Easy mug rugs for winter

My niece's birthday was right after Christmas and we went up to Vermont to visit.  I made her these cute mug rugs as a present.  Kenny got me the embroidery CD for Christmas so I was excited to use it right away.  The entire project is made in the hoop!  (Except for the binding.)

 

We liked them a lot so I made us two red ones last Sunday.

Cute, right?  The Singer sewing machine/vacuum store in Riverhead had the embroidery designs!  

Valentines wall hanging done💚

I am a member of the Shabby Fabrics Vintage Blessings wall hanging club that gets delivered by mail every month.  Of course I really need to have yet another monthly sewing obligation! I was smart about this one and ordered the laser cut version so it's essentially ready to roll as soon as it arrives.  I love all of Shabby Fabrics' kits and fabric collections!  Tonight it's all done and ready for the table.

My lovely daughter in law is learning to sew and make quilts!

Ali has a friend who is having a baby so she wants to make a quilt.  She came over two times so far and has made good progress.  A few years ago we were going to make one for her friend's first baby, but time got away from us with their wedding plans and just life in general.  So now she will make one for each of her friend's children.  I am so happy to have someone in the family to sew with me.  Maybe this will inspire Evelyn to get started too.  Evelyn will do other crafts so we do get to create together.

Sewing on the Babylock.

Chain piecing!

Getting the colors worked out.

We're going to add machine embroidery with the baby's name and put some

animals driving cars on a strip at the top. It will be so cute.

Halloween quilt done and delivered!

The girls were married on Halloween and this is them under the quilt.  They loved it and let me know right away!

Thought I should show the blocks separately and then all together.

There is so much detail in every block.

Here it is hanging on my nieces' fence in Vermont.  I never got to take a picture before I gave it to them so I took a picture when I went to visit them this past week.  I enjoyed the whole process and even though I doubt I'll make another one exactly like this, it was fun to work on!  

Side sashings for Halloween quilt

I love this fabric color! And I love the design for the sides!  I was only able to get 3 on the hoop at once but that's ok.  These three were about 70 minutes of sewing at a time.  Almost done!

Cornerstones for Halloween wedding quilt

I have to make 12 of these but they go fast!  I use black thread for all of the stitches which means no thread changes!  I have all 12 on the hoop at one time too.  Tonight I will decide which blocks I want to repeat to make it larger as well.  One block will be for the wedding info so that leaves 4 to do again either in different thread/fabrics or doing them flipped.  

Halloween blocks done

This is a piece of the sashing.  I had to make 35!  They're done!

I did the colors on this to match my niece's hair and eyes.  She will love it!

Don't you love witches like this?  I used polka dots on her little dress.  I love polka dots and so does Melony.

Polka dots for the hat.

Love that vampire! 

My niece has a black cat so she will love this!

Well, my summer vacation is over and I've been teaching all week.  I love my students again this year!  The custodians made some awesome changes to my classroom and I love it!  I will have to post pictures.  I am working on the side sashings to the quilt tonight.  They are very cool.