Boomer Sooner Tote Bag

When we moved here to Norman Oklahoma, we kept seeing things with OU on them...I mean it was from bumper stickers, license plates, t-shirts, and etc. We realized later that we lived just by the university. So the Sooners kinda grew on us. Anyways, it seems that my sister Connie has been going crazy on making tote bags for people. You can see her blog here She can barely keep up with her orders. So I decided to give it a try. I just finished making an OU Boomer Sooner queen size quilt for our childrens Ministry auction at church, so I thought of using the leftover materials from that. I followed the tutorial from Moda Bake Shop found here. Please see locate the tutorial under "Recipes" and click Bags and Totes. My tote bag came out a little smaller than theres, because I used the squares from the left over materials from the quilt I just made. Still worked out the same! I added my own style pocket to the inside by using interfacing on a piece of scrap material. I used a zig zag stitch for 2 columns, and my pockets have 3 sections. I used the simple machine stitch to make the "x's" on the bag. I really had a fun making this tote bag.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Supplies: 100% warm and natural batting, 100% cotton fabrics (Hobby Lobby), interfacing

YAY! My OU Quilt is Finished!

Whew! It's been awhile I know, same ole story, right? Well, I have been trying to get this quilt done for our Childrens Ministry Auction. My kids made a quilt also (see the post below mine). Anyhow, it did take me awhile to decide on a pattern so I went with an OU Sooners quilt. We live in the city of the BOOMER SOONERS and I said, Why not? So, I went with it. I hope our quilts bring in the money that will provide kids to go to summer camps. I made this quilt by doing the 9 patch blocks. It is a queen size. You should of seen what I had to go through to layout the pieces in my studio, my goodness. Yes, I prewashed all fabrics first (just in case the red would bleed)...worked out great I think. I did the machine quilting for the "x's" to make it easier on me and washed the quilt when it was finished. I added a label to the back also. Hope you like it! Thanks for dropping by!

Kids Auction Quilt

I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping a good update on my blog. Things will start to settle down and I will be able to manage it better. Over Spring Break last year, I taught my boys how to sew. They have been making pillows, mini quilts, and etc since then. My boys wanted to make a quilt for our Children's Ministry Auction at our church. I was making one but they wanted to make one of their own. This is how they planned their quilt. I bought 2 sewing machines for each of my boys to sew use (good idea, no arguments), anyhow, they grabbed a bunch of my 6 inch homespun blocks (I already had cut them to size prior to another quilt I made) worked perfectly. They each grabbed blocks and rearranged them on the floor and then picked up a row of blocks that equal 10. They each had sewn a row of blocks each...worked faster because it was TEAM WORK going for a great cause. As the quilt got bigger with adding borders, that's where mom came in. I helped them stitch the sandwich part of the quilt together, and did a little bit of the stitching on the top. I think the quilt and the blocks came together well. The Pastors at our church love what they did and thought they were very nice to contribute their time with such amazing talent. I made a label for the back of the quilt and they signed it with their names and ages. We also put additional information on the label for which the quilt was made for and etc. Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by!

Supplies: 100% cotton batting and Homespun fabrics

What A SURPRISE!!!

WOW! Look what my Secret Sister gave to me...am I lucky or what! Thank you so much Dianne. You are the GREATEST! I love everything especially the buttons.

A Mini Quilted Tote Bag

It's me again, just doing a little updating on my blog. I have been so busy during the week with my back therapy, exercising, and quilting. Do you ever feel like there is so much to do and so little time, well that's me! My twin sister has been making these quilted tote bags here for all our Pen Pals on Kota's on SCS and I wanted to do something like that, but decided to do a mini tote bag. Here are the instructions for the tote bag from Moda Bake Shop here. I am in the process of making one too. We have a Secret Sister in our Pen Pal group where we pick names and shop for that particular person. I picked someone who loves Cats and thought she would get a kick out of this mini tote bag in cat prints. I followed the tutorial for the Friendship Tote Bag from P.S. I Quilt here I thought, I did honestly! But somehow I ended up having to add 2 more strips to each side because I used 1/4 inch seams, instead of 1/8 seams. Still worked out ok, didn't it. I used the stipple quilting on the bottom and machine quilted in the ditch for strips. I really enjoyed making this one and I hope my SS likes this. Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Supplies: 100% Cotton Moda Fabrics and 100% warm and natural batting

My 1st Fabric Basket

I'm BACK!!! I was browsing the internet one day looking for a homemade fabric basket that I can make for Secret Sister for our swap at Kota's Kids on SCS. Anyhow, I found this great tutorial from Pink Penguin here. I wanted my basket to be a little bigger, so I used 2 1/2 inches blocks. The lining is where it got tricky because remember I made my blocks bigger than what the instructions said. I am still practicing the adjustments for the lining. Next time, I will try to follow the EXACT instructions. I also wanted the quilted look, so I decided to just make "X's" on each block after the basket was done. I didn't have my thinking cap on, because I should of quilted it before the basket was put together. It still worked. I just sent it off to my SS yesterday and I hope she likes it. Of course, and I filled the basket up with stamping stuff and she could use it for misc things. I really liked how this came out, do you? Have a wonderful day!

Supplies: 100% Cotton Fabrics