Snow People and Winter Birds

Hey Sewers!
Here we are in early December and
winter is quickly descending upon us
If you are in a climate such as we are here in Utah,
the snow has already started falling, but it is also quickly melting
These little guys however, won’t melt
I can’t help but smile whenever I look at them

Tami, Ashley, and Brittni are my lovely sewing friends who brought them to life
at my Santa’s Workshop sewing class last night at our local Bernina dealer
The pattern for these sweet little snow people heads is in Nancy Halversen’s book,
Table Please Part Two
Another winter-themed project in the same book is this
winter birds table topper,
which I’m actually using as a wall hanging

The tree trunks are strip pieced alternately with the white background
the tree branches and birds are applique
I used wool felt for the bird appliques,
which adds great dimension to those feathered beauties
Appleton wool yarn is a perfect pairing with the wool felt and hand stitching
 

 

Enjoy your winter, my friends, and take time to do some
bird watching
and snowball making

Friendship Quilt

The Friendship Quilt will be a new class offering at Nuttall’s Fabric Store.
Before it is offered as a class,
we (the employees) are sewing blocks to exchange with one another.
You guessed it, the friendship quilt is a block swap.
We each make 10 blocks and exchange them with one another.
We each end up with 10 different blocks than those with which we started.

The color ‘rules’ are:
  • White background
  • Blue star points
  • Red corner
 The Winter Star block pattern we’re using is from this book:

 I fussy cut all 10 of the block centers from some fabric I had leftover from this skirt 

Fussy cutting may be a new term for you.
If you’re curious, here’s a short video that I recorded on fussy cutting fabric:

 Now that all the cutting is done, I’m ready to sew those 10 blocks!

Exchanging quilt blocks is like giving presents.
Sew much fun!!!
If you are in the local area, check with the Layton store to sign up for the Friendship Quilt.
Have you participated in quilt block swaps?
Please leave a comment and let the rest of us know your thoughts.
Until next time, my friends, keep sewing.

Daysail for Summer

It’s my goal to fill this entry wall with mini quilts.
As you can see, I’ve just begun!
The newest little mini is that one on the left.
The pattern, Dwell, is from Thimble Blossoms and
the fabric is Daysail by Bonnie and Camille.
I used a combination of figure 8’s and straight line quilting to
finish up this sweet wall decoration.
Thanks for stopping by, my friends.
Please send me an email or leave a comment.
I love to chat with, and learn from, other sewists.
Have a terrific sewing week.