ABC Quilt

I found this fabric in California and loved the panel. I initially wanted to try a patchwork quilt but I thought this panel was much cuter than anything I could put together so I just bought some flannel for the back and some quilt batting. I sewed along the squares to make it look more patchwork but it was the border that gave me the headache. It shouldn't have been bad I just had some measurement problems. At the end I didn't pay too much attention to the border because I just wanted to get this done. Then the next day I laid it out in my son's room and this is what he did...

I'd call this a success!

Flowers for Spring

I've been wanting to make these hair clips forever. I saw them at the Purl Bee and here is a link to the tutorial. I know I don't have a little girl but perhaps they would make a good gift. They were really fun and fast to make.

Bow Ties

I saw this bow tie on U-Create and thought it was adorable. The project was posted on Papersnitch the Blog but it was a guest post from Living the Swell Life. I had another craft night and this project looked like fun. I usually only make one of something but this time I decided to make two and I was remarkably faster the second time around.

Easter

The Big 3-0

My husband turned 30 so we had a little celebration in his honor. I didn't do a lot of decorating just a banner and some "over the hill" muffins. The banner was fun because I made it on my Silhouette. To make the letters I found some school notes Mike threw away in the trash can and made a copy of them. I thought they looked cool because they had all these nifty derivatives on the page.

Casserole Cozy

A casserole cozy! So practical for church potlucks and bringing dinner over to a family in need. I decided to make one for my mom's birthday.

I got the idea from Homemade by Jill who got the idea from 2 Little Hooligans.

I took Jill's suggestion and used canvas belting for the handles and I ditched the Velcro and made ties instead. This was partially done out of necessity but I like the look of it too. Most difficult part was sewing on top of the insul-bright material because it tended to pull and scrunch but other than that it was fairly simple to construct.

Good bye Bow Hello Rosettes

I mentioned this earlier but bow making is not a strength of mine so I decided to get rid of my bow on my temple picture found here and change it to a few flowers. These flower tutorials are everywhere! I looked at this one as a guide from the blog The Secret Stitch Club.

Journal Jars

Making journal jars was an idea for our church craft activity. Here is a link to a journal jar on the site Made.