tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85570863376124015642012-01-13T20:40:01.054-07:00Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-64297565553907202652011-10-06T10:51:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:51:15.363-07:00

Sorry it's been so long... again! I've been busy with our new baby and I'm still in the healing process, but feeling much better. I returned to my sewing machine a couple of weeks ago, and finished a quilt I had started before my baby girl was born! This is another quilt for my nephew-to-be who will likely be born later this month. My sister liked the Baby Safari fabric collection by Carina

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Hello all! I've been away for awhile. Busy with this:  Our baby girl, Anna Mei was born on August 30th at 1:24pm, weighing 7lbs, 1oz. I know I'm probably biased, but she is so beautiful! :) We are so in love! I feel like my family is finally complete, and I feel so blessed to have been given the sweetest boy and the sweetest girl! My husband has been so wonderful, helping to take care of all of

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Hi, all! Sorry its been so long since I've posted anything. We've been very busy getting things organized, cleaned, etc., for baby girl's arrival. I will update with pics once I have a chance again. Today we are off to the hospital to have our baby girl via c-section, or as I like to call it, "baby-ectomy". ;) Hoping and praying everything goes well this time... would really love it if it goes

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I just finished the final touches on this quilt yesterday. I had the quilt top done since last year, but just now got to completing it. :/  I'm glad I'm getting things done, though. :) I finished this quilt top last September (gasp!), as part of a quilt along that I joined in. Here's my previous post about it. I used the Botany fabric collection by Lauren and Jessi Jung for Moda. The quilt top

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-71277551903973840752011-08-02T10:28:00.000-07:002011-08-02T10:28:00.842-07:00

I found this idea online, and thought it was perfect for us! We are always looking for great ideas that will save us some money, and this is by far one of the least expensive ways to install some bookshelves in a child's room! I think it cost us a total of $8 total! I definitely scored some brownie points with the hubby for being so frugal! :) Here's the tutorial we followed. And here's how ours

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Wow! It's been a while since I've posted a recipe on here. But, these muffins are definitely worth mentioning. I actually found a recipe online for lemon-blueberry bread, modified it a little bit (as usual), and made these delicious muffins! Lemon and any kind of berry make a really delicious combination, in my opinion, and everyone loves blueberries, right? Anyways, here's my modified recipe: 

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Well, I've finished the 4th and final quilt for my son... at least until he's older and decides he's into something besides robots, bugs, or transportation. ;) Here's his "Going in Circles" quilt. I used Ann Kelle's super cute fabric collection, Ready, Set, Go!, along with some other fabrics I had on hand. I had seen this circle-in-a-square pattern in a magazine a while back, and I knew that I

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 I finished my son's Eric Carle quilt yesterday! I've decided to call it the "Very Busy Bugs" Quilt. :) Using the panel, and some fat quarters from the Very Series collection, I made alternating modified large log cabin blocks. The "middle" square is a half-square triangle. My first time using triangles... but probably not my last. I really want to be brave and try a quilt using half-square

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Yesterday, I finished my son's robot quilt!  It actually took me about half a day to quilt it, which means, either my fancy machine is super awesome, or I'm getting faster at quilting. Maybe both? I did my usual meandering stipple all over. I wasn't very excited about this quilt, since it is such a simple patchwork design, as well as a little bit busy, but I think the binding makes it look

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So... here's what I've been working on this week... I have finished three quilt tops for my son. I figure, instead of going with a theme for his "Big Boy" room, we will just swap things around every once in a while. Here is the Eric Carle quilt top that I finished for him using The Very Series collection of fabrics. One thing I tried different in this quilt... do you see my triangles? ;) I have

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I've been busy making quilt tops for my son. I've decided instead of having a theme in his "Big Boy" room, we will just change things around every once in a while. Luckily, he's just like his Mama, and loves a lot of different things. So far, I have an Eric Carle quilt top done, and a robot themed quilt in progress. I also plan on making a transportation quilt using Ann Kelle's super cute Ready,

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I finished another quilt this weekend! This one is a baby-sized "I Spy" Quilt for my new nephew... due this fall. I started this before I knew if my sister would be having a boy or a girl, so I used mostly primary colors, or semi-gender-neutral colors. I decided on a stacked coins design for the middle, using 3" by 5" rectangles, alternating solids with prints, with some white sashing in between

