sweethearts

 Hello and a lovely day to you!

Over the weekend I finished up my mother-in-law's birthday gift, which was this sweet heart quilted table topper. I really love how it turned out and it was inspired by the beautiful quilt that the lovely Helen made, which you can see here on her pretty blog! I fell in love with her quilt and wanted to make something on the smaller scale, so a table topper it was!

 I added some blanket stitches and hand quilted around the hearts.

 And, then did some simple machine quilting in the fabric squares. I love all these colors together and I am happy to say so did my mother-in-law! I might have to make one for myself if I get some extra time.

 I stitched up these darling birds over the weekend and I am working on some others that will all be heading to the shoppe at the end of the month.

  Along with these pretty heart coasters that are getting a little blanket stitching and will be ready to sweeten up those wintery days.

       

These lovelies are being made into pillow covers for the shoppe. The one on the right is a 50's fabric and the rose one is a feed sack,and both of them I am completely in love with!

 Something I wanted to try new this year was different crocheted edgings for my tea towels. I did this one last night and love how pretty it turned out, but I still think that scallops have my heart! What do you think? 

Wishing you all a fabulous and lovely week! 

                                    

a wintry hello

 

Hello sweet friends and a very Happy New Year to you! 

I hope that your Christmas was wonderful and blessed. It was a quite Christmas and new year for us, but it was nice to just relax, and enjoy the holiday season. This past week I have been catching up on some projects and of course planning a few new ones.

I have only a couple more hexie flowers to go and then it will be on to adding all the white ones to join them, which I don't think will be my favorite part, but hopefully it will go a little quicker than the flowers. I am quite excited to have this quilt finished! 

I caught up on three of my blocks for Donna's quilt sampler, and I have only three more to go!

In the evenings I have been working on my ripple blanket which has been keeping me comfy and cozy. I am getting close to finishing which is good because I already have another blanket planned to start once I finish this one.

Some sweet vintage Vogart patterns arrived for Christmas and I can't wait to start stitching them for some new items in my shoppe!

And, there is nothing better than starting the new year with some pretty vintage fabrics to play with. I am working on a little quilted heart table topper for a gift this week and planning Valentine goodies for the shoppe. I look forward to visiting with you to see what you loveliness you are working on!
Wishing you a beautiful and crafty week!

                                    

vintage fabric scraps

Happy Sweet Day!

Hope that you are having a lovely week and are looking forward to some sweetness this weekend! Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my quilty goodness! You always know how to brighten my day! 

The other day I was inspired through Pinterest to have a little crafty time with some Mod Podge and vintage fabric scraps. I have had this "N" that I bought awhile back at Hobby Lobby and was deciding on covering it in either yarn or fabric, but with a little inspiration, I knew the fabric was the perfect vintagey touch for it! 

So, I layered away with all the pretty fabrics and now have a most lovely vintage letter "N" to display in my living room! A simple and sweet project! 

Another hexie flower finished, and I think that I have finally figured out that I will need to make 28, with some half flowers for the edges. Hopefully you won't get tired of seeing them! ;) 

What are your plans for the weekend? I will be working away on some sewing projects, and planning out my next set of vintage embroidery flour sack tea towels for the shoppe, and these will all be featuring some of the floral gingham fabrics from Lecien's new Flower Sugar line! Can't wait to show you!! 

Wishing you all a beautiful and creative weekend!! 

a patchwork blanket

 The patchwork blanket is finished! My hands were so numb last night, as I finished the edging. I love all the pretty colors and how cozy it is! 

The pattern was from the talented Dottie Angel and it is called the 'Ordinarily Extraordinary' blanket. I was going to put vintage doilies as she did, but then I decided not to, Maybe later. 

I also was planning a scalloped edging because I never can get enough of those pretty scallops, but I thought I should try something new. So, after looking through my crochet books I decided on a picot edging. I really loved doing this edging. It was easy and came out so pretty.

