White shoes decorated, now they are unique!

Bought these shoes at the Sketchers Outlet, supposed to be 30-70% off, actually 4% off, wont go back, too much trouble to drive the 25 miles in such unbelievable 192 traffic,  but did decorate them so that I can wear them. First set of paints were dried in their jars, so had to go off to buy more. I think they turned out well.

On to cutting strings and hand sewing on these Quilts Of Valor

Heart in Stars (more info in 'how to')

Hidden Patterns

Storm Chained (more info in 'How To')

 

Patriotic Snowman

Sewing Machine is Fixed

My sewing machine went completely on the fritz, would not sew at all, in fact it was pulling the fabric backward through the feed dogs! Went upstairs to an old cheap Kenmore standby, to find that the machine is no longer a standby, the presser foot wont lower and sew. So my good machine had to go to the shop, and now that it's back, I am on to finishing the binding on these 4 quilts and then getting them into the mail. Luckily for me, it was just an adjustment, probably caused by trying to clear lint from the machine, which is made to trap but in no way release the lint...

Back to Quilting Quilts of Valor

	Just like everyone else, Covid, all the hate and negative politics, including the destruction of life as we know it, life in general got to be a heavy load in late Feb/early march. I stopped sewing. I stopped a lot of things for a while. I guess I got to the point that I was thinking that just surviving life really wasn't enough, if living, if hope and joy are indeed gone, then why do any of us want to 'go on.' Sort of, 'what's the point,' I didn't answer the question, though I have moved past the conversation with myself - answerless.

A Plain White Pair of Sneakers

	Saw a video on dressing up white deck shoes, so I thought I would try it. Couldn't find deck shoes, so I'm making some changes. I've cut out and glued on the fabric, waiting for the glue to dry. When it's dry I will trim, tack the fabric down, and eh voila, a new pair of shoes, like no one else's! Did you ever think about the name/word 'sneakers', and why these type of shoes are called sneakers?

Quilt Tops Moving Along

Houses Don't Have to Be for Dolls!

     This little house is a garage, built for cars and boys

This is the side view of the garage

The straps allow it to be carried

Interior view with ramp and storage box attached

Before the roof fabric was on

Folding the walls to attach the roof

These are the ramp and storage box

Putting the walls together with foam core

Affixing the ramp and storage box

The walls, one piece for three sides

Halloween Masks

Halloween Masks made it early October

I made my sister and I a couple of masks for October, that match purses I made last year! Won't we be styling as we do our grocery shopping and drive throughs...

 

Poinsettia's

Years ago, I saw something similar to the poinsettia door/wall hanging I am now creating, and making for pre-Christmas gifts. Interested in seeing what I'm doing and how I did it? You'll find it here!

This is the first, I will be making several, and will very likely make them differently, though using the same pattern, because it feels right. I will update my how-to page with my results and ideas to make this even better.

The Next Birthday Gifts...

The tale of 2 quilts. I frequently cut out and build out/up two quilts at a time. I like to have choices when I am putting them together, alternate blocks to place/put together. And when 2 nieces/nephews birthdays are approaching, it just makes sense to 'keep me out of trouble' to make them similar. No "how come he/she got..", "why didn't I get...".

These two are going out into the mail soon. The first, with the gray boarder and purple binding is backed with fleece, and though it has a woven fabric interior, to help protect the stitches from being stretched to breaking, it still doesn't have the 'body' of a more traditional quilt, which is what the second quilt is. Made during the 'lock-down' when fabrics/options weren't as available as they usually are, I'm lucky I have such a big stash! They are almost exactly the same, but quite different!

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  Fleece backing, woven 'batting'

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  Flannel backing, woven batting

Boys Holiday Fleece

My boy's holiday fleece, each going with a hanging panel for the home, of the truck and tree in a winter scene. The first was to have a big contrasting pocket, and go over the head, but a mistake took that pocket to be the yoke back of the bigger shirt. The scraps left are so small they will only work as stuffing for pillows of the future. Things never go as expected. Of course, it wouldn't have needed the pocket if I had cut the front on the fold... Ah well, there great for play time jacket/sweatshirts.

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  Zipped jacket missing pocket

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  Smaller top for smaller boy

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  Bigger boy sweatshirt style

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  Aren't they so very cute?

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  Where the big pocket went.