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I finally finished my quilt for Craft Hope Project 13 on Monday. I don't know why it took me so long. I guess life just got kinda busy. I sent this out yesterday, as well as the bracelets from Project 12.  I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I love that it was so simple to put together, and I love the rainbow colors. It would be a great quilt for a kids room! I think I'll have to make a

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Here are my works in progress for two Craft Hope projects going on right now. Click on the button above to learn more about Craft Hope, and to join in! :) The deadline for both these projects is June 15th. Here's a pile of bracelets my friends and I made at my baby shower. I am so grateful to everyone for helping me make some bracelets for Craft Hope Project 12. These will be going to some

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Happy Memorial Day, everyone!  Today I'll be making one of these. Here is my recipe from an old post. :) Great for 4th of July too! Enjoy and have a fun and safe day! :)

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Here is my entry for the Spring 2011 Blogger's Quilt Festival, so generously organized by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side. Click on the button above to visit her blog and see all the beautiful quilts entered in the festival! :) This is one of two quilts I have made for my daughter-to-be... due this August. I first mentioned this quilt in this post, but there have been some changes to this

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Over the past week, I made 3 baby blankets for my daughter-to-be! I could probably make a hundred of them! But, I think I'm getting a little carried away with blankets/quilts, and should probably move on to something else. ;) The first blanket is a snuggly blanket, with a simple cotton front using the Party Dress hexagon panel by Mo Bedell and a minky back, using some soft green I found in the

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First, I'd like to say Happy Mother's Day to all the Mamas out there! I hope your day is relaxing and wonderful! :) Here are some things I made for my mom and sister:  Mother's Day quilted coasters using fabric made from my son's and my nieces' artwork. I had the fabric made at Spoonflower. Handprint tree for my mom. I got the idea here, but did mine a little different.  Have a lovely day! :)

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This weekend I finished the binding on one of the quilts I made for my baby girl. Then, last night I finished the binding on the other! Two quilts finished this week! Woo hoo! :)  Did I ever tell you I LOVE making baby quilts? They are much easier and faster than bigger quilts! Especially when you have a baby belly in front of you!  Here's the quilt I'm naming "Cup of Sunshine". I used charm

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So, I finished quilting the tumbler quilt yesterday! I just did my usual meandering stipple all over. Now I'm waiting on some binding fabric that I ordered. While I'm waiting...  I finished another quilt top for my baby girl. I used Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush collection in a simple checkerboard pattern, alternating colors with white. I opted on just the pink, yellow, red, orange, and

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I finally finished this red, black and white quilt!   The fabric is from the collection Always and Forever by Alex Anderson. My wonderful Mom helped me crawl all over the floor pinning the quilt during my least favorite process--basting. Two people made it go so much faster, and was less of a strain on my back (and belly). :) Thanks, Mom!  I opted for a very simple quilt job. Just straight

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Well, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! I'm having a girl! Now I'll have one of each to spoil rotten! ;) I can finally start making some pink girly stuff! After 19 weeks, I've also been feeling a little better, with only occasional sickness, so I've been busy!   I made this onesie dress using this tutorial, and gorgeous Anna Maria Horner fabrics! Some baby tights using this tutorial

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Well, over the past month or so, I've been suffering from severe allergies. Apparently everything is in bloom right now. Spring has definitely sprung, and I wish I could go outside enjoy the nice weather before it gets unbearably hot. On top of the allergies, about a week ago, I caught the flu. And unfortunately, I'm still dealing with occasional morning sickness. Super fun times. So, while I

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Well, when I'm not feeling sick, I am slowly working on a string quilt just for me. I know, selfish, right? ;) Some days I feel like the sickness is subsiding, but I don't want to get too excited. I'm in my second trimester now, and patiently waiting for that "feel good" time when I'll have more energy to get more stuff done. I'm using only Anna Maria Horner's fabrics from the Little Folks Voile

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Finally, here's my first quilt of 2011. Actually, this quilt was supposed to be finished in 2010, but I ran into a couple of snags along the way. I very happily finished this quilt on February 13th and it is now in the home of its happy owner! My friend wanted a quilt for her son's new "big boy room" and she wanted it very simple with just the cream Hooty Hoot Kangaroo fabric by Riley Blake. It

