Friday, May 29, 2015

Travel pillows



Happy last day of school yesterday!
Sick kids again, and yesterday was the last day of school is the only day S. made it to school. At least kindergarten finished last week, so J. didn't need to miss school. Antibiotics have been started!

We are planning on a family trip this summer, and the kids still fall asleep on long car rides. Therefore, I decided to make neck pillows for all three of them!


My 5-yr-old requested a plain u-shaped pillow "like the pillow you used to feed the baby!"  So I used the same patterns, but omitted the animal-shaping details to ale them smooth u-shapes. J. and the oldest got pilloes in the same fleeces as the ponchos I made them. Lovely use of scraps, if I do say so myself.

The baby got the bunny shape...only because I thought he would probably chew on the ears and tail. He is still teething! And this will be his first road trip.

The pattern is called "Travel Nappers" by www.sewbaby.com. I think I found the pattern at Annie's Catalog.

Wish us happy driving!

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Mother's Day

Ok, so I'm a week late to wish all of you a happy Mother's Day!

My Mother's Day involved attending HMQS, and running to my local Bernina on Monday.


At HMQS, I bought this gorgeous panel "Home of the Free" by Stonehenge for Northcott. The Patriotic girl in me just couldn't resist! Second, I found the Missouri Star Quilt Company booth, and bought two of the Binding Tool (2" width and 2 1/2" width), and the Binding Tool Star pattern. So drool-worthy a pattern, and a nifty little tool! Jenny Doan's co-workers were so funny and knowledgeable about using the tools, and good salespeople! She nearly convinced me to buy the set of all three Binding Tools, but I just didn't have enough cash!

I was saving some to get the presser foot that I wanted! So Monday, with my mailing coupon and cash in hand, I headed to my Bernina store, Dave's Bernina in Provo, Utah, and found the foot I wanted! They almost always have in stock what I want, and they continue to have feet and parts for my little Bernina, even if it's 18 years old!

It's the #71 foot, the 8 mm flat-fell foot. I read a great tutorial on a blog about using the foot to make even, pretty machine-binding in quilts, and I've really wanted to try it.

Now I just need to get some quilt tops quilted so I can try it out. :-)


Ok, ok, I can't finish this post without mentioning my sweet little guys in school. They made adorable Mother's Day gifts in their classes, and they were so excited to wait until Sunday to give them to me. My son with autism has never been this excited before! He had 3 different cards he'd made, a silly photo of himself at school framed in a decorated paper frame, and all wrapped in homemade wrapping paper at school. So adorable!

J.'s gift was great, too. I just love his teacher! I got a flower keychain fob, cards, a fluffy purple flower on a pen (my favorite color) and a cute "about my mom" page filled out with my favorite things, all wrapped in J.-decorated wrapping paper. I just had to laugh with some of his answers on the page.


I love my boys!

Saturday, May 9, 2015

HMQS

Had a great day at HMQS--Home machine Quilting Show.















This seems to be a cross between a dahlia and a Dresden.







I love the deep purple background on the HST diamonds quilt!










Woo! Elephant Parade

The top is nearly finished for my version of Sew Fresh Quilts' #ElephantParadeQAL !


I literally ran out of blue background, so I will need to purchase just a bit more to finish the sashing/border. Or maybe a cute elephant print for the border and backing. Guess I will need to go hunting!

I'm off the HMQS (Home Machine Quilting Show) in the morning with my best friend! We make it bestie bonding time and admire the art. She just laughs when I go crazy over fabric and machines and cool new tools.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

ALYOF: May 2015 goal

I'm going to get my Swoon quilted!

And hopefully the Elephant Parade. Last night, I finished the rows. Now I need to add horizontal sashing and border sashing.
Oh and maybe make neck pillows for the boys' car seats for our summer trip.

Linking up with Sew Bittersweet.
http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=5450