Adventures in Kitchen Quilting

Through a series of events I met a lovely lady who ended up giving me a pattern for microwave bowl hot pads.  Since receiving this pattern, I have made quite a few of them for gifts and I've had a lot of fun playing with different color schemes and thread patterns!  Enjoy this sampling of fabric and thread plays!  ((For more pictures, check out my facebook page, linked below.)) 

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Blessings and Peace!

Tabitha

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Adventures in Tatting

This little beauty is my first attempt at tatting without a pattern.  The different colors of crochet thread (#10) certainly make this eye-catching piece a lovely color design.  Paired with a green glass bowl, it makes a great addition to our living room coffee table.    Honestly, though, I think it came out a little wonky... I'll definitely be sticking to my patterns for the next few tatting projects.

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Blessings and Peace!

Tabitha

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Adventures in Cup Cozies on the Road - Dec 2015

This last Christmas my husband and I did some traveling and, naturally, I brought my crafting supplies.  I brought some orange and black yarn I wanted to make some cup cozies plus some other yarn.  This is the fruits of those long hours traveling:

Above and Below: Basic Striped Cup Cozy shown on a 12 oz coffee cup and a medium fountain drink cup.  These really are great for hot or cold drinks!

Below: Petal Flower Cup Cozy

Above: Basic Stripe Cup Cozy in grey and black.

Below: Bulky Cup Cozy in grey and black.

Above: Bulky Cup Cozy in orange and black.

Below: "Garder" Cup Cozy.

The following are pictured in better lighting on a 12 oz paper coffee cup.

Above: Basic Stripe Cup Cozy.

Below: Single Stripe Cup Cozy.

Above: Basic Stripe Cup Cozy.

Below: Petal Flower Cup Cozy.

Above: Japanese Flower Cup Cozy.

Below: "Garder" Cup Cozy.

Above and Below: Bulky Cup Cozy

It was a pleasure to share these with you!

Blessings and Peace!

Tabitha

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Adventures in Quilting - Dec 2015

For this last Christmas, I decided to make quilts for my niece and nephew.  Each quilt has a personalized, hand embroidered "tag" and matching tooth fairy pillow.  The two pillows are about the same size, but the quilts are different sizes.  Since my nephew is 1 and my niece is 3, I decided to make a quilted baby mat for my nephew and a kid-size quilt for my niece.  This was a very rewarding endeavor.

Above: Quilted Baby Matt and matching Tooth Fairy Pillow for my nephew.

Below: Kid-Size Quilt and matching Tooth Fairy Pillow for my niece.

Here you can see my nephew's pillow up close.  "ALEX" is hand-embroidered into the pocket cloth.

I couldn't resist this panda and polka dots material!  Since my sister-in-law said my niece changes her mind on what she likes pretty often, it seemed like a great option.  She loves her new pillow and blanket.  

Below are a variety of pictures that show the individual squares where I quilted the patterns into the fabric.  The first one is from before I added the border, but you can kind of see the quilting in the light pink squares.

Above: cupcake.

Below: flower.

Above: star.

Below: butterfly.

Above: cherry.

Below: on the back side the butterfly overlapped the embroidered "tag," which I thought was a nice effect though totally unintentional.

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Blessings and Peace!

Tabitha

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Adventures in Amigurumi

I find it rewarding to create and some of my favorite creations have been Amigurumi.  Below are three amigurumi I finished a few months ago: a Jesus doll and two versions of a piggy.  Two of these were special orders, making them extra special to me, and the third sprang from one of those special orders.  I am happy that I was able to make Amigurumi satisfactory to my customers and appreciate the opportunity to work with such wonderful people.

Above and below: Jesus doll, without and with his overcoat.  

The next three pictures are Pinky the Pig in beige.

 Below: Pinky the Pig in pink wearing a pet sweater.

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Tabitha

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Adventures in Doll Dresses - Oct 2015

In my attempt to make something slightly bigger, I realized I didn't have enough yarn left in this ball to finish it... so, I decided to make something different.  After toying with some ideas in my head I remembered this little doll (13 inches tall) and her identical twin sister.  A little dress seemed appropriate.  Once the dress was finished, I realized it still needed something, then it dawned on me that a little embellishment would be great!  Finally, I brought out my tatting books and found a pattern for an adorable butterfly.  Perfect!  And the gold thread just works beautifully with the brown.  So now that it's all finished, I couldn't be happier.  More little dresses and shawls and other doll clothes will be made in the future!

I hope you enjoyed this post!  It has been my pleasure to share.

Blessings and Peace!

Tabitha

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Adventures in Quilting - Sept 2015

Yet another wonderful product I will be gifting this Christmas.  Hold your questions because I won't be telling who's this is just yet!  In the meantime, however, I am more than happy to share my photo.  

I really fell in love with this material for a certain someone I know, but I didn't have any clue what to do with the material at first.  After some thought and a few reorganizations of all my material I finally decided on a quilted purse/bag.  It is complete with a little pocket inside and two over-the-shoulder handles.  Perfect for daily use or special trips out and about, I hope the recipient will love this as much as I love her.

Many Blessings and Much Peace!

Tabi

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Adventures in Sewing - Sept 2015

So, for all the sewing I've accomplished, I haven't posted much.  There are several projects I have started but still need something else to finish them.  For now, these sewing projects are complete.  I gathered inspiration from my adventures in Washington state as well as random thoughts I've entertained.  Any way you slice it, I enjoy my new branchings out.

  

Water Goblet Markers are handy for those get together using stemware.  This simple red and white marker was made using some left over materials from other projects.  Personally, I think it came out nicely.  I should make even more in other colors, too.

On this one, I entertained a random thought.  I am also getting ahead of myself.  Alex is only a few months old right now, but he already has a Tooth-Fairy Pillow.  His sister will, too.  (Alex and Nicole are my nephew and niece, by the way.)  Isn't this a great idea for a little boy?

Speaking of great ideas for little boys...

... I had enough material to make two Tooth-Fairy Pillows.

And... another gift-project is this lovely scarf.  Believe it or not, this crocheter-and-knitter sewed a scarf instead of using yarn.  I'm not telling who this one is for just yet, but I am super excited about how well it turned out!

Needless too say, I have my Christmas box already stared.  If you're looking to start (or finish) your Christmas shopping, check out my Facebook page or send me an email.  I'd love to help!

I hope you enjoyed this post!  

Blessings and Peace to you all!

Tabi

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