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Show and Tell Saturday #6

March 8, 2014 by Margaret 2 Comments

Sometimes when I look at the quilts I’ve made I think, “girl, you must be crazy.”

I blame my blood line – bad blood. This crazy quilt thing is hereditary I am not completely responsible for my addiction to fabric. Quilting is very rewarding. You take a pattern and a bunch of fabric and you create something beautiful – I love it!

This pattern is called Hat Trick by Schnibbles by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.

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Thanksgiving Centerpiece

November 25, 2013 by Margaret Leave a Comment

I love Thanksgiving. It gives me that warm feeling inside to start the holiday season.

I love to gather with family and think about great memories and the things that I’m grateful for.

I also love to quilt and make something beautiful out of fabric scraps. I learned this love from my mother who at 82 years of age still pieces together small scraps of fabric to make something beautiful.

She lives in another state and it is hard for her to come to us. This Thanksgiving we are taking Thanksgiving to her.

A couple of months ago I visited her and brought some of her fall colored fabrics home to make a fall quilt and ended up making a table runner instead. She always wants to know what I am sewing so I decided to take the works, not just dinner but decor as well.

We are going to have about 18 for dinner and it is a very long table, thus a very long runner. It is about 110″ long. It was fun to go through and match the beautiful fall colors. It will make our table festive for the season.

I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Mary Ellen

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Fabric Apples

August 6, 2013 by Margaret 11 Comments

In my Americana Welcome, I mentioned that I would write a post about the “Fabric Apple“, well here it is. They are fun an easy to make and can be made to match all colors of decor. These sit my Americana Bathroom.

Things you need:

Fabric piece about 8 1/2″ X 15″
Poly fiber fill
Paper twist or paper ribbon
Long needle
Knit cro-sheen
1 1/2″ long cinnamon stick
Hot glue and glue gun

1. Cut 4 tear drop shaped apple pieces from fabric and 2 double leave from paper twist or ribbon.

2. Sew 2 apple pieces together using a 1/4″ seam forming half the apple. Turn. Do the same for the other 2 pieces but don’t turn.
3. With right sides together sew the 2 half apple pieces together leaving a 1 1/2″ section about 1 inch from the narrow end. Turn right side out.

4. Stuff firm with poly fiber fill and stitch closed using a blind stitch.

5. Using a long needle and knit cro-sheen, double thickness with a knot on the end, starting at the narrow end pull the needle through to the middle of the wide end.