Sweet Life with Anna Maria Horner

January 19, 2016 ~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment

Welcome, Friends

It’s hard to believe it has been almost a year since

I shared these quilt blocks with you

I did manage to get them stitched together and quilted

even if it did take almost a year

My lovely new quilt now adorns our bed

and makes me smile every time I walk into the room

The Anna Maria Horner fabric

combined with the Sweet Life quilt pattern

is a marriage meant to happen

🙂

I’m still a novice quilter

but I sure do enjoy playing and practicing

I combined some straight line, feathers, and a floral template

for a menagerie of designs

The back is a gold & white all over print

Not only do I find my new quilt

aesthetically pleasing,

it is also incredibly warm

Thank you so much for stopping by

Frivol Quilt

January 17, 2016 ~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment

This is the first kit in the Moda Frivols offering

The fabric for this 42″ x 42″ throw is

Hello Darling by Bonnie & Camille

I loved the peach tone prints so much

that I purchased yardage of several of them

Frivols are packaged in a cute, metal box

They include a pattern

and 7″ squares of fabric to use in the pattern

There are also a few other little goodies thrown in there

I used pebble quilting to fill in all that white space

Whew! That was time consuming, but I sure do like the result

For the label on the back of the quilt,

I machine embroidered the details

That gray “Handmade, Made with Love” ribbon was one of the

extras included in the Frivols tin

Here’s the back

Again, love that peach tone

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends

and thanks for stopping by.

Stampin’ and Stitchin’: Elf Shoes

December 9, 2015 ~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment

Hey Sewers!

there’s lots of Christmas preparation and decoration going on around here

these cute, cute elf shoes were stitched using my Bernina 750 embroidery module

the design is from Kimberbell

it is an in-the-hoop project

I used leftover fabric scraps from my stash

the base of the shoe is felt

the fabric is then appliqued onto the felt

all the embellishments (twine, button, etc.)

are Stampin’ Up products

a number of fun items will fit into the opening

I chose these yummy Reese’s peanut butter cup canes

I’m not in love with the look of the label, however,

so I chose some Stampin’ Up envelope paper (it is a little lighter weight than the DSP)

in cucumber crush to cover those tubes

plus, the stripe looks like elf socks, don’t you think?

I cut each piece 4 1/2 inches by 9 inches

added some tear and tape to the front and back of one side of the paper

and rolled it around the cane

there, that looks better

and here’s a decorating idea that I came across in my

Better Homes and Gardens Christmas from the Heart book (2015)

they used silver egg cups

I used my vintage silver bowl that I found last year at a local consignment shop

the greenery is from my shrubs that I finally got around to trimming

and I picked up the pine cones that dropped from the pine trees at the grade school across the street

are you preparing for the upcoming holidays, friends?

whether it be Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas

I would love to see your handmade goodness

Happy Decorating,