tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56626635732023972322024-03-05T23:24:31.549-06:00A Bushel and A Peck Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-32280275688333728722017-02-13T17:25:00.000-06:002017-02-13T17:25:56.222-06:00Hexi-Flowers Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last July we sold our home in Missouri and decided to look for a small piece of property in Wisconsin where we could do a little "homesteading" and raise our boys in a rural community.<br />
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During the process of selling our home I knew I needed to keep my sewing/craft space clean and neat and I also knew that once we sold our home I wouldn't have time for quilting/sewing during the moving phase. Also, as part of this move we were going to be staying with family in both MN and TX while looking for our new home. I couldn't lug around my sewing machine and fabric making messes at other peoples houses either. While I knew I had to pack up my sewing machine, I also knew that I needed a project that I could take with me, work on during car rides, in the evenings, etc. I needed a small hand piecing project that would keep me busy for an undetermined amount of time. I decided to make a quilt using EPP (English Paper Pieced) Hexagon Flowers.<br />
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Prior to packing up my craft room, I cut out hundreds of 1 inch hexagons using white cardstock and my Cricut Explore. I decided to go with 1 inch hexagons because I wanted to use Charm Packs of different fabric and if I cut the charm squares into fourths (2.5 inch squares) they fit perfectly on the 1 inch hexies. I loved the idea of using charm packs because it was an affordable way to mix and match many different prints. Each charm pack usually runs between $9-$12 with about 40 5 inch squares included, if I cut each square into fourths I can get about 160 hexies from each charm pack!<br />
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TIP: If you can find water soluble foundation you can use that to cut out your hexagon template and then you don't have to remove them later. Pro - it's easy, Con - you can't reuse the template.<br />
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I already had 2 charm packs of Happy Go Lucky and 1 charm pack of Marmalade both by <a href="http://blog.modafabrics.com/team/bonnie-and-camille/" target="_blank">Bonnie & Camille for Moda</a> in my stash. Bonnie & Camille fabrics are so cheerful and vintage and really do make the perfect hexagon flowers! Along the way I ordered charm packs of Vintage Picnic, Little Ruby, and Handmade all by Bonnie & Camille for Moda. So I guess I should call this my Bonnie and Camille Hexi Flower Quilt.<br />
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Like I said, I cut paper hexagons and my charm squares in fourths or 2.5 inch squares, then I used a glue stick to position the wrong side of each 2.5 inch square of fabric. With my ruler and rotary cutter I trimmed each fabric square leaving a quarter inch of fabric around the paper hexagon.<br />
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I prepped about 400 or so of these hexagons prior to packing up my sewing room!<br />
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So what do you do after you have all of these lovely little hexies prepped???<br />
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Over at <a href="http://www.thezenofmaking.com/2013/06/tutorial-english-paper-piecing-hexies-part-1/" target="_blank">The Zen of Making</a> I found some really good/clear pictures showing how to stitched the hexies around the paper hexagon.<br />
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I originally learned how to EPP Hexies when I did the <a href="http://pileofabric.com/blogs/modern-quilting/15172753-block-lesson-4-skill-builder-bom" target="_blank">2013 Skill Builder BOM</a> from <a href="http://pileofabric.com/" target="_blank">Pile O' Fabric</a> and she has a good video tutorial that I linked above.<br />
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If you google "English Paper Piecing Hexies" you will find videos, tutorials, and blogs galore. Many people don't trim the fabric around the template, and I haven't seen too many glue them down, they will use a paper clip or something to hold the fabric in place. My method works for me... but there are many ways to do this.<br />
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My pictures are not as clear... I need a personal photographer while I sew :) Basically you turn the hexie over and fold the 1/4 inch of fabric over the paper hexagon, then stitch the corners down. Take care not to stitched the paper template. Eventually these stitches will be "snipped" and the paper template removed.<br />
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After I get 7 of these little guys made I can make a flower!</div>
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Another thing that I choose to do differently is leave the template in my hexie while I sew the "flower" together. I like the rigidity. I just take care not to sew through the template itself. I have seen many remove the paper template and iron the hexie with starch to hold it's shape better and then stitch them together. I prefer not to remove the paper template from the fabric hexie until I have at least one layer of hexies around each flower. In this case since I plan to put white hexies between each flower, I will not remove the templates until I have at least one outer row of white hexies surrounding each flower. </div>
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I have about 15 Hexi-Flowers now and I think I need 150 or so more lol! Yeah... This is one of those projects that I might not ever finish! If I would do one Hexie-Flower a day I could have it all done by the end of this year, but I am not sure that will happen. It's a fun little project to take on a road trip or to do while I watch tv, when I remember or don't have 3 boys in my lap! </div>
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I found a wonderful way to store and carry my hexagons as well. I found a 3 piece <a href="http://www.sterilite.com/SelectProduct.html?id=799&ProductCategory=274&section=1" target="_blank">Sterilite Stack and Carry,</a> that came with a 6 way divider. I put the divider in one of the containers and that is where I store the hexies I am working on. In one container I store the hexagons I have pieced together into a flower. In the third container I keep my seam ripper, scissors, needles, thread, etc.<br />
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A lot of changes have happened in my life in the last 6 months, and quilting had to be put on the back burner. It's always the first thing to go when my life gets crazy, but I miss it so much. If you want to read a bit more about my family's big changes visit our blog, <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://pyykpastures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pyyk Pastures. </a></u></span><br />
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When I saw that <a href="https://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Maureen Cracknell</a>, my favorite quilt blogger and fabric designer was hosting a sew-along with <a href="https://www.sharonhollanddesigns.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Holland</a>, the <a href="https://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2017/01/introducing-sewcial-bee-sampler-sew.html" target="_blank">Sewcial Bee Sampler</a> I decided it would be just the thing to get me back into the swing of things with quilting.<br />
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One simple block each week, I can do that, even in the crazy!<br />
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If you are a beginner or just want a fun sew-along please join in! Go to <a href="https://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_31.html" target="_blank">Maureen's</a> or <a href="https://www.sharonhollanddesigns.com/sew-along/" target="_blank">Sharon's</a> blogs to find out all of the details and get the pdf instructions. I will be putting a button on my blog so that you can find it. Remember if you make the blocks to hashtag #SewcialBeeSampler on Instagram to share your beautiful blocks and to be entered into a weekly giveaway. Also Maureen and Sharon will be hosting weekly giveaways on their blogs, so remember to follow them.<br />
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The first block, released last Wednesday February 1, 2016, <a href="https://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-sewcial-bee-sampler-sew-along-block.html" target="_blank">Patience Corners</a> was simple and fun, see my pics below.<br />
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I thought I would go scrappy for this project, but I think I will stick with using <a href="http://liveartgalleryfabrics.com/garden-dreamer-fabric-collection/" target="_blank">Garden Dreamer by Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabrics. </a> I will be using <a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/quilters_linen/ETJ-9864-1/" target="_blank">Robert Kaufman Quilters Linen in White</a> for my borders.<br />
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4 -Squares for my HST (Half Square Triangles) and 2 1/2 inch strips for the borders</div>
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If you are a newbie you learn a really great HST technique with this block - creating 8 HST's out of 2 squares of fabric! It's a really awesome and fast way to create HST's. I wish I had known this fabulous technique years ago when I was on a HST kick and made two large quilts out of HSTs. </div>
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The final product! It turned out lovely and I can't wait to make the next block, which was released today, <a href="https://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-sewcial-bee-sampler-sew-along-block_8.html" target="_blank">A Dandy!</a></div>
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-8788008115393698382016-07-19T14:22:00.000-05:002016-07-19T14:22:26.180-05:00The Evolution of a Fancy Forest Baby Quilt Part 2In my last <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-evolution-of-fancy-forest-baby.html" target="_blank">post</a> I told you that I made an entire quilt before I decided I just couldn't give it to a friend having a baby. So less than one week before her baby shower I started making a quilt using <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/fancy-forest-pdf-quilt-pattern" target="_blank">Elizabeth Hartman's Fancy Forest Pattern</a><br />