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Hello, everyone! I know it's been a while... the first trimester sickness has officially arrived. Nausea all day sucks, but I don't want to sound like I'm complaining. I'm super excited that I'm finally pregnant again, and I try to tell myself "it is a good thing that I'm feeling sick". :) I wanted to let you all know that I'm being featured! :) Amy's Creative Side is one of my favorite blogs

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As the year comes to an end, I have been remembering all the things I made over the past year. I have definitely kept busy this year! I made 17 baby to adult-sized quilts and 7 mini quilts for a total of 24 quilts. I also have 2 quilt tops to be finished in 2011. Between my Etsy shop, Craft Hope, gifts for family and friends, and other little projects, I made A LOT! Here are just a few of the

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I've been super busy these last couple of weeks. Actually, I feel like I've been busy most of the year!First, let me start by introducing you to my new friend... My amazing husband got me a new sewing machine for our anniversary! The Husqvarna Viking Sapphire 875 Quilt machine to be exact. Please ignore my messy craft/dining room table. My favorite feature so far...? It's got about 4.5 inches of

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Monday, my husband and I celebrated our 7th anniversary! The traditional gifts for the 7th anniversary are wool and/or copper. So, I decided to make my husband some wool roses this year. These are made out of wool felt, which is a little harder to find than regular felt (usually made of polyester). I found this wool felt at this Etsy shop, and I used this tutorial to make my roses. I made my own

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I recently finished this quilt for my sister. Her birthday is Christmas Eve, so this will be a birthday/Christmas present. She is studying botany in school, so I thought this fabric collection (Botanica by Lourdes Sanchez) would be a great fit for her. Extra bonus... her favorite colors are purple and green! I did a kind of crazy patchwork style quilt. You can read more this quilt here and here.

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-30281629921991107892010-12-07T00:49:00.008-07:002010-12-07T01:30:34.125-07:00

Because I have nothing better to do (yeah, right)... I made these cute little trees yesterday. Wanna make some of your own? Here's how: You need a pile of fabric scraps. I chose reds and greens for a more Christmasy theme, but you can make these out of any colors you like. I've also seen them made out of ribbon before, but as I have more fabric scraps than ribbon, I figured it would be a good way

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-39969809552110254602010-12-04T21:20:00.003-07:002010-12-04T21:28:04.965-07:00

I recently finished quilting these two quilts. So, this weekend will be spent doing my most favorite part of quilt-making... binding! Why is it my favorite? Well, because I can sit on the sofa, watch some movies and relax while hand-sewing the binding on. :) Pics of the completed quilts coming soon! Have a great weekend!

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Here's another baby quilt top I finished for a friend's shower coming up. She requested blues and browns, and after looking at different fabrics, we came up with this super cute Hooty Hoot Kangaroo fabric collection by Riley Blake. Only using the blue and brown fabrics, I did blocks much like my sister's wedding quilt, but a smaller size. Each block is 8" square. I'm waiting on backing fabric for

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So, I'm supposed to be attending my cousin's baby shower today... but, my little boy is sick. :( So, I'm sending my gifts with my mom, and I hope she takes good pics of my cousin and his wife opening their gifts! My cousins and their family are majorly into the "surprise factor" with everything... so it comes as no surprise that they won't tell us the sex of the baby until the day of the shower.

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Yesterday was my son's 3rd birthday! He has been majorly into Wall-E these last few months, so we decided to do a Wall-E themed party for him. When I looked in stores and online for Wall-E party supplies, I didn't have very much luck. It looks like most stores are discontinuing their Wall-E supplies. Fortunately, I was able to find some plates, napkins, and party favors at Birthday Mania. I

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I finished this quilt on Friday... just in time for my step-dad's birthday celebration. It is my 16th quilt of the year! I'm now at the point where I've lost count of how many quilts I've made, so I actually have to look back on my blog posts to see what number I'm at. Pretty sad, huh? Anyways, you can see other posts about this quilt here and here. My step-dad is a really cool guy, and he's an

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-6285892202070375122010-10-29T06:01:00.003-07:002010-10-29T06:25:01.582-07:00

