Fabric Postcard Give Away

I am having a give away on my fabric postcard blog. If you would like to enter go here. I will be drawing a name and announcing the winner on June the 4th.

Blue Power Ranger Applique Design

I created this blue power ranger applique design for my youngest son Andrew. He recently turned 5 and thanks to Netflix is obsessed with the power rangers. I am new to applique designing and hit a few snags here and there. I noticed a few changes that needed to be made after the first stitch out. It is a learning process for sure. I bought the Embird program for editing, digitizing, and converting applique designs last May. It isn't very user friendly for beginners. I have learned a lot over the last year through trial and error and with a little help from You Tube. After I stitched out the blue power ranger applique design I realized that the symbol color was wrong. It should be black with a white outline. Thankfully he is only 5 and wasn't bothered by this blunder.

Free Daily Household Routine Printable

I found a free daily household routine printable today. I was looking for something customizable. I wanted to be able to change what needed to be done with out creating a whole new document. I made one for Joshua and one for myself. I thought I would share this great find with other bloggers. You have to have Adobe to open it and customize it.

You can go the website Fresh and Organized to download the Free Daily Household Routine Printable.

God Bless!

Easy Burp Cloth Tutorial

A reader of Fabric Mom recommended this easy burp cloth tutorial to me. I thought I would share it with you.
EASY BURP CLOTH TUTORIAL

Blue Charm Quilt Pattern

I designed a baby quilt called Blue Charm Quilt using EQ7 and wanted to share it with everyone. It is a very easy beginners quilt pattern. If you want it to have a scrappy look it will take 64 five inch squares. Charm packs would be great for this pattern. Please feel free to share this with anyone. I would love to see a picture of a finished product if anyone decides to make it. The link is to a PDF of the instructions. If you need a .doc or .odt format let me know and I can email it to you.

Happy Sewing!

Home Made Congestion Remedy

I woke up with a cold Saturday morning. Minor head congestion, stuffy nose, and sore throat. I have been taking generic Mucinex to help loosen the congestion. I found two home made congestion remedies on Pinterest to try.

The first home made congestion remedy I tried you can find here at Fitsugar. I can't begin to describe how awful the burning was from the amount of Cayenne pepper. When mixing up the recipe I thought to myself that it seemed like a little bit too much. My sinuses did loosen up mildly, but no more than from taking over the counter medicine. From the awful taste I decided that it wasn't worth trying again.

The second home made congestion remedy I tried you can find here at Good Food Matters. The taste was pretty good and not nearly as bad. Again it didn't help any better than the Mucinex medicine. I should take more of it. However, I'm not a big fan of spicy.

I'm not feeling any better than when I started the experiments. Now my ears are clogged.

Vintage Umbrella

 

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I found this blog Vintage Umbrella while searching for Christmas ornaments on pinterest. She has some great tutorials and craft ideas. Had to share them with my blogging friends. 23 days until Christmas. Who is ready? NOT ME!

Gift Card Holder Tutorial

I found this cute gift card holder tutorial through Pinterest. I thought these would be great to share with you for the up coming holidays. You can make them in holiday prints or the receivers favorite color.

Here is the link to making the world cuter and the tutorial. Tiffany was kind enough to share this tutorial on her blog. Happy Sewing.

Nautical Themed Baby Quilt

I made this nautical themed baby quilt not too long ago. I used the Moda Nautical and nice fabric charms.

I used a Noah's ark fabric on the back. I found a ton of it at a thrift store a while back. I have used it on the back of a lot of baby quilts.

I free motion quilted rows of waves in a cream colored thread and used a dark navy blue fabric binding.

Sausage Breakfast Casserole

We like to eat breakfast now and again for dinner. I wanted to do something different; outside of our usual routine. I searched Google for sausage breakfast casseroles and found this one.

Sausage Breakfast Casserole

It was very easy to make. It took about 15 minutes of prep before I popped it in the preheated oven. Here is what it looks like cooking.

I'll update this post later with my review and a picture of it when it came out of the oven.

Here is the finished product. I took the picture with my phone. It is slightly blurry.

This casserole was so good. All three boys and my hubby loved it. Now to get everyone raving over it is unusual at my house. They are all picky in one way or another. There was only a 1/4 of it left over and hubby ate that for breakfast. This is definitely going to become a staple. 

I did do a couple things different than the recipe. I used honey wheat bread instead of white. I also toasted it in the toaster before cutting it up. I added a touch of garlic powder and onion powder with the salt and pepper. 

Let me know if you try it! Enjoy!