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Of course there was absolutely no time to order fabric... So I started rummaging through my stash. I kept coming back to a fat quarter bundle of Persimmon by Basic Grey for Moda.<br />
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I purchased a complete fat quarter bundle well over a year ago when I just fell in love with the colors. I used it to make a few quilt blocks earlier in the year using Camille Roskelley's <a href="http://thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com/product/mini-swoon-paper-pdf-170" target="_blank">Mini Swoon Pattern</a> and lets just say that it was a lot of little pieces! I loved how they turned out, but I got busy and didn't finish it or do anything with it.<br />
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I kept thinking the fabric wouldn't work for the Fancy Forest critters because there was not a lot of variation in the volume and some of the prints are rather busy. I decided to give it a try; I made a hedgehog and a fox... and they turned out fairly well.<br />
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I used Robert Kaufman Essex Linen for the gray background of each critter. I had a small fat quarter bundle of that, and I am not even sure the actual colors that I used. Of course by the end of I was stitching together small scraps of the background just trying to make it work.<br />
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I made three rows, the top and bottom each with 2 foxes and a hedgehog and put the firefly in the center separated by sashing.<br />
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I stitched in the ditch around the "critters" and boxes/borders so that the outlines showed up in the minky.<br />
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I used a scrappy binding with strips of Persimmon. I did have to machine bind the quilt due to lack of time, which not my favorite thing to do. I love hand binding quilts, it's one of my favorite things to do!<br />
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Even though it was a rather rushed quilt, and not what I would consider the perfect fabric, I love the way it turned out and I think the mama and daddy to be did too!<br />
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I look forward to making the other little critters in the pattern in the future. I have never used any of Elizabeth Hartman's <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">patterns</a> and I really loved the way I was able to make the critters with simple straight and diagonal lines. No paper piecing necessary, although I do love paper piecing, this went much faster.<br />
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- JessicaJessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-71232067620943385092016-07-14T13:31:00.000-05:002016-07-14T13:31:11.698-05:00The Evolution of a Fancy Forest Baby Quilt Part 1Finally something new to share on the blog! It's been a long time. I have made some small projects here and there over the past year, but they have been rushed and with limited time I haven't written about them.<br />
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At the end of this Summer a new baby boy is due, not mine, but that of a close friend, and of course a quilt is in order. I waited with great anticipation until the day they announced the gender; a baby boy!<br />
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Promptly I searched the internet for fabric, and while I found several options I really liked, decided I really should take a look at my stash and see if I already had something that would be nice.<br />
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Leftovers from my <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/05/philippians-48-wall-hanging-finished.html" target="_blank">Philippians 4:8 Wall Hanging</a></div>
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Leftovers from a <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2014_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">baby quilt</a> back in 2014 and <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-seuss-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">Matias' First Birthday</a></div>
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I let my boys decide which fabric to use and they quickly selected the Dr. Seuss Fabric because they said the other fabric was too girly. I thought the geometric patterns with blues, grays, and mustard were masculine, but they disagreed. </div>
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I found the following <a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/2011/06/summer-sewing-pinwheels-in-the-park-pattern-tutorial/" target="_blank">tutorial</a> from Sew Mama Sew and decided I would make some pinwheels with my fabric. </div>
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I backed it with a beautiful <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/hawthorne_threads/minky_dimple_dot/minky_dimple_dot_in_aqua" target="_blank">aqua minky</a> dot from <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/" target="_blank">Hawthorne Threads</a>. I love their minky , it is the best minky I have ever used. It is so soft and a little thicker than typical minky in my opinon. I did not use batting because I wanted the quilt to be light weight. It worked out pretty well, I have never done that before. You can see the "dots" of the minky dot on the front side of the quilt. In real life it isn't really noticeable, but in the pictures it makes the quilt look very wrinkled. </div>
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I had just about finished the binding, one week before the baby shower, when I decided that this wasn't the quilt for my friend and her baby boy!<br />
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It's a cute quilt, but it just wasn't the right quilt. I saw the pattern, <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/fancy-forest-pdf-quilt-pattern" target="_blank">Fancy Forest</a> by <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/blog/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Hartman</a> online and I just knew that I had to do something with these adorable 'forest friends'. I just couldn't resist!<br />
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I knew there was no way that I could make the whole quilt, but I had to do something with at least some of the woodland critters... So I had less than one week to make a new quilt, using this pattern, challenge accepted! Or I have serious mental issues, either way I was determined to make some of those little critters into a quilt. <br />
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Keep an eye out for my next blog post to see if I managed to get a Fancy Forest Quilt made in less than a week! <br />
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In December I began looking for the perfect fabric and pattern to make a quilt for friends that were getting married in April.<br />
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I wanted something hunting related or camouflage, but feminine at the same time, was that even possible?<br />
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Then I saw Brambleberry Ridge by Violet Craft in the <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/violet_craft/brambleberry_ridge" target="_blank">Hawthorne Threads</a> Newsletter. I fell in love immediately. I knew it was the perfect fabric.<br />
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I found several options for quilt patterns, but I was so drawn to Violet Craft's Forest Abstraction quilt, which is a paper pieced quilt. I decided to take the plunge and just do it. I decided to only try to do one block, the Stag, and then frame it with coordinating fabric to make it larger.<br />
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I had a few complications as the process began, my printer doesn't print 11X17, so I traced the templates off of my computer screen. Yes, that was a bit crazy and I will definitely take the pattern to be printed if I do more in the future.<br />
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It had been quite some time since I paper pieced, so there was a bit of a re-learning curve. In fact I completely messed up the first 8 or sections. I had to re-trace those and start over. Also, I remembered why it is important to use the smallest stitch setting so that when you are removing the paper it comes off easily. I did not do that at first, and had some issues with my seams coming undone after I had put my pieces together.<br />
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I found this post <a href="http://www.violetcraft.com/blog/the-forest-abstractions-quilt-along-the-bunny" target="_blank">(here)</a> from the Violet Craft Blog helpful as I began piecing. Also, one of my very favorite blog posts/tutorials on paper piecing is from Six White Horses, you can find it <a href="http://six-white-horses.blogspot.com/p/paper-piecing.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I think this project would have gone fairly quickly had I been able to dedicate several hours at a time to it, but unfortunately I can only steal a few minutes here and there between work, kids, the house, and church responsibilities. It took all of February and most of March for me to piece the Stag together. It was so rewarding to see all of the different pieces come together.<br />
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I used Timber Valley in Fog from the collection along with more Cotton Couture Eggplant to create a lap sized quilt. I was a bit scared to quilt it because I didn't want to "mess-up" the Stag or the look of the quilt. I decided to take the plunge and free motion quilt around the Stag with a "tree bark" design. I used "very dark eggplant" <a href="http://www.aurifil.com/" target="_blank">Aurifil Cotton 40wt </a>Machine Quilting and Embroidery Thread.<br />
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My sweet in-laws and hubby helped me take the quilt for a little photo shoot before I had to give it away. I'll be honest, I fell in love with this quilt, and was a little sad that it wasn't mine to keep. But I was so thrilled to give it away to an awesome couple and I hear they love it! </div>
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January 25, 2015 Matias turned 1 YEAR OLD!!! It was so much fun to plan his birthday party! I planned a Dr Suess themed party. Here are a few of the things that I did...<br />
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<b>Centerpieces</b><br />