Amy over at Amy's Creative Side is hosting Blogger's Quilt Festival again. Click on the button above to check out all the amazing quilts! :) Here's my entry:You may recognize this from an earlier post. This is the Garden Brick Wall quilt that I made for my sister. Her birthday was in July. She picked out the fabric after I showed her a few different collections. The fabric collection is Blush by

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In Memory of my Pampa...My grandfather passed away peacefully on Friday. It was unexpected and happened very fast. He was a strong 92 year old, and I somehow expected him to live to be 104. I am glad that he was able to enjoy these quilts for a little while. Among many other memories, I will remember the nice things he said about my quilts, and how he was afraid someone would steal them. It will

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...spent the last week enjoying some of this... ...a little of this... ...and finally putting this beach quilt where it belongs! :)I will post more crafty things soon!

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...and chickened out. Here's what I had planned to do: Pretty cool, huh? Well, this design calls for cutting and sewing triangles, and while it is pretty easy to piece, I was nervous that the triangles weren't going to match up perfectly. So, my fear of triangles overcame me and my cowardly decision was to keep my blocks square. Here's how it ended up:It is basically the same design as my last

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-973031993082741582010-09-27T07:07:00.005-07:002010-09-28T07:47:48.587-07:00

I challenged myself last week to finish a quilt top. I had joined in my first quilt along over at Fat Quarterly. It was a pretty easy pattern, using one jelly roll to make cute patchwork blocks. I'm a little behind because "life" happened and I had a couple of busy weeks. Anyways, I spent all weekend frantically sewing my blocks together, then finishing the quilt top. But, I did it! :) Yay!Here's

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Well, I guess its been a while since I've posted. Yikes! I've been busy though. Just finished my 15th quilt of the year. I made this bed quilt for my Grandpa, who I lovingly call "Pampa". I guess when my sister and I were little, we couldn't pronounce "Grandpa", and Pampa came a little easier. The name just stuck, and we've called him Pampa ever since. He is 92 and lives with my mom and step-dad,

Mama Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10990814541736776175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557086337612401564.post-63812929859561141552010-09-10T18:03:00.003-07:002010-09-10T18:16:59.576-07:00

Cutting......piecing......more piecing......making pillowcases......oh yeah, and being a soccer mama! :)

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At my husband's suggestion, I will now try to post pictures of my quilt sketches along with the rest of the process of making my quilts. I had bought the lovely Botanica fabric collection by Lourdes Sanchez a while back, not sure what I was going to do with it, but knowing I wanted to make it into a quilt (obviously...). ;) After looking at it all stacked up pretty on my shelf, day after day, I

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Amy over at Amy's Creative Side challenged us again to finish one project in one week. This time, I was not as overly ambitious as I was the last time. I am still ahead of schedule on my quilts, but I want to stay that way because I know once the crazy holiday season starts, I will probably be scrambling, trying to get a bunch of gifts made. Anyone else starting to get anxious about the holidays?

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Yesterday, I finished my 14th quilt of the year! This is my quilt for Margaret's Hope Chest. Does it look familiar? I used this same fabric collection and almost the same design for my niece's quilt last Christmas. Since then, I have improved how I measure and cut my fabric pieces, and I've learned how to do free-motion quilting. Now I feel bad that my two nieces' quilts are not as nice looking

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I am having a giveaway over at Andrea Snedaker's blog! I will be giving away the winner's choice of a tie onesie or a necklace onesie! Check out Andrea's blog to enter, and stay awhile to gaze at her lovely photography! If you just can't wait to get your hands on one of my onesies, I am offering free shipping in my Etsy shop for TODAY only! Good luck!

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I've been wanting to share these pictures for a while. These are some quilt pictures that my nieces drew for me for my birthday. I just LOVE them! I have them hanging up on my wall in my "sewing room" (i.e., dining room). The top picture is by my 6-year-old niece, and the bottom picture is by my 3-year-old niece. These pictures really brighten my day! :) Have a great weekend, everyone!

