Log Cabbin Square

These were quick, easy and fun to make! Just simple Log Cabin Squares but with each ring the same color. They're going to look great in my finished quilt. Since it's been so crazy I haven't had time to do any tutorials lately, but I'll do better in January!

Advent Calendar Finished!

I finished the advent calendar just in time for Christmas! I'm so glad it's done. But it turned out really cute, and I'll love to get it out every year for Christmas. All I'll need to do is add a new stocking each year we have a new baby. So not too  much work in the future.

Lunch Bag

This is the last project I worked on for Christmas. Dave's side of the family does a name exchange each year and I drew my Sister-in-law Anisa. She had pinned a lunch bag on Pinterest, saying if I ever got her she wouldn't mind my making it. So, I made a few changes to the pattern (added a zipper to hold up better and changed the dimensions to fit my favorite tupperware, etc).

I love the results and plan to make one for Dave in January. When I do, I'll make a tutorial so anyone who wants one can make one. The challenging part was making sure the pattern of the material was facing the right direction for the whole thing. I should have just bought more material so I didn't have to worry so much about cutting.

More Advent Calendar Ornaments

It's been a crazy week for us! We have so many projects and so much baking to get ready for Christmas. But I was able to get a few ornaments done for the calendar. I think I need one more snow flake, and maybe some ornanments.

The Morning Star

I think I've fallen in love with this square. I'm contemplating making a full quilt out of this square for our bedroom. It's just 4 big squares, 4 elongated snowballs, and one small center square. Looks more complicated than that, doesn't it?

Stocking Stuffer Dolls

I whipped up two of these this weekend! I have two nieces that are big enough to want a toy for Christmas, but not big enough for the play dough we got for the "big kids". So the solution was some cute little dolls. I must admit, Logan loves to grab the arms of these ladies and shake them so the legs dance around. I think I only have one more gift to make and one more to buy for Christmas.

I found the pattern on Martha Stewart's website. I just added a collar and pig tails to ours. They were an easy sew. I didn't expand the pattern to 150% like recommended, I just added 1/4 inch to the pattern pieces to allow for sewing.

The Stockings are Hung

We've completed our Christmas decorating for the year! Since we don't have a fire place in our house, the stockings get hung on the bookshelf. I made our stockings out of fake leather, a layer of Warm and Natural quilt batting, some material appliqued on the front, and some fuzzy white stuff for the cuffs. I like the way they turned out and I love that they're the only ones of their kind.

This one is mine. Just some berries and leaves appliqued on.

This one is my son, Logan's. The snowman and scarf are appliqued, the eyes are just black embroidery thread, and the buttons.

This one is my husband, Dave's. The Christmas tree is appliqued on and the ornaments are buttons sewn on. He isn't happy with this stocking though. He wants Logan's snow man. Sigh... only one kid and it begins already.