Spring Banner

A pre-printed fabric panel can bring immediate gratification.

Add a few hot fix crystals,

some standard machine designs,

a little free-motion quilting,

stitch all those fussy-cut panels onto some giant ric-rac,

and finish off the ends with fabric and yarn scraps along with fabric flowers

and in a very short amount of time you have a super cute spring banner.

The first day of spring is this Thursday, March 20.

Enjoy the change of seasons, my friends.

A Simple Cotton Blouse

I had this great, lightweight 100% cotton fabric in my stash.

I needed a basic every day blouse to wear with jeans or casual pants.

The pattern is from an old BurdaStyle magazine (8-2008-103).

I also wanted to give my new binder attachment another whirl.

Yay! No hemming on the sleeves.

The binder attachment worked beautifully.

It’s always good to have simple blouses that can be layered in the winter

and worn simply without layers the rest of the year.

Sometimes I need simple in my life. 🙂

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul:

the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

~ Psalm 19:7 ~

Hubs and I hosted a social for our church group at our home last month.

I wanted to give something sweet to the wives.

You know, just to let them know I love them.

This pdf download was the perfect answer to my search.

I purchased it on Etsy from Amy J Delightful.

After printing 15 copies of each page, I cut and bound them.

For the back cover I used coordinating cardstock.

The front and back covers are laminated.

I used my Purple Cows laminating machine.

(Love that gadget)

The plastic comb binding (a machine we’ve had for about 20 years)

allows for the calendar pages to be displayed horizontally

. . .or vertically.

Great inspiration all tied up in a cute little book.

What inspires you, my friends?