Some Unfinished Projects

I finally finished piecing my Christmas quilt.  Overall I'm pleased with it, except I wish it had more red adn green and less brown.  But I wasn't planning on making this quilt when I picked out the fabrics.  I'm sending it to Mom for quilting. 

I'm making an advent calendar with the left over fabrics.  I'll make little stuffed figures for the kids to move around the pockets.  I wish I would have thought to put some wording on it, like "Merry Christmas" or something before I quilted it.  But that is what happens when you don't have a pattern.  Now I just need to finish this before Dec. 1. 

Pillows

I saw these over at PBTeen, of all places, but I just love them, think they would be pretty easy to make, and think they have so many uses:

• Throw pillows for Claire's bed
• black felt for Halloween
• red felt for Christmas or Valentines day pillow
• fall colors, for a Fall decorative pillow
• Really cute tooth fairy pillows
  

Give Thanks

I really want to make one of these. I can't decide if I should make it out of paper or fabric. I think it would look nice hanging above my sliding glass door in the kitchen.

For Tiffani

Tiffani, I saw this and thought of you. They copied your color scheme, your crib, your name. Wait, is this your nursery? Check out Design Dazzle to see the rest of the room.

Christmas Pillow

This would be a fun, quick Christmas project.
from designer Sheri Falls

Crayon Roll

I made the crayon roll using this tutorial, all from scrap fabric and ribbon (hence the reason the ribbon doesn't really match). 

What I learned: 

1.  Rick rack is cute, but hard to sew on evenly.  Maybe I will improve with practice. 

2.  Put the cute fabric either as the pocket or as the outside (not behind the crayons as I did here -- you can barely see it). 

3.  This is a quick sewing project -- less than an hour. 

4.  If you have more than 16 crayons (the number used in the tutorial), just add an inch for every additional crayon to your measurements.