Thursday, November 5, 2009

Box of Cards

We had stamp night at my house last week. This is one of the projects we made. A simple box of cards. I thought they turned out pretty cute. I love the stitching. I gave this box to a dear friend who is always helping others. I hope she enjoys them!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Thankful Banner!

I made this a few years ago at a craft night at a friend's house. I really like how it turned out. (I copied her banner exactly!) I put it out every year. I think it adds a lot!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins this year! Aren't they cute???

Monday, October 26, 2009

Mystery Quilt

Several years ago, our quilt group did a mystery quilt. You bought an allotted amount of 3 fabrics and did a different set of blocks each month. You didn't know what it would look like until the end! Here's mine. It's been sitting in storage since I didn't have the binding done. So I used my new tool and got the binding done in just a few hours!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Our New Fence!

Yesterday we (my husband) finished building/replacing our fence that was falling down. This one is so sturdy, it'll probably last longer than our house! It looks great!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Circle Halloween Quilts!

Last year our quilt group exchanged Halloween circles and made Halloween quilts... I went a little crazy... I made three!!! The first I made for a friend who loves Halloween. This is the first quilt I've given away, which is quite a compliment! It's smaller so it can be a display quilt or wall quilt. I love it... and the binding is actually glow in the dark!

The next one I made for myself and I love it! The jack-o-lantern border is especially fun! I put it on my couch from September 1 until Thanksgiving!

This last one is totally different, but I love it too. I have it on our love seat from September 1 until Thanksgiving! I have been tucking it under since I didn't have the binding done. I bought this fancy tool to help me do the binding quicker and I couldn't figure it out. A friend came by this week and helped me with it and we got it done! I love the striped borders and binding!


And I had to share the back of this quilt... I had so much Halloween fabric from making all those circles, that I decided I couldn't buy more... so I pieced this together and I think it turned out pretty cute!



Now can you believe I still have Halloween fabric left over? What am I going to do with it all?

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Fondant

On Friday, I went to Fabulous Friday! It's a night of crafts & fun! One class I took was cake decorating! How fun! We each got a 2-layer cake to decorate. Lots of tips on how to ice it smooth and then we got to try some fondant! We were supposed to be making a Halloween cake, but since my icing turned out kinda pink I used the candy corn cookie cutters to make flower petals instead. I think it turned out pretty cute!