Book of Mormon Quilt

Here is a beautiful quilt highlighting stories and scriptures from the Book of Mormon.  Melanie Curtis made this quilt.  She is a beginning seamstress who said, "This project made me feel like I could sew.  If I could make this, then anyone could." 

This quilt would make a lovely wall hanging or a special blanket to snuggle in during family home evening.  Maybe you could lay on the floor on top of it and talk about one particular story.

What an ispiration!  Well done, Melanie! 

Camille found another fun site

LDS themed printed fabric. Here's the link: ldsfabric.com

Little Boy's Tie

Camille just found this link for making a little boy's tie. Check it out...and, of course, let us know when you finish it!

MAKE YOUR OWN TIE

Look at these projects!

Jacy shared with us some of the projects she's done recently. Way to go Jacy! The nursing shield is at the back with binky holders in the front - two projects that came from our group - and the t-shirts are an idea she got from her friend's blog: T-shirts


Talking about the shirts Jacy says: "I was afraid the back fabric might fray a bit, so I did use a little bonding web to attach the back fabric edges to the shirt, but that's probably not necessary. I'm just not experienced enough to know. I'm always scared everything will start to unravel! I also stitched around each letter twice... once closely around the shape and once a few millimeters away from the first, just for effect. Not the best sewing ever, but they came out fairly cute, I thought. And they were super easy and fast! And they would be really easy for ANY holiday or special occasion-- shamrocks for St. Patrick's day, hearts for Valentine's, bunnies or eggs for Easter, etc." Thanks for sharing, Jacy!

Keep your ideas and pictures coming. Seeing creativity inspires creativity! Keep it up!

This month - baby dress

Our project for this month is a baby dress/romper and was demonstrated by our own Jacy Asbury at our last meeting.

The pattern is Burda Easy 9650. The sizes do run a little bit big, so that may be something to keep in mind. Talk to Jacy if you'd like to borrow her pattern - she has cut it to the 18month size.

As you can see the pattern allows you to make the baby outfit into a dress or as a romper. It looks like the tops are the same on both versions. So cute. And who is that darling child model?

Thanks Jacy! We also had a demonstration by Lacy Christensen on how to make baby shoes. It was a great meeting.

Stay tuned for more. And for those of you without children, please forgive the all baby/kid projects this month. More variety to come next month.

Keep Creating!

Sewing Video from "Threads"

Here is a fun link to a sewing site called Threads. (Thanks to Camille for finding it!) It is all about the basics of sewing. Check out the link for videos that include:

Equipment 101
Notions 101
Patterns 101

Check it out for some basic tips!

Sewing Idea - Puppet Show Stage

I was over at Stacy Hill's house recently and she showed me an in-the-door puppet show stage that her kids got as a gift. What a great idea to sew on your own! Check it out.

Here's the front:


















Here's the back:



















And here it is in the doorway with a little munchkin behind it. It's hanging on two little hooks - the kind that you stick on the wall. There are three wooden dowels in the stage that help it keep it's body.



















Wanna do it? Create away!

Look who's sewing!

Car seat Organizers by Jan. Great fabric. So cute!





















Aprons by Jan and Jenna. Both are done out of a heavier fabric. Totally awesome!

Keep sewing everyone!