Teresa's Quilt Stash

First Attempt at a Bible Cover

2011-12-19T02:57:00.003-06:00

A friend asked if I could make a quilted cover for her bible. So this is what I came up with.

Twilla My friend picked the fabrics, and like me and others she is very fond of PURPLE.
I even added 3 extra ribbons for book marking.

Teresa

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T23:56:00.005-06:00

GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!

Bridesmaid Gifts

2011-08-20T13:52:00.005-05:00

OK, So my youngest son Kyle is getting married to his fiance Arielle. I made 10 make-up bags for the bridesmaids and the guest book girls. I think they turned out pretty good considering I have never put in a zipper before. Ya I know some of the zippers open right to left and instead of left to right, oh well at least they work. LOL

Doing this gave me a chance to try out my embroidery machine which worked like a dream. The biggest problem was figuring out which font to use. My friends Quinnie and Marty helped me finish them up one afternoon. Thanks for help friends.

Now I just need to make me one.

My friend Angi at Sew Loquacious has been making a lot of neat bags with pic on them.

Hoping everything for the wedding goes smoothly.

Teresa

Arwen 2nd B'DAY

2011-07-10T12:31:00.005-05:00

Been getting in some swim time at our pool this summer. Arwen my GD is getting ready to jump in the pool and
YEAH! Daddy caught her.

Arwen really enjoyed herself on her Special Day. At the age of 2 you know what to do with all those gifts.
Perfect picture timing Me-maw, taking that bite of cake.

TaTa for now,
Teresa

GETTING A NEW TOY TODAY!!!!

2011-03-24T11:45:00.003-05:00

I am so excited, today I go pick up my new Janome 350E machine. They are going to teach me how to use it today, also I ordered the software digitizer to use with it but it is not in yet.

Expect to see some pics of my embroidery creations soon!

TERESA

KEEPING BUSY :)

2011-03-16T12:38:00.007-05:00

Oh, I just LUV chenille. I made this chenille scarf for my sons fiance. You have to fold your 3 yard piece of home spun fabric a certain way and then cut all your strips on the bias.

I taught a bunch of ladies in my quilt group at the rec center how to make this.

Next up is my mystery quilt block made from my fabric at the lock-in we just did last sat.
Most everyone does not get the quilt done but you get a good start on it.

Then around 8:30 pm that night Theresa and Sharon (the ladies who design the patterns & put this fun activity together) show you what your quilt pattern will look like. I chose to make the throw size (this brown quilt is the throw size) but, you could make the queen or a king size.

I think the one Theresa made is a queen size (quilt pic below). Oh yeah, and you had the choice to do the dark version or the light version. I chose the dark version like the brown quilt and Theresa's is the light version.
TERESA

MYSTERY QUILT

2011-03-04T22:59:00.004-06:00

Saturday March 12 is the day for my Mystery Quilt Lock-In. Got my fabric, hope I made the right choices. About 55-60 quilting ladies will be sewing and munching our buns off. My motto is the faster you sew the more calories you'll burn. LOL. This fun will go from 10 am to 10 pm Saturday.

TERESA

MY NEWEST PROJECT

2011-02-19T11:47:00.006-06:00

This what I have been working on. I had this Eeyore fleece and didn't want to do a double layered tied blanket so looking on the good ole' internet I came across a You Tube video on crocheting edge of fleece with yarn. You have to have a special rotary cutter blade to make the tiny hole for you to crochet in. (Skip Stitch Blade) You crochet your foundation row with single crochets
And then I did a shell pattern for my second row. It really looks good. I used a J hook for the foundation row and a H hook for the shells.
I have a couple more pieces of fleece I will be doing this too. You should try this it is very easy.

Teresa :)

Snowman

2010-11-01T10:53:00.005-05:00

I designed up a paper pieced snowman. He is so cute, so I made him into a pillow. Put some bally fringe around the edges (That was the first time trying that, but I think it came out ok) and added some square buttons for the coal eyes and small buttons for the mouth. I appliqued the carrot nose on. I really like the ornament fabric.
I have a fall table runner I have designed for applique. Still working on the quilting on that , so I will show a pic soon. My goal is too hopefully sell my designs as patterns.

Sure is cold here in Kansas. We have the weirdest weather goes from 70's to 50's, BRRRR!

