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Kids Can Sew! Sizzix Doll Quilt

September 30, 2015 by Amanda 1 Comment

I love getting my girls involved in sewing! In fact among the requirements for leaving home to go to college are: 1. you must be able to bake a pie from scratch 2. you must be able to successfully make the family roll recipe 3. you must be able to construct a quilt start to finish by yourself! I’m proud of my teenage daughter as she has mastered all of these skills. Sally is 7 and we are beginning to sew on the machine. She LOVES it! I like projects that she can do most of the work; this one is perfect!

I love using the Sizzix for cutting because she is too young to use the rotary cutter. This way, she gets to “cut” out her quilt. She choose all the fabrics and the Sizzix die. The triangle worked great because it was easy for her to follow.

Once she had chosen all the fabrics, I ironed Heat n Bond Lite to the wrong side of the triangle fabric. Then I let Sally loose with the Sizzix Fabi.

I cut a piece of white fabric the size she wanted. She positioned the triangles and I pressed them in place.

She sat at the machine and I had her practice sewing 1/4″ seams along the triangles. If she messed up, not to worry, the triangles would be fine. This was such good experience. She got to where she could start and stop and lift the presser foot and cut the thread all by herself!

Once all the triangles were stitched around, I used Spary n Bond to baste the quilt together. This allowed for easy quilting and no messing with pins! I wanted her to do all the quilting. I put the walking foot on and showed her how the machine can “sew by itself” and all she needed to do was steer the fabric, not push or pull it. Once she saw how fun this was she was off! I encouraged her to do random lines all over. I love how it turned out!

Mufasa was quite a helper, he slept the entire time behind the sewing machine!I let her sew the binding on, and I helped with the corners. I then let her use the binding clips and clip the binding all the way around. Finally we got out the needle and thread and did some hand sewing. She did pretty good. I helped with the hand binding so we could finish sometime this year!

It’s the perfect size for her American Girl dolls and she is thrilled that she made it herself! Do you sew with your kids? Sally is excited to begin a new project!

Filed Under: appliqué, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, sizzix, Therm O Web

Spooktacular Halloween Towels and Pillow

September 7, 2015 by Amanda 10 Comments

Kids are in school, mornings are cool and crisp, and I can’t get enough Halloween sewing!! These projects are super quick and easy. The images used for the applique are fussy cut from Blend Fabrics Spooktacular fabric line. I love these big bold Halloween designs!

For the towels…

Supplies

1 yard toweling for each towel, or a finished tea towel

1/2 yard ric rac

Heat n Bond Feather Lite

Desired fabric

Begin by selecting the image you want to applique on the towel. Cut a piece of Heat n Bond slightly larger than the image. Iron it to the wrong side of the fabric.

Cut out the image.

Even up the toweling and sew a rolled hem on both edges.Peel off the backing paper and press into place. Top stitch around each applique piece. Add ric rac or other decorative trim.

These would make great gifts for friends or teachers!!!

For the pillow….

Supplies

quarter yard cuts of the 3 fabrics

1/2 yard ticking for back

Heat n Bond fusible fleece

Zipper

Applique pieces

Heat n Bond Feather Lite

2 .5 yards black pom pom trim

20″ Pillow Form

Begin by using the method explained above to fussy cut each of the potion bottles. Use the cutting guide below to cut each of the 3 fabrics.

Applique the bottles to the center piece

Next, sew the strips together using 1/4″seam allowance. Press seams to one direction.

Cut a 20″ square of fusible fleece and iron it to the wrong side of the pillow front. You can quilt the pillow at this point. I added some straight line stitches along both sides of the seams.

Baste the pom pom trim around the pillow, starting and stopping at the bottom center of the pillow and curving the corners.

I like to put zippers in my pillow backs. For instructions on how to do this, click here.

Sew the pillow front to the pillow back, right sides together. making sure to leave the zipper partially open. Turn right side out and insert pillow form.

Filed Under: appliqué, Blend Fabrics, FEATURED, Halloween, Heat n Bond, pillow, Therm O Web

Apple Applique Composition Book Cover Tutorial

August 14, 2015 by Amanda 4 Comments

Back to School, Apples, Reading & Writing, School Supplies, the smell of pink erasers, lunchboxes, and alarm clocks….

Today I am sharing my tutorial for this applique apple composition book cover. I have written several composition book cover tutorials, they are my favorite and I can always be found carrying one around. This one would make the perfect gift to give to a teacher on the first day of school 🙂

I used the apple die from Sizzix and the fabric is from one of my favorite Riley Blake Designs fabric lines called Apple of my Eye by the quilted fish. I used Therm o Web Heat n Bond Featherweight and a medium weight stabilizer. Hop on over to the Therm o Web blog for the full instructions!!

Filed Under: appliqué, FEATURED, gift, Heat n Bond, Riley Blake, Therm O Web, Uncategorized

Sizzix Natural Wonder Bunny Mini Quilt

August 1, 2015 by Amanda 1 Comment

I love to give handmade gifts, especially quilts. My friend recently lost her bunny to a hawk. I know how much it hurts to loose a beloved pet. I wanted to make her something to show her I really cared so I created this bunny mini quilt. She totally LOVED it!!