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I made 8 or so centerpieces for the tables. I used $1.00 tin buckets and hot glued styrofoam balls into the bottom of the buckets, shoved tissue paper on top, hot glued cutouts of the #1 or the letter M, or Dr Suess Characters to shish-ka-bob skewers and stuck those in. Then I used curled pipe-cleaners, feathers (hot-glued to the skewers), and pinwheels to give each centerpiece its own look. The centerpieces turned out very nice and added a lot to the decorations.<br />
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<b>Buntings and Banners</b></div>
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I wanted buntings for the cake and food table, the candy buffet, as well as over the windows. I used paper and my Cricut Explore to create the following buntings. </div>
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For the #1 Bunting I cut out several large #1s, as well as printed Dr Suess "cupcake toppers" that I found online. I punched holes in these and threaded them on ribbon (I did hot glue them as well so they wouldn't slide around). Hung with balloons and ribbons on the side they worked out well. </div>
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1-12 Months Bunting - I used my Cricut Explore to cut out circles of different sizes as well as numbers. I hot glued the circles to clothes pins and strung on a ribbon with pictures of Matias for each month. This bunting adorned the candy buffet. </div>
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Happy Birthday Bunting - I made a template for the "triangle flags" and with a ruler and pencil drew lines and cut them out by hand. I used my Cricut Explore to cut the circles and letters. This large bunting was over the cake and food table.<br />
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Happy Birthday Matias</div>
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High Chair Bunting - I AM ONE - I used my Cricut Explore to cut out the squares and I printed the words for I-AM-ONE. </div>
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<b>Quotes and Other Miscellaneous Decorations</b></div>
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I printed a lot of Dr. Seuss Quotes on card stock using free fronts I found online, then I glued the quotes to colorful paper and hung them on fishing line from the ceiling. </div>
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As "filler" decorations I used Crepe Paper, Tissue Paper Pom Poms, Balloons, and Dr Seuss Cutouts. </div>
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Truffula Forest Entryway</div>
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Party/Eating Room and Tables - Each table had an aqua or red table cloth, a centerpiece, two Dr. Suess books, and some Dr. Suess Character due cuts. </div>
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Happy Birthday Book Table - I bought an inexpensive picture frame and hot glued die cuts to it, used scrapbook paper as a background and printed a sign. The sign said, "Stop here you see and write a very special message to me! A Birthday wish or just saying hi to your very favorite one year old guy! On the front, the back, or any pages it's something I will treasure all my ages.</div>
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Candy Buffet - Of course it was filled with lots of candy, but there were a few extra special touches, that made it a Suessical Candy Buffet. </div>
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I included toothbrushes and a framed quote "Lots of sweets and candy may seem like dandy, but our teeth come in handy when we want to smile. So take a toothbrush and brush real good so you can keep your teeth around for awhile!" </div>
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I made labels to go on paper goodie bags that said, "Today was great! Today was fun! Thank you Thank you Everyone! Love, Matias" </div>
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Food - Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of the food... Things got kind of crazy right as guests were showing up and the pictures didn't get taken. We had Roast Beast (Smoked Brisket), Green Eggs & Ham, Poodle Noodles (Pasta Salad), and Chips. To drink we had Once-ler Wassail and Pink Ink Drink (Sparkling Strawberry Limeade). </div>
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Birthday Boy's Outfit - I made a diaper cover, bow tie and suspenders. </div>
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We had a lovely first birthday party for our baby boy and I am so glad that Nate convinced me to go with the Dr. Seuss theme! It was so much fun to plan and create a Suessical Party for my little guy!</div>
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-41923883641743865052015-02-02T20:30:00.000-06:002015-02-02T20:30:54.812-06:00Back to Crafting, Sewing, Quilting, and Blogging... I hope!It's hard to believe that it has been a little over a year since our "surprise" baby boy was born. What a year it has been. So many blessings to be thankful for, but quilting, sewing, and most crafting has been very sporadic, and blogging about anything I did do just didn't happen. He keeps me busy, as do his brothers. He is so adorable and charms everyone he meets, pics included so you can see what I am talking about!<br />
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In September school started and my middle son began Kindergarten. It is my first time home schooling Kindergarten, as my older son didn't begin home schooling until First grade. Any "free time" I had was put into researching and executing fun learning activities, and LOTS of laminating and cutting! I have completely fallen in loved my laminator!<br />
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In October I helped with our church's Harvest Fest. As usual it was a lot of fun, but many late nights spent at the church as a family. All 3 boys were troopers! I wanted an inexpensive way to bring "Fall" into our church so I learned how to make Tissue Paper Pom Poms... I think everyone thought I was nuts when I kept saying, "no we need more!" BUT I think they turned out so beautiful. My husband and I spent 2 weeks making these trees out of a paper mache type clay.<br />
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I chose a theme for Baby Boy's first birthday in October and whenever I could steal a minute on Pinterest I was pinning away! I was so excited about doing a Dr Suess party. Unfortunately I really couldn't start executing any of the ideas until after Christmas.<br />
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I agreed to teach a women's Bible Study at our church in November and December, and I had the idea to do a study through the Jesse Tree and by the end of the study each woman would have her on set of 24 felt ornaments. Much of November and part of December was spent cutting out felt pieces for the ornament kits. I must admit that was quite an undertaking while working my accounting job, homeschooling, keeping a home, and taking care of a baby who still nurses every couple of hours. The ornaments were very simple, but since I had to cut 480 felt circles, and all of the pieces for 240 ornaments, they had to be fairly simple! I am so happy I did it and I really think the ladies in the study enjoyed it.<br />
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I had plans for several Christmas presents that would involve sewing and some other crafting aspects... But my husband had an ATV accident the day after Thanksgiving and I had to make some hard cuts on the homemade Christmas gifts! He injured his wrist and was unable to move it, so he couldn't help with the baby and he couldn't cut some of the wooden pieces I needed for a couple projects. The only handmade gift I finished was for my In-Laws. I made a Family Celebrations board for them. There are a lot of us, with 7 kids, spouses, grandkids, and one great grandbaby. I really wanted them to have this wall hanging for their home.<br />
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Christmas was lovely, we spent it in Minnesota and Wisconsin with Family and Friends. The day after we arrived home I went into full-on PARTY PLANNING MODE! The party was scheduled for January 25th and I had 24 days to execute all of my ideas!<br />
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-10591822227994954782014-07-30T12:28:00.000-05:002014-07-30T12:28:12.174-05:00I've Been Busy... And NOT Quilting!I can't believe it has been months since I have blogged. That's because it's been months since I have really sewn/quilted. I have done a few quick things here and there, but nothing big or too fun! I knew that having a baby would slow down my sewing and quilting, but I don't think I realized it would bring it to a screeching halt.<br />
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Matias is already 6 months old and he is wonderful and has brought so much joy into our home. He seems a lot more advanced in his gross motor skills than my other two boys. He started crawling at 5 months and has just started pulling himself up at barely 6 months! He is so curious and into everything.<br />
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Over the past few months my "quick" projects have included a couple of aprons that I donated to a silent auction/fundraiser and I did make that Summer/Spring Wall Hanging out of Joel Dewberry Botanique that I mentioned in my previous post back in March.<br />
I found that working in 15 minute increments is not a good way for me to sew/quilt. I would forget what I was doing once I stopped, and getting started back was difficult and I made so many mistakes. It took me a couple of months to make something that should have taken a few hours!<br />
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Quilted Wall Hanging - Joel Dewberry Botanique Fabric</div>
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While I have not been able to sew as much as I might like, I have found a new/temporary "hobby" to satisfy my love for fabric.... Woven Wraps for babywearing! I am now completely obsessed with these gorgeous woven wraps used to wear babies. What began for me as a necessity to get things done around the house while taking care of the baby, has become oh so much more.<br />
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I am in love with the patterns, the colors, the weaving, the blends... and wrapping my sweet baby boy close to my heart! He loves it to, as you can see from some of the pictures.<br />