TERESA

Warm Wishes Quilt Pattern

2010-08-08T12:18:00.004-05:00

I have been working on this super easy quilt pattern that is called "Warm Wishes". It makes a fast donation quilt. My quilt guild showed a demo on this recently at one of our meetings.
I was so eager to make one I went to Joann's Fabrics that week & picked up some fabric to do one. My plan is to give this to my MIL. In this pic to the left my blocks are sewn together in rows but my rows are not sewn together yet.

Just love the fabric in this. You can find the pattern at www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5215

There is a pattern in baby size and one with twin and full size, but you can make this any size you want.

I hope you try this easy, super fast pattern.

I will be making one for our guild for donation.

I am sure I didn't have to go buy fabric for this project but oh well. If you look in my sewing room you can see I have tons of fabric. I am lucky my hubby never says anything about my supply. LOLOLOL

Until next time,
Teresa

Arwen's 1st Birthday

2010-07-22T15:25:00.003-05:00

Just posting some pic's of Arwen my grand daughters 1st Birthday. Who needs a fork?

In this last pic I think maybe she was feeling a little sick or pondering on the idea "I can't believe
I ate the whole thing." Soon after this pic it was a trip to the bath tub.

TERESA

GROCERY CART COVER

2010-05-06T09:52:00.004-05:00

I sure know it has been along time since I've have posted something.

Well here are some pics of the grocery cart cover I made for my grand baby Arwen (a.k.a. Sweet Pea) so she won't hopefully get any of those germs on the shopping carts.

I used the Mc'Calls Craft pattern #5721. In stead of the pocket on the front I made 2 loops to hook on toys with those rings. She has a Winnie the Pooh book and a little critter hook on the loops.The fabric I used was Care Bears I found at Walmart.
She seems to enjoy it, at least she gets more padding for her little tushy.

Now working on my next project- a purse with grommets. So stay tuned for that one.

TERESA

Bee it ever so Humble

2010-02-16T12:47:00.006-06:00

Hello Everyone!!!!

I have took some time and worked on my bee wall hanging. I like to do machine applique as long as it is simple. I had also won $10.00 from my quilt guild when we had our UFO drawing. I had gotten 3 of my UFO's done that I had on my list so, my name was in the drawing 3 times. I am so happy.My little sweet pea is 8 months old now. I just love this pic.

Here are my 3 grand daughters with their valentines gifts from me. No candy this year.
Oh! Come on grandma where's the chocolate?

Teresa

Mystery Quilt 2006

2010-01-24T12:34:00.005-06:00

I never posted my pics of the mystery quilt I made. It is called Mystical Twist. This was the mystery quilt for 2006, I just finished it in 2009.
We are getting ready to go to another one on March 20, 2010. They are a real fun time with lots of sewing, eating and meeting other ladies with your same interest.

The mystery quilt starts at 10:00 am and goes until 10:00 pm. You don't know what the quilt will look like until 9:00pm that night. All thru the day you get steps of the construction.
I really like my colors in this one. I have been going to these since 2005 (i think) so that means I need to finish 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

TERESA

Pincushion Patterns Galore!

2010-01-16T14:43:00.003-06:00

I have just spent 1 hour on Tipnut.com checking out the 60 pin cushions patterns. Go to the link and Click on the Flower Petal Pincushion Pattern, and then on Big list of pincushion patterns found here.
I have found a few I am going to try. Check these out.

TERESA

Project Finished

2010-01-09T12:07:00.005-06:00

Here are the finished placemats, that was a Christmas present to my mom. I am really loving the purple. I keep forgetting to post the pic of this finished project.

They are reversible. So when you dirty one side just flip' em over. I will try to take a pic when she has them on the table. I used fusible fleece for these instead of batting which I think turned out much better. Oh yeah, and the curved corners were much easier to do when I turned it inside out.

Happy New Year,
TERESA

CHRISMAS COOKIES - YUMMMO!

2009-12-20T21:09:00.005-06:00

These are so tasty.

One of the Christmas traditions that we do every year is decorating Christmas cutout cookies.
This year there was 12 of us. Seems like every few years my family expands. (I like that) My best friend and her two grown daughters come to and maybe a boyfriend or two.

These are just some of the cookies me and my husband did. What ever cookie you decorate you can take it home with you. The older kids get pretty creative. Sorry I did not get pics of those.

Well these have to go the freezer until we need them for Christmas. Bye bye cookies, for now.
Oh yah! I cut out 145 cookies.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!,
TERESA

Christmas Project

2009-11-29T19:46:00.005-06:00

For Christmas this year I am making my mother some place mats for her dining room table. As I have been cleaning her house I noticed that she has a pair of beaded candle rings that are purple and crystal beads with some pearls. So that was the inspiration for the purple color in the place mats.
I am making the mats 14 x 19 inches finished. I will also use fusible fleece in between the layers. I have never used the fleece before so I hope it is easy to work with.

