Hobo Bag for a Science Geek...

What you can't see is that the inside is a light grey flannel with pictures of mice, lab equipment, atomic symbol, jars, frogs etc.  It is so cute and she loved it!

Just Started a New Scrappy Quilt in Blues....

I decided it was time to use up my blue scraps.....it was also time to make my 6 yr old nephew a quilt.
There will be sixty-four 10" blocks, each block will be different.  Here are the first 3

I Can't Leave Well-Enough Alone....

If you have been reading my blog then you probably know that my quilts have lots of 'character'.  Sometimes I leave all the little 'characters' and other times I just have to fix them as best as I can.

With this one I was frustrated that it did not come close to 12 1/2 square. 
Well I realized that my new machine has a positionable needle and that is was all the way to the left!  So my seam allowances were not 1/4 inch.

 I took the whole thing apart and resewed all the seams.  It came out square, however it was only 11 inches!!  When that happens I simply border, and this time I did a scrappy border that I really like.

So block # 3 is truly finished.....I think.......

Block # 3......

Blazing Star....I really like it even though it is far from perfect!  I do have to border it though since it did not come out at 12 1/2....

 

Sales!!!..............

I sold 2 bottles this week!  Things have been slow so its nice to have a couple of sales.
Please check out my Etsy shop - not too late for stocking stuffers or grab bags.

http://www.etsy.com/people/ClassyQuiltedBottles?ref=si_pr

"Santa" Came Early........

Yep, a new sewing machine!!!  Baby Lock MOLLY.  Can't wait to get started using it!
Thank you Tim!

One More Basket......

Making a couple of these to fill with candy or tea bags, great gift idea right??

Isn't this the cutest thing???

From this tutorial: http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2008/05/tutorial-fabric-basket.html

This cute little quilted basket is just what I needed for my guest room.  It holds small bars of soap, bottles of shampoo, condition, hand cream etc. 

Pretty easy to make, just a tiny bit time consuming but well worth it!

Quilting Class Block # 2.....

This quilt will be bright for sure!!!