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So while some days I wish I had time to sew, quilt, and craft my heart is so full and I am so thankful that I was blessed with this surprise baby boy that I had no idea how much I needed in my life! Time has already flown and before I know it I am sure I will be back to my sewing room, but for now I am treasuring my busy days with him... and his brothers too, of course!<br />
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-25666823757693127872014-03-02T13:11:00.000-06:002014-03-02T13:11:36.020-06:00January, February, New Baby, Quilting HiatusWow! January and February are gone and as I look back I am thankful that we survived the whirlwind. I am thankful for friends and family that supported us with encouragement and kindness; by taking care of the older boys, doing laundry and cleaning, cooking and bringing meals, and emotionally supporting me through a very stressful two months.<br />
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By January my body was very tired of being pregnant, the nausea was back, I wasn't sleeping, and I just couldn't keep up with normal every day life. Thankfully my mom arrived January 3rd and helped with everything. I am so thankful for her. Dad arrived January 8th, and Nate's parents arrived January 11th. We were all very excited and ready for the eminent arrival of Baby Matias... but he had other plans!<br />
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January 12th was a very exciting day Nate preached and he baptized Mikko. It was wonderful to have both sets of grandparents in town to celebrate Mikko's baptism.<br />
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Lets just say that the next two weeks were stressful. We really had a great time with the grandparents here, but we were all holding our breaths with every contraction (and there were a lot of them, but they never really progressed), and that was stressful. Finally on Saturday January 25th after two weeks of what seemed like non-stop labor and almost 42 weeks pregnant Matias Eero Pyykkonen made his debut!<br />
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While labor went wonderfully, delivery did not. The beautiful water birth that I had been planning for 10 months ended in me having to be removed from the tub in an emergency situation, and the baby having to be turned with the vacuumed, unfortunately his head was sideways and he just couldn't descend properly. Thankfully I have an amazing doctor and baby was fine, and I didn't have a c-section. I had quite a few complications due to the delivery and recovery has been rather difficult.<br />
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Thankfully my mom was able to stay for 3 weeks after Matias' birth. During that time she waited on me hand and foot and took care of everything - homeschooling Mikko, playing with Kai, laundry, cooking and cleaning, etc. After mom left church friends began bringing us meals, and are still doing so! We are so blessed.<br />
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Needless to say, there has been no quilting since Matias was born. I am not sure when I will be able to get back into the sewing room again. Although, 3 weeks after he was born I put Matias in the Moby wrap and made a cute felt crown as birthday gift for a friends little girl.<br />
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And while I know that it will be a while until I actually get back into sewing/quilting routinely I can dream can't I? I am including pics of 3 lines of Fabric that I would love to sew/quilt with...<br />
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<b>Mercer by Dear Stella - </b>Love the softness and femininity of this line.<br />
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<b>Chic Flora by Art Gallery Fabrics - </b>I can just imagine how silky this fabric feels, I love AGF fabrics.<br />
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<b>Botanique by Joel Dewberry</b> - Confession: I actually ordered some of this, not sure when I will have time to sew with it, but I really want a "Spring/Summer" wall hanging for my dining room with a matching table runner.<br />
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<i>CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER - Shannon Mower</i><br />
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I have a Christmas Finish and a Giveaway to share with you today!<br />
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I finished my Christmas Wall Hanging using <i>Winter's Lane by Kate and Birdie for Moda</i>, just in the nick of time for Christmas. I shared a couple of weeks ago how I really wanted some of this fabric for my very own, but by the time I was looking to order it the availability was very limited... That's when I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.oldsouthfabrics.com/" target="_blank">Old South Fabrics</a>!<br />
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I ordered a couple of Charm Packs and a couple of yards of two different prints. I had no idea what I was going to make with it, but I knew it would be something for my very own to decorate my home.<br />
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I decided to paper piece 4 Lone Star Bursts using a tutorial and template from <a href="http://six-white-horses.blogspot.com/2012/01/lone-starburst.html" target="_blank">Six White Horses</a>, then I added sashing and a border. I backed it with Kona Snow and simply quilted it by stitching in the ditch around the stars, sashing, and border. I bound it using a gray print from Winter's Lane. <br />
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During the process of finding Winter's Lane, ordering it, and making the wall hanging I had the opportunity to chit chat with Wanda from Old South Fabrics via email. I don't have a LQS, and pretty much order all of my fabric online and ordering from Wanda at Old South Fabrics was like buying fabric from my LQS, what Southern Hospitality! </div>
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<b>A JELLY ROLL OF HIGH STREET by Lily Ashbury for Moda.</b> </div>
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-69306051401999368472013-12-10T10:16:00.001-06:002013-12-10T10:16:29.486-06:00Navy and Chartreuse Nursery - Final RevealI have shown bits and pieces of our Baby Boy's Nursery in progress, but today I would just like to share pics as a cohesive unit.<br />
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I used Premier Prints navy and chartreuse fabrics, and navy minky dot fabric ordered from <a href="http://fabric.com/">Fabric.com</a>. Honestly, I don't generally mention how much I spend on a project because I don't quilt and sew to save money, I do it because I love it, and I enjoy giving one of a kind gifts that have taken a lot of time and thought to create. But I am also rather proud of myself for how much I was able to do with what fabric ordered.<br />
I spent $103.00, yep $103.00 and I made all of the following with the fabric and have a little bit leftover (thinking about making a pillow)...<br />
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Crib Bumpers<br />
Crib Skirt<br />
Crib Quilt<br />
Curtains<br />
3 Fabric Baskets<br />
Covered a Lampshade<br />
Wrapped 4 - 16X20 Canvases for Wall Art<br />
Covered 6 Wooden Letters to spell baby's name<br />
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That cost does not include the batting, the filler for the bumpers, the piping insert, the fusible foundation for the baskets, the wooden letters, or canvases, but even still I feel rather proud that I was able to create a completely custom nursery for our baby, for a fraction of the cost of purchasing a typical bedding set.<br />
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I decided to leave the walls white, as I was afraid the room my become dark and too busy if we painted.<br />
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-2851633214457086072013-11-27T09:53:00.000-06:002013-11-27T09:53:37.874-06:00Blog Hop Winner, Table Runners, and a Paper Pieced Christmas Wall HangingI must first begin by saying WOW! Thank you all so much for entering my Giveaway as part of the Thanksgiving Blog Hop hosted by the Quilting Gallery. I received so many comments and new blog followers! So much fun!<br />
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My 4th grader, Mikko, randomly selected comment #50...<br />
... And the winner is <span style="color: blue;"><b>Lee</b></span>. Like so many of you she is thankful for family and friends. I generally reply to each comment or take a look at your blogs (if you are a blogger) and comment, but I don't think I am going to be able to reply to all of these comments! I have emailed Lee to let her know she won.<br />
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The Prize - 6 FQ of Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille</div>
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<b>Table Runners - Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille</b><br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I finally started thinking about Christmas, after being consumed with Nursery Decor for so many months. I wanted to make something handmade for my 5 year old's Pre-K Teachers. He goes to a little private school a couple of days a week, to get out of the house, and perhaps learn how to sit and listen and take turns.wait his turn (yes, if he masters those two skills I will consider the year a success!).<br />
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I knew the gifts had to be quick and easy, because my quilting time is limited and I have a bunch of "cooked" goodies I plan to make for neighbors and friends. I decided on table runners, I have a few go to patterns that I generally use, but this time I went even easier and did strips.<br />
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I cut 20 - 2.5 inch strips (15 inches long) using two different color schemes from my fat quarter bundle of Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille. I backed them with Kona Olive and free motion quilted them, bound them with Kona Olive as well.<br />
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<b>Christmas Wall Hanging - Winter's Lane by Kate and Birdie</b><br />
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Of course with thinking about Christmas I really wanted to make a wall hanging and table runner for my own home this year. In March/April I had seen Winter's Lane by Kate and Birdie and put it on my "Fabrics I Want" list, but May rolled around and I was hit hard by pregnancy. Once I was finally feeling a bit better (September) I had a lot of nursery sewing to get done, Christmas decor was pushed from my mind.<br />