PRETTY PROVIDENCE: How to get a FREE Redbox!

PRETTY PROVIDENCE: How to get a FREE Redbox!: Okay guys, this might change your life. Do you love Redbox? Guess what. It's free. Say what? There are promo codes available, each giv...

How to make a kids cape

I was cutting up t-shirts and sweat shirts that belong to our eldest son today when I had a flash of genius. There was an adult large hooded sweat shirt that looked like a kids cape once I cut off the arms and the front. Our youngest son, Andrew will be four in April. I had him try on the kids cape and he loves it. He didn’t really want to pose for pictures. He is camera shy and has a hard time standing still.

Baby Burp Cloth with Loops Tutorial

Merriment Design has a lot of great free craft ideas. Thought I would share this tutorial for a baby burp cloth with loops to attach toys or pacifiers. Very cool and an easy sewing projects.
Baby Burp Cloth with Loops Tutorial by Merriment Design

Vintage Sheet Baby Quilt Tutorial from Craftytammie

Craftytammie has posted a baby quilt tutorial using vintage sheets. It is very cute and trendy. Thought I would share that with you.
Vintage Sheet Baby Quilt Tutorial by Craftytammie

Busy Bee

I am so busy. You would think with Christmas being over that I could slow down and relax. I sat down this evening determined to come up with a Monday through Friday schedule for myself so that I can use my time more efficiently. Or something to the effect of telling my time where to go instead of wondering where the day went. I want to fell like I have accomplished something when my head hits the pillow. I used to have so much time for sewing. Now I seem to have none.

I have managed to make a few tutus and pot holders. Not much else. I got a Janome Memory Craft 350e Embroidery Machine for Christmas. I am so excited and want to use it. One of the many reasons for the schedule.
What do you do to keep your self on task? I'd love to hear any tips.
Happy Sewing.

Tall Jar Quilt Block Pattern

Tall Jar Quilt Block Pattern

I saw this on a friends blog and had to share it with you.

Baby Quilt for Garrett David Faires

Garrett David graced his parents and big sister with his presents on 10/28/11, 3 weeks early. He weighed 5 lbs 12 oz. He is adorable. I don't have a picture of the cute little bundle of joy to share just yet. Mom and Garrett have gone home and are doing great.
These are the promised pictures of the one quilt I have made this year. The first picture is the front and the second is the back.

I'm still here...

I haven't had any time for sewing lately. The only thing I have sewed is fabric postcards or to fix clothes. I started working part time from home and it has been a real challenge to be a full time mom, wife, maid, and have a job. There are so many distractions at home. I really miss sewing. I need to make two baby quilts for friends who will have babies this fall. I have fabric just have to decide on the pattern. If you have any fun baby quilt patterns please let me know. I'd love to look them over. Hugs and happy sewing.

Living Peacefully Less Stressed: Grace to Others

Living Peacefully Less Stressed: Grace to Others: "I think it is easy to see grace as something that is very 'floaty' ..rather ambiguous and even only of the spiritual nature.

If you want to read more about Grace please follow the link. The article is eye opening.

Kidlet Reusable Bag

There is a swap on Swap-Bot to make one of these Kidlet bags designed by Jennifer Casa. They are multi purpose and kid friendly. They can hang on door knobs, drawer pulls, hooks, etc...I am going to make a few for our house. My son's could benefit to have one for their IPod and cell phone accessories. I am going to make one for my car. You could make the strap with velcro so that you could use it around the head rest in a car for toy storage or accessories. The tutorial is very easy to follow. It has a ton of great pictures for visual aid. Bravo Jennifer!

P.S. The link is to a PDF.

Fusible Stabilizer for Fabric Postcards

I broke down and bought a bolt of the fusible stabilizer I use to make fabric postcards. I get a lot of emails asking what I use and where to buy it. I decided to start selling precut 4 x 6 inch pieces specifically for making fabric postcards in my Etsy shop. I think a lot of people overseas have a hard time finding it or so it seems. If you click the link it will take you to my store and the listing I have up for 5 of the rectangles.


Happy Sewing Friends!

Fabric ATC's

I never knew what an ATC was until I saw swaps on Swap-Bot for them. I Googled ATC's to find directions on how to make them. I have made a few since then. We have a swap going on now for fabric ATC's. Here are two that I made. One I mailed off, the other is a surprise for someone else.

They measure 3 1/2 inches x 2 1/2 inches.(The same size as baseball cards.) I left the lace open on one end and inserted a button before sewing it closed.

