Last minute baskets!

We are on our second set of kids.  The first two boys are grown and gone, one married to the most wonderful woman in the world and has two of the cutest boys in existence and the other is a meteorologist serving in the U.S. Air Force.  We have done the bunny thing over the years A LOT so I kinda get lazy and wait until the last minute to drag my happy self out to do the Bunny shopping.  And things have changed over the years. There is just so much to choose from and I honestly get a bit over whelmed by ALL of the STUFF to buy.  When the boys were little, I would buy some sort of reusable container that they could then store cars, crayons or LEGO in, new play dough, a few candies an airplane and some new crayons.  I am all about the simple when it comes to Easter. But at Target everything was BIG and honestly none of it looked worth the prices they were asking, with the exception of the Cadbury Eggs.

I came home with the few basket stuffings but no baskets...sigh...

Y'all know I have been loving Pinterest lately!  I think it is possibly the finest collection of  all the stuff I  want to do in one place!  So, I did a search for fabric Easter Baskets and TA DA...this great tutorial on Sew Lux showed up!!!!  It is easy and quick.  If you do not have a basket today...make one NOW!

Katy's basket has Tula Pink The Birds and the Bees ladybugs, Dear Stella Play Date dots and Denyse Schmidt Katie Jump Rope ( I LOVE THE BAG) and Adam chose some very bold dots and stripes from the Riley Blake Pieces of Hope collection.  I used my favorite Pellon CraftFuse and 50/50 cotton soy batting.  I love my Aurifil 40wt, perfect colors and sews like a dream!

My Christmas Hippie Chic Bus Pillow!!!!

I am happily in LOVE with my new Christmas pillow!!! I used the free pattern from Tula Pink to make this scrappy fun addition to my holiday decor!!!!!

I also learned something NEW!!!! One of the things I love most about learning to sew is trying new ideas. I realized that you can print on Pellon Wonder Under!!!!! It works just like freezer paper and now I do not have to trace ANYTHING!!!!! This a a bonus for me since I cannot draw a straight line with a ruler ;o)


Cut your Wonder Under the size of your paper

On my printer I put the bumpy side up

Prints out PERFECTLY!!!!!

Then you have your perfect little shapes and NO Tracing!!!! My friend Lisa at That Crazy Quilty Girl says do not do it on a laser printer...something about a HOT MESS!!!!!

When I had all the pieces ironed on , I outlined with Aurifil 28wt in black.  To make it look more like snow I used Aurifil 40wt 2311 and a little bit of fmq and I think I found the effect I was looking to achieve!

Not perfect quilting but I am happy I had a practice run on this before starting a larger project.

Adam helped me do the BIG Swirls on the back, poor guy was so sick and REALLY wanted to help so he sat on my lap and we quilted :o) I am a very lucky mama!!!

This makes me SMILE!!!!!

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Finish It Up Friday

Sewing for something!!!!

I am SO EXCITED to be going to Market!!!!  I had to do some sewing just for the occasion and found the perfect project...travel bags!!!!!  If you have not seen this tutorial from Noodlehead go see it...I may be the last person on the planet that has not made one of her little bags so off I went to get the tutorial, which can be found here.  I was thrilled to be able to use my two Alexander Henry fabrics that I love and never want to use for anything!  The smallest pouch is Dear Stella and who does not ADORE dots!!!!!

The inside of the bags...notice the center bag has a zip pull that is different?  I LOST the fist one by not paying attention while unzipping after trimming and so I took the pull of one and attached it, I will think of it as my Frankenbag forever more!

I also made a scarf!!!!!  Laura Gunn inspired me to find my inner scarf self, put on my big girl panties and JUST DO IT!  So I did, I made a wonderful Anna Maria Horner voile Good Folks scarf that feels like butter!!!! I think I can get used to this scarf stuff...and it makes me look like a star...kinda like in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!!!!!

Now, I need to find a tutorial for a little sewing case for the plane..any suggestions?