This is my helper that tries to help with everything!!! How can you say no to a face like that.lol

This is a ready made fleece that was embellished with a scotty design and name

This is a sweatshirt that I had embroideried some time ago, but added the saying for a Christmas that my DD is giving.

The back of the sweatshirt with another design... Now I think that I've finished for a couple of days.

I finished the apron and chef's hat for an order that I've been working on after I got the Christmas cards done. A gal bought the material and ordered the set for her GD, who is 12 years old and loves to bake. Now she has her own apron and hat. lol

Well this is it, my 2009 Christmas Card especially made for my family and friends. The skinny Santa is stitched with love and I printed the border with the computer...

This is the center, hand glued on, in hopes that it will stick and be straight. You cann't believe how much love is put into these, but they are fun and can send just a little bit of love here and there. Each year I think that I will quit this thing, but then I don't and don't think about it till the next year and then I cann't say no.... I've really never gotten a handmade card from anyone else .... Isn't that strange. I wish that everyone would go back to the basics and do this kind of thing.... Maybe someday!!!!!

No pictures today. Just up and am packing for my five day break. Going to the Dells with the Red Hats. Have a bunch of resale shops to check out and will be going down the Lazy River till I am all shriveled up from the water. In the wave pool too.lol But not down the hurricane, my GS told me I might get hurt. That's how much he knows, who knows, when a bunch of ole ladies get together... Better get busy.
Molly

I finally got the pictures of my first big quilt up here. It was so much fun doing it. It's called Funky Four Square.

A little closer so you can tell which are the squares.

I guess they call it, stack and wack method, I think that's what it is. After all I'm just learning... This shows the stopper and border. Now I have to find tables to put it together on, so I can stretch the backing and pin together... If I did it on the floor, I'm afraid that I'd never get up... So then I can do the fun machine quilting. That's the fun part, I think.... I have not did more than that little table topper. lol

I have to get some cooking started for my almost week down in the Dells next week, with the Red Hats... I worked on a sweatshirt yesterday with my friend over in Point. I babysat with her youngest DD 35 years ago. Better go get busy. Molly

I think that this first picture is an example of how not to make a quilt square. We learned how to cut these triangles out and sew them together. Don't ask me how?lol I really goofed when sewing them together, with the pressing, and matching corners...


This is the back of the table topper that we made in our class. We did all the work at home and just yesterday I machine quilted it. I love doing that. Got kind of carried away with doing the strips in center. I tryed feathering around the border. Not done too great but fun for a first attempt.

Another picture of the front of table topper. A little close up....

The entire top minus the binding. We're doing that this next week. I really do enjoy doing it tho. It's only about 18 by 21 inches. But I'm happy with it. Molly

I finally got back to the computer today and am posting several American Doll outfits that I have made in the last couple months. This first picture is a tutu and leatard. The first tutu for a doll that I have made and haven't added any fufu and will add more tulle on the next ones I make.



The leatard is made out of sequined lycra and lined. It sewed up really easy... but had to resize the pattern pieces. Always something.

This a dress that I recontructed out of a bedskirt that I had gotten at a resale store. I loved the embroidery and sewed around it. I got 3 dresses out of it and this is the only one I have left.

These are another apron and chef's hat in size 7 and then the matching apron and chef's had for the AG doll. It has Chef embroideried on each hat in front.

Got 2 other doll aprons and hats done out of this material.

This is the sleeping bag made for the AG or any doll about that size. They are made of flannel, lined with flannel with batting inbetween. It has a zipper around the 3 sides with an attached pillow

Another picture of same bag. I made 3 of them. 2 out of this fabric. and the first one has dogs on the inside and red on outside. That's the one I almost tore my hair out trying to read the pattern. I put the zipper in wrong side up and that's why the print ended up on inside. After that, the next 2 were a breeze.

I'm still working on my table topper in class this week . When I get it done, I will post that too. But now it is pinned ready for the quilting and binding, I guess. Have class Wed. evening. Molly

Two Birthday Presents....

The top picture is a sweatshirt that I embroideried with my machine. Barb loves cats and her favorite colors are grey, red, and black. Got all the right colors on the shirt.

Below is a picture of a casserole carrier made from 2 placemats and part of a matching napkin. Sewed them together on 3 sides, 4th side has tabs made with velcro to hold it closed, I added handles to carry it with and 3 tabs to hold the serving spoon. Very easy and fast to do. Added "from Connie's Kitchen" before I sewed them together.

