It's all about the snowmen

You all know how much I love snowmen!  It doesn't matter what month or time of year it is I can make them:)  Recently I made one of these and when it sold it was time to make another. I didn't even get to blog about the first one but it was identical to this one.

So fun to make! At just 14"x22" it can fit just about anywhere.  I put a hanging sleeve on to the back so it can be hung or laid on a little table. 

I used the alphabet Accuquilt dies to do the words in white felt with fusible on the back.

 This next project has been done a while and I forgot to blog about it.  The pineapple snowman table runner is one I have done a few times also. A good one to reduce a few whiteish scraps. The pineapple Creative Grids ruler was used for it.

On the domestic side of things apple picking has taken place, well some were picked there are more still on the tree.

A Dutch apple pie was made, I'd offer you a piece but it's all gone already! I know it's not nice to tease you, I'm sorry;)

That's it for today!  There will be a few more finishes this week, what will they be?  You might want to stop back in a few days to find out;)

Linking with Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday and Sew and Tell Monday.

Red Truck in a Wreath

It's always a fun day when you get to start something new isn't it.  Wednesday I declared a day of fun working on one of the new panels I just purchased a couple weeks ago. I am a big fan of red truck decor so I couldn't resist this panel.  

After trimming and squaring it up I added the black/gray marbled border, throw in some gingham and it's all coming together.  But wait it needs some more color.  Okay, so whip up some green and red flying geese units and top it off with an outer border of the black/gray marble.  

 And then to transform it with some quilting, always another fun step for me.  

 I Couldn't resist pulling it all together with the striped binding. 

 Luckily I had pieced two of these table runners a while back.  A gal bought one and wanted another.  All I had to do was quilt and bind the second one.  These are made using the creative grids pineapple ruler.  Inspiration from a Cottage Rose pattern.

I was out of my Snow Dudes table runners so I pieced and quilted another one of them this week also.  Never a dull moment, LOL

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Can I Get a Whoop Whoop 

Finished or Not Friday

Peacock Party

TGIFF

Pineapple Meets Snowman

 With a title like that you must be wondering what in the world I am talking about!!  I used the Creative Grids Pineapple ruler to make snowmen blocks.  I used the small ruler and 1.5" strips of scraps to make both the head and body.  The tails of the scarf are appliqued on after quilting. 

They are a little time consuming but fun at the same time.  As always, it feels great to use some scraps in a project no matter how big or small it is.

Since the gray reads as a solid I dressed up the outer border with some fancy quilting. The red striped skinny border is pretty as is so it didn't need any quilting;)  

More scraps were used in making a fun backing for it.  I finished it off with a matching gray binding.

Did you all see that Sarah of Confessions Of A Fabric Addict is hosting the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop again this month.  I believe she is still looking for participants.  I almost missed signing up as I didn't see the original post about it.  But when I saw her mention it again in Monday's post I messaged her and she said not many had signed up yet.  So I jumped in!!

A little housekeeping now, to let you know that if you had in the past signed up for receiving email notices of my blog posts, I have moved all email addresses over to Follow.it.  I hope you are receiving them now. I do not know what they look like but have heard there may be some advertising on them.  I have no control over this, sorry.  If you wish to leave me a comment you need to come directly to my blog to do that, do not hit reply to the follow.it as I will not receive it, it will only go into unknown territory!  And I do love reading your comments and try to respond to each one.  If you are new here and wish to follow me there is a sign up box at the top right side bar.  

Hope you are all having a great week!

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Wednesday Wait Loss

Midweek Makers

Pineapple snowman

Pineapples are so sweet and delicious right?  But I think this cutie is pretty sweet too!


Remember when I made THIS pineapple snowman wall hanging using a pattern from The Cottage Rose?  These snowmen are made using the mini pineapple ruler from Creative Grids(not affliated with them).  Ever since then, I thought about how it would look to make a larger snowman for each end of a runner using the large pineapple ruler. 


Tuesday a friend came over and she dug in my neutral scrap bin and pressed and cut for me while I sewed these 8 snowman blocks.  So awesome to have a wonderful friend that wants to come play with my scraps while we have a good time catching up on chit chat.   Ok I confess I only had 8 bodies sewn when she left mid afternoon, but I carried on and by nightfall I had them all this far.

Wednesday morning I got right to work on making them into 4 table runners.  By noon I had them all pieced!!   After refueling with a quick lunch I quilted and bound them.  After dinner I scurried right back into the quilting room and sewed on the buttons for eyes and snowflakes.  The scarf ties are appliqued on as well as the felt noses.  Oh I had so much fun making these and so happy with the results!  And to think I used some scraps(snowmen)!!

I am only going to show you the one runner as they are all identical.  As I was quilting the border on the first one, I told myself you are not going to do all the borders the same, it seemed like a lot of work.  BUT, it looked so cool I turned right around and did the second one the same, LOL.  It went so much faster since I knew exactly what to do and where to place the rulers etc.

Here it is as I was working with it on my Nolting Funquilter.  The tools I used were a couple of curved ones I just bought from Deloa Jones, the nested circles from Quilters rule, and my school chalk for making tick marks in the center of each border.  I centered the first arc in the middle of the border and then went out to the side with two more arcs.  Next came centering a larger arc on the end of the runner and then filling in with the partial circle one in the corner.  And repeat for all the borders.  BTW, the yellow chalk holder I have had for a long time, but I think, I got it at either Staples or Walmart. 

This runner is now in my Etsy shop.

Linking with Sarah, Myra, Brooke, Alycia and Cynthia