Quilt for a Cause

Quilts For Kids is in need of boy themed quilts. They delivered over 20,000 quilts to boys and girls last year. If you feel like sewing for a cause this is a great one. I made this one last year. Go here for more information: Quilts For Kids

Crocheted Necklace Tutorial

I came across a web site called Birds of a Feather. It consists of a group of women who are thrifty and love to share recipes and craft tutorials with the blogging world. They have some really cute tutorials. Go check them out. Trust me you'll be there for a while. Happy Sewing and Crafting.

Fabricmom's Free Quilt Pattern's

Many of you may already know this but I like to create quilt patterns using my EQ5 that my hubby bought for me a while back. I have posted downloadable PDF instructions for each pattern that I have created so far. And yes you can use my patterns for quilts that you intend to sell. I hope that you like what I have designed so far. If you make any of the patterns please email me. I would love to see the finished quilt. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

The quilt pictured was made by a reader who used the Crossed Paths pattern I designed. Isn't it just lovely.

Happy Sewing.

Here is a link: http://www.fabricmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/crossed-paths-quilt-pattern-pdf.pdf

I Won Something....

I am so excited. I won a give away over @ Paula's Sewing Challenge Blog. I very rarely win anything. The above picture is what I won. A mug rug and mug, a candle mat and candle, and a cute little bag with some really cute fabric.

Do you want to get in on the fun? All you have to do is go to Paula's blog and follow the directions. They are very easy. Tell her I sent ya!

Easy Tote Bag

Lazy Girls Designs has shared a very easy tote bag tutorial. These are the perfect size for grocery shopping. Great for giving as Christmas gifts. This is the one I made for a swap.

Quilt Size Reference Chart

I thought I would share this link with everyone. It has quilt sizes for beds and how many squares you can get out of different lengths of fabric. Enjoy.

QUILT SIZE REFERENCE CHART

Crumb Chaos

Crumbs? No I'm not talking about bread crumbs.

In the quilting world crumbs are little pieces of scraps sewn together to make blocks. Very random scrappy happy blocks. Similar to crazy quilt blocks, without all the fancy stitching. (If you throw out your scraps your crazy). They can be made into wonderful snuggling quilts.

My friend Pat @ Bell Creek Quilts showed a beautiful quilt top she quilted made from crumb blocks on her blog. However her crumbs where all blue and red. She made a Quilt of Valor quilt out of them. She also provided a link to a photo tutorial on how to make these crumb chaos blocks. Although I don't have a photo to share right now I knew I had to share the links with you. (A photo will come later). CRUMB CHAOS PHOTO TUTORIAL

Sewing Themed Greeting Cards

I hosted a group swap on Swap-Bot where you had to make 2 sewing themed greeting cards to send to your partner. I ended up having to make four. One of the participants wasn't happy with the quality of cards her partner sent her. So I sent her some too. The lace on two of the cards is from 1976. I bought a sewing kit at an estate sale last year. It was full of vintage sewing supplies. The paper measuring tape was part of the loot. I thought it would look great on some cards.

Faux Cathedral Window Quilt Block

My friend Jerrie sent me a link to watch a video on how to make faux cathedral windows. It looks very easy.

Quilt Sizes Chart

Here is a quilt sizes chart on how to determine what size to make your quilt for your bed.

The tuck refers to if you want enough quilt at the top to fold down and then up and over your pillow.

The chart is in PDF format.

How to Fix Sewing Machine Tension

I found this short article today and thought I would share it. I know all of us have tension problems at some point in time.

Sewing Machine Tension

Alabama Tote Bag

I made this tote bag for my friend Trish's sister. It is a big bag. There are 6 pockets inside. Great for going to the beach or grocery store. I use mine to take clean clothes or swimming clothes to the gym.

Fabric Coasters

I made these to give away as gifts using this free pattern.

My Quilting Buddies Mystery Quilt

This is the mystery quilt I designed for My Quilting Buddies. It turned out pretty nice. The flash washed out the color in this picture. I will have to take a new picture.

Here is the DOWN LOADABLE PDF with the instructions.

Wandering Ways Quilt

Put this quilt in the mail today. Hope Tina loves it. Here is the link to the free pattern.

Cuddle Teddy Baby Quilt

Finished this soft and cuddly beauty today.

Fabricmom's Give Away

Go over to Fabricmom and read about my 450th post give away and how you could win some awesome prizes.

Free Easy Baby Quilt Pattern

I just posted a free quilt pattern on my other site with down loadable instructions.

Go here to Fabricmom.

Easy Baby Quilt Pattern

I came across this pattern tonight and thought I would share it. It looks very easy.

