Christmas Presents

Well it is that time of year again where everyone is just so busy with decorating, Christmas shopping, wrapping, sending out Christmas cards, holiday programs and parties.  Sometimes I feel like the holiday season is such a blur and I am a robot just going through the motions.  I am trying really hard this year though to enjoy this holiday season because my kids are 6 and 2 and they are just growing up too fast.  My oldest just lost her first tooth!  Which means I haven't actually done much quilting or sewing these past couple of weeks.  However, I did decide to sew up these super cute gift bags though.  Aren't they just adorable?

I used this tutorial from Amy at Positively Splendid, which you can find here.  They really are pretty easy to make.  I made the smallest size, which fit gift cards and candy goodies perfectly.

I was also super exited because I finally received this book in the mail!  I was so excited to get it.  It is a signed copy of Quilting Wide Open Spaces by Judi Madsen, which you can purchase here.  There are a few designs of hers that I would love to quilt up and this book tells you how to do just that.

I also wanted to take the time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I can't wait to see what 2014 brings!  See you then!

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Santa's Workshop

Have you ever felt as though you are a part of Santa's workshop?  I do and I must say that I love it.  I must be crazy, but I just love making Christmas presents.  The only thing that I wish that I would do is start sooner, but one of these years I will be more organized!  I just finished up a Christmas stocking for my daughter's Kindergarten school teacher shown below:

And now I have started an assembly line to quilt up 4 superhero stockings for my daycare lady's family.  Talk about fun and each stocking is getting easier as I go along.  Thank goodness!

My daycare's family is obsessed with wonder woman and superman, so I thought I would make stockings for the entire family using this theme.  They even painted their camper superman colors!  So I think my choice is safe.  I can't wait to show you the finished product this weekend.  I should have them done by then.  

Linking up to WIP Wednesday link party hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced.

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Baby Doll Quilt Finish

I am very happy to say that I was able to finish this over the weekend well before my Wednesday deadline.  It feels so good to check another item off of my list!  I must say that this pattern was very easy to do and did go very quickly.  You can find it as a free tutorial on Vanessa's website here.  Here is the finished quilt top before quilting...

I decided to quilt some basic wavy lines on it.  

I must say that I am really happy with how it turned out.  The fabric is Vintage Modern by Camille Roskelley.  The top thread is Superior So Fine Thread #50 in color 451.  The bottom thread is The Bottom Line by Superior Threads in color 621.  I just love using this thread once I figured out I just needed to use a 16 gauge needle.  I was using 18 and it just shredded the stuff.  Anyways, here is the finished product.  I hope the little girl loves it just as much as I enjoyed making it!

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Baby Doll Quilt

Today the company that I work for decided to host an Angel Tree.  An Angel tree carries a bunch of tags that has names of different kids with their ages and what they want for Christmas on them.  All of these children have a parent who can't be with them this year because they are in jail.  It was actually sad to see so many kids on this tree.  My heart just broke looking at it.  The child I selected was a little girl who is 1 and she wants a doll for Christmas.  Totally up my alley since I have two little girls myself.  Sometime this upcoming weekend, Melia and I will shop for the doll portion of the gift.  I like to take her with me so she learns that not every kid is as fortunate as she is.  The other portion of the gift, will be a little doll quilt to go with the doll.  I used a free tutorial by Lella Boutique.  You can find the pattern here.  It was a very nice and simple pattern to use because it is actually made for a doll, which means you don't have to do a lot of thinking on re-sizing a pattern.  I am hoping it goes rather quickly because I have to turn in my Angel Tree gift on December 19th.  I used a mini charm pack that I had of Vintage Modern by Camille Roskelley.  It is an absolutely adorable fabric collection for a little girl.  I hope the girl really loves it just as much as I am enjoying make it.

Linking up to WIP Wednesday link party hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced.

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An M&M Christmas!

This year I wanted to do something extra special for my daycare people because they really do a lot for my girls.  I stumbled across this pattern by Thimble Blossoms called "Merry", which is a stocking pattern that can be purchased here.  Again this was another opportunity to "practice" a different design on my long arm.  Not to mention get another item crossed off my "100 Day Hustle List".  It was a rather easy pattern to follow.  Camille's patterns usually are, which is why I have purchased several of her patterns and highly recommend them.

This stocking is for Miss Mary, who is the mother of my daycare lady.  She helps out at the daycare a ton and I usually try to get her something at Christmas time to say "Thank you" as well.  She absolutely loves M&M's and had a whole basement area where she displayed her "M&M memorabilia".  Well she had to move last year and had to depart with a lot of it because she wasn't able to fit everything into her smaller place.  So when I found this Christmas M&M fabric, I knew that it would be perfect for her.  So here is her "M&M Christmas Stocking" that I plan on filling up with a few "fun" goodies for her as well.  I quilted it alternating a wavy line and a loopdy loo pattern.  I also embroidered her name on it with my embroidery machine.  I just love personalized gifts!

I hope she likes it!

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