What to do on a Saturday?  I needed a change of pace so I decided to throw this little purse together.  It's a fairly quick project and only requires about 2/3 yard of each fabric for the exterior and lining of the purse.  Check out the tutorial I followed for this reversible bag. I had this owl fabric at home and thought it would be the perfect fabric for the exterior of my purse.

Doesn't she have the cutest face? Her name is Opal (Opal Owl by Tina Givens for Free Spirit).

To really spice things up, I decided to throw in a zippered pocket.  I'm really stepping outside my normal zone with this one.  All in all things went pretty well.  The pocket is just the right size for my phone.

Look what found it's way in my purse,  I think it's trying to tell me it wants to go home with me!  I could fit about six of these lovely VIntage Modern jelly rolls in here...

One down, one to go - you know Mother's Day is tomorrow... hint hint

Jenn

Hard to believe it's already May!!  Bring in your quilt during the month of May and receive 20% any of the designs shown below. 

Love this design, the butterflies make it light and fun!  It's called butterflies and swirls.

This design is called cotton puffs, it stitches out beautifully.

This design is called crazy arcs.  The arcs and swirls make this design a great option for the quilt that has all those sharp angles, great for t-shirt quilts and charm square quilts.

Hurry in before May escapes and June is here with new designs! 

 

Jenn

Want to dress up a package without spending a lot of time on it?  I think this is the quickest and cutest little package.  I have about every color in felt known to man... so the choices are really endless.

Supplies:
- scraps of heat and bond (mine were about 3" x 3" for each letter)
- scraps of fabric/felt for the lettering (mine were about 3" x 3" for each letter)
- scraps of felt for the circle (for the cirlcle I made you would need about a 3.5" x 3.5" square for each circle)

Step one:

Select the felt you will use for the circle.

FInd a template to trace the circle, mine was a 3" ring that I just happened to have lying around.

Trace the outer ring to make the circle.

Step two:

Cut out the felt cirlce for the base of the tag.

Step three:

Select the letter of your choice and print out on paper so it can be traced.
*Tip: I went on Microsoft Word and enlarged a letter of my liking (font is called "Lobster") and inverted it.  A light box can be used if you don't print it inverted.

Place heat and bond over letter with smooth side facing up.  Trace letter with pen or pencil.

Step four:

Cut out the letter traced on heat and bond, cut roughly 1/4" all the way around the outline.

Step five:

Place heat and bond rough side facing down on the wrong side of the fabric.  The rough side of the heat and bond will stick to the fabric when ironed.

 

Step six:

Cut on the drawn line of the heat and bond around your letter. 

Peel the paper side of the heat and bond off.

Step seven:

Place letter, fabric side up on top of the felt circle.

Press to make permenant hold.
*Tip: Use pressing sheet anytime when ironing felt.  Never put iron directly on felt.

Here is your new package tag - made in no time at all!  Can you guess what's in these lovely packages?

I have a couple friends that are having babies soon or recently had a baby, sometimes I struggle with what to make them because there are so many cute baby gift ideas out there.  I stumbled on Dana's blog about burp clothes and I knew I had to make them, they are just so darn cute I couldn't pass them up.  Luckily for me both babies I needed gifts for are girls.

Hometown by Sweetwater has to be one of my favorite lines (although I think I say that everytime I see a new line from them...).  I had the perfect project picked out to feature the fabric and luckily I had some extra time to sew this weekend.  

Remember all these flying geese?  Well, I have one small table topper done, and only about 1,000 flying geese remaining!  I do love using all my scraps, but I think I will have take a small break and come back to the rest of the flying geese.  I'm feeling like something, well anything other than flying geese right now!

Here's how it turned out, I'm quite happy with it.  It's a great size for a patio table - I can picture it now, me and my quilt relaxing in the shade with a cold glass of lemonade... 

This little table topper was made with less than one charm pack, and did I mention still plenty of flying geese left?

This beautiful fabric is from the Sassy line by Sandy Gervais.  We have precuts and yardage available, it's the perfect line for summer.  It would also make a darling apron with the fruit pattern!

Jenn

I have always wanted to participate in the Schnibbles parade but never could quite commit to completing the quilt in time.  This month their featuring the Bibelot pattern which really appeals to me because the blocks look like "T"s.  My excuse to keep this quilt is because it has my last name initial is all over it, unfortunately my mom can say the same thing - I hope she doesn't claim it as her own with the same logic!

I decided to use the beautiful Hello Luscious line by BasicGrey.  I had fun putting all these nice pinks and greens together, I think the fabric really features the pattern nicely.

I used a large paisley design for the quilting, it mimics some of the fabric designs.  The backing is my favorite print in the whole line, I just couldn't resist using it!

Sadly it's too late to participate in the Schnibbles parade for March (unless you're a super human quilter and can get a whole top pieced in one night...) but you can always join along next month, I'm sure it will be just as fabulous of a pattern!  

Jenn