Friday, December 17, 2010

The Halloween Rag Quilt

Here it is folks, the quilt that almost killed me.
It's a Halloween rag quilt for our Church's blanket trick or treating, of course!

8ft by 6ft
96 individually quilted and ragged blocks.

I used a different quilting technique for each block color.
Some have words or pictures. Some are just lines and swirls.


For this rag quilt I cut all of the squares out of the top fabric and also the back fabric (which was black).

I also cut the batting into squares an inch smaller than the fabric.

After making my block sandwiches with back fabric, batting, and top fabric, I quilted each block. I just used my regular sewing machine to do this. I drew designs onto the fabric with a disappearing marking pen and then "traced" them with my sewing machine. It was time consuming, but it wasn't difficult.

When all of the blocks were quilted, I sewed them together with wrong sides together. This puts the seams facing the top of the quilt.

After putting together all of the blocks, sit down, put on a movie and get comfy. Then start snipping! Wash the blanket and enjoy!

Toys for Boys

Here's an oldie that I haven't shared yet.

It's a toy car mat that folds up for easy transport to and from church or wherever.
The mat is just simply two pieces of fabric sewn together with the road sewn out of felt onto one of the fabrics. I put plastic canvas in between for stability, but if I did this again, I would just use some batting. Or maybe both the batting and plastic canvas.
When it is folded up there is a pocket on the outside for extra cars.
(I don't actually use this pocket very often. I don't have any flat cars like Matchbox cars, so my cars make the mat too bulky.


Another craft for boys that I finished more recently was this set of bean bags.
I used three different colored fabrics in three different boyish fabrics.
For added stability I fused a heavy weight interfacing to the wrong side of each fabric.
These are perfect gifts for boys with mom's who are nursing a new baby or boys who like the throw balls inside or are learning colors!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Too Easy Scrabble Tile Magnetic Frame

This is just a little something I made up a few weeks ago, but last night the thought came to me that something similar might make a really nice neighbor gift or something!
So, I will share it now.

I was inspired by this post on Ucreate about a million years ago!
My twist?: I put magnets on the back of the scrabble tiles and used some sheet metal from Home Depot to fill the frame. I could have covered the frame with cute paper, but I liked the industrial look. :)
If I put magnets on the back of more tiles we could write notes to each other or spell other things!