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I finally finished my nephew's quilt! This is my 13th finished quilt of the year! :) You can see more posts about this quilt here and here and here and here. It is a basic zig zag design using only rectangles with the Wheels collection of fabrics by Riley Blake. I went back to my usual meandering stipple method of quilting all over. I used a tan thread so it blended in a little more. I was

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I can't believe I'm only working on 2 quilts right now! I feel like I'm getting lazy. I have met my goal for the year, but I still have 5 quilts that I want to finish by the end of the year. I guess it sounds like a lot, but I'm almost finished with one of the five, and I've got a good start on another. So, really I only have about 3.5 quilts to finish. LOL! :) I finished a quilt top for my

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Amy over at Amy's Creative Side was having a challenge this week: to finish one project that we had on our to-do list. Well, I usually have at least 5 projects on my list at a time, and about a zillion projects in my head to do "some day"... So, I figured I would probably be able to finish one of my projects in a week. I was close to finishing up my nephew's quilt, so I put that as my goal. I had

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I made up this quick little zig zag quilt for a friend who is having a baby shower this weekend. I apologize for the horrible pics. We were having a cloudy morning. I suppose this is my 12th quilt of the year, even though I wasn't really planning on it being number 12. It was an easy one to whip up for a quick gift. My friend is expecting a boy, so I decided to use my leftover jellyroll strips in

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This is my first time entering a photo into the I Heart Faces weekly challenge. And, I think it is also my first time posting a photo of a person's face on my blog! If you've never heard of I Heart Faces, you can check them out by clicking on the button above.Well, here is my silly husband when we were in one of our favorite places to visit... the Outer Banks of North Carolina. If you've ever

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I recently finished another quilt top! As I mentioned in an earlier post, this will be for my nephew. He will be 3 in September and he is really into cars. Like my son, he really loves Disney Cars. But I really loved this fabric collection, Wheels by My Mind's Eye for Riley Blake. The colors are so cheerful and I have no other words for these little cars besides 'super cute'! :) I decided on a

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I made this Garden Brick Wall Quilt for my sister. Her birthday is later this month, and I'm fairly sure she never checks out my blog, so its pretty safe to post this. :) She picked out the fabric after I showed her a few different collections. The fabric collection is Blush by Basic Grey for Moda. Pretty much, I saw this fabric and it reminded me of her. She loves the chocolate/pink and

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I thought about doing Random.org, but since there were only 13 entries, I decided to be random the old-fashioned way. I put some numbers in a hat and had my son pick a number! So, the winner is commenter #3: Amber! Congrats! I will be sending you an email soon!

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Well, I've finished my 10th quilt of the year! Although, I guess if I include the 2 mini quilts that I recently made, it would be quilt #12! Either way, I don't plan on quitting making quilts anytime soon, so I think I will exceed my goal for the year. :) I made this quilt using leftovers from 2 fabric collections: Eclipse by Exclusively Quilters Fabrics and Harlequin in Yellow by RJR Fabrics. I

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Just wanted to share this with everyone! The "Wedding Memories" quilt that I made for my sister was featured on Quilt Story blog! I am so excited and honored to have my quilt story on their blog. I hope to share some more in the future. :) You can check out the blog post here. While you're there, check out some of the other beautiful quilt stories. They are amazing! :)Don't forget to enter my

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In honor of having 100 followers, I am having a giveaway! I've decided that I will be giving away a mini quilt made by none other than yours truly. :) I've made a few of these mini monkey quilts in the past for my Etsy shop. I just love the fabric (Goodnight Monkey by Erin Michaels for Moda) and think the monkeys are so cute!I've made this one using only the red fabrics in the collection, with a

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Here is quilt #9 of the year. I made this for my niece. She will soon be celebrating her 6th birthday! I used the Glam Garden Spring collection of fabrics by Josephine Kimberling for Robert Kaufman. I loved all the bright colors in this fabric and thought it would be such a cheerful happy quilt once it was put all together. I did run into one little problem with this design. I was originally

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Well, I'm busy as a bee... as usual! But, I love it! :) Actually, June is usually a pretty busy month around here, anyways. Lots of birthdays, and Father's Day. I've started working on a hexagon quilt. Just paper-piecing some hexagons for now. Fell in love with these two fabric collections--Harlequin by RJR fabrics and Eclipse by Exclusively Quilters fabrics--both of which have yellow, black,

