Friday, December 20, 2013

A Christmas Post

I saw a free embroidery pattern yesterday on the Wild Olive blog and immediately got down to stitching one up.



It's part of Mollie's "25 Crafts of Christmas." Adorable!  And it stitches up quick because it's so teeny.

(Find the pattern in this post.)


I don't know if any of you watch any Cartoon Network at your houses but I just love Adventure Time and this little, swaddled Christ-child kind of reminds me of Finn when he sleeps.



Speaking of Adventure Time, that reminds me of this quote by Cake the cat!


"Sweet babies!"

I'm a sucker for nativity sets.  More specifically, I can't resist rescuing orphaned saviors when I find them lost and alone among an incomplete crèche.  And while I don't want you to read too much into this, I do want to share my collection of baby Jesus figurines with you today.



Wait! Where are you going??




I'm amazed at the variety of little messiah repre-sentations out there...



Don't forget cookie cutter Jesus!











I'm not crazy.  Really.  They all live in an old Coca-Cola crate hanging on my wall.  But I am working my way up to one of those blow mold light-up ones someday...


Now I'm working on another project from Wild Olive (find the pattern post here.)





I cannot help myself.  They bring me joy!  And joy is what I wish for you this holiday season.



Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!



~Kristin








Adventure Time  ™ & © Cartoon Network 



Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Pillow Poppin'

Of course it's super dark and snowy today so I couldn't get a great photo before sending off this pillow to my swap partner but you get the idea of just how cute and soft it is, right?  It's made for a 20-inch cushion insert.



In the warm glow of the sewing room light...

The little Airstream trailer (my favorite!) is foundation-pieced from a pattern I picked up for one dollar during the Minnesota Quilt Shop Hop this summer.  The silver is actually aluminized fabric made for ironing board covers which was fun to work with.  The trees are raw-edge appliquéd and then quilted over in concentric rings.  The word, "NOEL" is quilted too; I used blue, 100-weight cotton Aurifil thread (the one on the grey spool.)


On the back, I quilted horizontal lines over the Moda Oh Deer! aqua print.  The top includes a small appliqué fawn and for that quilting, I just followed the dotted lines on the Angela Walters' Legacy hexagons.  I added a zipper and a label under the flap.


  You might be thinking, "Not another white pillow cover!"  But yes.  I cannot help myself.  It's in the mail now...on its way to a faraway land.  This was for the Pillow Talk Swap - Holiday Edition - on Flickr.

Now it's on to the next sewing project...or perhaps putting up the Christmas tree...or maybe just pressing my nose up against the frosty windowpane in anticipation of the postwoman and possibly a pillow for me!  


(That's a lot of P's!)

-Kristin