On the back I think I will use the pansy fabric, so they can be reversible. I have also been contemplating about making the corners curved.
Such decisions.

Does anyone reading my blog
think that the curved corners would be a
good idea instead of the pointed corners?
I am making 6 mats and possible a runner too.

Let me know,
TERESA

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

2009-11-24T00:02:00.004-06:00

I want to wish everyone a happy, wonderful and family filled Thanksgiving. I have been getting my house prepared for all the guests that will be feasting on turkey and all the trimmings and then some. It seems that around this time of year I start craving pumpkin pie and stuffing and candied sweet potatoes. OH, I can smell it now.

Arwen is going to have her first taste of real mashed potatoes. YUMMM! YUMMM!

TERESA :)

GETTING SOME THINGS DONE :)

2009-11-05T12:46:00.009-06:00

I have been making rag quilts without putting the batting in them. To me it is much easier. This one is for my grand baby Arwen Starr. The blanket seems to be the right weight to keep you warm. I will soon make me one. Our Guild is getting ready to give away our Compassion Quilts. Everyone seems to help out with this task. I put binding on 2 of the quilts for donation. This is one I put the binding on. I know I haven't been blogging very much lately, my life is quite busy right now and crazy. I am enjoying the leaves now for the fall. I am really glad we got back our one hour they keep taking away from us in the spring. Is it really necessary?

I am right now working at Joann's Fabric and Craft Store as a fabric cutter. I was hired for seasonal help. This job should help out with the Christmas holidays since the family keeps getting bigger. We sure don't want the stockings to be bare.
This was great timing to take a pic of Arwen. She just happen to spit up as the camera flashed. Gross Arwen!

Here is the little sweet pea under her new rag quilt.
SHHH!

Teresa

SEWING ROOM

2009-08-24T12:28:00.013-05:00

Okay, here is the pics finally of my new sewing room.
This "therapy in session" sign is hanging on my
door to the sewing room. My hubby got it for me. He had my neighbor Mary make it as a surprise for my birthday. Mary is in my guild. I really like the bright colors in it.

Here are the curtains I made. I only have one window.
I found some cute flowery ribbon stuff that make good tie backs for the curtains.

It matches great.

I seem to have a lot of fabric or maybe not enough.

my cutting table.

Can you see my pink Scooby?

This door caddy is a shoe rack.
It makes a great place to house more sewing stuff. I have one in my bathroom closest for shampoos, soap razors etc.

I also have room for someone to come and sit and visit on this old stool that needs to be repainted. Well I hope you enjoyed the tour.
I am enjoying my new room.

Teresa

ARWEN, MY LITTLE SWEET PEA!

2009-08-07T16:19:00.002-05:00

Yes this is a new pic of my grand baby. Took a few pics on the quilt I made for her in her pretty polk-a-dot dress. The little sweet pea is almost 8 weeks now.

I know there has not been much quilting stuff on my blog lately, I guess Arwen is in my spotlight now. Better put some side blinders on me like they do the horses so I can stay focused. I just LOVE her.

Keep on quiltin',
TERESA

Transitioning

2009-07-05T19:54:00.003-05:00

For the past week I have been painting my old sewing room that used to be my youngest son Kyle's room. (yes, I am a slow painter) He moved back home last July so, I gave him his old room back and moved my sewing room into our sun room. We put all the wicker furniture into the barn for safe keeping. That room is a lot bigger which was nice. Then in Nov. last year he moved out again. (oh the parents revolving door) But now my family seems to be getting so much bigger now with grand baby, grand dogs, grand kitty, girl friends that we need more space for seating when we are all together which seems a lot lately, so I have decided to move back into my sons small room.

My oldest son and his girlfriend moved out the first of May. They wanted to get their own place before the new baby came. So guess what, me and my hubby were empty nesters for a whole month. Yeah you guessed it my youngest son and his girl friend moved back in. I said "your old room is now mine so you will have to move into your brothers old room". Since their move was a fast one we painted that room in 1 day.

I sure have accumulated more fabric. Oh well! I think I will get more sewing done since I can lock people out. hahaha In the sunroom everyone could find me.
Hopefully some pics of new room soon. Got to make my curtains. OH YEAH ! a pic of Arwen.

