MARION MCCLELLAN : Dresden Plate

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Day #3 & #4 were spent watching Psych and working very slowly on the messenger bag ;) I am off to an over night with my 15 year old :)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Easter Bags FINISHED!!! :D

I am SO happy that these bags are finished! I had to sneak the last one in while my girls were at a church meeting tonight :) I finished the Dresden Plate bag earlier today and the Echino Nico KOKKA Retro Car applique dots one was finished this evening. Here are the pics... they are worth 1,000 of my tired jumbled words ;)

Ashley's bag hanging in the plum tree.

Ash's insides and pockets

Kate's Bag

I had a small circle left so I put it in the back in the bottom corner.

Kate's inside

One orange, long divided pocket.

a smaller divided purple & green pocket

Big Fat taking a look

Fat Fat taking a sniff

You've met Big Fat Bunny, but you haven't met Baby Bunny

Isn't Baby cute?

"Is this for me?"

I am linking this post up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict WHOOP WhOOP!!
and Crazy Mom Quilts finish it up Friday!!!

PS- To make these bags, I sort of used a tutorial I found on line.. I posted the link the first time I got the brilliant idea to make these bad boys for Easter. I'll look for it..... and here it is, http://www.sweetfloweret.com/2011/02/tutorial-boy-messenger-bag.html She did a GREAT job with this tutorial. I ended up making tons of modifications, but her pattern is a perfect place to start! I have made bags forever, so I used her basic measurements for the first one I made and then modified the next five to my needs. The strap measurement on her tutorial is for a small child. It is barely long enough for my kindergartner. I would have made his strap at least 38-40". I ended up making 52" straps for my big girls. They are perfect for our 5'11" daughter and me, 5'9".

Monday, March 26, 2012

A Busy Day...

Today was my son's birthday. He got a reading lamp for his bed and his AWESOME quilt :)

See how cute he is all wrapped up in it. The weather even cooperated and was cold enough to need a blankie!

For my sewing antics, I started on the messenger bag for one of my daughters. She wants a messenger bag with a dresden plate on the front of the flap. I took pictures of what I did :)

This is the AWESOME ruler that I use.

Here are the blades all cut and wanting to be sewn...

Them in a pile ;D

chain sewing the tops together

look, they make a pretty wheel.

Cool wheel, eh?

These are the tweezers that I use to get the blades turned and nice and pointy.

After turning and pressing.

Laying around wanting to be joined in a neat ring!

Sewing them up :)

These are quiltsmart circles. I LOVE them! Easy peasy!

After all of my blades are sewn together, I coax all of the threads toward the center then I lay a circle of wonder under on the back and press. ...but not the hole.... I avoid pressing the center until the center circle is on the front....

Now I press my center circle, then press the center back... Is that as clear as mud?

Dessert time! This is a rainbow chip cake with split layers that are filled with Marionberries. The frosting is chocolate cream cheese frosting. My 6 year old wanted the peeps :) My 17 year old decorated it :)

Just FYI, these are my first flying geese EVER! I love them. they are SO cute!!!
I also cut out the top for the February $29 quilt. I am going to sew that bad boy tomorrow!

Linking up with http://freshlypieced.blogspot.com/

Friday, March 23, 2012

Little Apples Dresden Plate Table Runner

***I submitted this table runner/mini quilt to the festival of scrappiness :)

This was supposed to be a wedding shower gift, but I think I'm gonna keep the Dresden and give the bride the Wonky Log Cabin... any thoughts? ....aside from "You are WEIRD!!!"