I am a Material Girl Quilt

I made this cute quilt along with my applique group. We each made the same quilt putting our own touches on it. We started with the Amy Bradley pattern called  Everyday is a Shopping Day. Instead of adding those words (the title of the pattern), I chose my own saying and chose my own font too. I call my quilt, "I am a Material Girl", which I thought was a cuter play on words for this quilt.

I reduced the pattern to make her a bit smaller. Some of the ladies in our applique group made theirs the original size and some the reduced size. I started my quilt by using some scraps of white and cream that I sewed together to make a background. Then I stitched down the applique and added my wording, border and quilted it. I also added some embellishments. I had an iron wall decor piece I got at Hobby Lobby quite a while ago and it was the perfect size to use for my quilt. I sewed a couple of grosgrain ribbon tabs around the iron decor piece and to my quilt and hung her up that way.

Hanging on the wall in my sewing room

I entered this quilt into a contest too at PatternReview.com I came in 3rd place, but there were only prizes for 1st and 2nd place. I had more comments posted about my quilt than the winners had (at least at that time) and they were all so sweet what they said. I love my quilt and it is hanging up in my sewing room.

I added a different necklace. It's a button with a crystal glued to it.

Her dog is carrying a bundle of Fat Quarters!

Taking this photo in the sun, shows the quilting more.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my quilt.

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Baker Street Bag

This is my first Baker Street Bag. It is a free pattern from Sew Sweetness. Sara of Sew Sweetness has even made a free video tutorial for making this bag, but I have not watched it yet, as I had no problem following the pdf pattern. I did make changes though. Instead of 2 straps, I made one adjustable strap. I added an applique to the front and I added a zippered pocket on the back of the bag too.
This is a nice sized bag with a zippered top closure.

The depth is shown here.

Top zippered closure.

I added a zippered pocket to the back of the bag.

My signature zipper pull too.

Inside is roomy with divided slip pockets.

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Ewe Three Sheep

I made a small wall quilt for fun, using up some fabric scraps in the process. I love how comical these 3 ewes are!

The French knot eyes sure give these ewes some personality!

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Four Fabric Wrapped Rope Bowls

I made 4 more bowls. 2 are more oval shaped. These are great for using up scraps of fabric, especially batik fabrics.

The front 2 are round and the back 2 are slightly oval shaped.

Round bowls.

Oval bowls.

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Fixing Comments on Blogger

Thanks to Lea Anne of Podunk Pretties for passing along this information to me about fixing the comments on Blogger. Lea Anne sent me this link. Go there and follow the instructions from Amity Quilter. It is a simple fix and it worked. I suppose if you don't get your comments again, you can repeat these steps to see if it will work again, so you might want to save this information. 

I emailed my blog friend Carol of Just Let Me Quilt and it worked for her too. So yay! We are back and so are our comments and replies. Carol also wrote a quick tutorial on how to do this too. Thanks Carol.
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Happy Bag (with changes)

A few years ago I made the Happy Bag by Imazz Pattern Designs. It was fun to sew and looked great. I made changes on the first bag by making  patchwork strip pockets both front and back (pattern called for one front pocket).

This time I thought I would experiment some more and not only make patchwork strip pockets on front and back again, but make one adjustable strap instead of 2 fixed straps. Plus I boxed the corners rather than sew rounded corners with darts. I also made the accent strip above the pocket a bit narrower to better balance the bag. I didn't add a magnetic snap closure this time because I liked the slouchier look and easy access to this bag.

The look of the bag is a bit different and a bit thicker in parts to sew too. It was fun to experiment and try some new things

I used purple strips for the pocket and a denim-like material for the rest of the exterior.

The other side of the bag showing the other pocket.

I added a slip pocket inside.

The depth of the bag is wider with my changes.

The other side of the bag.

The first Happy Bag looks like this:

This is the first Happy Bag I made so that you can compare the changes I made on the purple Happy Bag.
I like the look of the original Happy Bag better.

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Round Purple Friendship Dahlia Quilt

I have always enjoyed using the decorative stitches on my sewing machine(s). Pam of Threading My Way, tells me she needs to use her stitches more whenever she sees something I have posted using my decorative machine stitches. Then one day Pam took a class where she learned how to use some of her stitches and she made a Poinsettia using her stitches. Well I thought I would try and see if I could come close to making something like that too. So here is my first attempt at it. I wasn't quite sure how to stitch the stitches so they came out evenly, that's where a class would be handy to take, (but Pam lives in Australia and I don't think I would travel that far for a class, lol!), so I winged it. I added French knots by hand too. I like this concept, so I will need to play some more.

I used 3 different machine stitches plus added French knots by hand.

French knots in the flower centers and in between the green stitches. 

The backing of my little round quilt.

I figured the Friendship Dahlia was a bit easier to try than the Poinsettia that Pam did because the Dahlia has fewer petals! Funny how I inspired Pam and then she inspired me!!!! Thanks Pam, I hope you like my version.

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