I wanted an easy project.  I wanted to try something with minky.  I found a tutorial on Pinterest for a minky rag quilt.  Overall it was easy to make and I did it over the weekend.  But that thing shedded like there was no tomorrow.  There's minky shed all over- the floor, my sewing table, my sewing machine, the couch, my clothes.  You should have seen the lint trap after I washed and dried it!  But it's super soft and it's a more grown-up look with the colors I chose.





The back


Do I love it?  Yes.  Would I make another one?  Heck no.  Thanks for looking!

I needed something to do with a charm pack I had and found this neat pattern.  I found an amazing cheat for binding and it turned out pretty well.







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I saw an ad for a "Magic Embroidery Pen" come up in my Instagram feed.  It's basically a punch needle but I got sucked in and ordered one because it's "magic."  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077CXGJMK/ref=asc_df_B077CXGJMK5436935/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B077CXGJMK&linkCode=df0&hvadid=230750746070&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16962873804943846387&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028880&hvtargid=pla-386668516761

Has anyone done embroidery with a punch needle?  Just wondering what to expect since it's taking for dang ever to get here.

I like quilting, but it's hard to work with bigger stuff because of how my sewing machine is set up.  Looking at Pinterest I kept seeing mini quilts so I thought I'd try some.

Here's my glam cat mini quilt.  It's about 12x10.5.


I finally found a binding tutorial that doesn't suck so it actually turned out!


This is the first one I tried.  It's made from a fat 1/8th bundle my mom gave me.  This one is 9x12.


Thanks for looking!

The makeup bag was made using a tutorial from "Dog Under My Desk" and the wallet is Lazy Girl Designs "Wonder Wallet."

Zombie pinup


Beauty and the Beast


Some fabric my mom gave me


Octopus


Inside of octopus


Legend of Zelda


Llamas


Cats


These are a lot of fun to make and work up pretty quickly.  Thanks for looking!

I am obsessed with Hatchimals Colleggtables.  I just got a bunch for my (34th) birthday.  I noticed some of them have holes and my crafty brain "hatched" an idea- bracelets!

Bunwee and Cheetree.


Here's one with Sandsnake.


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I felt like sewing this weekend so I made some bags.

This one is made from jelly roll strips.  Also my cat decided she wanted to be in the picture.




My mom sent me a bunch of fabric and this was a fat quarter pack.  Not long enough to make jelly roll strips so I just made some strips and sewed them together.


I found some cute buttons.  Also my seams match up perfectly!


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This month's hoopla along got me obsessed with tiny cross stitch.  It's super fun!

Cameo necklace.  Hoop is about 2" in diameter.


Disney villain necklace.  Its about 1.5"


Girl with a pearl earring.  I forgot to measure this, but I think the stitched part is a little over 1"


And here's an Ursula one that I'm not sure what to do with.


Thanks for looking!

...who coined my favorite phrase.  "Give me chastity and give me constancy, but do not give it yet."

I love Val Kilmer.  I love the old Roger Moore TV show "The Saint" (even if it is super corny).  I made the little logo from the TV show (appears in the movie as a pin) because I've always thought it was super cute.  This is for the hoopla along so it's in a 3" hoop. I stitched it on a little piece of sparkly aida that I had leftover from another project.

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I made this hoop with Cassandra from the video game "Dragon Age Inquisition" in mind (if you play with the dialog text active you see this phrase pretty often).

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