I enjoy quilting, but have really come to love crocheting blankets. I think I love the fact that you can do it anywhere and they are so warm and cozy. We had a couple of days where it was cold, but then yesterday it was in the 80's again.

I already have the next blanket planned. A pretty ripple blanket! I can't wait to get started on it. Are you crocheting, knitting, or quilting anything sweet?

 I get distracted very easily, and on Saturday as I was working on the blanket and being inspired online, I came across this beautiful crocheted cowl pattern called Dentelle Cowl from the pretty blog Shara Lambeth Designs.

I love wearing cowls, and have been wanting to make one. I was excited about this one because it had sweet scallops. So, I grabbed some pretty red wool yarn and crocheted away. It came out to be so pretty!

 I am looking forward to wearing it, once the weather cools down again!

 Some pretty new fabrics arrived in the mail on Friday. I have been wanting last three cute chick fabrics for awhile, so I am happy to get some to play with!

 Pretty vintage calicos that I have already starting cutting into to create some pretties which I will show you later in the week. 

And, I never can seem to get enough of gorgeous vintage feed sacks. These were all from the sweetest Donna of Donna's Lavender Nest. She is having a most lovely giveaway right of some gorgeous fabrics, and her cute quilt pattern, so make sure you head over to her blog!

Wishing you all a beautiful and creative week!  

ironing time...

 This weekend was the monthly flea market in my area, and I was so excited to go!! Walking along, this little beauty caught my eye!! Oh, yes an Ohio Art ironing board!! 

 Isn't it so sweet!! I just love the adorable size and pattern. It is in pretty good condition too, but the rust makes it even better! 

 Lovin' the Sunbonnet Sue with all the dresden flowers and cute stitched hearts!! Too precious!! I can only imagine what sweet little girl had this in her room, ironing her doll clothes and more! I wonder if there was a tin iron that went with it? I am sure it is out there somewhere!!!

 The ironing board is ready to go, and it can start with all these sweet appliqué Sunbonnet Sues and butterflies that I bought. 

 I love to collect these sweet Sunbonnet Sue appliqués. I even bought a pattern book to make some of my own. There is just something about her that I just adore! 

 Here are some of the gorgeous butterflies. The stitching is beautiful!! I have never seen appliqué butterflies before, and I am excited to use them in some things for the shoppe!! I love all the beautiful vintage fabrics!! So pretty. 

 Over the weekend, I had some good time to work on my crocheted grannies and blocks!! 

My stack of grannies is growing, and looked like I was pretty far along, until I laid them out on the floor the other day. Boy, do I have more to go to make an afghan. At least they are fun and easy to make!

Two more grannie blocks!! It was all about red this week!! Thank you for all your sweet comments on the Mother's Day post, and I hope that all you mother's had a beautiful and special day!Happy Monday!!

mah cookin'

This sweet embroidery was a fun find at that estate sale over the weekend. It was a towel, cut apart and with many holes, but I just loved this phrase and the cute 'mah' with her bloomers showin'. I am going to find a small frame to hang it up in my kitchen! 

These very floral fabrics were another great find. I am not a huge fan of orange and brown together, but there is something about the first two that I like. They are upholstery fabrics, which I love using for tote bags. There was a huge pile of pieces all in this cut out shape. Maybe she used them for chairs, or was going to? 

This one would be a great fall tote, with some other pretty fabric. What do you think? 

This piece is my favorite!! I love the orange, light blue, yellow, and green together! So pretty!!

This one says a summer day to me!! Such bright and cheery colors. I am thinking totes for them all!!

Here is the pretty pile of all the pieces. I look forward to using them up!!

These pretty feedsacks came in the mail the other day from Etsy. I love the color combinations on both pieces! I have never been lucky yet, to find feedsacks at an estate. Maybe one day!!  

Grannie block number 5! Only 15 more to go!! I am going to try to do a few this week, because I am getting eager to get it done by June! 

Sweet crocheted grannies!! I love all the greens!! 

Hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday!! I am having one of those days, where I have so many things to do, but can't focus on one! Hopefully something will get finished today! ;)