Here are some of my favorite ideas seen lately on Pinterest: Paint Bag Writing from Let’s Explore Magnetic Airplane Clip from Parents Magazine Pop Bottle Sprinkler from Wonder Time Preschool Printables from Happy Brown House Spelling Blocks from Filth Wizardry Sidewalk Chalk Paint from Mom’s Crafty Space The world is so full of crafty and […]
Crafts
The Electric Quilt 7 software arrived in the mail on Friday of last week…I’ve been going NUTS designing patterns with it, and what a difference great technology makes. I went from graph paper and colored pencils and hours of drawing and erasing to being able to create an entire pattern, complete with colors, dimensions, borders, […]
And the winner is #132, the very last commenter! What are the chances…Erin! She said, “i would love this! i just bit the bullet and purchased a cricut! i used the Toy Story one recently, so this would just open up all sorts of possibilities (my friend made an awesome monster quilt, maybe i can […]
Remember my new crib bumper sewing tutorial from a week or so ago? Michael Miller Lagoon and Groovy Guitar fabric? In that I told you to leave about a 12″ opening along the bottom of each panel to insert the bumper pad into and then hand sew the opening closed. Well. Forget that. I tried […]
This quilt was my first go at a Disappearing 9 Patch quilt. I love the randomness, although I know now that I should have some solids to balance it all out. This is Moda’s Sugar Pop line, same stuff I used for my coin quilt, just a different color scheme. I love the coral/purple/pink/blue. I […]
I don’t think I’ve ever blogged about this finished quilt – but remember Moda’s Sugar Pop line? It was new at the end of last year and this is what I did with all the blues and greens. I love coin quilts (I think that’s what this is most widely known as…). I used a […]
As promised, here is Part 2 of the Car Seat Cover Tutorial (here’s Part 1: The Cover)! Cut four strips of fabric from coordinating or same fabric. Press exactly in half, open, and press outer edges in to center so it ends up looking like above. Press flat. The ends are going to have raw […]
The winner is Robin! She said, “I love Going Coastal!” Send an email to kelseyatvanillajoydotcom to claim your prize and congrats! THE PRIZE One reader will win a selection of the Lagoon/Guitar Michael Miller quilting fabric prints used in this project! CRIB BUMPER TUTORIAL I finally finished the crib bumper and am one step closer […]
Read Part 2: The Ties We got a new car seat for baby #3, a Britax Chaperone. My old car seat cover would have worked just fine, but the colors didn’t really match. So it wouldn’t really have worked just fine. Zebra stripes and paisleys work much better. Love. It. I used minky for the […]
I keep a bucket of holey socks in our laundry room. We occasionally find uses for them as dusters and oil rags mostly, but our newest use is as a car washing mit for the kids. They love to help and a sock mit is something they can handle and use easily. Elliot thinks it’s […]
