He Loves It!!!
To all the Dad's in my life . . . I Love You!!! Have a Happy Father's Day!!!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Looking for a Pattern Writer
Good Morning all!! First off I wan't to say Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments on my Convoy quilt!! You all sure know how to make a girl feel good. I sure love my readers!!! Thank You!!! I will be sure to get some great pictures of him opening it :)
Second off, I have a friend in the fabric industry that is looking for a couple new pattern writers to work with them going forward. They have a fantastic designer that designs their quilts and projects, so they are really looking for someone to break down those quilts and write very detailed instructions. Then they have another quilter make the quilt based on those directions and then give everything to their design department to make their pamphlets.
So is this something you might be interested in??? If so, please email me (happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com) and I will get you in touch with my friend. Thanks so much!!
And because every good post needs a picture . . . . But my husband has the camera up the mountain and I can't take a picture of anything "quilty" . . . So you get the family racing paper boats . (They only lasted about 2 runs and then they were just wet paper , but we had a marvelous time none the less :)
Second off, I have a friend in the fabric industry that is looking for a couple new pattern writers to work with them going forward. They have a fantastic designer that designs their quilts and projects, so they are really looking for someone to break down those quilts and write very detailed instructions. Then they have another quilter make the quilt based on those directions and then give everything to their design department to make their pamphlets.
So is this something you might be interested in??? If so, please email me (happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com) and I will get you in touch with my friend. Thanks so much!!
And because every good post needs a picture . . . . But my husband has the camera up the mountain and I can't take a picture of anything "quilty" . . . So you get the family racing paper boats . (They only lasted about 2 runs and then they were just wet paper , but we had a marvelous time none the less :)
Friday, June 15, 2012
Convoy!!!!
Well, thanks to the help of the amazing ladies of the Beejeebers Bee, each of them making one of those awesome semi's around the border of the quilt, this is ready to Roll On Out in time for Father's Day!! Yippee Skippee!!! Convoy is a special quilt for my dad designed to fit in the cab of his truck. He started driving trucks again last year (after a 20ish year hiatus while we kids grew up) and just loves being on the road!!
I struggled for a while trying to decide on how to quilt this without taking away from all of the awesome semis. In the end I decided to go for a basic straight all over stipple that I think tied it together without distracting to much. Most of the quilt is done on a larger scale in white but I wanted the semi in the middle to really pop. I designed that particular block to look just like my Dad's Semi. Down to the logo on the door :) So I quilted it with blue thread instead and did a slightly smaller scale of quilting. I really like the way it turned out :)
I found this super fun backing fabric in my stash. It really ties in well with all of the fun colors from the front and just reminds me of my dad because it is a little on the wild side!! (His nick name is Wild Man because of all of the crazy shorts he wears that my mom makes him out of the wildest fabric she can find, including flames :)
So now I just need to wrap it up for Sunday :) I can't wait to see his face. I will be sure to take lots of pictures :) Thanks again Beejeeber's Ladies!!! You all rock!!!
I struggled for a while trying to decide on how to quilt this without taking away from all of the awesome semis. In the end I decided to go for a basic straight all over stipple that I think tied it together without distracting to much. Most of the quilt is done on a larger scale in white but I wanted the semi in the middle to really pop. I designed that particular block to look just like my Dad's Semi. Down to the logo on the door :) So I quilted it with blue thread instead and did a slightly smaller scale of quilting. I really like the way it turned out :)
I found this super fun backing fabric in my stash. It really ties in well with all of the fun colors from the front and just reminds me of my dad because it is a little on the wild side!! (His nick name is Wild Man because of all of the crazy shorts he wears that my mom makes him out of the wildest fabric she can find, including flames :)
So now I just need to wrap it up for Sunday :) I can't wait to see his face. I will be sure to take lots of pictures :) Thanks again Beejeeber's Ladies!!! You all rock!!!
EDIT - - Several of you have requested dimensions for making this quilt. While I don't haev all of the dimensions for each of the trucks as my Bee Mates made up their own, this post has the basic small truck block dimensions that we used for most of the trucks, and this post has the basic large truck paper piecing pattern I drafted for the large semi in the middle. Hope that helps ;)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Patchwork Car Shade - A Tutorial for TNT
Sew Mama Sew is doing a wonderful Ready, Set, Go!!! series full of great tutorials to aid you on your summer travels. Well for our family, the biggest issue about summer traveling is the beautiful Sunshine coming in through the car windows. So I whipped up a fun little tutorial as part of the Ready, Set, Go!!! series. A Patchwork Car Shade, that doubles as a Tic-Tac-Toe board. Pop on over and check it out.
And I was super excited to try something new for this little tutorial. I tried using the automatic button hole maker (very techincal term) on my machine. And I love it!!! So much easier than the good old days of manipulating the zig-zag stitches at least 7 times to create 1 button hole. Now I just type it in, stomp on the presser foot, and wham!!! A button hole. And it's got me thinking I need to make some more projects with button holes :)
So what have you been trying new this week?? You know what to do . . . Link on Up :)
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
I Love Summer Reading!
One of my favorite things about summer is all of the great summer reading programs the libraries have. A little enticement of getting a treat or prize of some sort and my morning look a little like this . . .
Yes, even the little ones get in on the fun, although I think the baby just wants to eat the book. (My middle child was sleeping in this particular morning :) Reading time . . . A little slice of heaven. I would be joining them but somehow the book I was reading seems to have grown legs and walked away (I fear the 3 year old has something to do with it :)
Our library program this year asked the kids to keep track of their minutes but didn't have any type of form to track them on. I guess they were just supposed to write them down. We'll for my kiddos, half of the fun is getting to mark off that you have read, so I whipped up these little reading charts. (yes, I need to get new fridge magnets :) I have put the template into Google documents, so if you find yourself needing a Summer Reading chart you can find one here. (they mark every 10 minutes of reading)
Oh, and one final note for today, Yes, my children do have pajamas that fit them and are more appropriate for the season, they just choose to wear the old, worn out, hot ones. And after several discussions, I ended up conceding that it wasn't that big of a deal and if those are the ones they like they can wear them. (even though it drives me nuts :) My husband just reminds me that you just have to let some things go :)
Yes, even the little ones get in on the fun, although I think the baby just wants to eat the book. (My middle child was sleeping in this particular morning :) Reading time . . . A little slice of heaven. I would be joining them but somehow the book I was reading seems to have grown legs and walked away (I fear the 3 year old has something to do with it :)
Our library program this year asked the kids to keep track of their minutes but didn't have any type of form to track them on. I guess they were just supposed to write them down. We'll for my kiddos, half of the fun is getting to mark off that you have read, so I whipped up these little reading charts. (yes, I need to get new fridge magnets :) I have put the template into Google documents, so if you find yourself needing a Summer Reading chart you can find one here. (they mark every 10 minutes of reading)
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