A Pattern

I got this free tutorial and pattern in my e-mail today. I thought I would share it with you.

http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/#doubleslice

enjoy!

Susan

Started Another Tote

   These totes are so fun & fast to make.  I'm using the Bengal's material I have left from maing my son a quilt. No pictures yet to share.

   But I do have a picture that "I" think is cute. Sissy, our Maltese is a little 7 pound ball of love. I took this picture tonight. She took up the whole couch in the family room by sleeping right in the middle of it.

~ Susan

Thread On My Mind…

   Today I have had thread on mind. So many !!!  A friend referred me to SuperiorThreads.com … It’s great. A wonderful selection. It turns out that what you despise in fabric is wonderful in thread. Polyester.  Everything you ever wanted to know about thread is on their site.

   I have been working on more totes. The first one I made I gave to my Mom. She liked the material.  I’ll be making another one. I have enough of that material to make another one.

   I wish I could find more material that has that metallic thread running through it. It looks good!

   That’s all for now.

~ Susan

I saw this and had to nab it. Did you ever say something and stop yourself and think, “ I sound like My Mother.”

Good Afternoon!

  Last night I started quilting a book bag. A Tote. And today I finished it! After you see the material I used, you’ll know why I call it my Literary Bay.

   I followed Jenny Doan’s video on how to make a tote bag.

~ Susan     

O.K., O.K.... I Know...

Yes, I know I have been absent from my blog lately.  I need to pick it up a bit.  I'm a bit down.  I always seem to get this way in the winter.  But I'll be up again later.

   Right now I'm trying to figure out what I want to make next.

Susan

Mandy's Favorite 5-Petal Flower Pattern

This is from Fabric.com

Mandy's Favorite 5-Petal Flower Pattern
Materials:
Any size hook (depending on what size flower you want)
Any weight yarn
Rnd 1: Ch 5, join into a ring w/sl st in 1st ch.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), work 9dc in ring, join to top of ch w/sl st -- 10 sts.
Rnd 3: **Ch 2, work 3dc in next st, ch 2, sl st in next st** five times. Fasten off.
For a different color center, try changing yarn colors after round 2. Experiment with different weight yarns and hook sizes. To layer a slightly smaller flower on top, go down one hook size from larger flower.

~ Susan

Super Bowl Goodies?

What is everyone fixing for The Super Bowl ?

~ Susan