A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT

 I just have some odds and ends to show you today.  Above is my block for Pat Sloan’s BOM.  You can join by going here.

 Misti sent me this picture of some pillowcases that she made for her mom.  I love that they are so unique.  I never would have thought of using stripes.  What a great idea!  The Attic Window Quilt Shop has pillowcase kits with instructions.  Also, you can join Rosa and the Scrapper's Helping Hands on Saturday, Jan. 23 in making pillowcases for charity.  Kits are available.

Cathy made this apron for me and gave it to me over the holidays.  I love it.  I like aprons with a bib,  For some reason my food stains are always above the waist.  I’m hoping Cathy will give us a tutorial on how she made this adorable apron.  BTW, Cathy has started her own blog.  It is on my sidebar and you can also look at it here.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW

• Stand & Stow Bag – Friday, Jan. 15  - -Sample here
• Stitch-in & Mystery Block – Saturday, Jan. 16
• Rising Star – Monday, Jan 18 - Sample here
• Scrapper's Helping Hands, Saturday, Jan. 23
• Quilt As You Go – Thursday, Jan. 28 - Sample here
• London City Bag – Friday, Jan. 29  London City Bag, Friday, Dec. 11 - Sample here 
• Heart of Winter Tour – Saturday, Feb. 13
• Spring Craft Days – Friday, Mar. 18 and 19

Be sure and check the calendar on the Sidebar for more happenings at the Attic Window Quilt Shop this week.

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE HEART OF WINTER TOUR!!

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• Bonjour Quilts has a tutorial for a TV remote organizer.

♥ Caroll, 
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

ALL THIS FUN IN THE NAME OF CHARITY

Rosa got several of us women to gather at the Attic Window Quilt Shop this past Saturday to sew pillowcases and composition book covers to be given to Safe Haven, a local shelter for battered and abused women and children.  Above Rosa shows us the progress she's made on her book cover.

Rosa had already made her pillowcases with these cute little ruffles.  They were our inspiration.

Lee Anne got busy and made the ruffle for her pillowcase.

HOT TIP!  Lee Anne said she zigzags dental floss onto the fabric that she wants to gather.  This way she can be assured of nice gathers and that the dental floss won't break when she is in the middle of gathering it, like thread often does.  Great idea!

 This is a close up of some of the pillowcases.

Here are a bunch of them together.  We got quite a few made.  I love the fabrics used.  I must note that the two on the top (yellow and pink) did not have the ruffles because I made them and was busy dealing with other problems.  I want to thank sweet Jane for donating these fabrics.  You may remember that last week Jane brought a bag of scraps to Happy Scrappers for us to enjoy.  I pulled out two large size pieces and was determined to use them for pillowcases.  They were not quite large enough so Rosa helped me adjust and be creative to make nice size pillowcases.  Now that I see how darling these others look with the cute ruffles I wish I had done that.  Thank you Jane for the fabric donations.

 Judi A. shows us her pillowcase.  If you click on the picture you might be able to see that there are fish on the pillowcase. She was worried about the direction the fish were swimming.  She said she didn't want the person to think the fish were swimming up his nose!  LOL  Cute pillowcase.

Joyce shows us her darling pillowcase with a cute ruffle. 

Now for the book covers.  Above is the one I made. Did you know these composition books come in different sizes?  They may look the same, but the one I had was just a wee bit smaller than the ones that Rosa had for us.  So, be sure and measure carefully when making these.

Above is Peggy with her book cover.

Judi shows her her book cover.  It is a work in progress.

Diana finished her pillowcases and decided to do some work on her Sew Together Bag.

Jill shows us her Sew Together Bag that she worked on between helping customers.

Adrienne shows her applique block that she finished.  She said she'd been working on it for about a week and for some reason the colors were giving her fits.  It took her several tries, but she finally decided on the above.  Love it.

DON’T FORGET: 

• UFO Day, Monday, May 18
• Civil War BOM, Wednesday, May 20
• El’s Kitchen BOM, Wednesday, May 20
• Sedona Quilt, Wednesday, May 20
• Stitch-In, Saturaday, Maay 23
• New - Beginning Shuttle Tatting, Thurs Jun 4 10am-12pm

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• Occasional Piece has a wonky basket blocks tutorial.

♥ Caroll,
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

PILLOWCASE AND BAGS

This is the pillowcase I’m sending to Barb. Isn’t it cute? When I heard she needed pillowcases I remembered a kit I purchased over a year ago, but never got around to making. I got this kit from The Quilting Season. You can download the pattern here. What? You say. Who needs a pattern to make a pillowcase? You will like this pattern. What makes it unique are the instructions for putting it together. It may not be new to some of you, but it was new to me. You gather all the pieces into a tube and sew it together in one long seam. Then you pull the material out of the tube and all you have to do is sew up the bottom and side seams. The top is all sewn and the seams are hidden. It couldn’t be easier. I love it.

I spent yesterday afternoon making these bags for the kids to use on Trick or Treat night. I had so much fun making them for my grandkids and friend’s kids. There are so many cute fabrics out there, that I really had to limit myself. Cluck Cluck Sew has a nice tutorial for making these bags.

Have your heard that Gum Tree Designers are giving you a free pattern every Monday over the months of October and November. These are creative women and the designs promise to be wonderful. You won’t want to miss a Monday visiting this site.
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Until Next Time, Happy Quilting,
Caroll