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Hi everyone, just sharing some of the sugar cookie designs I decided to try this year. I took a class on bluprint while convalescing from some surgery and decided to put the what I learned to work. See the photos below:  The class I took was called Decorating Essentials Designer Cookies by Autumn Carpenter and it was really great because she explained icing consistencies so well and it made it easy to know what I was doing to achieve decent results. I packaged some up for my sorority Christmas party as a little gift as well, see below:  Taking the class was a great way to pass time while trying to take it easy, I had to wait a few days to have the energy to actually apply what I had learned and bake the cookies but in the end it was so much fun. Need a great recipe for sugar cookies? Check out this one from a past post here.
I hope everyone enjoys a Very Merry Christmas and it's my hope that you have some time to enjoy family and DIY, baking or creating over the holidays! 🎄
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Ok I am going to have to cheat here and show you my December quilt from last year! No time with this crazy season to make a new mini. I have sewn and quilted quite a few small items for gifts but no time for anything else. I do love the mini quilt shown below and not sure if there is a commercial origin of a pattern or not? The instructions for the mini tree quilt below were shown last year at a sewing group and I know that at least 3 of us made this wee quilt. It hangs currently in my newly renovated bathroom. See the picture below:  Mini Tree Quilt Commercial Origins Unknown (pattern designer unknown)  Mini Christmas Tree Quilt with beading and sequins, hanging in my bathroom Christmas has exploded all over my house and it has even spilled into my bathroom, 'tis the season to show off your Christmas quilts.
Have a great day today and take time to enjoy this beautiful time of the year ❤️ Hi everyone, I just thought I would share with you my monthly mini quilt for November. Really for those who have just joined me with reading my blog, this monthly mini business is a personal challenge to make some mini quilts. I started this challenge in June and plan to complete it in May 2019. A year of minis! This months mini I actually made with 2 of my neighbours as a small group activity and it was a fun little appliqué mini. This time seasonally appropriate and I am calling it "Christmas Cardinal", I love cardinals so also right up my alley. This little quilt is from a commercial pattern so I cannot share the directions or the pattern. We made this quilt with our own appliqué method with Heatnbond Lite, fused it and then appliquéd it. I also used my June Tailor Grid Marker tool to make the 60 degree diamonds in the background and fabric glued sparkly sequins at the intersections of the diamonds. You can never have enough sparkle at Christmas!  Happy Tuesday!
Show your stand mixer some love today by heading over to QUILTsocial.com where there is my tutorial about making a stand mixer cover. You might want to make this for your own "workhorse" of the kitchen or for the bakers/cooks on your Christmas list. Fabric, batting plus this tutorial and presto, you have it made just in time for gift giving. I love my stand mixer!  Kitchenaide Mixer Cover with fabric from Northcott's Mel's Diner Fabric and Fairfield Quilters 80/20 Batting  I hope you have enjoyed and are inspired by my How to Make Your Holidays Sew Easy tutorials at QUILTsocial.com this week, I know I had fun making the items and writing about them.
Be sure to share on QUILTsocial.com when you try my projects. We would love to hear your comments as well. Have a great Friday and a great weekend! Hi everyone, go on over to QUILTsocial.com today and check out this "Simple Essentials Tote" tutorial, an original pattern designed by yours truly and a very handy gift that could be monogrammed for someone on your Christmas gift list. This tote is a great for all ages, stylistically different from the usual travel makeup bags and a fantastic crafter's/sewist's tote!  Personalized Simple Essentials Tote  This tote has a divided pocket, 2 zipped pockets and another large open pocket, lots of room to organize your simple essentials Share with us your simple essentials tote once you try this pattern at QUILTsocial.com.
Have a great Thursday  24 Mini Holiday Countdown Stockings  Cutest little mini stockings, but still room for small treats for the whole family There is a tutorial and free pattern download for these cute mini stockings (includes the numbers) at QUILTsocial.com where I am the guest blogger again today.
Enjoy the holidays and cherish each day with these stockings filled with goodies for the ones you love. Have a great Wednesday!  Felt Christmas Tree for Toddlers to Decorate- free tutorial at QUILTsocial.com  Felt Snowflake Coasters - Tutorial and link to free pattern download at QUILTsocial.com Hi everyone, today as guest blogger at QUILTsocial.com is a tutorial of mine for DIY felt Snowflake Coasters (a great hostess gift) and a felt Christmas Tree (for toddlers/or the young at heart) using Kunin PrestoFelt and Kunin Rainbow ClassicFelt. Easy projects, lots of fun! Enjoy this free tutorial and link to free pattern download here. Happy Tuesday! Hi everyone, today (and the rest of this week) I am the guest blogger at QUILTsocial.com. I will be featuring 7 projects and my theme for the week is: " How to Make Your Holidays Sew Much Easier" . Go on over to QUILTSocial.com each day there are some great gift ideas and holiday decor, complete tutorials, lots of information about the notions, fabric and some free pattern downloads. Enjoy and I sincerely hope you holidays are sew easy!  Projects all this week at QUILTsocial.com Todays project, See image below: "Ornament Pot Holder" and Microwave Mitts, great easy gifts for coworkers, neighbours, friends, family and the cooks in your life!  Happy Monday!
Happy Thursday to all of my blog followers and students from classes. I just wanted to let you all know that next week from Monday Nov. 12 to Friday Nov. 16, I will be a *new* guest writer at QUILTsocial.com. QUILTsocial.com is a daily quilting blog, monthly newsletter, FREE quarterly magazine, and FREE App focused on the love and art of making quilts. My topic for the week is "How to Make Your Holidays Sew Much Easier".  There will be 7 fun and easy projects over the entire week featuring notions, thread and fabric that will be sure to make your DIY gift giving not only look professional, but also very festive! I promise to share the links to my posts at QUILTsocial.com next week. Have a look now if you like 😊, there are always great projects and ideas featured on this blog. I look forward to your comments and I sincerely hope you try some of the projects (please share them on QUILTsocial.com if you do). I sure had fun making these great gift and holiday decor items!! Have a great day today , Robin  Hi everyone, I bet you think I slipped under a rock? I am still alive and well, just very busy with writing for QUILTsocial.com, teaching, completing teaching samples, travelling etc. (I did not mention domestic engineering, because that has not been happening!) I finally finished my monthly mini quilt, I started it as a simple pieced quilt and it was super wonky and then drafted up a paper pieced pattern and it's still wonky!! I actually made this quilt twice. So I'm calling it officially "Wonky Spools". I have total respect for the miniature quilters out there, I bow before you! See the photo of my lovely quilt below:  Better late than never! Sorry this little quilt is not seasonally appropriate, I did make a Halloween one last year, see that post here
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