Little bunting bag

I found another tutorial online that I could not pass up.  I found it at Just Another hang up probably from Pinterest. This little bag, I love bags, didn't seem too difficult and it would force me to organize my scrap pile.  One of my favorite fabrics to use is muslin and that is what the tutorial called for, perfect!  

 Using my scrap pile I cut tiny triangles in the same color family.  I love making fabric crafts with the ombre color patterns, which up until recently I called a color progression.  I had been doing the ombre style before it was cool.  I'm such a hipster!

 Even the backside of the fabric looked cool.  Too bad it will never be seen again.

 Once both side of the bag was done it was sewing time.  On went the zipper and the lining.

 I think it's kinda cute.  I'm thinking I might shorten it a little bit so there is less non decorated fabric at the bottom.

I wanted the bag to be square when I cut it but now it seems a little odd.  That might solve to extra fabric at the bottom too.

 I'll figure that out tomorrow!

Well the scarp orginizing didn't go that far but the end product is pretty cute.  Tomorrow I probably won't get too much crafting done but the Wednesday and Thursday I have off!  More wedding and Christmas presents here I come!

- Bryn

An almost year in crafts

Kaleidoscopic Quilt

Citrus Coasters

I want to rework the blog again.  At the moment most people who look at my blog are family and friends.  I feel it might not be necessary to do the tutorial style posts, yet.  I'm working on getting notice in the craft community by using Pinterest and visiting other blogs.  As always, simplicity is key.

Easter Basket

Here is a look at some of my past projects.

Diamond Pillow

Button Bouquet

Princess Clock

Just one princess

Chevron Pillow

I've done quite a few different projects over time.  Working on a variety of things keeps it interesting.

Americana Quilt top

Irish Plaid quilt - my first real quilt

Halloween Cross Stitch

All 3 Thumbtack Pumpkin

Look for another redesign of my blog.  I can't quite decide what works the best for me and this blog.

My Modern Log Cabin Quilt

Lattice Hawaiian quilt top

4th of July Purse

Hawaiian Wristlet

 My next project will use the majority of the scraps from my Christmas stockings.  As always, thanks for looking and inspiring me to keep making more.  Please leave me a comment on your favorite project.

- Bryn

Thumbtack Pumpkins and other things

I posted on my blog a week or so ago about these amazing looking thumbtack pumpkins.  I found them exploring craft blogs.  I found them here on Madigan Made.

My journey began at the 99 cent store where they had no thumbtacks.  JoAnns, no thumbtacks.  Micheal's, fancy scrapbook thumbtacks, but no brass thumbtacks.  The Dollar Tree, no thumbtacks.  Home Depot, no thumbtacks.  Staples, nickel but no brass thumbtacks.  Another Dollar Tree - SCORE - 30 boxes of thumbtacks.  I bought 8 packs that had 300 each.

While I was at Michaels I bought 3 pumpkins.  One large and two smaller ones.

Before the madness

I left the underside of the pumpkin as it was.  I like the peaking through of the orange.

Three quarters of the way done!

900 Thumbtacks down, only 300 to go!

A finished amazing pumpkin

Now I have two more little pumpkins to do but I need to give my fingers a rest!  Totally worth killing my thumb, it looks amazing!  But there is still time in the night.  Onto another project!

Halloween is coming up fast and it is already in Disneyland.

My mom is coming next month and we are going to attend Mickey's Halloween Party.

I love Rapunzel so I have decided to tackle making my own costume.  The last time I made clothes, that was about 15 years ago.  I was in elementary school!

I started with a problem.  I bought the wrong size of pattern!  I trimmed it down to about the size that I am.  I actually did a really good job, amazing.

To make sure that I didn't mess up I made it in muslin first.  Looks pretty good actually

 I cut out the actual fabric and ironed on some interfacing to stiffen up the fabric.  Might be a bit too stiff but I can work on the that.  Now to add a zipper, cording, grommets, lace, trim and details.  I've got a way to go!  Not to mention a skirt too!  To another crafting day.

A bit of 4th of July

 When I have a day off I can work on projects all day long.  Even when there is no sunlight out anymore, which explains all the lousy pictures.

Around the 4th of July I made most of a quilt seen below.  Just looks like Americana doesn't it!

Last night I finished off the front of the quilt.  I figured about 9 inches square for each flag out work.  I added a little variety to the fabric for interest.  And when I ran out of one red, I substituted another!  I love the pinwheel pattern that appears only when I started sewing them together

After finishing the top of one project it led to starting another!  I saw these cute citrus coasters on Purl Bee.  Not to hard to make and fun at the same time.

How cute are these!  An orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit!  I glued the pieces together.  The website suggested to sew them together but that would have taken forever.  If they start coming apart, sewing it is!

Now time to piece together another flag quilt for a gift.  My goal to finish the flag quilts is next 4th of July.  I think that is reasonable!

A complete quilt

Another day, another quilt finished.  This quilt has been in the works for about 6 years.  Probably about 4 years of that being dormant, waiting for me to come back to it. 

I love the colors and the pattern.  It is a visually strong.  Once again this is a queen size pictured full size bed.

I'm thrilled it is finally done.  It will have a happy home with my boyfriend in Kansas City.  Now to work on my brother's quilt.  Only a little over a month until the wedding.  I really want to finish it before!

A project that needed finishing a long time ago

This quilt is the first big quilt I ever made.  I found the pattern at Quilters Cache.  It is called Irish Plaid.  The pattern is beautiful and complicated.  The pieces cross each other and create diamonds within diamonds.

I incorporated my favorite color of teal.  I love this teal fabric which has turtles in it.  It is a Hoffman Batik that they no longer make.  I had to find 3 different retailers for this fabric because I kept needing more and they had retired it by the time I needed more!

I liked black as a base color.  These days I lean more towards white.  I often use muslin as a color or base.  I like the texture in the fabric, it is never just a flat piece of fabric.

I have been fortunate enough to visit Hawaii a couple of times and I am on the lookout for turtles on my visit.

My mom always hand quilted her quilts or tied them off.  This was a pattern that seemed to need hand quilting.  I had never done hand quilting before and needless to say it has taken about 6 years to finish this poor quilt off!

When I opened it up I was shocked on how little there was left to do.  Only about 4 embroidery hoops worth of quilting left on it!  Last night I knocked out most the quilting that was left.  A bit more left to do today and turning the edges and then it is finally done!

I starting making this quilt in 2005.  I was a different person back then and so were my skills.  How far I have come in my skills in 6 years.

The seams, not so great!  In fact hey are awful! Those mistakes in the quilt that probably only I would notice.

Hopefully I will be finish this quilt today.  Off to Joanns to buy more supplies for millions of new projects!