Some Recent Finishes

Been  quite busy but I somehow manage to squeeze in some sewing

no matter how busy life gets. Here are a few things I've finished .

These are the Baked Potato and Tortilla steamers. They make great gifts.
Also great to keep your tortillas warm when making fajitas.

Made a few E-Reader covers and a Carring case too.
This 1st one is for my daughter- in- law Wendy.. She loves
orange fun prints ,so I thought of her when this fabric
bundle was baught. Only takes a few FQ's to make .
The are quick and fun.

Wend's E-Reader and Carry case

                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Found this fun fabric for mine.

Haven't finished my carring case yet.

First FMQ Done

I finally got beyond my fear of FMQ and just put my practice skills to the test.
I have had this UFO sitting on the chair in my sewing room  for more than a year.
It was well past due to be quilted.. It is not perfect by any means , but I can live with
 the mistakes and hope to not make them on the next project . I chose a simple all over design.
It was actually fun and went rather quickly. I just have to remember to keep my thumbs
out of the way next time too.  Thankfully the safety on my machine shut it off before I
 did too much damage . Oh well Live and Learn.  My 2 little granddaughters  fixed me up with a
 bandaid and told me to be carefull next time. So all is good .

1st FMQ Finished

 A Meandering  Design

Backside of Design.

Green Fairy Quilt Giveaway

Ckeck out the Great giveaway @Green Fairy Quilts  
 A fat  quarter bundle,a jelly roll, and a layer cake .

Another Kitty Quilt

Started on the another Kitty quilt  for my youngest granddaughter.
This one is all done in bright colors to match the rainbows in the feature fabric.
 It also has a bright stripe and dot border fabric ...It sure is bright.
 She is watching me put it together..and she just loves all the color.

She has been dancing around the room wrapped in the fabric before I cut it .

So fun watching her little 4 year old mind at work telling me how to put this

 quilt together. Heres a peek at the progress so far.

Hope to put it all together this weekend.

 

Trip to the UP ( Upper Peninsula)



Entering the Upper Peninsula





Here are a few pics I took of my hubby and I taking a trip to the top of our state. Michigan has 2 Peninsulas and to get to each you have to cross the Mackinac Bridge.  We live in the middle of the lower peninsula. on the pic off to the right of the railing.. is Mackinac Island. It was hard to get a close pic unless your in a boat. The white area if you can see it is The Grand Hotel.  If you are a movie buff you know that is where they filmed my all -time fave movie " Somewhere In Time" ,with the late Christopher Reeves.  I think it is the pretttiest place on the Island...They play the movie there once  every summer. I so want to go to it but it is quite expensive..We stay a cute B&B   No Cars are allowed on the Island, only horse or bikes . It is a great vacation spot in the US.



The Bridge looms up ahead





Mackinac Island ...veiw from the bridge in the early morning