Showing posts with label Sewing tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing tools. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2022

Day One Of The Queen Of Gadgets And A Giveaway

Let the fun begin! It's Day One of the "Queen of Gadgets" blog hop and a giveaway. So many fun ways to use those gadgets of ours and maybe see something new. 


Check out the Queens of Gadgets!

Ready for a giveaway?
Benartex generously offered this fun bundle of "Halloween Spirit" fat quarters!
One lucky winner!
Enter using the Rafflecopter below.
USA mailing addresses only.
One entry per person.



Thanks for stopping by!
Please take the time to visit and comment on the blogs to see what they share.
It will be a great way to meet new quilters!

Friday, November 14, 2014

The Ghastlie Christmas Gift

The T'was the Night blog hop has really given us a fantastic week of great ideas 
for quick and easy gifts AND there's still one more week of fun! Whoohoo!

A little recap on what I made for a gift:

 I went a little Ghastlie with the gift I mailed off to Theresa..I love that Alexander Henry fabric!

One of the gifts was a scalloped needle holder...it folds up so cute! I had to trace the one 
I received at a quilt retreat to create it, because I couldn't find a pattern online.



I created a round pattern with the same idea in mind to make a needle holder for me.

Next I based this gift off a Simple Sewing Companion...easy and quick!
You can find it HERE



Last of all, I made a Ghastlie snap bag.
I love that creepy family!


I can't wait to see next week's gift ideas!
Check out all the gift ideas!

Tuesday, Nov. 11

Wednesday, Nov. 12

Thursday, Nov. 13

Friday, Nov. 14

Monday, Nov. 17

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Wednesday, Nov. 19

Thursday, Nov. 20

Friday, Nov. 21
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

T'was The Night For My Gift

T'was The Night is another very cool blog hop idea by Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt.
How fun to have a hop that shares quick and easy Christmas gifts to make in just a few hours!
Plus, we exchanged some of those gifts with other bloggers...love it!
Marlene at Stitchin by the Lake was the Head Elf/Cheerleader who gathered all us blogger
elves together to get creative, sew, and mail off our gifts to the next person on the schedule.
Whew! I can't imagine how much time it took her for such a task!

Thanks to both Madame Samm and Marlene for all their time and energy getting this together!

It definitely T'was The Night for me to smile thanks to Mary Pat at Quilting Quietly 
when a sweet package of goodies arrived at my doorstep. I couldn't have been more delighted
by what she'd put together for me. As I ripped slowly opened the box, I found all of this...

There were four lovingly sewn cloth napkins that fold into the cutest shape.
My table will look so special at Christmas with those little beauties!


How adorable is this...a Christmas glass ornament filled with colorful threads!


Then there was a little zippered bag all quilted and looking gorgeous in Christmas fabrics!


Lucky me to have Mary Pat create such treasures for me!


But...she didn't stop there! She also made some paper flowers
like the ones she puts in her guest room...no watering needed!


Thanks, Mary Pat!

On top of what I made and sent to Theresa over at Bumbleberry Cottage  (it's on her blog today),
I also made a few quick and easy items that would make perfect gifts for quilters.

I love these little coin purses and have made lots of them to share.
You can find this pattern by Madame Samm HERE.


I think my little Cinderella carriage charm looks perfect on this bag!


If you'd told me three years ago that I'd become a huge fan of needle holders...well...
I'd tell you "NO WAY, I just stick them in a pincushion!" But, YES, now I am a fan in a big way.

The first needle holder I ever had came from Katherine at Sew Me Something Good and that
threw me into needle holder have-to-have mode. Britt-Inger had me try a pattern...loved it, use it!

I made this needle holder in a simple round design with a big tab. Someone gave me a
scalloped one, but I couldn't find a pattern online. This one folds up to keep the
needles from falling out and landing on the floor where I would step on them.
The button is just decorative...Velcro closes it. I love how it folds into this sweet shape!




This is what I drew up for the needle holder. The felt in the center is a 7" circle.

I made two different scissor holders...the one on the right is by Vickie Purnell (HERE) 
and is so easy to make! Adding buttons gives it a different look.


