Christmas Shoes

Made 4 pairs of these Christmas shoes  Quilted the ultra suede to stabilizer which made it very easy to work with.  Then cut out all of the tops and bottoms of the shoes.  Before sewing them together added some glass beads near the toes for a little Christmas bling

These were all smaller and one larger pair below - wish I had better bow tieing abilities

I wanted a better lining, but this worked out o.k. with only a few days before Christmas.  I have the hang of the shoes now and can put a pair together with lining in about an hour.

Update.  One of the mom's works at the office next door and I see her in the hall, but didn't know her name.  It turns out her name is Holly, so she loved the fact that the shoes are lined with the holly print.

Red Tote Blue Tote

I got this small piece of material at my textile remnant place and really loved it.  It has a large pattern to it so made these two bags which really don't look anything alike.  The solid colors are ultra suede from JoAnn's remnant bin that was quilted on a 45 degree angle.

The blue one, I kept and the red one gave away.  The blue one is smaller by 3-4 inches.  All are quilted with non-pill fleece to muslin and then lined with cute pockets, etc.  There is a large outside pocket on the blue one, but it is a little floppy so I didn't add one to the red tote.  The green check on the blue bag is the same as on Jeanette's bag.  Very easy to work with.

Here is the red guy all alone (against a white board at work).  Even the straps are quilted on this one.  One side is about 19 inches before sewing.  I love the brown in the background



Blue Shoes with beads

I have been having fun with these little shoes.  These were a little tricky as the material was silk and very slippery.  Then I thought they were plain and attached some beads.  Well, try and do that two times that the beads match.  Should have drawn a little pattern, but didn't think of it until there were about a million hours involved.  But they are cute anyway, and the baby, Sienna Wylde, is modeling them

The material came from the dress the Grandma had worn to her daughter's wedding (before the baby was born).  The Grandma is big on bling, so I was just guessing that the baby may be also.  Those are Grandma Cindy's toes peaking out there at the bottom

For this Christmas, Sienna received these orange shoes which were much plainer and quicker.  This fabric was a heavier silk and went together much quicker.  This orange fabric also had something to do with the wedding, as it is the bride's favorite color.

40 year reunion

 
 
This is a picture of me, Connie & Claudia.  We all are from the class of 1969 and were able to get together for lunch at the Mall of America this summer.  4 hours flew by like nothing.  Connie bravely attended our 40 year reunion, while Claudia went to the lake.  What did do I, work.  It was alot of fun seeing them again.

I wanted to have a surprise gift for them, but didn't quite finish in time. It worked out anyway as I thought of putting their initials on the bags later. If I had a fancy sewing machine, it would have been more interesting, but it's the thought. Our school colors were black, white, orange and hopefully everyone likes toile!

Another couple of bags

I guess I didn't get pictures of all of the bags, but here are two that are finished. Each has its' own charm. My friend Elaine did the quilting on both of these bags and I did the assembly. It was fun to work as a team. This is Lori's bag. I had the background material for a very long time, and should have taken a better picture of it.  The material has an Asian influence, but I loved it pared with the gingham check. Everything is decorator weight and the lining inside is the stripe. Sandwiched between is non-pill fleece which is great to work with.

The is Jeanette's bag.  The red is upholstry grade fabric, quite heavy, but the green gingham is a very light cotton and worked out very well as the other fabrics were plenty heavy.  I love Elaine's quilting.  There is a big pocket on the other side.  I was always going to make pillows out of the red, but never did.