TERESA

ARWEN

2009-06-17T11:32:00.004-05:00

Here are a few new pics of Arwen. How fast they change in just a week.

Such a little SWEET PEA.

Can you tell I'm not getting much sewing done lately?

Until next time,
Teresa

FINALLY ARWEN IS HERE :D

2009-06-11T10:23:00.005-05:00

Our new grandbaby girl is finally here. Arwen Starr was born June 8th, 2009 at 8:25pm.
The little cutie was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 18 1/2" long. She is doing great just has a little jondace and having to be tested a lot for that.
Me & Jeff just thinks she's a doll. It's nice to have our family growing.
It time to get my hair dye out and cover those grays so I look like a very young grandma. HAHAHAHA...

I'M SO HAPPY! :)

TERESA

I"M STILL AROUND

2009-05-25T11:31:00.003-05:00

Yeah, I know I haven't been posting much these days, I guess my gardening and a lot of life is happening right now. Which is good for the most part at least you know you won't be bored. hahahah!!!!!
We are leaving today on another camping trip for a week. We still don't have our new grandbaby born yet. It will probably happen while we are camping. Only 1 hour & 20 min. from the city so, it won't take long to drive back for the new delivery. COME ON ARWEN!!!!!!!!

Plan on doing some sewing while camping. Going to work on my mystery quilt. So, should have some pics soon.

TERESA

CAMPING

2009-05-06T10:38:00.006-05:00

It is always good to get away but it is also good to get back home. We all had fun on our RV camping trip. Lots of fish were caught and released on this trip. My hubby caught a good size cat fish. Good catch honey!

We also celebrated our granddaughters b'day. Samara turned 4. She was so happy to receive presents and her Thomas cake. We are lucky that Arwen has not made her entrance to the world yet. Still have a few more weeks for that event.

Happy Birthday Samara!!!!! :-)

Happy quiltin' everyone,
Teresa

MY OTHER CRAFT

2009-04-22T15:05:00.004-05:00

Since about 1990 I started to do ceramics at the rec. center. That was a outlet for me to go talk to adults and not just listening to my children. My hubby would watch the kids and I would practically run out the door to escape. They had good quality time with their dad and had time to get my sanity back. Here is a pic of the latest things I have painted. I enjoy doing outdoors items. You can have only so many nic-nacks in your house that you don't want to dust. This way I let the outside rain do the cleaning. Even though my kids are all grown I still enjoy doing this art.

We are getting ready to go camping this sunday, I just love the outdoors.

TERESA

Baby Shower.

2009-04-19T10:16:00.010-05:00

Well the baby shower went great with no problems. We had a lot of people show up, I actually ran out of chairs. The food and cake was delicious. The cake was decorated very cute with a family of ducks on top. The cake says "Welcome Baby Arwen". Their were lots of pink gift bags with more pink attire in them. (i have never seen much pink)

Now that the shower is over I can concentrate on my mystery quilt lock-in. I need to get all my fabric cut and do the pre-sewing before April 25. Then we will be leaving for camping on the 26th for the week. I am excited about that, I enjoy getting away from the house and enjoying the fresh air.

Teresa

BABY QUILT FINISHED

2009-04-15T17:48:00.004-05:00

Here is the baby quilt finished with the binding on, finally. When my grand baby is born I will make the quilt label and attach it. Good thing I have it done cause the baby shower is this Saturday. It sounds like a lot of people will be able to make it to the shower. I hope I can pack them in like sardines.(hahaha)
April has been a very busy month for me, so I haven't been able to post like I would have liked too.
Well now you know I am still hanging around this world still.
Hope to blog soon,
Teresa

Where's Spring?

2009-03-28T12:33:00.002-05:00

What a rainy, icy not so spring day. I thought it was Spring. But I do live in Kansas. It is too bad the weather is so crazy with the ice. I hope it does not ruin all the little buds of the new growth that is coming up. Especially my Clematis's that seems to do being great until today.
I have received back the baby quilt I have been doing for my grand baby that will be here soon. I just love my pro long arm quilter that I usually use, she is so talented.(thanks Theresa :D) I am going to square it up this weekend and sew on the binding, since there will be no yard work this weekend. (due to weather) Well I need to go tend to the laundry and get started squaring.

Happy Quilting, Teresa

Baby Quilt Continues.......