I finally got the picture of the set of towels I embroidered for a gal that I went to school with. It's for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The color didn't come out true. They are a med country blue with light tan embossing on them.

Well I finally got these pictures uploaded. The top and bottem pictures are in the living room. The top picture is the window that was 120 inches wide. Lots of material. The middle picture is the office spare bedroom. I didn't get a picture of the valance, but thats the bed skirt, pillow sham, pillow sham, and three throw pillows. We got a new picture software and my GD had to help be get them uploaded. LOL She's 14. It's so sad I am so computer brain dead sometimes...

chef's apron birthday gift

Here are pictures of the apron. I had gotten a bunch of blank apron sets from the spring sewing expo several years ago. Still have a few left and use them for BD gifts. They were a set of apron, pot holder glove, and pot holder. Got them for 5.00 a set, so it makes a nice gift. They were on clearance. Have several colors.

Molly

chef

These are the 3 little Packer beach towels I made for the triplets 2nd birthday. Cann't wait to see them all wrapped up in them with their hoods on. They are all walking and starting to talk now.

Sitting here and doing some cutting out of pattern pieces. A hat from one pattern, a top from another. Why do they make them out of such thin parchment paper and all together. It's such a pain cutting them all out. Much easier cutting out AG doll patterns than adult patterns tho. It has been snowing off and on. No reason for that, it's April 5th already. We've had enough snow for one winter.....Molly

This is the 1st pr. of p.j.s that I made for an order. This pr. is made out of fleece. They are adult sleepers made for special need adults. The one piece construction with zipper in back, velcro inseams make care much easier.

The inseam of these have velcro on so they can be opened like the baby sleepers for changing. That way the one piece p.j. doesn't have to be taken all the way off.

This one is in a summer weight knit.

Same velcro on inseam of the summer p.j.s

This is a picture of the WW book holder. Got the pattern from Embroidery Garden off the internet, and it is done all in the hoop. The front is quilted, and I just added an A for Ali. It was the first thing that I have done [in the hoop]. You just keep adding the layers and everything is then zig zagged around.

This is my attempt to show how I made this denim tote out of a pair of blue jeans. Follow instructions written on tags. Click on pictures in blog to enlarge so you can read them...

After the legs were split open and cut off of jeans, lay them opposite ways. Top of leg to left on top, and top of leg on bottom to the right.

Sew together. This will be to bottom middle seam of tote. Top and bottom of picture will be the top of the tote. The left and right sides of jeans in picture will be the side seams of tote.

Hope this explains. I usually sew a mock felt felled seam on this seam to make it stronger.

After I cut the legs and interfacing to the size I wanted for the tote, I ripped the back pockets off the jeans top, and. embroideried a design on them. I placed them on the material where I wanted them and sewed them on. At this point you could do any type of embellishing you wanted, any type pocket you want, or just leave plain. I use the pockets just because they add to the tote and perfect size for sm. items.

When sewing the side and bottem of lining, don't forget to leave opening in bottem large enough to turn everything right sides out when you get it all together.

Now sew straight across bottom corners of outside and lining to make the box shape, that your tote will have when you are finished. With the measurements I used for this one, I sewed a sem 4 inches long. Measure in from corner far enough to have the seam that long. This allows for the 2 inches on either side of center of bottem and side seams.

Again this makes the flat material into a box shape on bottem and sides.

This picture shows the bottem of the lining. Outside piece looks the same. Now you must turn pieces so you can sew the tops of tote together with right sides together.

This shows how it looks when ready to sew top together. Cut handles as long as you want. Sandwich them inside of each side between lining and outside of tote. In picture I have ends of them sticking up . I used webbing, as it makes for a sturdy handle. When stitching around top, I sew back and forth on each handle end. Makes them stronger when carrying heavy loads. Turn everything around thru the opening in your lining.

I have the outside piece turned to the inside so it's easier to top stitch around the top. The white rectangular thing is a piece of the plastic mesh one used for counted crosstitch. I cut the piece out to put inside the tote between the lining and outside of tote to make the bottem of tote, This piece must be the width and length of the box shape of the bottom. Turn tote, so lining is to the inside, and insert plastic piece thru that opening in the lining.

Here's the tote done.... Yey Hope you could make sense of my instructions. It's an easy tote that can use up old blue jeans, or can be made out of any material that you wish. Any size that you want.

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