Call For Eye Candy

I've been thinking about my first issue of CQ Gatherings and I'm going to need some eye candy photos.  I'm looking for Crazy Quilt hearts for Valentine's Day, something with shamrocks, robins or a nest for St. Patricks Day and something with an Easter theme.

There's no hurry.  The submission deadline is November 1st, 2014.  I just wanted to put it out there so everyone has time to do some stitching and get photos taken.

Crazy Quilt Clutch Purses

Well, I finally finished up these Crazy Quilt Clutch Purses:

I don't care for these frames.  I bought them at JoAnn's and although they look really nice, they're hard to sew the bag onto.  These frames have groove that you have to push the fabric into, slide the needle underneath and try to come out in the hole on the front.  As you can see, I used beads.  It took me 2 hours to put the purple purse on the frame and 3 hours for the blue purse.  I think I'll be keeping these. 

I think, instead of buying these frames from JoAnns, I'll order some from an Etsy store.  They're much easier to sew on.

Something To Crow About

Okay, I know it's early, and I'm not in any hurry for Fall because after Fall comes Winter and ya'll know how I feel about that!  But mom likes stitching Fall things so for today, I have a few Fall Door Hanging Pillows that mom stitched.  First is my favorite, the one with the crows:

And then lots of pretty pumpkins!

I'm finishing up the little gifts that I've been working on and my last 2 purses are just about done.  I'll try to have photos of them tomorrow. 

I spent yesterday sewing up some new blocks and I'm hoping to sew up a few more next week.  Maybe a few small things like cellphone pouches and a few door hangers.  I like making them too.

In other news, I'm just waiting on the last 3 calendar blocks to come in.  When I have them all, I'll announce the lovely Crazy Quilt artists who graciously contributed a block.

Crazy Quilt Button Hearts

These Crazy Quilt Button Hearts took me a little bit longer to finish than they normally do.  I hand crocheted the trim for each one and then sewed that on by hand:

The maples leaves are metal leaves from a candle holder arrangement that I bought at a garage sale a few years ago for a dollar or 2..  My husband cut the leaves off for me and primed them with car primer and then I hand painted them with acrylic paint. 

Most of the buttons are vintage although a few are newer and I made the beaded dangles to go with each heart.  So these are done and in my Etsy shop.

I still have to finish up the last 2 purses that I made and I have to sew up some new blocks so I have something to stitch on when I finish up the little gifts that I'm working on.  Yes, I will share them but not until later this year.

How About Them Apples!

Sorry for my long disappearance but I just haven't been able to complete finish up my most recent projects.  I'm also working on some gifts that I can't share yet so without anything interesting to write about, I thought I'd just wait and spare ya'll my ramblings about nothing!  LOL!!!

I will have some finishes in the next few days but in the meantime, here are a couple of little Apple Hanging Pillows that Mom made:

I hope everyone is having a Happy late Spring - early Summer!  We've plenty of rain so our Pumpkin Patch is doing quite well.  As soon as it takes off a little more, I'll share some photos.  Pumpkins just take over the yard!