew them together. Lots of little squares!

Grandkids weekend

The grandkids were here for a sleepover weekend. We had lots of fun. My hubby does all the outside stuff with them as I don't do heat very well. They helped grandpa in the garden and then my grandson and hubby finished building the go-cart they had been working on. My grandson wanted to make a mat with tiny squares. I just happen to have a bag of 1 1/2 in squares that I gave him and granddaughter to design some tiny mats. The finished size of the squares is 1 inch. They put together the pattern and I sewed them up! We did this so Papa could nap for a while! LOL

Kassy, Calvin and Papa

The squares that I sewed together for grandkids. They are backed with fabric pillowcase style.

Dolls and quilting

This is a doll I made for the primative Americana challenge On Cloth Doll Artistry. I used new fabric but vintage lace pieces. We all used the same pattern made by Sherrie Nordgren. I had fun making her. She didn't win but I was happy with her.

This is a doll I made for the School Doll Challenge at CDA.  The pattern is by Lizzie Dodd. She is 7 inches high and dressed in Vintage laces and cloth pieces. She is a Victorian schoolgirl from 1900's. I named her Diane after my mom who had lovely long brown hair.

These are some placemats I made for Christmas for our TV dinner wooden trays. We alway eat in front of the TV my hubby and me! I experimented with the quilting on these.