Cake!

In one of my quilting guilds there was a fat quarter challenge. The dark green background behind the cake is the one I picked out of the box. The challenge is to create a quilt that is at least 12x12 and that uses the fat quarter in at least 40% of the quilt, unless you are making a full quilt. I took the opportunity to try something new, and will be hand quilting and embellishing for the first time. You can see Sadie above with the beginning of the wall hanging I am making. I am going to quilt it, then I will add candles and beads to it.

Tonight, I learned how to hand quilt! I went to my friend's house (another guild member who lives in my neighborhood!!!) and she showed me how to hand quilt. Contrary to my expectations, I liked it! I have also added some beads to the flowers. Below you can see what I did tonight. Stay posted... I will be decorating my cake!

Bottle Cap Magnets

I saw bottle cap magnets at a local store and decided to try to make them.


First I made a pattern and used it to find some pictures I liked.


I used Mod Podge to glue the paper into the bottle caps. I put the Mod Podge under and on the picture and let it dry.


After the Mod Podge dried, I filled the cap with Diamond Glaze. Be careful because it's easy to get air bubbles in there.

After the Diamond Glaze dries, cut the magnet tape into a circle and attached it to the back of the bottle cap.

Bird's Nest

Tonight I went to a jewelry group, and here is what I made!

Bookmark

I tried to make a book mark... and here's how it turned out!

First, I went online and found this card stitching pattern at http://cardmakinginspirations.com/demo/stitch5.htm. I printed the pattern and laid it on the paper. Then, using a pin, I poked holes in the paper.



After I poked all the holes, I followed the pattern to make the design you see on the bookmark.

Natalie's Quilt

This is something new I tried... thanks to Julie! This is a birthday present for my niece who just turned three!

Scarf

This is another scarf I made for a friend's birthday!

The Plate

I baked it in the oven for 35 minutes and now it's done!

Dot-Painted China

I found this idea on Martha Stewart's website (http://www.marthastewart.com/article/dot-painted-china). It was very easy to do. I got a ceramic plate, some graphite paper, and a Porcelaine 150 pen. I found the supplies at Michael's!

There are templates on the website, so I just printed one out. I taped it onto the plate with the graphite paper, and then I just used a pencil to transfer it onto the plate.


This is the outline on the plate. Make sure you press hard enough, you can see my hand got tired at the end. This is the most tedious part of the project.


Then you just take the pen and paint dots over the outline.




It must dry for 24 hours, then I will bake it in the oven!

Purple Scarf!

I finished my purple scarf!

Baby Quilt

I finished ones of the baby quilts! Here are the pictures!