Family Quilt Pt.1

So I decided to go the fabric route.  And well…let’s just say, I probably won’t be making more than one of these. 

I’m not a quilter.  It’s not that I don’t like to do it.  I would rather quilt by hand than by machine.  But now, I have kiddos and time doesn’t permit me to quilt by hand.  So…here is the first part of the quilt. 

My borders aren’t even, but I’m working on that.  My blue background is a little too dark, but I like it.  And the leaves are coming.  I’m sewing the names on them now.

Tell me what you think of it so far.  I would love to hear.

~Tracie

Decisions….decisions….

I drew this up.

I want to make something for my mom for Mother’s Day.
This is my version of a family tree quilt.   On the leaves of the tree I want to write the members of my immediate family. 
I wanted to make this out of fabric.  Kind of do a mini hanging wall quilt.  She loves stuff like that.  I figure I can make the leaves 3-D so I can add more later (if my sister has more children).  

But then my hubby suggested I paint it instead.  He thinks I will be in a time crunch.  But trust me, when I set my mind out to make something, it gets done in less than a week. 

What do you think????  Better on fabric or canvas????

~Tracie

Home…

We recently went “home” for Spring Break.  I call it “home” because we are an Army family, but that will always be our home.  It’s where I grew up, married, and where two of our three kids were born.  Thankfully we now only live 6 hours from there.

While visiting I like to go on drives to see how much the town has changed.  What’s new, what’s not there anymore.  Things like that.  Surprisingly they finally opened a Starbucks and Sonic.  That’s a big deal for the city I grew up in.  LOL.

I found this little fabric store while I was there.  It’s placed in a log cabin, smells like cinnamon, and was fully stocked with lots of fabric.  Yay!!!  I bought some fat quarters while there.  Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me to take a picture of the store.  But when I arrived back at my parent’s house, I took a picture of my loot.  They even have “prim” bags.  Too cute.  Oh and the fat quarters were wrapped up with raffia.  Take a look.  Now I’m trying to figure out what to make with them.  Any ideas???

 

~Tracie

In action

Here are the skirts and shirts to match in action.

 

~Tracie 

Stroller Bag

 

I’ve only made six of these, but I absolutely love them.  And it seems I add a new feature each time.  Here is the latest addition.  I wish I had a picture of it hanging on the stroller, but it was raining today.  This bag has velcro handles and attaches to the stroller handle.  I got tired of bending over to get something out of my diaper bag while it was in the bottom basket of the stroller.  I thought this would be more handy.  Boy do we love it.  It can even hang on shopping carts.  A friend of mine attached hers to the back of a chair. 

Mine is packed full….diapers, wipes, changing pad, clothes, bottles, etc.  It even has pockets on the outside for sippy cups or cell phones (that’s what I use mine for). 

Enjoy and tell me what you think.

~Tracie 

Skirt from scraps

 

I made this skirt for my niece with leftovers from the other two skirts.  I think it turned out cute.  When the girls’ have their skirts and shirts on together, I’ll take a picture and post it. 

~Tracie