My Minky Scarves

I finally made myself something, which I rarely do. Most of my projects are intended for someone else, but I had leftover scraps of some minky fabric I used to make scarves for some of the ladies in my family and decided to piece them together to make a scarf for myself. However, I also had ordered some leopard minky fabric (not pictured) after Christmas 2011 and intended to make scarves for my son's girlfriend, her mother and myself, but I never got around to it until this Christmas. Talk about procrastinating!!

As I was sewing the 2011 minky fabric and completed the scarves for my son's girlfriend and her mother, I decided to give the scarf I had intended for myself to my hubby's sister. I never know what to get her and I thought she'd like the scarf. So, giving the scarf intended for me, I had to order some more fabric. (lucky me!!)

When I went back to the Quilted Treasures website I found they added to their product line a faux chinchilla, which looked absolutely gorgeous. I had to have it!

This is the scarf I made from the leftover scraps of the Rose Cuddle Minky (Brown):

Since it was scraps, this scarf is a bit skinnier than the others. It was almost to skinny...I almost didn't get my hand in the opening to turn it.

And this is the chinchilla one. When you order the fabric it will come cut in a 15" width. You can then sew the scarf as wide or narrow as you want. Just be careful that you don't cut it too narrow or you'll have a hard time turning it.

I love the way these scarves turn out. They are so soft and warm but I HATE working with minky fabrics. They are messy, shed, slip horribly while sewing, difficult to get a straight edge and just overall a pain to work with. I pin to the Nth degree, have tried putting tissue paper between the right sides while sewing, which does seem to help some, but it's just difficult fabric. Thank goodness these scarves sew up quickly. There are many choices to choose from and they are reasonably priced.

I love Quilted Treasures....they ship promptly, have great customer service and I think their prices are reasonable. Check their website out if you get a chance (link above).

Post Christmas 2012

Whew!! Christmas sure came and went fast. Seems to come around faster every year, doesn't it? I was busy making ornaments for family and friends. They were so easy. Found the idea on, where else, Pinterest. Started out with the Santa and Snowman and then thought of making a Reindeer. Who knew there was such a thing as brown glitter? Can't believe I found some.

Here's the Santa ornament: (I added the touch of fur at the top)

 

 

This is the Snowman ornament:

And here is the Reindeer ornament:

I think the Reindeer is cute but the mouth isn't very visible. Will have to give it more thought as to what I can do to improve upon this feature. Any ideas are welcome.

I also made ornaments using some of my Christmas fabrics in a kit I found from Keepsake Quilting. These were fun and easy to make as well but you definitely need a glue gun. The directions called for regular craft glue but that didn't hold well. I blinged them up using hot fix crystals and glitter, bows and small Christmas picks I found at Joann's.

 

 

 

 

 

I had fun making all of my 2012 Christmas ornaments, although I did procrastinate a bit getting started. Every year I always say I'm going to start my Christmas projects in September but somehow that never happens.

 

For Christmas this year my DH (darling husband) gave me some new sewing furniture from Arrow Cabinets. The "Big Bertha" arrived the day after Christmas. Was so pleased how quickly it shipped. I was expecting 7 - 10 days so it was like Christmas morning all over again. Can't wait for the DH to start putting it together but we have to paint the room it's going in first. When it's all together in her new home, I'll post more pics.

 

 

Not sure what my first project on Big Bertha and in 2013 will be, but it will be fun looking for something. I bought some fabric at a quilt retreat back in November, so maybe I'll dig that out and start with it. We'll see.





My First Blog Posting

Not sure how this Blog stuff works. This is my first attempt at creating a blog in order to share my craft creations and possibly, in the process, share things that inspire me. Most of my projects in the last 4 - 5 years have been around quilting, but I also love to crochet, knit, crosstitch and do just about any fun craft I find creative.

If you share the same love of creativity, regardless of medium, I hope you find some of my creations interesting or possibly, even inspiring.

As I get better at Blog creation, I hope my postings and the format of this page will improve. So, thanks for your patience while I figure this out. I don't profess to be an English major so you'll likely find grammatical errors and misspellings as well.

Here's a few of the projects I've done recently. If you're inclined, let me know what you think.


This is some "Onesie Cupcakes" I did for a baby shower gift. Found the directions on Pinterest and you can go to this link if you'd like them too> Onesie Cupcake . I couldn't find any red baby socks as the instructions show so, I found small ribbon flowers in the craft section at Walmart and used those as the centers. I also took the cuff of the sock and pulled it down over the onesie to make it look like icing.

 



The pictures following are a baby quilt I did recently for a new Mom who loves Winnie the Pooh. I got the inspiration for the "hunny" jar from a friend. It really worked out great when I found the backing fabric that was honey colored. When I folded up the quilt and put it in the jar, it was the perfect color for the honey jar. If you don't have a quilt to fill the jar, you could use heavy scrapbook paper to line the jar. Then fill it with diapers and small baby goodies.

 

 

 

 

 

Will return soon to post more pics.