It's Been Awhile

I had a very busy summer teaching summer enrichment, hosting my parents and then gearing back up for school again. My summer didn't go without sewing. So now that October is just around the corner, I would like to share my summer creations!

This quilt is from a quilt block exachange with the guild. It is a Korean memory quilt. my block is the paper pieced girl wearing a Hanbok. A hanbok is traditional Korean dress.


This pillow was made for a friend that had a baby. There were a lot of new babies this summer!


Oasis quilt. The fabrics in this quilt are all Amy Butler. The only exception is the boarder and the super soft minky backing. I really love how all the colors came together in this quilt. I've already snuggled with it many times.


This scene was from when my parents came to visit. My mom was in love with all the sewing materials I can find in Korea. It was fun to have some sewing time with my mum.


This is my Wonky-O-Ween quilt. I wanted to try making wonky blocks, so I created this quilt with Riley Blake's Boo to You line. The fabrics are so cute.



The backing is a deep orange minky. I quilted it on the long arm using a complicated Halloween design. I love how it turned out.



Baby set for a Soldier's new baby.


Fancy schmancy burp cloths made as a gift.




Baby Quilt made for a friend's baby's first birthday.


Minky backing is so soft!


The quilt in its custom pillow case ready for the party.

Mom's Birthday

I am finally finding time to post the bag that I made for my Mom's birthday. Her Birthday was last week and I'm happy to report that it was completed, mailed around the world and arrived in her possession before her Birthday! The arrival was actually quite perfect...it arrived on the 30th day of my brother's deployment, so I had already added his combat patch to the bag...so it was official that it could be worn.


Front


Zippered Top


Inside the Bag


Side of bag with combat patch.

I have also been working on some decorative pillow cases for a friend. I don't think she checks my blog so I will post a pic of the pillow cases for her daughters. If you know her...please don't tell. :-) These two projects REALLY makes me anxious for an upgraded embroidery machine!!

Tribute to a 37 Year Career

I was hired to make a bag for the USFK Commander's wife as a retirement gift from an organization. Whenever I make bags for people I don't know that well, I'm always a littler nervous. I try to make bags reflect the personality of the person and really cater to the things they will use the bag for. Usually this comes down to the interior and location of pockets and patches. For this bag, I laid out the patches for each of his commands. Through reading his biography, I was able to get the patches in order. Here is the back of the bag:



The front of the bag was made in my normal style:


In the military, spouses don't have rank, but spouses definitely contribute to the earning of each rank. There aren't many 4 Star Generals in the military, so I thought it was important to include the rank in this bag. I didn't want the rank on the outside because I felt the receiver of this bag isn't an outside carrier of rank. I decided to place the rank on the inside, directly across from where it would be if it had been on the outside. I thought this was more symbolic to the way that spouses carry the career of their spouse on the inside, close to their hearts.



It was a privilege to create this bag, as it is with all the bags I create. Right now there is another bag in the works for a very special military lady...more to come on that soon.

Fancy Schmancy Receiving Blankets

My future sister-in-law's sister had a baby, so I really wanted to make some personalized things for her. It is fun making stuff for children because there are so many things that you can make. I added some personal touches to these small receiving blankets. Now, I can get them out in the mail!

My First Attempt

I finished my first disappearing nine patch quilt...finally. I had the top done for awhile, but didn't really feel like putting the backing together to get ready for quilting. Now that it is done, I'm very proud of it. This is the largest quilt I have made. It measures 84" x 81". It has soft minky backing, which makes this quilt very heavy and very warm.


(My husband was gracious enough to hold this heavy beaut up while having to stand on the ottoman.)

(The warm soft minky back)

(Rolled up all nice and yummy.)

I'm happy with the results of this project, but this quilt is in need of a name. Any ideas out there?

I am also excited to get working on new projects now that this one is done!

Hoppy Easter

I took on two Easter baskets this week. I hope they will bring Easter joy to the two young boys they are going to. I just love when things can be personalized.



Projects like this make me more and more eager to get the "Mega" embroidery machine. Donations are being accepted. :-)

Orders Complete!

I have been busy with orders, personal sewing and traveling during Spring Break. In my last post I mentioned the next bag would be a little 'wild'. Well, here it is:

Outside:


Inside:


The lovely owner of this bag wanted tiger fabric because her husband is taking command of a Tiger Battalion. It always amazes me how ACU goes with practically everything!

Here are two other orders I was working on:


I'm proud to say that all of these bags have been shipped and are on their way. I am enjoying creating bags again. I think I will have a busy summer!

Here is a project that I have been working on for awhile. It is a very girlie quilt. I was able to get it quilted on the long arm, so now it just needs binding around the outside.

Quilting:


All quilted:


I think I will work on some smaller projects for a little while as well as getting back to some 'works in progress'.