This little quilt features sawtooth blocks and appliqué. The fabrics are from Blend Fabrics Natural Wonder fabric line. I love that there are bunnies in the theme fabric. The colors are soft and natural. The bunny and hearts are cut with Sizzix dies. Do you want to make one? Here’s how!!

1/4″ seams used throughout

Begin by making (6) Sawtooth Star blocks.

For each block cut the following measurements:
Draw a diagonal line on the back of each of the 2″ x 2″ star points squares. Position the 2″ x 2″ square a 2″ x 3.5″ background rectangle right sides together. Sew along the diagonal line as pictured below:

Trim leaving 1/4″ seam allowance and press toward the dark. Repeat the process on the other side of the background rectangle including trimming and pressing.

Lay the star block out like this:

Sew the pieces together in rows, and then the rows together. Press seams open. The finished sawtooth block is 6.5″

Sew the sashing strips creating (2) Star Sets. Press the seams toward the sashing.

Cut the strips for the quilt following the cutting guide:

Bunny Applique

Iron Heat n Bond Lite to the back of the floral print fabric (Deco Park Gray). Using the Sizzix Fabi and the Bunny Die, cut out two bunnies that face each other. Using the hearts die, cut the larger heart out of coordinating fabric.

Peel off the backing paper and press the bunnies and heart onto the white fabric, centering. Outline stitch two times in dark gray or taupe thread. Sew the strips together as shown in the picture. Press seams and quilt as desired.

I quilted loop de loos and 4-petal clover flowers in an all-over design.

Make sure your #kittyquilter #kittyhelper approves of the finished quilt before you wrap it up!

Supplies:

Sizzix Fabi

Sizzix Bunny Die

Sizzix Heart Die

Heat n Bond Lite or Featherweight fusible applique

1/4 yard each of the patterned fabrics from Blend Natural Wonder line

1/3 yard white solid fabric

1 yard backing

1/3 yard binding

cotton batting

Filed Under: appliqué, Blend Fabrics, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, sizzix, Therm O Web

Fun With Sizzix Dresses

July 28, 2015 by Amanda 28 Comments

Today we are playing with the Sizzix Fabi and having lots of summer fun! I used this dress die to create a nautical inspired quilt block.

To create this block, I used the pennant die to cut the banner.

I trimmed it down slightly to make them smaller. The dress is cut from navy dots and the sash from red and white stripe. I used Heat n Bond Lite on the back of the dress and the pennants to adhere to the white 8.5″ square. I drew an anchor on the Heat n Bond Lite and appliquéd it to the dress, adding small ric rac accents. I stitched around all the pieces. Seriously, can I get this dress in my size!!!!!

I am sending the dress block to Sizzix and they are sewing an entire quilt with dress blocks that designers create! I can’t wait to see everyone’s block!!

Sizzix also makes a little girl dress die. I let Sally, my 7 year old, have at it with a box of paper, this Dress Die, and the Fabi. She had hours and hours of fun designing her own fashions.

We used miniature clothespins to display all of her creations!

I love that the Sizzix machines are simple to use. My children and I love creating together 🙂

Filed Under: Heat n Bond, sizzix, Therm O Web

Birthday Cat-Cake Towel Tutorial

July 3, 2015 by Amanda Leave a Comment

It’s my birthday today! To celebrate I made this fun appliqué towel with cat cupcakes – or Cat Cakes as I call them! I bought this toweling by the yard. It comes in lots of colors and styles.

To make this towel you need:

1 towel or 1 yard toweling

6 charm squares for cats and cakes, I used Day Sail by Moda

3 scraps for candles

Heat n Bond Lite cut into 5″ squares

I used the Sizzix cat head and the Sizzix cupcake bottom to create the Cat-Cakes.Iron the Heat n Bond Lite to the wrong side of the charm squares and run it through the Sizzix Fabi. Make sure to position the fabric over the desired shape. I cut out all 3 at once!

Peel off the backing paper and position the Cat Cakes on the bottom of the towel. Press to set in place. Sew around each shape 2 times with navy thread.

Make sure your cat approves 🙂

If you don’t have a July birthday, make this to celebrate our Nation’s Birthday!!!

Or make one for your cat’s birthday 🙂

Mufasa loves the Sizzix Fabi. He hears me getting it out and comes running!!!

Filed Under: appliqué, birthday, cupcake, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, moda, sizzix, Therm O Web

Sizzix Crazy Cat Lady Coasters

July 2, 2015 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I am sharing this fun tutorial for “Cat Coasters” over on the Sizzix blog today. This is a fun project to use up charm squares or other scraps of fabric you have laying around. Of course you can always change the appliqué to something that reflects you if you are not a crazy cat lady like I am 🙂

I used the cat head from the “cat die”. I also used some of my Heat n Bond Lite scraps I had laying around. I love scrap buster projects!

