Announcing Keep It Thimble’s first giveaway! Put your name in the hat for a chance to win this Christmas stocking I made. The pattern is free from the McCall’s website. You will need to enter your email in order to get it – and so far I haven’t been spammed by them.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post. Be sure to provide a valid email address. The winner will be chosen at random on December 18th. You will be contacted for your mailing address if you are the winner!
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! I ate my fair share of turkey and treats and am ready for Christmas to begin.
To kick off the Christmas season, my son and I made a gingerbread house. He ate about half the candy (practically all of the gum drops) and had frosting all over his hands and face. Of course, I didn’t eat a thing, not one bite, not even a gumdrop….
Disclaimer: this was not made from scratch. I’ve tried doing that in the past, but always end up with a big mess of frosting, candy, and gingerbread that looks like a demolished house. This year, I found a kit at Walgreen’s that had pre-made frosting and the house went together beautifully – it actually looks a lot like the picture on the box. Hurrah! Of course, the gingerbread in these kits does not taste very good (the frosting is not so bad…), but since this is for show, who cares?
This is a fun little apron that goes together pretty quickly. This make a great gift, and it’s a good way to use up some of your stash! So without further ado, I present the Vintage Apron.
I was out of town for almost two weeks on a business trip and haven’t had much chance to sew. I did bring some wool applique with me on the plane, but didn’t really get much done. There is only so much room in the middle seat.
I have some things in the works as far as sewing/quilting goes and will be giving more details in the next few weeks. I am still plugging away for the November sewing club pattern – it should be ready this week. It’s an apron pattern, and if there is time, it will include dimensions for a child’s size as well.
In the meantime, here are some bags that I completed last fall. Which one do you like best?
This is the Black Forest bag (pattern by Melly and Me). I resized the pattern so it was more of handbag size. This is one of my favorite bags – I love the fabric and the color combinations.
The Miranda Bag pattern is by Lazy Girl Designs. This is a roomy tote with 12 pockets inside. People always like this bag because it is the perfect size for carrying books and files, but it looks very stylish.
This is a tote made from a charm pack. I can’t remember who did the pattern, but will let you know when I do remember. Charms are a lot of fun to work with and they are so versatile. It took more time for me to decide how to arrange the charms for this bag, then it did to actually sew it! This is a good bag for taking to sewing class since it is roomy enough to hold fabric, pattern, notions, rulers, etc.
Halloween was great, my son’s trick or treat bag held about 5 lbs of candy, which was about as much as he could carry. For some reason, he was very reluctant to have mom or dad carry his candy for him.
I haven’t been able to get any projects finished this week, so here are some unfinished ones for now. The goal is to complete all three of these by Thanksgiving!
The first one is a Turkey Mat. This is from the book “Autumn Threads” by Need’l Love. The feathers are nice bright colors and his body is a nice warm brown. Each piece will be blanket stitched in gold wool floss, which will really make everything pop. Sharon Stewart changed up the pattern a bit by adding acorns and oak leaves – this is only fitting since Raleigh is known as the City of Oaks.
The second picture is of TWO different Jo Morton projects for her book Vintage Journey. The fabric on the left is for an apple core quilt. For this quilt, I have a rubber stamp of an apple core template (check out Cindy Blackberg’s site for more info). The quilt is made up of at least 96 apple cores. My friends will be asked to part with some fabric scrips, since I want each piece to be a different Jo Morton fabric.
The second project is all the squares needed for the signature quilt that was discussed in a previous post. I really need to get this done so the ladies in my Jo Morton club can sign them!
The November sewing club pattern isn’t ready yet, but it will be posted before the end of the month – I promise!
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