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I wanted Winter's Lane, but it looks like a LOT of us in the quilting world love that line of fabric because finding it online was not easy. I could find a shop here and there that had a couple of yards of one or two prints, maybe some charm packs, or a jelly roll, etc. Since I was ordering online, I really didn't want to order a yard from one place and then another yard from another, and pay shipping from each store, so it was a bit of search.<br />
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Finally I decided on two charm packs and a couple of yards of two different prints would have to do, and I found a great deal at <a href="http://www.oldsouthfabrics.com/" target="_blank">Old South Fabrics</a>. They still have quite a bit of yardage left, the fabric shipped right away, and I had it in my hands within a couple of days! It came cutely wrapped in red tulle with a personal thank you note from the store owner. I don't have a LQS, so the personalized service was charming.<br />
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I have so much to be thankful for! This has been a year of unexpected blessings and even though some of these blessings seemed overwhelming at first, they are blessings and I am so thankful for them.<br />
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My name is Jessica, I am a wife and mom of two boys, 9 and 5, and we have a surprise blessing (baby boy) on the way (due mid-January). I work from home doing accounting and bookkeeping. I love to quilt and craft, and have been learning to sew things other than quilts over the past year. Since May my life, quilting/crafting, and blog have been hijacked by my pregnancy and all things baby!<br />
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Pretty much this is what I have been working on since September - Crib bedding, curtains, wall art, burp rags, fabric baskets, etc. </div>
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I am giving away 6 Fat Quarters of Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. I love this line of Fabric and thought I would share some with my readers!!!<br />
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Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com270tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-14990745035391904252013-11-13T10:55:00.000-06:002013-11-13T10:55:41.200-06:00A Few More Additions to the NurseryBefore I get to an update on what seems like a never ending Work in Progress, the baby's nursery... I have to show off this gift set I made for a friend having a baby girl in December. I used Rock-n-Romance by Pat Bravo and Coral Minky to make a blanket. I also used Rock-n-Romance to make three burp rags and a wipes case. Because my life is filled with boys, it is always fun for me to get to make something girly!<br />
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Okay, so on to the BIG project that has consumed my sewing/crafting life over the past two months.<br />
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I am pretty sure the Nursery is almost finished, but it seems like just when I think I am finished, I come up with something else to make or do.<br />
We are waiting for the changing table/dresser combo to arrive, and once that arrives all of the furniture will be in place, and I can make sure that I like how the room is arranged.<br />
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In my last post I mentioned I was starting to work on some art for the walls. I am happy with the way it turned out, and at this point it is on the wall above where I plan to put the changing table.<br />
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Now you can see, that his name will be Matias (Mah-Tee-Ahs), which is the Finnish translation of Matthias. All of our boys have Finnish names, as my husband's family is Finnsh (his father was born there). Of course there is always the complication of finding a Finnish name that is fairly easy to pronounce and doesn't sound ridiculous to Americans.<br />
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I was randomly given a white shelf a couple of weeks ago, and thought I might be able to use it in the nursery. It turned out to be a perfect fit by the glider, to use as a side table. There are three shelves; on the bottom I put blankets, on the middle shelf I made another fabric basket and put burp rags in it, and then on the top I put a lamp. <br />
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I bought a plain lampshade and covered it with some of the elephant fabric. My elephants are "dancing" around the lampshade as I struggled to get the elephants perfectly straight so I just let them go at an angle.<br />
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I realized last week that I didn't have any burp cloths for the baby and I didn't want to go buy cloth diapers to turn into burp cloths... So I went through my scrap stash of flannel, minky, and fleece and came up with some fabric that I could turn into burp cloths. I made five this week and would like to make a few more. They are nothing fancy, and they only took about 10 minutes each to make, but they are so soft and turned out pretty cute. </div>
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I hope that the next time I post about the nursery it will complete! I can't wait to post pics of how it all came together. </div>
<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-17545624815157182322013-10-18T12:11:00.000-05:002013-10-18T12:11:05.229-05:00Art - Baby's Nursery and Family PicsNow that I have finished the main "sewing" tasks for the baby's nursery I have to start working on the Wall Art. I am trying to avoid painting the room, so I plan to add color with art, and leave the walls white.<br />
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I know I am going to do the baby's name with decorated wooden letters on one wall, I just need to go purchase the wooden letters.<br />
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I found some cute 8X10 prints on Etsy that could be done in the patterns/colors of the fabric... But I would really rather just make it myself. So I pulled out some canvases that I bought several months back and I am contemplating wrapping it with some of the leftover fabric.<br />
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Another thought I had was to use my Cricut and cut vinyl for words and put a Bible verse and a cute poem or saying on a couple of the canvases. I would probably use the verse below with colors that coordinate with the nursery.<br />
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I have a lot of ideas flying around my head, and I need to settle on a couple and devise a plan, otherwise I will wind up with a hodge podge of art pieces that don't work together.<br />
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If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I would be open to them!<br />
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Now on to another form of art - photography! One of my friends recently started a small photography business and she took family pics and maternity pics for us a couple of weeks ago. I just have to share because she did a great job, and because my boys are just too adorable not to show off!<br />
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Mikko is 9 and Kai will be 5 next week. Kai doesn't really like to smile when getting his picture taken, but he is still cute!<br />
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My friend also took some maternity shots for me. It is nice to actually have maternity pics that aren't ridiculous selfies in the bathroom mirror! </div>
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-64001545605838018732013-10-16T10:22:00.002-05:002013-10-16T10:22:50.211-05:00Baby Boy's Nursery In ProgressOctober is always a busy month for us, and this October is no exception. My parents, sister, her husband, and children came to visit us from Texas for a few days this past week. We won't be spending any of the Holidays together this year so this was our last time together this year. We had a lot of fun together as usual, and snapped a few pics while climbing around at Elephant Rock State Park (Missouri). I'm the pregnant one in the pics :) The two older boys are mine, and the little girl and baby boy are my sister's children.<br />
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Even with company and lots of activities going on I have found time to work on sewing nursery decor for Baby Boy #3.<br />
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The Crib Bedding is finished - Bumpers, Quilt, and Skirt. I chose to buy white crib sheets, although I continue to contemplate purchasing more minky and making a crib sheet to match.<br />
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For the crib skirt I purchased muslin and cut it to the size of the crib bottom, with about an inch seam allowance. I cut three pieces of Chartreuse Chevron to the size of the crib as well (both sides and front), with a one inch allowance for hemming and 1/2 inch seam allowance for sewing to the muslin. I didn't see any need to have a back side since the crib is against the wall and that part of the skirt would never be seen. There are so many beautiful options for ruffling and pleating a crib skirt, but I decided to keep things simple and just have a straight skirt.<br />
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I made two fabric baskets/buckets for diapers, wipes, and other miscellaneous items. I so enjoyed making those baskets. Maybe its the very logical side of me that loves to make something so usable and practical. I see many more fabric basket making projects in my future. I modified a tutorial from <a href="http://www.sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/you-asked-4-it-structured-fabric-baskets" target="_blank">Sew 4 Home</a>. I didn't want handles or ric-rac around the top of the basket so I left that part out. Also, I am not sure if I used the right foundation either because I have no clue if I bought the right thing, honestly I should never chit chat with my sister on the phone while shopping at the fabric store LOL. Even if I didn't use the right foundation, I was pleased with my finished product!<br />
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I am currently sewing curtains for the nursery. One panel is finished and I hope to sew the second panel today. I had a difficult time deciding what to do for these curtains, but yesterday after some brain storming I settled on one idea. I like the results so far. I went with about 10 inches of the Chartreuse Elephant print up top (13 inches total for seam allowance and folding over to thread the curtain rod), and the lower section Navy Gotcha. I wanted a seam that appeared more finished, so I used Chartreuse Chevron and piping to sandwich between the two prints. I will also make Chartreuse Chevron ties for pulling the curtains back.<br />
