Pinterest Roundup: Handmade Christmas

Pinterest is awesome. Awesome with a capital AWE-some. The amount of sharing and utter brilliance rounded up from all over the internet is staggering. If you're saying "What is this Pinterest you speak of?", well hop on over to Pinterest to see what all the fuss it about. Sort of like Twitter but with pictures.

This time of  year I am always filled with ambition to make a glorious amount of wonderful Christmas gifts. It's almost like window shopping, but for fun little gifts to make for people instead of shopping at the mall. So without further ado, here are some beautiful things that have caught my eye and made it onto my "Crafty Crafts" board on Pinterest.

1. Snappy coin purse tutorial from Sew Timeless
2. Quilted Modular Star from Craftzine
3. Monogrammed Christmas Ornaments from Lilac Saloon 
4. Colorful Potholders from My Girl Thursday
5. Fabric Gift Pouch Tutorial from A Spoon Full of Sugar Designs
6. iPhone Pouch from During Quite Time
7. Self Zipping Coin Purse from How About Orange
8. Journal Cover from Bloom and Blossom
9. Ruffled Kitchen Towels from Sweetwater

Little Babies Need Little Quilts

I have a friend - Kelly to be exact. We work and carpool together every day - meaning that we spend more time together most days than with our families! Well she went and had a beautiful baby boy a whole month early. I had already started a quilt for little Zane, but he just sort of had his own ideas about when he was coming into this world.

Off to the stash I go! I had a couple of sweet baby prints I had been hoarding... um, saving... for a special occasion just like this. The sweetest yellow puppy print, and a pale green barnyard animal print. Yellow and green! I was pretty sure I could make something lovely with that color combo. Here's the stack of fabric I ended up with.

Something simple was called for - time was sort of the essence at this point. The boy needs a quilt, stat! I went off and sewed a bunch of half square triangle blocks and here's the result.

I decided this should be a great cuddle and drag around the house sort of blankie, so I finished it with Minkee and a turn-it-inside-out sort of edging with a zig-zag stick. Voila! Just in the nic of time - or maybe not so much. He's already a week and half old. Where does time go?

Well what do you know? I'm a cover girl!

I got a really super surprise in the mail this week - the latest issue of Austrialian Homespun arrived and I am so pleased to be the featured designer for the current issue. ACK! WOO-HOO! I'm even listed on the cover, and in case you didn't notice, I'm pretty tickled pink about it.

Here's a little sneak peak of the quilt I designed and made especially for the issue, it's a little slice of pink heaven. Oh yeah, and there's applique... and you know how I feel about that. *HEART* That machine quilting is lovely and done by the one and only Angela Walters.

I have also heard recently something pretty nifty. Australian Homespun is now available as a digital subscription through Zinio. Pretty

Promenade Giveaway Winners

Thank you for all the sweet and thoughtful ideas for my little (not so little) bolt problem. It really got me thinking about new ideas for fabric storage. I'll have to get busy!

Now... I wonder who is getting these Fat Quarters?... Hmmmmm.

And the winner is.... Cynthia (#9)!

Cynthia said…
"I can only wish that I had bolts to store!!! I store stashes. I have little cubby shelves, and I tie a line of fat quarters together with string or ribbon, and my l/2 yard, 1 yard and 2 yard pieces all have their own cubbies. I have a couple of lines that I store by themselves because I love them so much that I had the heart to cut into them!!!"

Giveaway day: A simple fabric storage equation is afoot!

I design fabric. *YAY!*
I design a LOT of fabric these days.
Lots of fabric = lots of BOLTS of fabric.
Bolts of fabric = many large tilty, wobbly, stacks in my studio.
Wobbly stacks = more mess than I can handle.

How do you store bolts? Inquiring minds want to know. Okay...Well.. I want to know. In all fairness, I myself an inquiring minds so it all sort of works out. :)

For all you gracious enough to share your fabric storage stories here on my blog, I'll be giving away a set of 12 fat quarters. Can't wait to hear all your ideas, and I'll be taking entries on Friday Midnight.

Good luck!

*THANKS For all the comments! :) See who won... *