Needle Felted Easter Bunnies

I've been wanting to share with you, a photo of these precious Needle Felted Bunnies that my sister Kathi made:

Aren't these sweet?!!!!  These are entirely needle felted.  There's no sewing here.  Kathi is amazing when it comes to 3 dimensional felt work.  The carrots are felted too!  Like me, Kathi doesn't use patterns.  She just makes it up as she goes along!

I'll be back later with photos of my treasures collected at a Flea Market yesterday.  For now, don't forget that I will be having a drawing for this Crazy Quilt Cat Doll when I reach 400 Followers:

Please spread the word!!!

Celebrate Spring!

Checking In

Hello everyone!  I haven't been feeling well for a few days so I haven't been online much.  It's just a combination of side effects of the medication I'm on and withdrawals from dropping the dosage again and of course, some stress.  The economic state that our country is in is completely ridiculous!  And the state of Illinois where I live is just as bad if not worse!  I really think it's time to start electing real people who know how to live on a budget and stick with it.  But I'm trying to focus on my upcoming Crazy Quilt class rather than focus on things I can't do anything about.

I did manage to finish the assembly on my Crazy Button Quilt.  I will have photos of that soon.  I've been stitching on some small things and again, will have photos soon.  Please hang in here with me.

This is a photo of my friend Allie taken last year.  I adore this photo of her holding a precious Robin bird who got trapped in her shed.  If you haven't been to Allie's blog lately, please visit!  She does the most beautiful crazy quilting with loads and loads of flowers!

Crazy Button Quilt Progress

My Button Quilt is all sewn together now.  I spent yesterday afternoon at my sewing machine.  The quilt came out good and straight and square:

Now if only I could have gotten my photo straight!  LOL!!!  Anyway, I had planned on putting a light blue border around it but I'm reconsidering that.  It's 30 inches square and at this point, I'm not even sure where to hang it as my empty wall space is limited.  I don't have to decide on that right now.  My immediate goal is to get it assembled so I can take it with me for examples when I teach my CQ class in May.

The quilt is quite heavy too!  It has to weigh at least 8 pounds at this point!  Once I get the back on and add the "support buttons" to the back, that will add a little more weight to it.

The blocks are first sewn in vertical strips.  Then I sewed the strips together horizontally onto a heavy muslin foundation.  This will help to support the weight.  I use Allie Aller's "False Back" technque. You can find Allies technique in her new book called, "Allie Aller's Crazy Quilting" available at Amazon.com.

Do visit Allie's blog!  You'll love seeing her work!

I'll post another update on the Button Quilt when I get the back on.

For now, I thought you'd like to see the cat doll that I'll be giving away when I reach 400 followers:

I'm pretty close to 400 so please spread the word!

Easter At Our Cottage Boutique

Mom & I have finished up our Easter projects for our Boutique so I thought for today, I would share photos with you.

This little Spring Bunny Centerpiece is sitting in a glass bowl covered in Mosaic Mother Of Pearl tiles.  It's one of my creations and it's one of a kind!  Perfect for a side table or coffee table!

Mom made this sweet little Easter Bunny Wreath to hang on a hook or window latch!

Nothing says Spring more than Baby Chicks!  This fuzzy little Spring Chick Centerpiece would again, be perfect for a little side table!  It's one of my creations.  The little chick sits in a Mint Green glass pot and is surrounded with silk Spring flowers, pink cattails and of course, some glitter!

Finally, my Easter Bunny Table Centerpiece!  I love this!!

And here's a great way to display him:

Use a vintage mirrored dresser tray, add some shiny Easter Grass, sit the centerpiece in the middle and add some colored, decorated Easter Eggs!  Voila!!!  A beautiful Easter centerpiece that easy to move and the decorated eggs can be used as Easter Favors!

And speaking of the decorated eggs, Mom and I put several handmade kits together for decorating Easter eggs.  We've included enough punched paper bunnies, flowers, leaves, butterflies and ribbon bows to decorated a dozen eggs.  All that's needed is a glue gun!  Decorate plastic eggs, styrofoam eggs or real colored eggs with this little kit which we are including free with our orders.  We only have a couple left though so if anyone would like to receive one, now is the time to order.

Tomorrow, I will starting the assembly process of my Button Crazy Quilt:

I'll take photos as I go so be sure to stop by and see how to put one together.

Finally for today, I'm almost up to 400 blog Followers!  YAY!!!!  I'll be doing a drawing when we reach that 400 mark.  The prize will be one of my Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls:

It won't be this Cat doll.  I made one in Green & Pink for my drawing.  I just have to sew him up and I'll post a photo over the weekend.  Be sure to spread the word!