2009-03-15T19:52:00.005-05:00

Here is the quilt top I have made for my new grand baby that will be arriving soon. Pinks and blacks are the colors used and for some reason when I sketched up the design, hearts is what I could see putting in the design. There is also a pic of the quilt back fabric which is these cutie little ducks.
So it has been sent off to the professional machine quilter for her to do her magic on the quilt. Hopefully I will have it done for the baby shower on April 18th. Me and my hubby are so excited on the new arrival and our family getting larger.

Teresa

GOBBLE GOBBLE

2009-03-14T21:46:00.002-05:00

I finished up the tea towel with an appliqued turkey on it that I did at the sewing expo in 2008.
The easy part is applying the fabric pieces it's the button hole stitch around all the pieces that seem to take more time to do. I machine button holed stitched around it. It probably would have taken me much longer if I did it by hand. I should not complain cause I think it looks pretty good for a beginner. Well I'm going to go watch a movie with the hubby now. I'll chat soon.

TERESA

Moving right along...........

2009-03-07T10:19:00.004-06:00

It is such a nice day today even though the weather man said it was going to rain and we have no rain yet.
I have been busy working on the baby quilt, I am making some head way on it.
Here is a pic of my gk's they are so sweet. They are both wanting to see their new baby sister, which is not here yet until June 9th. They don't understand it is a time process. They say "get her out of your tummy, we want to see her." I JUST LOVE 'EM.......
So I am going to work on the baby quilt today for a while then we are going to a friends house tonight for movie night. I can't wait for spring.
TERESA

I'm going to be a grandma

2009-03-02T11:29:00.005-06:00

Well I am going to be a grandma, so I get to make a baby quilt. I decided to make the quilt using black and pink fabrics, the mommy really likes those colors and me too. Here are the fabrics I am putting in the quilt. I have designed a pattern on my graph paper. It is nothing fancy but I think will work great. Hopefully it won't take me too long to construct this quilt top and get it off to the machine quilter. Well this post will be continued later when I get further along on this quilt .

Teresa

HELP, My blankets on fire!

2009-02-22T08:52:00.003-06:00

I finally finished the quilt for my oldest son Jon. For a few years now I have been collecting flame fabrics. I had decided to use the "Turning Twenty" pattern. I have named it "HELP! My blankets on fire." I think it has turned out pretty neat. Here is a pic of it.... You can't say its not bright enough. Now to move on to the next project.

Teresa

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

2009-02-14T12:19:00.003-06:00

Well it has been a long time since I blogged.

Today I am wishing everyone a special day and also today I am going to Cabela's with my hubby (how romantic...hahaha). I am sure he will be wooooing me in the fishing dept. I finally just got over the flu and ready to get back to the world.

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY

Teresa

Sea Turtles are Coming!

2009-01-28T11:37:00.003-06:00

I finally made something that was not so gigantic in
quilting. I guess you can say this is my first of few finished wall hangings. It is made with Batiks, which I just love. Even added some crystals on this "piece of art" for air bubbles. It is a raw edge applique, I used invisible thread on top and tan thread in the bobbin . I think I will give this to my friend Darla. She likes to scuba dive and also likes sea turtles, I hope she will like it.

Well I better go have some lunch and try to finish up the
down stairs bathroom with the painting.

TERESA

My African Violet

2009-01-26T11:29:00.003-06:00

My husband got me this African violet plant from a couple that grow these very well and have won many champion ribbons for them. They had showed him how to water it with a piece of yarn coiled in the bottom of the flower pot with a tail hanging out of one of the bottom holes which then the yarn goes in to a bowl with a lid with a hole in it. It waters it's self which is just great.

Here is a pic of it .

My luck in growing these flowers before were always short lived. Hopefully not anymore.

I have been painting our downstairs bathroom which has not ever had any thing done to it since we have lived in our house since 1987. It had wallpaper that I stripped, and is being replaced with paint. We had put in new flooring, toilet, sink w/cabinet and shower knobs and head. It sure looks more updated now. Well I need to get back started on the bathroom again.

Teresa

Secret sister night

2009-01-22T23:15:00.000-06:00

Tonight at guild we revealed our secret sisters I could not believe that my ss was Jo Ellen who I sit with at guild meetings. I guess that shows that she can keep a secret. We are going to draw for new ss's in Feb.
I did win a door prize which was some fabric and a heart pattern. Well hopefully I can get this page looking like I want it to look. I am working on some pics now for the site.

TTFN

My first blog.....

2009-01-22T10:49:00.000-06:00

I am finally starting to blog. I like to read other quilt bloggers in my spare time which is usually late at night. Now I can share some of my thoughts and quilt projects.