Layers of Hope-Quilting 911

My blogging friend Jean from Quiltingranny organizes people to make quilts for the families of people who have died in tragedies.  She asked me to help with the Arizona Firefighters families.  The name of Jean's group is Layers of Hope-Quilting 911 if anyone is interested in helping with sewing, purchasing fabric or donating money for postage.

 

I had fun making these quilts for the family of Travis Turbyfill's family.  I haven't actually machine quilted very much and so I challenged myself to do it and it wasn't as hard as I thought it might be.

 

The Turbyfill's have 2 little girls so I made one out of bright colors and a Tink fabric.

I machine stitched it with different colors of thread and in an "organic" straight stitch.  It was nice because the quilting lines aren't suppose to be straight.

Works for me!

 

 the front

 

 the back

 

 a close up of the back

 

 

 a purplish patchwork quilt

 

 the back is some Princess Dora fabric I had in my stash.

 

 

 and the front of mom's quilt

 

 and the back.  I also did mom's in the organic straight stitch, but in white.

 

 

Then I made a couple of doll quilts for the girls.

 

 the front

 

the backs

 

Earl and I stuck in a couple of magic wands and Jace put in some of the mustaches and lips I made for his class.  I hope the family knows that people do appreciate their sacrifice and think of them often.

 

I have quilts I need to do for us now.  I can't wait to see how they turn out!!



I've Been Crocheting More Hats!

I made this cute zebra hat the other day.

 

It didn't turn out quite like I wanted,

 

but I think he's pretty cute anyway.

 

I based my hat off of  this pattern by Repeat Crafter Me's pattern 

 

and then another version of a Minion hat

a Mickey hat based off of  Repeat Crafter Me

a cute little penguin

 

and another Minion

    It's fun  making these hats and hopefully someone will enjoy them this winter!

 

 

Getting My Crochet on......

I' m trying out some new hats this year.

 

My first one is a Minion that Jace helped me design.

 

Pretty cute on Jace!

 

 

 

 

Next I made some super cute Candy Corn Hats for dolls and for kiddo's.

 

I found this pattern on Simply Sweets Crochet on Ravelry.

 

I'm planning on making a costume to go with the hats.

 

 

 

I love this little Cupcake hat!  It fits a preemie or an American Girl sized Doll.

 

The pattern I used is from Repeat Crafter Me's blog.

 

She has the most amazing crochet patterns and they are all free!!!

 

God Bless Sarah for sharing her amazing talents with us!

 

 

 

The Minion and the Knights Mesh hats I designed on my own after looking at photo's that other talented people posted.

Jace with his Knight's Mesh hat on.

 

I'm planning on making a costume to go with this hat too.

 



I'm having so much fun making these hats!

 

I've already started making some different ones and I can't wait to start designig

 

costumes to go with the hats!!

My Crochet Projects Over the Last Couple of Weeks

First I have to thank Mallory for modeling for me.

 

Mallory would like for me to buy a mannequin so she can quit modeling for me.

 

Life is so hard when you have a mom that crochets and sews!

 

 

 

 Mallory is wearing a ruffled shawl I crocheted out of Caron's Simple Soft yarn

 I made this beach or shopping bag out of a cotton crochet thread.

 

 

 Don't I look attractive in a beard?? 

 

 

 I made this owl pillow out of some acrylic yarn.

 

 

My grandson Owen and Anthony with Jace in the middle wearing their beards.

Bella's First Birthday!

Jace had a fever and was dizzy and achy so we missed my

 

 youngest granddaughter Bella's party,

 

but,

 

I got some pictures of the Birthday Girl!

 

 

Bella is definitely a Beauty!

 

Happy First Birthday Bella!



Recyle and Reuse

I had been throwing out the top hems of the sheets that I use for my rag rugs....

 

SILLY ME!

 

I finally got an idea after feeling guilty about wasting the hem

 

and here's what I came up with.

 

 

I made this large tote bag out of the hems of various sheets to make the bag

 

and the pocket.

 

I used a piece of sheet for the handles and an old pillowcase for the lining.

 

It would make a cute "sleepover" bag....since it's made out of sheets.  LOL!

 

Anyway, it will make a great tote for dirty clothes, groceries, clothes shopping or whatever else.

 

 

 

Next thing...

 

I have an idea brewing in my little head.

 

We have this old door sitting in our backyard and the glass is broken.

 

I was thinking if I took all the glass out and brought the door inside

 

that I could use it as a........

 

get your imagination going.....

 

a

 

quilt rack.

 

I think the weathered look of the door and the old handle would be cool

 

to put my grannies quilt over. 

 

Do you see it??

 

Stand the door up and put the quilt through the window space.

 

Earl thinks I'm crazy, but  I think it will look really cool!

 

Recycle and Reuse and make some cool stuff.....

 

that's what I'm talking about!

The Start of Another Scrappy Quilt

I've started another scrap quilt.

 

I still need to quilt the other one, but I started on this one anyway.

 

 

 

 

I have so many ideas for when we move.

 

I want lots of scrap quilts and rag rugs in the house.

 

I want to surround us with happy colors and memories.

 

Now,

 

we just need to find a place to move too!

My Kids

 My Oldest Jeremy with his two daughters

Leigha and Sabrina

 

 

Sabrina and her mom Nikki

My second son Chad and his wife Jenn
 

        Next is Jesse and his wife Fatima

 

 

Daniel and his wife Tedi

and Mason, T.J. and Jordan

 

 

Lexie and her husband Jake

 

 

Number Six is Ezie and his girlfriend Alyssa

 

 

and then Mallory with her Daddy

 

 

and finally my little man,

Jace 

 

Here's a picture of the proud parents

 

Me and Earl

.

The Flower Girl and the Dress I Made for Her

My granddaughter Leigha was Lexie's flower girl.

 

It was hard to get her to smile,

 

but

 

she looked adorable!

 

 

I made Leigha's dress out of a wide prepurchased headband, a couple of regular prepurchased headbands, tulle, ribbon, daisies and a slip made out of a layer of muslin (so she wouldn't itch, organza and then a thicker tulle.

 

 

The whole dress and headband cost me about $22.00 to make.

 

Not too bad and she looks so cute!!

 



My oldest son Jeremy and his daughters,

 

two of my beautiful granddaughters,

 

Sabrina and Leigha

Here Comes the Bride

My beautiful daughter Alexis

 

got married last Saturday.

.

 

 Lexie

 

 

 Alexis and Jake

.

the ring

 

 

 

The wedding was so nice and I had such a good time.......

 

too good of a time if you ask Ezie and Mallory.

 

I visited, drank, and actually danced.....and danced.....and danced.

 

I DON'T dance,

 

but I just let go and danced and had so much fun!

 

Anyway,

 

Lexie was beautiful and I hope it was the day of her dreams!

 

Top of Scrappy Selvedge Quilt Done

I finished the top of one of my scrappy selvedge quilt last night.

 

The kids liked it and I do too!

 

 

 

 

I'm probably not going to have time to put the backing on for awhile

 

and I'm really nervous about doing that part

 

but

 

I'm so excited to get it done too!

 

I have a couple more quilts in the works and hopefully

 

I'll have some done before winter

 

so we'll have some nice new cuddlers!