Finished Star

Happy Thanksgiving!

The bird is roasting and most of my chores are done until it's time to put side dishes in the oven, so I thought I would check in.

With a couple of finishes!

I love this quilt.  I cannot wait to make another!

The quilting was a departure for me.

I want to get better, so I need to keep trying new things.

A couple weekends ago the hubs went hunting all day so I spent the afternoon making a farm fun panel.  These mamas and their babies are so sweet!  I made these as a Christmas gift for my new nephew Will.

And this is a Christmas gift too!  

A last minute addition to my sewing gift list!

I just love these fabrics.

This is a gift for my sister-in-law.

And now all of my Christmas sewing projects are complete!  

I found large gift boxes, packaged everything,  and wrapped everything!

The hubs secured a very large box for the big shipment of quilts going to my parents' home.   

Seriously.... I worked my tail off this year!

I made 6 throw sized quilts, 2 sets of Little Red dolls, and the Farm Fun softies!

And it's all done by Thanksgiving!

Now I have my Fancy Forest to finish and some ugly Christmas sweater mug rugs to make!

I hope you have a very blessed Thanksgiving!

Star Progress

I got motivated to get the final border to this quilt.  

I stuck with my focus and basted and started quilting.  

I went with something surprising.

I always pick my thread color based on the front of the quilt, so in this quilt there was a lot of contrast on the backing.  It shows EVERY mistake. But I can't get better unless I keep practicing.

I kept on working.  

So now the binding is on and ready for tv time so I can hand sew it closed.  

I have two remaining gifts to make.  

One is easy peasy, a Farm Fun animal panel I am going to work on it today.

The other is a last minute decision.  A small throw sized Christmas quilt.  

I ordered the supplies the other day and I hope it will go together quickly.  

Thistles and Deadlines

Last weekend I got my thistles sewn for my Fancy Forest!

Then, with just my fireflies left, I couldn't resist laying my blocks out!

But I need to focus on the last of my Christmas sewing.  

I finally bought the fourth border fabric for this quilt.  

I just need to get motivated!

I have the backing and binding too, so no more excuses!

It might be time to turn on Christmas music.

After this project is done I have the Farm Fun animals to make for my nephew.

And of course, I just added a new project to my list.  So I need to get a move on!

Luckily my neighbor brought us chocolate covered coffee beans from Hawaii... I'll ration them for Christmas sewing!

So Many New Things

When I last checked in I had no idea what was about to happen... I thought I was just sewing fancy forest animals in my little corner of the world.....

And I was.

Then one day I whipped up a zippy pouch for my bottles of essential oils.  

Then my sister asked if I wanted to make a few to sell at an event she was having at her house in the beginning of November.  I was like sure.....

So I started sewing up oil pouches, then I was like I can make regular zipper pouches too....  Then I was like maybe I should make some flannel blankets too.

So I spent a week in mass production mode....seriously.... my husband was cooking dinner.  

He made pot roast, it was delicious.

  

So I was Instagram-ing this sewing stuff, and sometimes I accidentally click the thing that posts it to my Facebook too.  And people I know on FB started buying the things!  

So I started using my old abandoned Etsy shop to make it easy for them to pay, and then like.... I started listing things....

Then I'm getting orders, and going to the post office a lot to mail orders from my shop!

So I spent another week sewing more of the things so I could have some to send to my sister's event.....

And I printed tags, and business cards, and the whole nine yards.....

 So, I thought my Sunny Spot Quilts table should probably have an actual quilt for sale.  

So I spend an extreme amount of time trying to cut my enormousness stash of I-spy fabrics.  

I was frantic, but I managed to get one quilt finished in time to ship to my sister's for her event, which is this weekend.  

 The event is tomorrow, and I'm nervous she will have to mail all my stock back to me because it doesn't sell... 

But until I find out what a flop it is, I'm trying to be brave.

I'm going back to fancy forest sewing again.