Mini Pallet Board Sign

I saw this post and this post on pinterest and loved the look.  I thought it would be perfect for the project I needed to plan for craft group this month!  I went to Ace hardware like she did and saw the mini picket fence posts, but they were very rough.  I found an 8' board that was much smoother with the same dimensions for $3.50.  I got 4 of them and they cut each into seven 11" pieces and two 9.5" pieces.  I wanted to get a dark brown stain and thought I did.  The color said ebony (I know ebony is black), but the sample looked like a dark brown.  Well, when Amy & I were staining them, it was completely black!  But we liked it better that way!  It looked really good!  Her dad nailed them together for us with his air nail gun.  It was so sweet, I wanted to get one!  On craft night I cut the vinyl with my Cricut.  We all chose the word 'love' from the Home Decor cartridge and stippled it with white paint.  I think they look amazing!  I love it on my mantle

April Quilt Meeting with Cake Blocks!

Most of us brought our cake blocks today! They all turned out so cute!

Marietta made a jellyroll 1600 quilt and it is gorgeous! I like it better than any I've seen online. I think the difference is the blue squares between each strip.

Roxanne brought this amazing eye candy to share with us! It makes me want to go out and buy some fabulous fabric to make my own!

Jana brought a quilt she made from strips and then cutting on an angle. I love it! The table runner is made from the scraps! Wow!

Kareena brought some star blocks to encourage us to participate in the American Hero Quilt Sew Day! Details are at the bottom of the post I linked to.

I did an ArtStart project at the local school.  The kids designed their own 9"x9" 'quilts' out of 1"x1" fabric squares.  (I was up to 3am the night before cutting out over 3000 little squares!)  They all turned out great!  I love their creativity!

Felt Flower Hair Clips

I helped a local girl scout make some cute felt flower hair clips for her school marketplace. They were very popular and she sold out quickly! :)

My Cake Block

I couldn't resist posting my completed cake block. At the last quilt group I was one of the few who didn't have at least 1 cake block done (let alone the majority that had all 10 done!) So in the next few days I slaved and got them all done! I planned on putting a cherry on top, but a friend loaned me he flower dies for another project and I noticed this flower looked exactly like the ones in the fabric. So I used Steam-a-Seam 2 and die cut the flowers, ironed them on and blanket stiched them. Here it is:

Quilted Banner with Delighted Panel

My friend bought this cute panel from the Delighted! line by Riley Blake! She put it together & I loved it so much I had to get it too. I sandwiched the panel with some thin batting and coordinating backing from the same line. I then quilted it and cut them apart with a pinking rotary cutter. I left some of the white on the edges and it looks like each flag has a cute border! I sewed around the edges to prevent fraying and used double fold pre-made binding to put it all together. I used my I-Rock tool to heat set some gems on each flag to give it a little sparkle! It's really cute! This picture doesn't do it justice... but oh well!

January Quilt Group

I'm finally getting around to posting these pictures. If I get any of the details wrong, just email me and I'll correct it!

Let's start with Barbara's Bunny Quilt! Since Easter is next week. I get hungry just looking at it! It looks just like chocolate Easter Bunnies! I was at a sale with her and she bought this pattern. By the next month she had improved the pattern and had it all done! So cute!


Next is Diane's Cardinal Quilt. It is gorgeous!


Here is a close up. The Fabric is so pretty!


And here's a close-up of the back with the fancy quilting... love it!


A few of us shared our Valentine's quilts since the meeting was just before Valentine's day.
Here's is a cute one Barbara made by fussy cutting some cute little kid fabric!


Here is Barbara's Heart Rag Quilt:


Here is my Heart Rag Quilt:


I finally finished and bound my Bookshelf Quilt so I brought it to share:


I asked Barbara to show this circle quilt made of Moda Oz fabric. I LOVE the Oz line and bought some fabric and I'm trying to decide what to make with it.


Here's a close-up.


I forgot to bring my camera to February & March Quilt meetings. But I will remember in April so I can take pictures of all the cake blocks we've made!

December Quilt Group!

Yes, I know it's March... moving on. :)

Most people brought their present quilts to the December Quilt Meeting, but I will include everyone's so they'll all be together! Since it's been so long and my memory isn't what it used to be, please let me know if I mislabeled someone's quilt or forgot to post someone's and I'll correct it asap! But let's start with what's most important, right?!?

Here are the delicious handmade & hand-dipped cookies that Diane served! They tasted amazing!


And here is a picture of the cute mugs of hot cocoa mix that Diane made for each of us! They are so darling!



Diane also made this gorgeous Christmas ornament!



Here are the Present Quilts:
I love the border fabric on Roxanne's, it's so pretty!


The detailed bows on the corner's of Barbara's are so cute!


Barbara made another present quilt with her other quilt group. I love the different sized presents!



Here is Diane's present quilt!


And she made another one with all new presents she made all herself because she's awesome!


Here is Jana's present quilt:


The fabric she found for her back is so cute:


Here is Emily's present quilt! She had hers finished last month! Love the gray!


Here is Marietta's all quilted! The ricrac is so cute!


Here is Brenda's! I love how she did her border!


And here is mine, front & back!



I also brought my Christmas Tree Quilt. It was a quilt group block swap several years ago. It was the first time I tried applique.


Marietta brought two Christmas quilts to share:



And Brenda made the CUTEST robot quilt for her grandson! It's amazing!