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After I finish the curtains I will be done sewing nursery decor for a bit, while I work on the walls. I plan to put his name up on the wall with decorated wooden letters, along with some other art. I also have a mobile idea that I need to start working on.<br />
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I hope all of you are having a lovely week and enjoying beautiful weather like us!<br />
<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-45700393992442869502013-09-25T10:29:00.000-05:002013-09-25T10:29:32.734-05:00Nursery Decor and Crib Quilt - WIPI had really planned to do much more sewing/quilting last week than I actually did, but the weekend was busier than I planned. I managed to finish the crib bumpers. <div>
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I cut the fabric for the crib skirt, but I am waiting for the crib to arrive to sew the crib skirt, just in case the "standard" measurements don't work. </div>
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By the way here is a pic of the crib. </div>
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It has been quite some time since I have had a baby, and I have learned in the crib buying process that finding a crib with the railing that slides up and down is virtually impossible. I understand that those types of cribs are no longer safe and I must now have a "fixed side" crib... Honestly this is posing a big problem for my rather petite self (4ft 11in to be exact). So I decided that I will have to find myself a cute step stool to keep in the nursery just to be able to lay the baby in his crib without tossing him LOL! I know the mattress adjusts and when they are tiny babies it can be up high, so that will be helpful, but once the mattress has to be lowered I am not sure how it is going to work.</div>
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Of course, if I wasn't so insistent on nursing and rocking my babies to sleep this wouldn't be an issue either. Like my husband says, why do we even need a crib, our babies never even sleep in it. He is right, the crib is basically a way to display the adorable crib bedding I am making and to decorate the nursery. </div>
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I was so tempted to make a "puff quilt" as the crib quilt, but after much internal debate, my practical side won out. Whew! A puff quilt is way too heavy to actually be used as a blanket, so I am just making a "regular" quilt. </div>
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Since the fabric I chose is so bold and bright, I chose to keep the quilt design simple. I cut 6X6 squares from 7 different fabrics. I lined them up in rows, 7 across and 9 down, with each pattern coming down at a diagonal. </div>
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Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-49266561076093158002013-09-18T11:18:00.001-05:002013-09-18T11:18:36.247-05:00A Whole Lot Going OnIts been a month since I posted! I didn't mean for so much time to go by, but it has been such a busy last month with some traveling, school starting back, and some BIG NEWS!!!<br />
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Over the past month I have worked on baby gifts for a few girlfriends expecting their own sweet babies in the next few months. I didn't want to show pictures or go into too much detail because they might actually read my blog (who knows) and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. At this point I have so many friends expecting babies, I figure if I don't give too many details no one will know which item is for which baby :)<br />
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I am not quite finished with the set using Rock N Romance. Still have to finish up one burp cloth and make the wipes case, as well as finish the binding on the blanket.<br />
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Now on to the BIG NEWS!!!<br />
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We are having a <span style="color: blue;">BABY BOY!!!</span> Yes, this will be boy #3 for us. We are very excited and I am so happy to finally start working on his nursery.<br />
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It is definitely a blank canvas at this point, an empty room with white walls. We chose Navy and Chartreuse as the main colors for the nursery. I have a rather large list of things I would like to make to turn this blank canvas into an adorable nursery for our baby boy.<br />
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For the bedding and some of the decor I picked out fabrics by Premier Prints and ordered them from <a href="http://fabric.com/">Fabric.com</a>. <br />
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The crib bedding will set the color scheme and pattern for the entire nursery. Below are the three main prints that I am using for the bumper and crib skirt. These prints will be used throughout the nursery, along with a few other prints in this color scheme.<br />
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I added in several more coordinating prints to make the crib quilt, with a Navy Minky backing.<br />
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I have never made a crib bumper before so I did a lot of searching for the perfect pattern/tutorial. I am basically following a <a href="http://www.sew4home.com/projects/pillows-cushions/stylish-baby-nursery-crib-bumpers-two-cool-fabs" target="_blank">tutorial</a> from <a href="http://www.sew4home.com/" target="_blank">Sew 4 Home</a>.<br />
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I made a couple of changes to better suit my needs. The first one being I didn't do the rounded edges. It seemed slightly feminine to me, and I wanted to make sure that while the nursery is cute that it stayed masculine as well.<br />
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I completed the first of the six individual bumper pieces before cutting the rest of the fabric, just to make sure that it turned out alright. One change I had to make was that I cut the fabric 28 inches wide instead of 27 inches. I am not sure why, but when I cut the fabric 27 inches wide there just wasn't enough space left to fold the fabric under and stitch close, once the bumper pad was inside. Otherwise the bumpers are turning out lovely and going rather quickly. I was pleasantly surprised how easy they were to make.<br />
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Oh yeah, my absolute LEAST favorite part of this whole project is making the ties! That involves making 24 little tubes of fabric that have to be turned right side out, I can't stand doing that! Ugh, so tedious, in fact I think it takes me longer to make a set of 4 of those fabric tubes than to make one of the six bumper pads.<br />
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Also, I have fallen in love with piping and my zipper foot through this process. Although I have been quilting for several years, I have only been tackling small sewing projects for the last year, so I was really intimidated by the whole piping thing. It is so easy, and I can't wait to use it to finish sofa pillows and other projects in the future.<br />
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I found this great tutorial from <a href="http://alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweet-bias-binding-tutorial.html" target="_blank">A Little Bit Biased</a> to show me how to fold my fabric and cut on the bias. It is terrific! I can't wait to use it for cutting quilt binding in the future.<br />
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I have two more bumper pads to finish up and I will be finished with the crib bumper, then on to the crib skirt and quilt, and the bedding will be complete. <br />
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The rest of my "To Do" list or should I say my "Would Like To Do" list is below:<br />
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Curtains<br />
Minky Bumper Pad Cover<br />
A Pillow or Two<br />
Fabric Baskets/Caddies (little bit nervous about these, yet excited to learn something new)<br />
A Mobile<br />
Decorate Wooden Letters for his name<br />
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We still haven't decided if we are going to paint the room. I am trying to find/make items to add color to the walls without painting them. The walls in our home are very heavily textured and it makes painting really difficult, but I also know that paint is really the easiest way to add color quickly to the room... So the decision hasn't actually been made in regards to paint yet, we shall see.<br />
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Stay tuned, there will be many more projects to come as we get ready for Baby Boy#3!!!<br />
<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-45010583335605969542013-08-14T11:34:00.004-05:002013-08-14T11:34:48.810-05:00Wonky Log Cabin and Baby GiftsLast week I blogged about how I wasn't really into my current WIPs, but was still trying to plug away at them.<br />
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I worked on my <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/05/wonky-log-cabin-grunge-quilt-committed.html" target="_blank">King Size Wonky Log Cabin </a>quilt. In fact I finished all of the blocks and now I am putting sashing/border around each one. This is a huge quilt for me, so I am working in sections. I am considering "quilt as you go" because I don't think I can push a king size quilt through my machine. The largest I have ever done is queen size and it was very difficult. On the other hand I am just considering finish the top and getting it quilted with a long arm because it is so big. I need to decide pretty soon.<br />
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Although I have made some progress on the above mentioned quilt, I thought I should take a break and do a smaller project that might get me back into a sewing routine. I have three friends expecting babies in the next 4 months... And I know that once I find out the gender of my baby I probably won't have time to sew a lot of projects for other people so I decided to go ahead and get their gifts made. </div>
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I decided that making quilts was out of the question, so I opted for simple minky backed blankets, matching burp rags, and a matching diaper case as a gift set for each. </div>
