Pillowcases and a sham

For Christmas I made the boys, my nephews, a few pillowcases.  Matt had been asking for a space pillow since I gave him his space quilt for Christmas last year.  So for him I made two pillowcases and a pillow sham that all match his quilt.

For Chris I stuck with the superhero theme.  He love Superman so I made him a Superman pillowcase.  

And, he recently has become excited about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... talk about throwback!  I was able to get some fabric and make him a TMNT pillowcase with a blue accent for Leonardo, his favorite.  

These were super easy and fast to make, gotta love gifts like that!

Cindy's Tree Skirt

Yay, the last tree skirt for this year is done!  After I finished up the two tree skirts, Glamorous and Black and White, my sister decided that she wanted a tree skirt for Christmas.  I made my mom and other sister tree skirts last year so it was only fair that she got one, too.  Cindy is particular so I let her pick the fabrics that she wanted in her tree skirt.  From there we decided that she wanted circles on it, like I did my mom's, with reverse applique.  Cindy chose 12 fabrics so no fabric would be repeated in the wedges so I decided that no fabric should be repeated in the balls either.  So glad I joined in a few swaps of Christmas charms the past few years and have a ton of Christmas scraps in my stash.

The balls look great, they are just a lot of work when putting them on each and every wedge.  They each have either one, two, or three balls on each wedge.  They are all different sizes and all specially selected to match each wedge of the quilt perfectly.

This tree skirt is just a bit smaller than the others at 52" in diameter.  Cindy requested it be a bit smaller to fit her space better.  I did that by marking my template just 4 inches smaller so I cut the fabrics smaller to start with.

I think it looks perfect under her tree, it finishes the look.

My mom made her the angel that is on the tree.

I am done with tree skirts for the year, thank goodness.  Now to try and finish up the rest of the items on my to-do list that need to be done before Christmas.

Black and White Tree Skirt

After I finished the Glamorous Tree Skirt I jumped right into another tree skirt that I was asked to make.  The colors I was given to work with were black and white with a touch of silver, grey, gold, green, and red.  I was nervous that this skirt was going to turn out way too dark, but I don't think it did at all.

Using silver machine embroidery thread and doodled free motion snowflakes on the skirt.  Some were free hand and some I traced over the snowflakes on the fabrics.

It is backed with a great deep red that is perfect for the Christmas tree skirt.  This skirt has a 60" diameter so it is nice a large for those perfectly round trees.

I am on a tree skirt roll.  I have one more that I will be sharing soon!

Glamorous Tree Skirt

I have been doing a lot of sewing lately.  I was asked to make a few tree skirts and a few quilts this holiday season.  I tried to get a jump start on the projects in October since I was having surgery at the end of the month and knew that November was going to be a rough month for basting or moving or doing just about anything.

One of the items I was asked to make was a "glamorous" tree skirt.  She asked for rich colors with gold.  

I chose a selection of 6 fabrics, some from my stash and some new, that were the rich golden colors that she wanted.  I used the same pattern that I used for my mom's tree skirt last year that I made.  So glad that I knew exactly where that template was.

I quilted designs into each of the 12 sections before I assembled the skirt, which made it so much easier to maneuver through my machine, using gold thread to add to the sparkle. Once all the pieces were together I machine bound the skirt with a bis binding.

This tree skirt finished with a 60" diameter.

When I delivered the tree skirt she was so very happy.  She inspected each quilted section.  So happy to have one of many projects completed.