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Here is my 8th quilt of the year! I am way ahead of schedule, which makes me very happy! This is a baby quilt for my sister's friend who is pregnant with her third child. My sister decided on neutral colors and loved Moda's Love U collection of fabrics. Since it came with a panel, this quilt was super easy to put together. I decided to make simple blocks and rectangle half-squares around the

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Well, I finally finished Quilt #7 of the year! This is the "Wedding Memories" quilt that I made for my sister and her new husband. You can see other posts of this project here, here and here. She chose the fabric, Moda's Eden by Lila Tueller. Her wedding colors were pink and green, so the collection was pretty much perfect for her. I decided to omit the purples that were in the collection of fat

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I thought I would enter this quilt into the Blogger's Quilt Festival this week. :)If you have a quilt to enter, click on the button above and join in! Or, just head over there to check out some beautiful quilts!This quilt was very special for many reasons. It was my sixth quilt finished this year (ahead of my personal deadline), and my 9th quilt in all! If you are a new visitor to my blog, my

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Happy Mother's Day, to all the Mamas out there! I am so excited to share with you my sixth quilt of the year! I made this for my mom using Moda's Make Life fabric. I love the bright colors of it, and my mom had also shown an interest in the fabric as well, so I thought, I might as well keep it in the family! ;) My mom says she loves primary colors, probably stemming from her many years as a

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My 5th quilt of the year is finished! I plan on taking this with us on our trip to the beach. Something about this fabric made me think it belonged on a beach somewhere. I fell in love with the beautiful blues and greens, then when I added the white sashing, I loved it even more! :)Here's the back. I like adding a little bit of the front design on the back, so I added some leftover blocks I had.

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Well, between my son, myself and my husband... we had been in the sick house for about 2 weeks! We are finally feeling much better and I'm back at my sewing machine. There were so many things I was planning on making in those past 2 weeks, but I just had to take it easy. It seems like every time I get sick, it's the worst ever! Anyone else feel like that? Man, this was a bad one! Anyways, I've

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Just wanted to share a couple of projects that I've finished or are works in progress...The first was a child's apron for our friend's little girl. She just turned 5 and is really into helping her mom in the kitchen. I have never made an apron before, and didn't have a pattern, but I figured it shouldn't be too hard. I was so glad I had this fabric on hand. It's called "Farmer John's Marketplace"

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Okay, so I'm counting this as quilt #3 for the year, since I'm already behind. :/ Technically, it will be my third quilt, since I made one for my son, and one mini quilt before this. I didn't want to have to count the mini quilt, but I have been so busy, that I haven't had much time to quilt! By the way, I sold my mini quilt in my Etsy shop, and I was so happy that I had sold my first quilt (mini

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Here are a couple more quilts that I'm working on... Yes, I know it is way past Valentine's Day, but this is actually going to be a quilt for my husband. I am very lucky to have a husband who agrees with me that Valentine's Day should be celebrated every day. Good thing, because I think I might miss my deadline for this quilt. I'm hoping to at least have the quilt top done by the end of February.

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Well, I suppose I could count this mini-quilt as one of the 12 quilts I'm going to make this year. Personally, I think its kind of cheating, since it was so easy to make compared to the bigger quilts. It only measures 17" by 17", a good size for dolls, for my sock animals, for baby, or as a wall hanging. I'm selling this quilt in my Etsy Shop. I'm hoping to add some more mini quilts... maybe some

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Ta da! Here's my completed scarf for Craft Hope Project 6. This red scarf will be going to keep a foster teen's neck warm this winter! For this project, Craft Hope partnered with the Orphan Foundation of America for their Red Scarf Program, helping college bound youth with a Valentine's Day care package, including a red scarf. My scarf is a very simple crochet pattern. I am by no means a "

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Ta Da! Well, here's the finished project. Hopefully my first quilt of many (at least 12) this year! ;) As I had said in my post earlier, this is an "I Spy" quilt for my son. After finishing the quilt top, I was so excited to finish the complete quilt that I pretty much finished the rest in half a day. I am still not a pro when it comes to the actual "quilting" part of it, but I am experimenting

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I donated two more of my tie onesies to the Craft Hope for Haiti Etsy shop. Purchase these through the Craft Hope for Haiti shop and all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders in Haiti. They make a great gift, and you can donate to a great cause at the same time! :) Click Here to view the listing!