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I had to order the minky and fabric for two of the gifts, so I haven't started on any of the blankets. I completed two of the three burp rags for one set and I think they are coming out rather cute. I am using leftover <a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/designers/amy_schimler/" target="_blank">Animal Party by Amy Schimler for Robert Kaufman</a> that I used to make a quilt years ago. I love this fabric and wish I could get more of it. It is so fun for baby boys. </div>
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I will be using the following fabric backed with turquoise minky and bound with a green satin binding for the blanket.<br />
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On a personal note my 4 year started Pre-K today! We homeschool, but decided to send him to a local private Christian School 2 days a week for Pre-K. He is a mess! We tried to take first day of school pictures, and as usual couldn't get one that didn't have a silly face. </div>
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Hope you are all having a great week!Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-25892879534916912522013-08-07T14:08:00.002-05:002013-08-07T14:08:55.355-05:00Don't Really Wanna Work on My WIPs For those of you that read my previous two posts, you know I haven't been sewing much. This is my first blog post that is actually about sewing in over two months! Wow!<br />
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The dilemma I am facing is that I really don't want to work on any of my WIPs. They just don't interest me. I don't know what my problem is. When my pregnancy took a turn towards misery I was in the middle of so many different projects and I was enjoying all of them. After 10 weeks of not working on them, or even thinking about them I just can't seem to want to work on them!<br />
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Just before I got sick I started working on a King Size <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/05/wonky-log-cabin-grunge-quilt-committed.html" target="_blank">Wonky Log Cabin Quilt</a> for my bed. Last week I spent a couple of hours making more 26 inch blocks. I have 8 of 9 complete, and I started working on the 9th. Even though I added to my pile of blocks, I really didn't feel like it. I am seriously doubting my color choices, and the design. It is very modern in my opinion, and I am just not sure how I feel about it.<br />
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I am also part of of the <a href="http://pileofabric.com/2012/12/28/skill-builder-block-of-the-month/" target="_blank">Skill Builder Block of the Month</a> and I am so far behind.<br />
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I still have one more "hand-pieced" block for April, then May, June and July's blocks! I began working on the second hand pieced block, the Diamond Carat, but still have a long ways to go. I am contemplating skipping it for now and moving on to try and catch up. </div>
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I really want to move on to new projects... Baby projects to be specific. BUT we still don't know if the baby is a girl or a boy and we won't know until Sept 5th. So I should take this opportunity and finish up what's already in progress. I have spent so many hours looking at fabric options for baby bedding and colors for the nursery. I think I have decided on two different color palettes for the nursery depending on whether the baby is a boy or a girl. Of course it could change next week, there are so many lovely colors and fabrics its hard to make a decision and stick with it. </div>
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Linking up with Liz from <a href="http://shushimquilting.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Shush-I'm Quilting</a> guest blogging for <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/" target="_blank">Freshly Pieced - WIP Wednesday</a>. </div>
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Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-63369998256011317182013-07-19T10:12:00.002-05:002013-07-19T10:12:57.867-05:00Slowly Becoming Human AgainWow, I can't believe it has almost been 2 months since I wrote on my blog. I had nothing to share sewing/quilting wise. Finally, this week, I have started to feel a little bit better each day and today I started thinking about fabric and dreaming about my baby's nursery. I thought, "That is a GOOD sign!"<br />
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I am 14 and 1/2 weeks along, and I am thankful that it appears I will be one of the "typical" pregnancies that start to feel better by about 15 weeks.<br />
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Fortunately, over the past month I have had a lot of help with my two boys. My mom drove the 10 hours from Texas and stayed with us for a week, then she took my boys home with her for 10 days. Then she and my dad drove back with the boys and stayed another week with us. While they were here with us for this last week, my dad built a bedroom in our basement for our oldest son.<br />
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Since we moved into our home we planned to eventually put a room in that part of our basement. I had always envisioned this room as my future sewing/craft room... But a surprise baby changed that plan! The room looks amazing and like it should have been there all along. The wide open space behind our "family/tv room" had been used as a play area, but by closing it off and dividing it with a wall, it defines the two spaces and is really nice.<br />
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The walls are primed and now we need to paint. My husband and a friend plan to paint today. Hopefully by the end of this weekend the painting will be finished. </div>
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Nate (DH) and I will be out of town this next week at a youth conference with students from our youth group at church. My hope is that when we return from the conference we will be able to rearrange the bedrooms pretty quickly. That way I will have the month of August to focus on the boys rooms and getting them done before we find out the baby's gender at the end of August. Our oldest son will move to the basement, while our youngest son will be moving from his room into what was the older son's room. The nursery will be what is currently our youngest son's room. So we have three bedrooms to rearrange and get ready! Although I am not changing bedding or anything for the boys, we just have to change some of the paint colors to match the bedding. </div>
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Also, when I come back from the conference I plan to get back to work on the <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/05/wonky-log-cabin-grunge-quilt-committed.html" target="_blank">Wonky Log Cabin</a> quilt for my bed that I started over two months ago! I have 6 of the 9 26 inch wonky log cabin blocks finished. If I think about all of the WIPs and planned projects that have been neglected for over two months, I could totally get overwhelmed, but I will continue to give myself grace in this season of my life. I will think about one project at a time, and realize that it isn't the end of the world if I can't finish something right now. </div>
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<br />Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-1675884100235016792013-05-31T11:08:00.004-05:002013-05-31T11:08:48.016-05:00MIA From My Sewing Nook And Blogland... <a href="http://img0.etsystatic.com/011/0/6683697/il_570xN.460896516_kkq6.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Happy Go Lucky - FQ Bundle " src="http://img0.etsystatic.com/011/0/6683697/il_570xN.460896516_kkq6.jpg" /></a><br />
I splurged and ordered a Fat Quarter Bundle of Happy Go Lucky from Jennifer at the<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/151675632/happy-go-lucky-fq-bundle?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank"> Knotted Thread</a>! Isn't it lovely??? I currently have no project in mind for this, I just bought it because I love it.<br />
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Not sure if anyone has really noticed, but I have been MIA... both from my sewing nook and my blog... I have a really good reason. I wasn't planning to share this with the general public for a bit longer, but since it has been keeping me from living life as usual, I thought I had better share.<br />
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3 weeks ago today I got some totally unexpected news... I AM EXPECTING! Yes, expecting a baby, our third baby in fact.<br />
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After I got over the initial shock, and readjusted my thought process to include another child in our family I started to get excited. Started scouring Pinterest for adorable and creative ways to announce our unexpected news to very unsuspecting friends and family. I started peaking at nursery ideas, and fabrics for bedding... But only ideas for little boys, because I have two boys, and I just don't want to get my hopes too high that we might have a girl! But wouldn't that be fun??!!! Oh if I let myself I can get very carried away with thoughts of all of the wonderful girly projects that I would love to make!<br />
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Announcement that I plan to post on FB once we are ready to share with more people. It might be hard to read on here, but it says "We thought our family was complete, but God has blessed us with two more feet... Arriving January 2014!"</div>
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Then about a week into my excitement, I began to feel a bit nauseated, over the course of a week the nausea went from just needing a cracker or two to settle my tummy, to something I won't even try to describe. Lets just say I couldn't keep anything down for about 5 days. I finally got some prescriptions medication this past Wednesday, and while I am still nauseated all day long every day, I can now eat, which has given me energy to at least get off the couch every now and then.<br />
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Since I do have limited energy and still don't feel the greatest, I have had to put crafting, sewing, and quilting on the back burner just to manage some of the MUST DOs of every day life. Like making sure my boys don't kill each other, and that they know where the food is, they are almost 9 and 4 1/2 so between the two of them and a lower cabinet full of snacks they are managing pretty well.<br />