Patchwork Jungle by Hoffman.

Easy English Paper Piecing Project

I haven't tried this method yet. Why? Because I don't sit down long enough to sew. Usually the only time I sit is when I eat, drive, sew, or compute. On the My Quilting Buddies group forum we are going to try some EPP. I goggled English paper piecing and found this cute project.

Hexagon Project

Tube Quilting Tutorial

Missouri Quilt Company has some great video tutorials. I watched this one tonight and thought I would share it with all of you. I think once I finish some UFO's I will have to make a table runner with this block.

Tube Quilting Tutorial

Calculating Quilt Measurments

Here is a great article on how to calculate material and such for quilts. I get asked by my friends a lot how much they would need to make a quilt top. Now I can refer them here. Thanks crazy mom quilts for doing all of the math for us.

Calculating Quilt Measurements

Tension Problems???

I read this very helpful article today about adjusting the tension on your sewing/quilting machines. Thought I would share it with all of you.

Tension Article

T-Shirt Group on Flickr

I started a T-Shirt Quilt group on Flickr. If you know anyone who might be interested in joining send them this link.
T-Shirt Quilt Group

2 T-Shirt Quilts Finished

I made these for customers.

Baby Memory Quilt

I made this memory quilt for a customer on Etsy. She sent me 5 inch squares from her son's baby clothes. It was so much fun creating this for her. She is giving it to her husband for Christmas. It is crib sized.

Fabric Travel High Chair

You have got to go over to Jill's blog and see this awesome fabric travel high chair that she made for her son. Don't you just love it when you see something and think....I can make that. Kudos to Jill for sharing this. Gotta make one for Andrew.

Fabric Travel High Chair

Hawthorne threads Giveaway

Hawthorne Threads is having an awesome give away.

1st prize is a Firenze Bag kit.
2nd and 3rd prize are very pretty fat quarter sets.

So who can resist that. head on over and tell them I sent you.

Canning Jar Pincushion

I saw this and just had to share it.

Go here for the TUTORIAL.

Jaybird Quilts Give away

100 posts is a wonderful reason to have a give away. And what a give away it is. She is giving away a ton of goodies....take a look and seeeeeeeee<-----------

Carin's Blogaversary Give away.

Carin has been blogging for 4 years and is having a very generous give away. Head over and check out her blog and of course the give away. Tell her I sent you.

follow this link<---------

Happy Sewing!!!

$4.50 Amy Butler Fabric

Amy Butler Fabric on Sale Here.

$1 Fat Quarters

Found this site that sells fat quarters for a dollar. How awesome is that. Will definitely have to order some of these.

The Most Amazing Quilt Shop

Easy Black and White Quilt Pattern

Go here for the free down loadable pattern. Easy Black and White Quilt Pattern

Playing around with photos on Gimp.

Paper Pine Cone Ornament Tutorial

Okay, I found this tonight. I am gonna make some of these. They are too cute. great for Christmas stocking stuffers or gifts to friends and family. I love giving away ornaments.

Paper Pine cone Ornament

Fabric Postcard Tutorial

I found this fabric postcard tutorial this morning and thought I would share it with everyone.
Have a great weekend.

Free Motion Quilting Blog

I found this site today with tutorials on free motion quilting.

Free Easy Baby Quilt Pattern

I just posted a free easy baby quilt pattern on Fabric Mom. Here is the link.

Warning Label Generator

Beware of Vicious Attack Quilter.
Go here to make yours.

Street Sign Generator

You can go here to make your own street sign.

Cupcake Container Tutorial

I am on a role today. Check out this adorable cupcake container. The top comes off and you can store stuff in it. Here is the link to the tutorial.

Perfect Box Pouch Tutorial

I came across this adorable little bag while blog hopping today and just had to share it with you. I am going to make some as Christmas presents filled with goodies.

Follow this link to the Tutorial.

New Quilting Forum

Our previous forum closed down. A new one was started last month. We have tons of fun swaps if anyone is interested. Come check us out. We would love to have you.

My Quilting Buddies

Give Away

I am having a 400th post give away on my other site. Come on over and see.

3D Pinwheel Tutorial

Sara @ Sara Rules Quilts made a beautiful mini quilt for the Quilting Gallery Spring Mini Quilt Swap. She had so much interest in the quilt that she posted a tutorial for fellow quilters.

Here is the link: 3D Pinwheel Tutorial

Grid Quilting

Crazy Mom put up a mini tutorial on grid quilting. I think soon I will give it a try.

Grid Quilting Tutorial

How to Make a Purse From a Book

A friend sent me this link. A lady we went to high school with posted this tutorial.