Filed Under: appliqué, cat, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, sizzix, Therm O Web

Fast and Easy Sizzix Projects

June 30, 2015 by Amanda 3 Comments

Much of my life is not magazine -cover picture perfect. Life is real, my house is messy and I run behind. I have tried to keep my blog posts authentic to who I am and what I’m doing. I don’t create for the sake of posting on IG or blogging about it. Every product or fabric I share is something I truly love. This summer I have been involved in several major youth activities: a Pioneer Trek Reenactment and a Young Women Camp for girls age 12-18. Both these experiences were amazing. I want to share a few projects I made for these activities using my Sizzix Fabi. It’s my go to creative device, especially when I am in a hurry!

The night before I left for the Pioneer Trek I decided I need to add a little something to this plain muslin cross-body satchel. I used the Sizzix Large Dresden plate and the 4″ circle. I put Heat n Bond Ultra on the back of each fabric before die-cutting since I wouldn’t be able to sew the appliqué pieces.

Here we are in our authentic Pioneer attire. I took this bag everywhere!!!

For our Young Women Camp I like to have the leaders wear matching shirts – it really makes it easy to find us! Our theme Anchored in Christ and everything we did had a nautical reference to it. This fish die is one of my favorites! I used some fun Riley Blake Designs Prints and Heat n Bond Feather Lite.

I decided to only use 3 fish instead of 4. You have to be careful on placement 🙂

I appliquéd around each of the fish in navy thread.

Aren’t we just adorable at camp in our neon pink fish shirts!!!

Filed Under: appliqué, FEATURED, girls camp, Heat n Bond, sizzix

#kittyquilter Mini Quilt Tutorial

May 28, 2015 by Amanda 6 Comments

Hey there all you crazy cat quilter friends! I have a fun mini quilt for you!! I love using the hashtag #kittyquilter on Instagram. There is something about felines and quilting that just go so well together! Baby Mufasa is involved in every step of the quilting process: choosing fabric, cutting, basting, and binding – he’s right there!

This fun little quilt sews up fast. The fabrics are from Blend Fabrics’ Best in Show fabric line. I am sew in love with the kitty faces fabric – I ordered more yardage to make a skirt!!! You could easily make this with your favorite cat theme print fabric.

This quilt has 2 different traditional quilt blocks: Kitty in the Corner and King’s Crown. I choose kitty in the corner for obvious reasons and I choose King’s Crown because Mufasa means King! Isn’t that the cutest!! Let’s get started! (1/4″ seams throughout)

Supplies:

1/4 yard of a variety of coordinating fabrics including cat theme print

Heat n Bond Lite EZ print Sheets

#kittyquilter letters

batting

1/2 yard backing

1/4 yard binding

Fussy Cut (4) Cats

Choose the cats you want in the center of the blocks and cut them 3.5″ square.

Kitty in the Corner Block 6.5″ finished

Make (2) of these

Cut the fabric according to the diagram pictured below. I don’t know about you, but I love when measurements are shown in pictures and not in a long list of cutting instructions.

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the (4) white squares. Match a white square and a patterned square right sides together and sew on the pencil line. Cut 1/4″ away from the seam. Press to the dark. Do this with each of the (4) white blocks and (4) patterned blocks. This makes (4) half square triangle (HST) units. Arrange them as pictured below and sew as you would a traditional 9-patch.

Kings Crown Block 6.5″ finished

Cut the fabrics according to the picture below. Make sure to cut (8) white 2″x2″ squares, I only have 4 in the picture.

Draw a diagonal line on the back of the (8) white squares. Next make (4) flying geese units by laying the white square right sides together with a patterned rectangle, matching up the 3 edges. Sew on the line as pictured below:

Trim 1/4″ next to the seam and press toward the dark. Place another white square on top of that unit and sew on the line, as pictured below:

Cut 1/4″ away from the seam and press again. The block should look like this:

If you turn the flying geese blocks around it makes a Sawtooth Star pattern. I love that each of these blocks has the same center measurement and only a variation on the 2″ sides!

Sew the block together and press seams open.

Happy Cat blocks!!

Prepare the applique

Print the letters on the EZ print sheets and iron them to the back of the desired fabric. Cut around each letter and peel off the backing paper.

Cut the remaining strips according to this cutting diagram:

Position the letters on the white strip and press in place. Top stitch around each letter.

Sew the (4) blocks together and press seams open. Sew each of the rows together according to the layout diagram. Quilt, bind, and let the cat have a nap on it:)

Mufasa loves it! and I hope you do too!!!

Filed Under: #kittyquilter, appliqué, Blend Fabrics, cat, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, Therm O Web, tutorial

Come Sail Away With Me {pattern}

May 25, 2015 by Amanda 3 Comments

I am sooooo excited to announce the release of my new pattern! I had so much fun creating it. I was inspired by all the wonderful prints in the Day Sail fabric line by Moda. The fabrics are AMAZING! I didn’t want to cut it up into tiny pieces, I wanted the fabrics to shine! I feel like they do in this quilt. I love all things nautical and I NEEDED a nautical quilt! So meet Come Sail Away With Me!!