A moment of inspirations

I don't know where it came from, but I just had this imagine in my head for a pillow and this is what I ended up with. My son said it'd also make a good lap top slever and I almost did it, but maybe next time.

These along with many of my other great creations can be found for sale on my website Scrappy Creations.

Quilted Wolf Table Runner or Wall Hanging

This one I am extremly proud of. The inspiration just came to me one day to use the two wolf blocks I had. I decided to do a table runner with a simple quilt block between the wolf blocks. I didn't know what I was going to do for the quilting until I had the layer together. The center block was the first one to come to me with a couple different feather designs.

Then I used the wolf images to dictate the quilting of those blocks. My favorite part of the quilt is the back. I love the way the metalic thread just pops on the dark blue fabric.

This item is listed for sale on my Etsy shop, Scrappy Creations

Dream Catcher

I just realized that I never posted when I finished my Lone Star Native American Quilt that I call "Dream Catcher." In the center I free motion quilted a Dream Catcher with the feathers hanging below into the two bottom points of the star. In the other star points I free motion quilted alternating arrow and double feather designs. In the squares I just stiched the outlines of the Indian motif. My husband just loved it and talked me into finding a way to put it on our bed. The cream colored comforter I had works great under it and even shows it quit well. I also made a ruffle that is under that and goes to the floor to cover up the sides of my bed. This quilt was quit an accomplishment!

Exciting Day

Today I sold my Hummingbird pillow that I had made of upcycled fabric from work. It was a beautifull pillow, just didn't match my house. Then the same gal commissioned me to make a lap quilt for her. This one shall be interesting as she is really into Gothic and Spider Webs. The quilt will be a crazy scrap quilt with that theme in mind. She will provide the supplies, but it sounds like deep purples, back, silver and such will be the colors. This one be interesting, but I think really fun to do. I'll post pics when I finish.

I've also completed the start and two of the framed train pictures on my sons "Patriotic Train" quilt. It's coming along quit nicely. I've got the next five days off work, so I plan to do a lot of work on his quilt and post pictures soon.

I can't even concintrate at work today. I can't wait to get home and do some more sewing!!!!

Baby Boys Quilt

We are getting snowed in today. I've been out twice today with my husband to shovel and plow snow. I'm done. We'll have to start again tomorrow.

I'm back in working on a quilt today that my husband asked me if I would make as a baby gift for a guy he works with. Him and his wife are expecting a baby boy in May. Here is the quilt I am working on for them.

The center is done with echo free motion quilting around the cars and the signs. The black border has a free motion quilting loop design done with clear thread, though over black it still shows up. I have yet to do the quilting over the squares. I would like to do a free motion design of loop and loop within loop, but in all my practicing I'm just not happy with my big loops. They aren't smooth and perfectly circular like I want. I'll just have to wait and see.

Opened shop!

By the way we did finally move. We sold our home in April and moved out to the country with my family. I couldn't have asked for a better arrangement. I love living near my parents. I have the peace of mind knowing my mom is right next door for the kids when I'm at work.

Not just that, but I now have a nice cozy area for my quilting and genealogy research. No more freezing my butt of in the basement, and no more clutter and mess in my family room.

Since I started this blog a lot has happened. I still do my genealogy research which I write about when I find the time on my Untangled Family Roots blog, but I also Do a lot more sewing and quilting now. I also have a new position at work as the Continuous Improvement Coordinator (Lean Manufacturing Coordinator). As a result this has brought me a new opportunity.

Here it is. I'm am trying find a way to help my company make an even smaller impact on the environment by upcycling their fabric waste. I work for a local office furniture manufacturer. Some of the product we make involves fabric. We go through thousands of inches of fabric every day and discard tons of waste from the left over pieces. I am also pursuing what options they may have to recycle this waste. They recycle all the metal, wood, paper, cardboard, etc that they use, but the fabric has always been thrown away as there is not really a viable option out there for a large scale company in this area to recycle. This creates an opportunity for me if this works, so I'd sure appreciate some help if you can.

I open up my Etsy shop last night Going Green Scrapy as a way to sale some of this reusable fabric and to sale the crafts I make from this fabric. Although I am still in search of a viable option for them to recycle the waste fabric that is really no longer usable for anyone. If you can think of any other option I may have to help my company achieve this goal of less impact on the landfill and environment please help.

House Quilt Finished

Finally I finished my House quilt and hung it on the wall. It does have some flaws, so I'll probably never sale it. The flaws are on the back though, so it makes a great wall hanging.

This quilt was a test for me. I wanted to see if I could reuse scrap pieces of fabric discarded the the office furniture making process at work to make something beautiful. I did and it look great, but I soon realized these fabrics were not easy to work with. If I want to continue doing quilts, and I plan to, I'll go back to using cottons.

However, I am pursue other ideas to reuse the fabric my work discards to create wonderful pieces. Some of the ideas I have are pillows, pot holders, purses/bags, window coverings, etc. I'm open to further ideas if anyone has any.

I'll keep this quilt above my sewing machine for now and appreciate all the hard work that went into it every time I look up.