HAPPY EASTER!

Spring is supposed to be here, but

It’s OHIO! Easter can’t be fooled!

That being said …here’s my dining room 

decked out for both. 

The Color Dive quilt was made a few years ago.

I added a table runner and two pillows that I think

Work well with the rainbow colors!

I found these paper machine bunnies at an antique store..

They hopped right up on my table! 

SPRING INTO SPRING!

Ever get the urge to buy new throw pillows 

or perhaps a table runner? 

Yeah, me too!

Ever say to yourself....nahhh, I can make that!

I do have quite a stash and many

quilting books for inspiration.

This time I set my procrastination aside

and I'm sew happy I did!

LOL Charm Packs by Me & My Sister Designs

have been in my stash forever.

Think BIG is a wonderful book full of

great ideas and inspiration.

I landed on the pattern called Equalizer.

I had just enuf yardage in the white/gray speckle 

to use for background and pillow backings.

cut and sew

and watch it grow!

I used the leftover charms from the two packs

for the backing.

And before I knew it...SPRING Themed

pillows and table runner were finished.

I did some straight line quilting myself.

Take some closer peeks.

One of two pillows for chairs.

Zippers in the back side

covered with a flap!

The rainbow colors used in the small projects.

Worked well with my Rainbow "Color Dive" quilt

in the dining room.

HAPPY SPRING!

PILLOWS FOR CHRISTMAS!

My son loves pillows for his sofa and he loves 

American Indian motifs.

Guess what he's getting for Christmas!

This one is envelope style.

The back with the envelope colsure.

And these two are my first attempt at 

Zippers for the closures.

Lord, why have I not tried this before?

Probably because I didn't have an excellent video tutorial to follow.

Thanks to Kim Hensley for sending me this one from

Sheri from a Quilting Life's tutorial link.

How to Put a Zipper in a Pillow Back (youtube.com)

I didn't do the binding finish.

Just made the pieces about an inch larger

and sewed them RST with 1/2" seams.

Easy Peasy!

Give it a try...I'll never do an envelope style again!.

GEMMA.MY.GEM

I am so blessed to have this cutie pie in my life.  

She is my great-niece and she loves her Aunt Kathy!

 and Aunt Kathy's sewing room!

Just before school started (first grader here)

we worked together to make a fabric bracelet.

She picked the fabric from the scrap bin and the thread

She kept the rows pretty straight

while learning to keep her fingers away from the needle area!

Also gave her a bamboo skewer to use as a stylus...

making sure those fingers were safe!

I added the Velcro for the fastener.

During Thanksgiving break she came to stay the day



and I had a project ready!






Gemma's Momma and Daddy were married on Halloween.



They love everything skulls, skeletons...



I found this Chillingsworth Christmas fabrics.



Just perfect for pillowcases!























Gemma is very good about doing exactly what I tell her.

It took all day, cause 6 year old girls need breaks.

She did most of the sewing for 3 pillow cases.

Well, yes, Gemma needed one too!

She promises not to tell her Mom and Dad...



but that face...may not be able to keep a secret!

OHCRAFT RETREAT!

Last October I attended a fun retreat with #OHCraft  

a group of fun sewists, mostly from Ohio, in Kentucky

making merry, creating, eating, 

and why yes, there was some drinking,  

Necessities packed!

This is how the sunrise greeted us each day at

General Butler State Park in Kentucky!

The weather was incredible...reached almost 80 degrees!

There was a  Secret Sister Swap

My partner was Clarie @crimesagainstfabric

Small gifts delivered all weekend and

On the final day we swapped the big gifts.

  I made her this Noodlehead 257 bag

out of one her fav fabric collections,

Doe, by Carolyn Freidlander.

Absolutely love this color combo!

and inside was this tiny "flying geese" pincushion 

@meigheyburn spoiled me with these fun gifts.  

and this was my gift on Sunday

A Ghastlies Knitting Project Bag w/Yarn

   She designed this bag with a clear vinly pocket for the pattern
and two snaps loops inside to separate two different yarns,

for one project...keeping them tangle free!

GENIUS!

The pillow swap participants 

received some amazing pillow covers!

photo by @karasews

The Columbus Modern Quilters

could not decide if their "jazz hands" should quilt 
or do a Broadway Show!

While the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild
decided they wanted to build a human pyramid...
sorta!

Then what to our wondering eyes should appear
but two of Santas favorite 
Cbus elves, Leigh and Katy
....pouring wine of course
Walmart Fashionistas!

All in all it was a fabulous weekend with kwilty peeps
enjoying well...just everything!