Long Time No Typing........

Well, Hello Strangers.

It has been toooooo long. I can go on and on with all my excuses for not blogging for so long.

But .....Bottom line. Bad back,big move, new house and this is the first time in 27 years I have not had a child at home during the day. All the kiddos are in school. I have been a little lost.

So, now I am recovered, settled, pampered and over feeling sorry for myself!

Time to get back to the things I love. Blogging, quilting, sewing and sharing !!

To get myself going I have started a new quilt. I am calling it " Bricks and Mortar".

The fabrics are from Anthology. The line is High Society. I love this fabric!!!!

I have a new brown sofa and I am hoping this will be a match.

I am in the process of cutting the "Bricks "from the prints and the "Mortar" will be cut from Kona Charcoal.

I have drawn it out on graph paper as you can see from the photo. I could use a little help in the drawing department. The sewing should go better.  I will share as I go along.  I hope to have cutting instructions ect., for those who might want to try this one, soon.

Have a Fantastic Day!!!

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Oh Man !!! That hurts....

So ...I haven't posted in a while. You wanna know why? Are you sure??
O.K. I was in the closet, after a shower, pulling on my knickers when I felt a stabbing pain in my lower back.That kind of pain that hurts so bad you feel like your body is on fire. I fell to my knees and screamed a little. My next thought was...I am buck naked with my panties half way up on my hands and knees on the floor. Wholly Crappers!!!
If I call for help, I know my kids will come running.See "the all of me" in ALL my glory and laugh like crazy.So, with all the might I pulled my self up, hiked up the unders,got sorta dressed and shuffled out to my bed.....Then screamed really loud.

Since that fateful morning. I have been well medicated and laying in bed.
I could have posted something.But it would not have made ANY sense.
Couldn't have been better timing. The big move to the new house starts tomorrow.
I think my hubby thinks I did it on purpose..LOL.
Wow, I wish I were faking it. It really hurts.
Anyone have any good advice for lower back pain??
My back has done this a couple times over the years ...Oh Man !! But never this bad.
I figure...if you can't put on your undies without throwing your back out. You better get back in shape....hehe.
If only I could sew and run on the treadmill at the same time......

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My inner eight year old boy....

This summer has been a lesson in creative entertaining .
We are moving into a new house. So packing, planning and cleaning have replaced a summer vacation. And by packing up stuff that would otherwise be played with... I have been left with some very bored kids. In a attempt to entertain.. We have found some cute videos and by my surprise, my inner 8 year old boy.....I haven't seen him since I sold my dirt bike when I was 11. This is the guy what lured him out........



The kids and I have watched everyone of the orange's videos. I don't know why I like him......but I do.
And the girl's are smitten. Must be his citrus smile.

Another video my girly's love is this "Sweet" one.





Well, if you have some bored kiddos around your house maybe this will help.
One warning....The fruit does get cut up at the end of each annoying orange video.
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I am feeling like a slacker.....

Has everyone seen what Jess over at Craftiness is Not Optional did with the "Nakey Baby " patterns???

    This is just a sampling of her amazing work! 

She is a total show off inspiration !!

    Please go check it out!!

Well,  back to the machine for me.....My girls have seen those cute skirts and tops Jess made..

I going to have do some dolly sewing this week!! That is if I want to keep my Super Mama status.

The problem  is once you start sewing these mini-clothes your hooked. Just a warning.....

My quilting has taken a bit of a backseat.

Here are some links to patterns and tutorials I have found to sew up more dolly delights.

Flannel Diaper and Wipers 

 Baby Doll Sling  

Another Version of a Doll Sling

 Twirly Skirt

Baby Doll Bunting

Dolly Pants

Doll Bedding

Fabric Moses Basket

American Girl Doll Patterns

Kimono for Dolly

More for American Girl doll clothes

T- Shirt

"Sew" Many Patterns ..."Sew" Little Time.

I am going to try though. If I come up with any new patterns... I will share of course.

Now , go sew some mini-clothes. 

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Frazzled..........

Frazzled is how I feel this summer!! I can't seem to get anything done. Anyone out there feeling this.Uuuuggg!!
I am starting to look forward to " Back to School" time. And it's still 3 weeks away.

Oh well, enough complaining!!!

I played with strings again,and some triangle scraps too.

This pretty little pile inspired this..