This little guy (from Britt-Inger) thinks these would be great for Mrs. Santa!


Of course, there's the famous Tammy Bag...it makes a great gift!
I have several of these and have them filled with my embroidery and sewing needs.


That Other Lady was showing off her new Beam n Read and I knew that I just HAD to have one.
My eyes aren't what they used to be and having this sweet accessory makes my sewing time
so much nicer...love it! There's even a USB power kit available to save my batteries.
I like wearing it around my neck so it points directly at what I'm working on...it's very lightweight!

I'm so hooked on this sweet light!


See those tiny little holes on the purse frame below?
I clicked my Beam n Read up to the 6 bulb setting...WOW...can you say "bright"!
I could see the holes and get my needle right through them. It was so cool!


Another plus is that it DOES NOT GET HOT, which is very important when temperatures
where I live are sometimes 114 degrees or higher. I don't need any extra heat!

I just started an embroidery project and I'm so amazed at how nice it is to SEE what I'm doing!
It can tilt at different angles and has filters for different types of light.
You can read more about the Beam n Read HERE.

Marlene had suggested having a basket full of goodies to share with others when we need
something quick. I found this cute metal basket that's ready to fill, only not with any of these.


I made a bag of my own to store all these matching accessories.
I'm excited to have a whole set that goes together!
It's Just A Round Bag with vinyl pockets so it's easier to see what's inside.


Look who's sharing lots of Christmas gift ideas...

Tuesday, Nov. 11

Wednesday, Nov. 12

Thursday, Nov. 13

Friday, Nov. 14

Monday, Nov. 17

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Wednesday, Nov. 19

Thursday, Nov. 20

Friday, Nov. 21
Sew We Quilt

You can find all the gift ideas on Madame Samm's Pinterest page...

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, October 12, 2012

New Tool, Winner Winner!

I won some fabric from Debby Kratovil Quilts and a $25 gift certificate from Quilted Works. Such a lucky week for me! Maybe I should visit a casino and see if my luck holds out. Nah...I'm smart enough to know that it isn't the lucky people's money that builds those beautiful gambling places and that me winning anything is a rare event. 

I used the Quilted Works certificate to buy a little more Halloween fabric
(I never have enough, of course.)

There was a new fun tool at Quilted Works...
(I never need a ripper, so this info is for other people--LOL!)
This little seam ripper not only rips out those mistakes
that sometimes happen, but also has a rubber part that
brushes those annoying little threads away. 
I love it...I mean I WOULD love it if I ever made mistakes.

Friday, September 7, 2012

"D" Is For Dots, "E" Is For Ellie

As I've mentioned before, those little blog hops motivate me to try new things....like applique and embroidery. Yes, I know that is one chunky looking "E", but I wanted it to stand out on the pink applique piece with yellow dots. Just don't look too close....I'm new at this embroidery and applique thing.

I ordered a silicone sheet from Connecting Threads so I could work on learning how to applique things. While browsing through all the fun stuff over in their online store, I saw my favorite Martinelli rotary cutter. My other one had broken (I used it a lot) and I hadn't found another one until...whoohoo....
THERE IT WAS!
I love this little cutter (if you were here, you would have seen me do a happy dance--it wasn't very graceful, but at least I was happy.) Thank you Connecting Threads for making my day!

By the way, it's
 3 days until....

Monday, July 23, 2012

The Bloc Loc--Loving It!

One thing that my sister and I just love when we go to fabric/quilt stores is when they demo a sewing item for us. We're suckers for demos and almost always buy the item. Some of the gadgets end up in a drawer, buried beneath the other must-have items that weren't as fun or usable as they seemed to be.

This little ruler isn't buried in that drawer--I love it! It's been used a lot the last few days as I thought about Christmas and sewed little triangles together....

Here's the link for a video on how it works: http://www.blocloc.com/index.html

Dresden Carnival In Rikstacket

C heck out the Summer 2026 R IKSTACKET quilt magazine that my friend, Britt-Inger, sent me  from Sweden. It was such a pleasure and an hono...