Handmade Quilt Card Tutorial

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This is a great idea for using your favorite quilt photos. I made these note cards from photos of quilts that our quilt ladies would bring for show and tell. They made a perfect gift at our December party. And the girls were so surprized when their own quilts were made into note cards.



All you need to do is take your favorite photo (make sure if it is not your photo that you get permission) and copy and paste it into a word program. Set the page as landscape. Place the photos on the bottom half of the sheet so that when you print them to card stock, and they are folded, they turn out right side up. The blank portion will be above the pictures.

I copied 2 per page and marked the center line up and down with a ruler. From there you need to cut the page in half along line. Then all you have to do is fold card carefully just above pictures.and put it with an envelope and there you have it.

Have a happy Day!


Angie

Last Minute Apron

After a dash to the local Quilt Shop, I finished my last sewing project for Christmas. This apron is a surprise for someone special... but I can't say who because I know they may be looking!

Can you see how different the color looks in different lighting? I think the botom picture is more true to the actual color. The fabric is from Riley Blake Designs called "Just Dreamy in My Mind's Eye" I knew as soon as I saw it that it was meant to be an apron.

Quilt Group Party

I love Christmas parties. Especially when they are with my quiltie friends. It was a festive night of yummy home made food, chatting and tea towel swapping! Look at all the prizes ready to be handed around.

This is the towel I made for the swap. Isn't the chick cute? It was a pattern I found in my stash.

Julie over at Country Girl at Heart was our president this last year...and what a great job she did! We had a fun year. Thanks Julie!!

Decorating for Christmas

Our tree is up so it feels like Christmas now. It is packed full of family memories! I wanted to share some of my favorites. I collect ruby slipper ornaments and have quite a few. This pair is one of my favs! Remember these from "You've Got Mail" ..?? Meg Ryan hung a pair just like these in her store window.

One of my favorite traditions at our house is that each year we all get to buy a new ornament for our tree. Each ornament is marked with a date and a name. (Like we need to remember who's the red shoes are? hee- hee)

Some ornaments simply represent things that make us smile, others are themed to things that have happened throughout the year. The year my honey and I went on our first cruise, we brought back this crabby ornament and I filled a glass bulb with sand from the beach in Grand Cayman- one of the islands we stopped on.

Can you believe we have a frig hanging on our tree? Ok- it's mine. It was made by Hallmark last year (I think) and I couldn't resist! Isn't it the cutest thing? The doors open and it has tiny little food..a jam jar, jello mold, milk, turkey...the whole holiday feast! All the little tiny visitors at our house love it!

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Happy Holidays!!

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Angie

Wool Ornaments by My Elementary Kids

Once a week I spend a couple of hours volunteering with the afterschool program at our Elementary School. It hit me one day that I needed to give something more to the kids I work with all day...because I love them so much! So what is my favorite thing to do??? Sew, of course.

I thought, why not teach them to sew?? I started little with plastic canvas boxes then slowly worked them up to whip stitching and sewing on beads to make wool ornaments. Look what a fabulous job the 9-11 year olds did. Even the boys got involved.

Then they all got to hang them on the tree. The kids have loved all the projects. After the holidays, it will be on to the next fun idea...

Go Organize!

My good friend Marilyn Bohn just had her book "Go Organize" published and it's now in bookstores. Yea!! She is a fellow quilter and has been so kind this year to share her organizing tips with our quilt group.

If you need to get organized, this is a great resource. If you'd like to get more info on her book signings or to purchase her book...check out her web page.

Merry Christmas to me! and a Confession

Confession: This year (ok- every year) I seem to find, as I am shopping, things I can't live without! I am sure I am not the only one. Right??? It is the season of giving and really, who says we can't give to ourselves...!



I found these darling pillowcases on ebay and had to have them. I haven't seen this pattern before- and aren't they cute? All hand embroidered and hand crocheted. I love the handwork!

Christmas is great! Don't you just love Christmas?

Giveaway Day Winner!

After putting all of the names in a hat (I couldn't decide the best comment because there were so many great ones!) we have a giveaway winner!

Congrats to Mama Lusco! I will be sending her my cute pincushion.

But there is more.... I am also sending a little surprise to three other lucky bloggers!
Yea!!

These surprise winners are Jingle, and Libby, and Sara.

I will be e-mailing out all the winners for a mailing address. Congrads Ladies!! Hope you enjoy your prizes...

Quilt Group Christmas Party!

We had a great time at our Quilt Group Christmas Party last night! These teatowels were made by our quilt girls to swap with each other. I love to get things that I didn't make myself. They were all so cute I had a hard time deciding which one I wanted....

Now that my run as president is over, I may get some more of my unfinished projects finished. And I can't wait for Becky's online group to start! She has such great ideas (did I mention that she was my right hand gal this year for our quilt group?) I know that she has some great quilting designers lined up to design unique projects just for her online group... I think she is even giving away free memberships on her blog. Make sure you check out her blog for more details.

Have a happy weekend!

Angie

P.s. Don't forget to enter the giveaway below. You can still enter until Dec 6th.

Sew-Mama-Sew giveaway day!!

To all of you fabulous quilters/stitchers who have posted- i love your tips! Sorry it took me so long to get them posted.... I Can"t wait to pick a lucky winner! Giveaway ends Sunday the 6th 12:oo midnight MT.