On the Design Wall

Well, not really on the wall, just on the cutting table. I am halfway through my 3 x 6 bee swap blocks. This quarter I decided to do something different than the regular blocks I have been making.

I stepped it up with quarter square triangles.  I like how they form the pinwheels.  They take a little more time, but they are fun to make.  I hope my swap buddies like them.


Mary

Cabinet Repainted

I wanted a small bookcase to put in the kitchen to put my Pyrex on.  Craigslist to the rescue!  I found this tall skinny cabinet for hardly nothing.  In the picture it looked cream colored, but in real life it was mustard.  That was not the color I wanted, so I got out the paint, hmm, red or white?  White, of course!

I repainted it and could not wait to get it in the kitchen!  And load it down with vintage stuff!  I love the vintage feel to it.  See the glasses?  I bought those at a yard sale on a whim, like $.50.  They are the green glass that is bubbly.  The kids love them!  They generally roll their eyes when Mom comes home with stuff, but they use these every day, I am always washing and putting them back!  Who'd a thunk it?

Mary

Vintage Patio Set Redo

A few weeks ago I went by a yard sale.  Whoa, what was that and is it for sale?  Yes, it was!  It was a wonderful vintage patio set with the glass top and all 4 chairs!  How much?  $10!  Yes, $10!  Yes, Please, and Thank You!  There was a few minutes that I thought maybe I would have to leave my car stuff at the sale to get the set home, but I got it all in the back of the Jeep.

So later after I picked up paint, a really pretty yellow.  I sanded the rusty spots and sprayed it with the paint.  It was already yellow just faded.  That made it easy to paint.  Now for the cushions.  I did not know what I wanted but narrowed it down to red, black or aqua.  Off to Joann's I went and got piping and fabric, all of their outdoor was 50% off so I saved some bucks there.  I chose a Aqua fabric, just because that is what they had that I liked.

So now fast forward 2 weeks, and this it what I have now!  Isn't it great!  I love it and so does the family, it will look really good on the sun porch, bring a little summer to the winter!

Sorry I only have the after photo!  Of course I forgot to take a before!  Hope you like it too!

Mary

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Souvenir Pin Display

I collected all of these great pins on our trip in June.  Now what am I going to do with them?  I didn't want to just throw them in a drawer and see them every once in a while when I opened that drawer!  So I made this neat display for them.

I just figured out the size I wanted it to be this is 15 x 24, and cut a triangle with the mountains that reminded me of the ones out west.  Sew on the grey, then another triangle and more grey, etc.....  I just winged it on the sizes.  I quilted it with bright yellow for the "road".  Then bound it and hung it in the hallway!  I love the way it turned out!  I get to see it everyday and remember a great vacation!  Maybe I should sew on a sleeve and hang it right?  LOL   Now I need one for the Quilt Shop Pins I have in my drawer!

Mary

Catching up!

Just coming back from a wonderful Vacay!  And now I have to catch up on all the things I did not do while gone, mostly catching up on me blogs before heading out to work in the quilt room!  Check out Sew Crafty Jess, she is giving away a Go! Baby cutter!  Awsome!  I love Jess's blog and she is such a sweety too.  She has a great tute on making a hexagon place mat, on the machine.  Come on over and check her out http://www.sewcraftyjess.blogspot.com/ .

Well off to work in the quilt room!

Busy Week

This has been a really busy couple of weeks!  Mostly family stuff and no crafting going on.  Be back soon.

Vintage Finds

I have been looking for a new hamper.  I have always used the plastic kind you find at the dollar stores and such.  Well I decided to give Craigslist a whirl.  Low and behold I found a vintage metal hamper!  WOW  and only $15.  Deal!  DH was kind enough to get it for me and I claimed it to be my Mothers Day Gift, which made them all happy!  It even came with a small trash can, the can is streaked for some reason, but who will notice?

I just love it!  Pretty good condition also.  Well off to work on some quilt blocks, some Mothers Day alone time!