My sweet mama decided to sew a few quilts and donate the proceeds to her church’s “special missions”, which is for church start-up support overseas. And since my brother {a pastor}, his expectant wife, and my sweet nephew are heading over to the Philippines to start up a new church this summer, it’s extra sweet [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Hawaiian Flavor {Quilted by Mama}
Posted in Online Fabric Shop, Quilting, tagged Aloha Shirt Quilt, Fish Quilt, Golf Quilt, Hawaiian Quilt, Quilts for Charity on January 25, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Bags & Fabric {WIP}
Posted in Online Fabric Shop, Scrap Projects, Tutorials, tagged Messenger Bag Tutorial, Scrap Attack, The Bag Making Bible on January 18, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been having the worst cravings for stitching up bags. I means seriously, I dreamt about it one night. That’s disturbing right? Well, as I was buying my spring textbooks on amazon, I found a great deal on Lisa Lam’s The Bag Making Bible. Oh yes, I did! I bought that sucker in a flash [...]
Messenger Bag Tutorial
Posted in Family, Tutorials, tagged Messenger Bag Tutorial on January 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
My step daughter, Carmen, has been waiting and waiting for her messenger bag. We ended up having some girl time {yes, no boys…yay!} on Saturday, so I/we whipped up a new bag for school. I spent a little time reviewing online tutorials and found some cute stuff {links at the end}. I didn’t follow any [...]
Fabric Labels
Posted in Online Fabric Shop, Random Projects, tagged "Fabric Labels" "JennifersJewels" on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My new satin fabric labels are here, yay! I was SO OVER my green grass theme. This time, I decided to veer away from my grown-up gender neutral-ness and have some fun. Well, a little anyway. I decided to pitch the grass and add in a boy & girl theme. At some point I should [...]
{Scrappy} Mod Mosaic Block
Posted in do. Good Stitches, Family, quilt squares, Quilting, Scrap Projects, Tutorials, tagged Mod Mosaic Quilt Blocks on January 11, 2012 | 15 Comments »
In spending quite some time pondering ideas for a new quilt for our living room, I think I have the golden ticket! My hubby built me a really nice shelf/quilt hanger and I’ve just been using quilts I have at home for display. None of them are quite right and I’ve known a new project [...]



