Giraffe Pillow

Front

Back

I made this pillow for my neighbor. She loves giraffes and thought she would enjoy.

She did.

Purse for Secret Santa

I made this purse for a friend to give in the Secret Santa give-away she is involved with.

I think it turned out beautiful. And they aren't hard to make. I love putting all the different fabrics together.

Christmas Baking

I've been baking this last week. I made over 72 dozen cookie/bars for gifts for friends and relatives for Christmas. I made up 8 of these tins and 1 smaller and still have a couple plates to fill. I had about 9 or so different kinds. I had a good time, but am glad it's done. The extras I have stored in the freezer.

We'll see if I've forgotten anyone.

back in July I helped a friend make these

This is my favorite.

These are for her grandchildren for Christmas.

We did this in July 2011.

Kittens/Cats

They were cold so they all piled into the tope of my trashcan with a wire flower pot unside down in it.

There were 5 or 6 in this pile.

Shy Kitten

Isn't she beautiful???

Scrappy Pot Holders for volunteers

December 2011

Fronts

Backs

I made these for the volunteers that are teaching classes at the Ext Office.

I've learned so much and wanted to thank them, so I made them

scrappy potholders. They are so fun and easy to make.

baby blanket

November 2011

And it's a girl, but Dad has a thing for Oliver Tractors

made my friend a cape

November 2011

Travel/Duffel Bags for a friend's daughter

I made these for a friend. She is giving them to her daughters for Christmas. They are so bright and colorful. A riot of colors. This is the same pattern that I made earlier this year at a class I took. I've also taught another friend to make these. I went to visit her for a week and we had 4 of them done before I left and she finished the last two after I left. She is giving one to each of her grandchildren for Christmas. I plan to make myself one someday.

baby blanket for friend

This is the back

My husband the helper

This is the front

close up of the front

Button purchase

A friend and I purchased a bunch of buttons from Craig's list. Only 53 POUNDS worth. This picture is not even half of them.

Tim's quilt

A year or so after I made my quilt, I made Tim one. I picked out the fabrics for his and put cotton on the front, with flannel in the middle and back. I used the same pattern since it was such a fun pattern. The green is the flannel on the back.

My helper while taking pictures.

I think he's trying to tell me it;s play time.

My blanket

Several years ago when I first started making quilts, I made myself one to cover up with while watching TV. We don't keep our house that warm in the winter, so I put flannel in the middle and on the back with cotton fabrics on the front. I didn't pick the colors. I didn't feel comfortable at that point putting colors together. I had a lady at a local quilt shop pick out some fabrics.

travel/duffel bag

Earlier this year I took a class at a local quilt shop and made this bag. Since then I taught my friend to make these and she has made 6 for her grandchildren for Christmas. It measures about 23 inches long and about 12/13 inches wide. I don't remember how tall it is.

New pin cushion

I thought I needed a new pin cushion and I've added some bling.

Flower Bed

One of the first things I did when I retired was I made and planted a flower bed. It wasn't such a good year to do that what with all the hot weather, but it finally filled in these last few weeks.

Grocery Bag

Lari and I went to the Sedgwick City Wide Garage Sale earlier this year and she found me a piece of heavy material for $1.00. I found out later it's some type of canvas. I tried washing it because it had some spots on it and it didn't wash well, but it's cleaner. I draped it over my ironing board to dry. It's very stiff, but perfect for grocery bags. I measured the bags I had purchased at Dillons and used that as my pattern. This particular bag is a big smaller than the Dillons bags as there was a seperate piece of fabric with the stuff I purchased and just made a bag to fit just using that one piece.

This is my prototype. The rest will probably be sewen with black thread and black handles. Got 3 cut out so I gotta go get busy.