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Hopefully I only have 4 or so more weeks of this and I will find my energy and get back to my old self, until then I can't promise myself or anyone else that I will be accomplishing anything, but surviving.<br />
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I really have so much to get done, I want to finish up ALL of my WIPS before the end of August when we will find out whether the baby is a boy or girl. I know after that all of my sewing will focus on the baby! So much for everyone's handmade Christmas gifts! LOL!<br />
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So basically, I am not sure what the next few weeks will hold, if I will be sewing/quilting and blogging, or just surviving... I am just taking it one day at time.<br />
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Talk with you soon... hopefully :)<br />
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Jessica<br />
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Last Monday I wrote about my issues with committing to fabric for my Master Bedroom Quilt... Well I committed and there is no turning back!<br />
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After hours of looking at fabric and designs, I am going in a direction that is completely out of my norm... I have never made a quilt with only solids, but I think it will be lovely when its finished.<br />
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Fabric - Seven different colors of Grunge by Basic Grey.<br />
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PB&J Fluffer Nutter<br />
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Design - Well I said I wasn't going to do this... but I am. I searched for a pattern, and although I found some images of quilts I liked, I couldn't find patterns for them... So I drew my own. I will make 9 wonky log cabin blocks, with 4 different fabrics in each, measuring 26 inches square upon completion. Then I will use Fluffer Nutter to create a 10 inch border between each block on all sides.<br />
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I ordered about 1/2 the fabric, since it is going to take about 20 yards of fabric just to make the top!<br />
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I was able to make quick work of the first 3 Wonky Log Cabin squares on Saturday, these goes quickly, but haven't had time to get into my sewing nook this week. If I had a good solid day to sew, I think I could do the whole top, but of course I only have half the fabric so I will need to order more before I can finish it anyway.<br />
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I am starting with an approximately 8 inch wonky square in the center, and then I use 3 1/2 inch strips to go around the square. The wonky affect that I am using isn't huge, but I am not creating perfect squares.<br />
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I really hope to make some progress on it later in the week and this weekend... We shall see.<br />
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What are you working on this week?Jessica Pyykkonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645494917246910180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662663573202397232.post-26041367069903226132013-05-20T08:49:00.000-05:002013-05-20T09:12:00.510-05:00Philippians 4:8 Wall Hanging - Finished!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>"...Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of Praise." Philippians 4:8</i></div>
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I am so excited to finally write this post. I ordered fabric for this project back in March, and even did some cutting in March, you can read about the start <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/03/wip-wednesday-improv-wall-hanging.html" target="_blank">here</a>... But a few other projects cut in line and it took longer than I anticipated.<br />
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Also, once I really got started on it, I added in some Kona Canary Yellow and I really wasn't sure about it. My husband and some of you readers really liked it (you can read about that <a href="http://iloveyoubushelandapeck.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-continuation-of-wall-hanging.html" target="_blank">here</a>)... so I went with it, hoping that I would eventually fall in love.<br />
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Last week I didn't sew/quilt quite as much as I hoped, but when I did I really got to work and made some progress.<br />
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I finished the quilt top on Thursday... Sorry about the pic, the wind was blowing and I couldn't get the top to stay flat!<br />
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I used wide strips (13 inches) of Kona Gray and Kona Pond to back the quilt. Since it is a wall hanging I figured the back won't be seen so it didn't matter too much. I was able to do a little quilting on Thursday night, but didn't get too far. </div>
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Friday I finished it up!<br />
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I don't know what the quilting design is called, I just saw a quilt online from <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/" target="_blank">Oh Fransson</a> where she did something similar, so I tried to replicate it. I didn't do the greatest at it, but it works. I used Kona Canary to bind it, to finish out the framing. I wanted the wall hanging finished because I have had a blank wall in my living room for too long, so I machine bound it. This is the first time I have done that with a quilt, it worked, but I do prefer hand binding. </div>
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So now it is hanging on the blank wall in my living room. I am still not as in love as I had hoped. I think the colors are a bit out of my "norm" but I am sure it will grow on me... And it is much better than plain burlap plaques on the wall. </div>
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I may not be so sure about the color combination, but I love the words, and I do love that they are hanging in our living room where our family will see them every day. I hope that we do not grow complacent to their meaning and that we daily remember to - <b>Fix <i>our</i> thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. <i>And to</i> Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." Philippians 4:8.</b></div>
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I have already moved on to my next project, and will post about it later this week!</div>
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Linking up with Plum and June's Let's Get Acquainted, hosted by <a href="http://hesewingchick.blogspot.com/2013/05/am-i-quilter-yet.html" target="_blank">The Sewing Chick</a>.<br />
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Palette I created using www.fotor.com (fabrics from Hawthornethreads.com)</div>
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I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day. I know I did! Lots of family time, enjoying beautiful weather. </div>
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I won one of the giveaways during the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!!! I am so excited. I won a beautiful fat quarter bundle of Robert Kaufman Quilter's Linen from <a href="http://www.windsorandmain.com/" target="_blank">Kim @ Windsor and Main</a>. She has a terrific blog, check it out! </div>
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<a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/pre-cut/quilters_linen_by_studio_rk_new_neutrals_2013/" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilter's Linen by Studio RK, New Neutrals 2013" src="http://www.robertkaufman.com/assets/pre-cut/large/f0570670.jpg" /></a></div>
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Of course I will be mailing out the goodies from my giveaway to Sandra @ <a href="http://sandrascraftcorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sandra's Craft Corner</a> today! The SMSGD was amazing. I still can't believe all of the comments, sorry I didn't respond to each one individually, there were so many!</div>
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I actually worked on my Philippians 4:8 Wall Hanging on Sunday afternoon, which is coming along nicely, but I don't want to post about that because that's all I have posted about for a while. Hopefully I will finish it up this week and then I will give a final post about it. </div>
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Above I mentioned that Friday we did a little shopping... And I bought the painting below for our bedroom. </div>
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This painting is going to be my inspiration for colors for our quilt, I would like to focus on the aqua and the rusty orange, although I love the mustard and green in there as well. I will also be looking for a pattern that compliments this painting, I am not going to design something myself, I just don't have it in me right now. I have procrastinated in decorating our bedroom since we moved into our home over two years ago. I am finally going to start making decisions, it is time. </div>
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This week I want to begin ordering fat quarters as samples of possible fabrics to use in the quilt. Below are a couple of palettes I created using www.fotor.com with fabrics from <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/" target="_blank">Hawthornethreads.com</a>. I have already spent many hours trying to decide on fabrics... I am not usually this indecisive, but I feel like undertaking a King Sized Quilt for our bed is a really big project and I am having a hard time committing. </div>
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If anyone has any ideas for fabrics/patterns please let me know. I am very open to suggestions. I have been playing around with collage makers to try and see different fabrics together, it has been fun. </div>
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I am linking up with <a href="http://www.plumandjune.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Plum and June's Let's Get Acquainted</a> that is hosted today by <a href="http://blossomheartquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alyce @ Blossom Heart Quilts</a>. </div>
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