Book Purse

Neat Church Sign

No air conditioning or exits in Hell.

Sew Meow's Birthday Give Away

Sew meow is having a very generous give away on her blog. Her birthday is the 19th of July. She started with two pretty kitty fat quarters and is adding an item every day until she draws a name on the 19th. I hope I win.

Andrew is Walking

Andrew started taking off this week. Here is a video Tim shot with his phone.

VIDEO

Mid Ohio Quilter Give Away

Vicki is having a give away. Giving away four items. Yippee. I hope I win.
Mid Ohio Quilter Give Away

Marshall Dry Goods Quilt Fabric

Look at all these great fabrics for $2.99 a yard.

Sale Fabric

House Quilt Block Pattern

I found this cute pattern today.

House Quilt Block Pattern.

String X Quilt Swap

Has anyone ever tried to make the String X quilt from Bonnie? We are making blocks for a swap on Quilting Around the World. If you love scrappy blocks this one is for you. We are swapping 12 blocks and not the full block just the strip part. That way we can use our own background. If you are interested follow the link to QATW to check out the swap.

Lady Bug Pincushion Tutorial

Lady Bug Pincushion

Cool Quilting Resourses Site

Go check out this awesome site. http://onlinequilting.wordpress.com/

Faux Cathedral Windows Tutorial

This is so neat. I have to try it.

Faux Cathedral Windows Tutorial

Marshall Dry Goods Quilt Fabric

I just wanted to share one of my favorite places to buy fabric. Almost all of their prints are between $2.99 - $3.99. civil war, 1930's, Batik's, Thimbleberries. Who can beat that.

Marshall Dry Goods

Check Out Paper Back Swap

Inklingo Give away

Patchwork Cat Quilt Block Pattern

Who doesn't love cat blocks? Here is one I found and just had to share.
Patchwork Cat Quilt Block Pattern

Bricks and Cobblestones Quilt Pattern

I am sharing this pattern that I found today. It is a modern pattern and the color combinations are endless. This is a great pattern for beginner quilters.
Bricks and Cobblestones Quilt Pattern

Just Us Quilter's

I found this site today through my friend Jerrie. It has a list of quilting blogs. There are 264 so far. I can't wait to visit them all. I added the link over in my sidebar.

Bloggers Quilt Festival

1 Hour Purse Tutorial

This bag looks so easy to make. I have to share it with you.
1 Hour Purse Tutorial

Rolled Roses Tutorial

Here is a neat little rolled rose tutorial.

How to make a Fabric Flower

Here is a tutorial I came across today. This would be great to jazz up a little girls head band or put one on a bobby pin.
How to make a Fabric Flower.

Jean's String Piecing Tutorial

Jean has put up a tutorial on her site on how to make string pieced blocks on a foundation. Very easy and great pictures. What a great way to use up scraps.

String Piecing tutorial

Frugal Quilt Patterns

I came across this list today and thought I would share it. This is great for using up all of those scraps.
Frugal Quilt Patterns

Here is my frugal quilting tip. I always check the 50 cent racks at the thrift stores for denim and flannel. I have gotten tons of denim jumpers this way.

Wonky Butterfly Tutorial

I came across this a few minutes ago. It looks so easy. What a great way to make butterflies.
Wonky Butterfly Tutorial

Birthday Give Away

Ginny is having a birthday on the 28th. in honor of it she is giving away a beautiful purse that she has made. You get to chose the one you want. How cool is that.
So head on over and enter away.

Bags n Rags

How to make a Quillow

I found these instructions on how to make a quillow. These are great for gifts. Especially for people in the nursing home. If you make one let me know. I would love to see a picture.

Quilting Around the World

I have belonged to this fabulous quilt group for a few years now. I joined when I first started making quilts. I have met some wonderful ladies who live all over the world. There are sew and no sew swaps. A trading post to swap items you no longer need or want. There is also a games forum. If you are interested you can follow the link below to go check it out. Right now there is a poll going on for new swaps.
Quilting Around the World

Cutter Quilts

I came across this cool article this morning about cutter quilts. Do you have any quilts that are falling apart and don't know what to do with it? Read this article for some great ideas.

Butterfly Mobile

I found this site today while I was hopping around from site to site.

This mobile is awesome. Great for any girls room.
Butterfly Mobile!

Cool Elbow Patches

Check out this tutorial on making patches for long sleeve shirts when the elbows wear out.

Pincushion Give Away

Go to this site for a chance to win a pincushion. A winner will be drawn on March 15th.