Blind Quilting

I am a self-taught seamstress of sorts. I followed the advice of Whit a few years ago and purchased a $50.00 Brother Sewing Machine and some good scissors... What has blossomed are many adorable custom fit shirts, christmas stockings, three sets of curtains still in use, original purses by Oertli Original (thanks Katie) and one finished photo quilt. Now today I am going back to the Brother to whip up a family photo quilt for Kevin's Grandma for Mother's day. She is the ultimate Super Mom.

Here is the first I made for my own Grandma at Christmas....

I have no idea why this photo is sooo small...


Anyway, I have started from scratch again with 9 photos printed in sepia onto printable fabric sheets 8x11 (found at JoAnn for 5 bucks for 4 sheets) Most are group photos from over the years...










I Then bought a bundle of 5 fat quarters and a couple extra stray colorschemed quarters (about 10 bucks from JoAnn) and cut them into the following: 2- 3"x16" strips for the sides of the photos, and 2-3"x12" stips for the top and bottom of the pictures to creat the "frame" of the photo.

My tools of use and luxury-


rotary cutter and mat

measuring guide

fabric/thread

pins

and of course the brother

iron with ironing board

PATIENCE...


Of course this quilt is a work in progress, will update once complete...

...well the day has come and the quilt is finished. This took about 6 hours to complete, but stretched out over a week or so, it goes pretty easy.

The Finished product....

New Hobby

With the new changes, always comes a bit of creativity. I have started to put my screen printing set up to good use. Check out my Esty shop ShareABitOfLove if you get a chance, pretty bare for now, but as I get going more will be added. I adore simple clean design with a personal touch.



My first item is a silhouette of our sweetie pie Timber....