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Hello, everyone! As you may remember at the beginning of this year, I mentioned that I had a new goal... to make a quilt a month in 2010. Well, here is quilt top #1. I should be finishing the actual quilting in the next couple of days. Just in time for my personal deadline. This quilt is an "I Spy" quilt for my son. It has 48 blocks, with 47 different "I Spy" squares. I collected a bunch of

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After hearing about the disaster in Haiti, I wanted so much to help out in some way. I was so glad to see that Craft Hope stepped up to help out. The wonderful people at Craft Hope have set up a custom Etsy shop where crafters can donate their handmade items so others can purchase them. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Doctors Without Borders, who will do what they can to help the people in

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So, I've added another project... I love seeing what each new project is for Craft Hope. This will be the third project I have participated in. I really think what they are doing is so great! Project number 6 will be helping The Orphan Foundation of America's Red Scarf Program. We will all be making red scarves for foster teens. The winter has been so cold in so many places across the U.S. It

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Well, let me just start out by saying how extremely sorry I am for the past 3 months of non- blogging. I have had an extremely busy holiday season with my new Etsy shop, and also dealing with some health issues at the same time. I am doing fine now, and I am also very glad that I had so much success with my shop. I am taking a little break from Etsy so that I can restock my shop and work on other

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I listed this cute turkey in my Etsy shop recently! Check it out if you want one... or more. Unfortunately, these turkeys aren't stuffed with Stouffer's stuffing. ;) But, they are filled with lots of love!

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Ta Da! I have finished my 3rd quilt! This is my finished quilt for Craft Hope Project #5. I will be sending it out tomorrow! I did a kind of "I Spy" quilt, but using bigger pieces of fabric. Wow, using big pieces sure made it faster! :) Can you tell I was feeling like adding some Fall colors in this quilt? I love the orange, yellow and brown fabrics! The "I Spy" animals are: cats, monkeys, frogs,

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I had a friend request a sock hippo, and although I've never made one before, I thought it should be relatively easy. So here he is! I will be making more like him soon, and selling them in my Etsy shop. What do you think? :)

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Here's the second quilt I've made... this one is for my other niece. I had planned on giving this to her for Christmas. But, when her invitation arrived in the mail with "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" theme, I thought this would be perfect to give to her for her birthday! :) I am so excited for her to open it! When I saw this fabric, I was SOOO excited to make a quilt out of it! It is

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Hi, everyone! I am hosting a giveaway on Krimsin's blog! Do you want to give this sweet little monkey a home? :) Check out Krimsin's giveaway blog here to enter for your chance to win! You can also check out her other giveaways while you're there! Good luck!

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Oh my goodness! For the second time, I feel so totally "called" to be a part of this amazing group! If you didn't see my last posts about Craft Hope, click here and here. Very quickly, Project 4 for Craft Hope was making sock monkeys for burn victim children... and you all know how I feel about sock monkeys (hint: look at my Etsy shop)! So now, if you've been following me, you know that I just

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Here is our library book selection from the last week... actually we've had these for about 2 weeks, but just now posting... From top left to bottom right, we have All About Me: A Baby's Guide to Babies, Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond, Tails Are Not for Pulling by Elizabeth Verdick, and This Little Chick by John Lawrence. My son loved all of these books! I figured he would like the All About Me

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For more information on Muffin Tin Mondays, or to join in the fun, click on the button above or visit Michelle's blog at Her Cup Overfloweth.Well, I didn't really have any "Kebab" type food, so I just used what I had available. And, instead of using skewers, I used toothpicks. I made this for my son's dinner last night (Sunday). From top left to bottom right I have cheese and meatball kebabs,

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Hey, everyone! Just a little note to say I am starting back in the bloggy world! Yaaay! I have A TON of comments to catch up on, so bear with me. I will get back to all of you! After a week of migraines, my husband got sick, then proceeded to give me his illness! Ugh! We both had the flu shot in early September, but haven't had the H1N1 shot yet. We went to the doc to make sure there were no pigs