I had so much fun making my first string block....I started trying to find a fun new ways to use strings. I played until I came up with this idea. This block is not perfect I would change a couple things. I like the idea and look of it though.I'd like to make a whole quilt, a quick one that can be sewn  in 30 min. sewing segments( Because my kiddos will have it no other way). I think it If I make a quilt I will use Kona cotton in coal instead of the white.
I dunno ...What do you all think???

On another topic...Nakey Baby has been such a fun,fun,fun project!! I love all the comments,e-mails and questions I received from my SuperSweet readers. It has been so nice getting to know some of you better!!!
I gotta tell you.... I saw this today over at The Amazing Jess's blog.

Are they not the cutest!!!! And Yup, she used my pattern. Thrilling to see someone use something I came up with. I am in the clouds over it!!!! You can read about her sewing the dresses here.

All and all ,even though I am frazzled, it has been a very good day!!
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"Nakey Baby " 2 Dresses in 1 Tutorial

Nakey Baby Templates Are now Available in my Shop!!
I no longer blog here and can't keep up with the demand! But, I still want to offer this project!!
Go to the store tab on the top of page!!
Thank You!!!






It is 2 ,Yes 2!! 2 Dresses in 1.

 Do I sound like a salesman?I am a little bit. This little Dress is sooo simple to make.  Perfect for a beginner, Superfast for a sewer with some skills. You could whip up 2 of these and 2 nappy/diapers in a couple hours for a great gift. Any little girl would love .

So away we go,

Supplies

2 pieces of fabric 18"x20"

2 closures  (snaps ,buttons,Velcro or whatever you like!)

Embellishment if you like

Printed Template (link at the bottom of post)

This tutorial is so easy it hardly needs instructions...........

 Fold one of the pieces of fabric in half . Place pattern on fold like so. Cut one ....Fabric  #1.

 Do the same with Fabric #2.

 This is what you should have. Put the two cut outs right sides together, pin  then sew a 1/4 "seam all around the dress.

 Leaving a space open for turning. As I marked above.

 Turn right side out and press. Make sure to turn 1/4 inch in at the opening  to match up edge for top stitching.

 Now it looks like this.

 Top stitch all around dress very close to the edge. This will also close the opening.

Now we need to add some closures. I use snaps cuz I love 'em. Velcro would prabably work better. And buttons would be super cute ...if you feel that spunky. These photos are from the first dress I made with all one fabric. These shows where to put the closures.

Now ,on these two little dresses I added some embellishments. I applied them using fabric glue. Easy Peasy!!

 A butterfly on this one.

 View of the back.

 I stitched a blanket stitch on felt hearts here. The hearts cover up the snap backs .

 Sweet right?

 The cute little back.

I hope you enjoy making this little dress. It gives two different looks for the fashion minded baby. haha

Print template from link below.

 "2 Dresses in 1" Template

Just to remind you ..you can find similar a  pattern here for your little girl. At SewBaby .

That will make a cute girl/doll matching outfits.

This is the last pattern for "The Nakey Baby Project".

I will do a wrap up next week an show off my dressed babies.

If you sew up some off these ideas , PLEASE show them off on the flickr page. I will also post some on the blog here! I really want to see what you do with these ideas.

Thanks to all of you who have down loaded the patterns, over 500 downloads so far !!!!!

How cute!! 2 babies in 1 pic.

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Yup, there she goes...sitting on her butt again.

com·pul·sion

 /kəmˈpʌlʃən/ Show Spelled[kuhm-puhl-shuhn] Show IPA

–noun

1.  the act of compelling; constraint; coercion.

2.  the state or condition of being compelled.

3.  Psychology . a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act,( stitch things and sew hexagons) esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one's will.

I have a compulsion to sit on my keester and stitch things. I know should go for a run. I know I should fold that heap of laundry staring at me. Or maybe finish one of the 4 quilt tops I have in progress.

But I can not. 

I blame the blogs!!!!

Like this one or this one..but especially this one !!! That Texas Freckles went and made those Hexagons look so appealing. I just had to try one.Now, I've been had!!

After a couple of those little things of beauty were sewn up .I thought ....ooooo !!  wouldn't it be cute if I stitched a little something on linen for one, a mushroom maybe? a cupcake?  They just kept getting cuter.

It was as if they were calling me to sit down and make more of them.

Anyone out there suffering this very contagious disease???

Here are some pictures of the little guys...and some other stitchin' too.

1 inch Hexies

Lil'Cupcake

1 1/2 inch Hexies

Mushrooms on Linen

A Hedgie to Love

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