Cooper's Dino Quilt

Dino Crazy Quilt

Twin-sized dino-themed crazy quilt in the tradition of my great grandmother’s crazy quilts.

1st Sampler – In Honor of GG

Today (February 22, 2011) would have been my GG’s 97th birthday.  In honor of that, I thought I would post about the quilt I made her over 10 years ago.  GG’s Chicken Quilt This quilt was a blast to put together. It was my first attempt at a WHOLE quilt, and I made it as…

Purple Pizzaz

A few summers ago I made a quilt for my sister.  Actually, the project began nearly 2 BEFORE that, and a good friend of mine helped. We were taking a quilting class together, just for fun.  It was a once a month class and every month we learned a new technique and pieced 1 block. …

Winter Wreath tutorial

I took down my evergreen Christmas wreath when we put away all of our Christmas decorations, and my door looked very lonely. I wasn’t feeling ready to put up my Valentine’s welcome hearts yet, so I wanted to make a new wreath, more winter, less Christmas. This is what I came up with. Not quite…

My Stocking OOPS!

This is a fun Nativity stocking that I had – only 1 left since I had originally made 4 and a friend of mine only needed 3 of them.  I had this stocking for sale in my craft shops online. Stocking description: Lovely printed Nativity panel used to create this quilted stocking. The sky is…

Fabric Coil Christmas Ornaments

I saw a picture earlier this week, and I KNEW that I had found a new project to work on.  The photo was of some Christmas ornaments made from coils (rolls) of fabric. So, without a pattern, and only the picture to follow, I thought I’d give it a try. This is the result of…

Camo Overalls

Last spring my sweetie had me go to Fabricland and buy a bunch of their camouflage fabric to make him some overalls for hunting.  We’re in new territory, and none of his camo matches the foliage around here and none of it is heavy enough for some of the winter hunting he’ll be doing up here. SO,…

A Different Kind of Wall-Hanging

Who needs a $160 antler mounting kit? Not my sweetie and I. Just give us the pieces of an old oak table, some screws, wood filler, varnish, some quilt batting and camo fabric – all things we had on hand around the house. Then VOILA! Axis Deer Antlers My Sweetie mounted these Axis antlers from…

Patchwork quilted christmas stockings

Patchwork Crazy Quilt Nativity Christmas Stockings

I recently made some cute Christmas stockings.  I made 2 sets, but this one was the one I had more fun with.  These are 4 matching Crazy-Quilt style patchwork Christmas stockings with a Nativity theme. First, a picture of the finished products: And a detail of one of the stockings: Fun and festive, with a…