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Sorry, everyone. I will have to take a break from computer time for a while. Going on Day 7 of my migraine, and I need to figure out a way to get rid of it. Computer isn't helping. Hopefully I will be back in the blog world soon. In the meantime, check out my Etsy shop if you are looking for some fun gifts for little ones. :) Take care!EtsyBuy HandmadeMamaMelLoves

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Here are the blankets I made for Greyson's Gift. For more information, or to help out with Greyson's Gift, please click here. I made 2 tiny crochet blankets in white and yellow.I also made 2 tiny flannel blankets in this cute argyle flannel fabric I found. These were both really easy to make with my handy-dandy sewing machine. I made one with just two coordinating fabrics, and the other a small "

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Doing some catching up... yesterday was "Migraine Monday" instead of my normal "Muffin Tin Monday". In fact, it should have been "Migraine 3-Day Weekend", but that doesn't sound as catchy. Again, I apologize for the lack of blog posts and follow up comments. I am not spending as much time on the computer since I don't want my migraine to return. But I did want to share this little tidbit with you

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In case you hadn't noticed, I've been in a blog funk over the last few days. I've been having some health problems and I've been a little down and haven't felt like doing much of anything. Sorry, everyone. But, nothing a trip to the farmer's market can't fix! Here's my entry for the September Farmer's Market Challenge. For more information on the Farmer's Market Challenge, or to join in, visit

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For more information on Muffin Tin Mondays, or to join in, click on the button above. This week's theme was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, from the children's book by Judi Barrett, and now there's a movie coming out in its honor. The movie looks really fun, but I just don't think my son could sit through a whole movie yet, so we'll probably wait until it comes out on DVD. I do remember the

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I made these for my son the other day! Yes... it is still popsicle weather here, although 102 is much cooler than 115! When you have fresh fruit on hand, popsicles are very easy to make and are still a healthy choice for a cool treat! We all loved these. They were the perfect amount of sweetness without any added sugars. Enjoy! :)Ingredients:1 peach, peeled, pitted and sliced1/2 cup pineapple,

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I guess I'm having a "food" week... I've been posting mostly recipes this week! :) This dinner was inspired by a half-dozen tomatoes that I didn't know what to do with. My father-in-law is always bringing us food when he comes to visit us, and most of the time he brings too much! It is very sweet of him, I know. But, this week I had six tomatoes, and no idea what to do with them... as they were

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So, I made some Chicken Salad for my son a while back, and I wanted to do something different this time. I got some ideas online, but ended up doing my own thing. I think it tasted better than my first recipe. My son enjoyed it too! Things I like about this recipe: I really like using the mini pitas because they're the perfect size for his little hands! I like that when the chicken salad is put

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Well, this recipe is not mine, but I wish it was! These corn muffins turned out delicious! I took them to a potluck and got a few compliments on them, so I thought they were blog-worthy. :) I have to say "Thank You!" to my friend who took this pic! I totally forgot to take a picture of my food! Anyways, I love that these corn muffins are the perfect amount of sweetness, with pieces of corn mixed

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For more information on Muffin Tin Monday, click on the button above. So, Michelle from Her Cup Overfloweth told us ahead of time that just because the theme is apples, doesn't mean every tin has to only contain apples... be creative! Ummm... sorry, no. My son LOVES fruit and anything else sweet (naturally or unnaturally), so when I found out the theme was apples, I thought, "My son will finally

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I feel so loved! I've received two awards this week from some great bloggy friends! Thanks, ladies! So, now I'm going to share my awards with some more lovely bloggers! :)I received a "One Lovely Blog" award from Shraddha and April.I am selecting the following blogs to receive this award:The Bear BunchApril's Little FamilyA Wednesday AfternoonI also received a Splash award from Kaibee. I am

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I just found out about this yesterday, and thought I would help by joining in on this cause. Check out Greyson's Gift to find out more and to help out. I am planning on making a couple of tiny blankets for very tiny babies of fetal demise. If any of you have had or know of someone who has had a stillborn or NICU baby, I am sure this cause would be close to your heart. If you can sew, knit, or

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So, I'm sure all you bloggy friends that follow me and my recipes will get sick of hearing me say this, but here it goes again... The other day I was trying to create something that I knew my son would eat... but, it had to have some protein and veggies mixed in it somehow. Well, earlier this summer, we had gone to a little sandwich shop, and they had a bean salad served along with their

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