Tons of other stuff made with fabric

August 9, 2011

Purple Patchwork Pillows

Filed under: Pink & Purple Quilts,Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 4:35 pm
Tags: patchwork pillows, purple patchwork pillows, purple quilted pillows

While racing around with 4 house guests this weekend I managed to finish these pillows for a wedding present. I took some photos with baby on one hip, husband asking which tie to wear and me trying to figure out what to wear 1 hour before the service. I’m happy that I got a picture taken at all is what I am saying…

I pulled the pieced part out of my scrap basket. I have no idea what I originally intended to do with these patchwork stripes but I know for sure they came from this quilt.

And the perfect purple triangles? Came from this quilt.

I am sure this is going to sound hokey and ridiculous, but I love how these pillows are connected in a small way to an earlier wedding quilt and a graduation quilt. And how (in my crazy thinking) the bride is connected to the other people I sew for, even if she doesn’t know it.

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June 24, 2011

Fabric Memory Cards

Filed under: Sewing for Kids (not quilts),Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 10:35 am
Tags: fabric memory cards, homemade memory cards, homemade memory game, homemade present for a 4 year old, memory game with fabric

I squealed just a little bit when I found this on Purl Bee recently;

A FABRIC memory game. okay. I am still a little giddy about it.

I have been keeping an eye out for a vintage memory game for our little girl. The current disney princess version just doesn’t do it for me. And knowing that she won’t need it for a few years means I can save up the most perfect scrap squares for a little while. And since I know I will have to make 3 or 4 sets, I will also have the perfect gift for all those babies that are growing up so fast!

A small start…

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June 19, 2011

Pillowcase backpacks

Filed under: Sewing for Kids (not quilts),Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 4:00 pm

I got a little distracted from the 2 quilts that are in progress and I did a little side project over the last week. I am sure these have a real name, but I call them pillowcase backpacks. All the fabric is from my stash.

Much of it is fat quarters. The orange and pink cording is from an amazing fabric and trim discount store here in the Philly area; JoMar. As long as your expectations are low, you can find all kinds of trimmings for a steal compared to normal retailers.

The orange cording was 60 cents a yard which is not so bad. But, the deal of the day was fat rick rack for 25 cents a yard!

The 2 with astronauts are for brothers that are now 3 and 6. I made baby quilts for them long ago, but I wanted to make them something new.

I am not sure who will be getting the grey giraffes, but I think it might be a good big brother present for some friends that are expecting a new baby soon.

The pink one is for a fantastic little girl who is turning 8 at the end of the summer. To the dismay of her parents she is barbie and pink crazy. All that really matters is if she likes it…

And that there is a sneak peek at our sweet babe, who thinks this baby rocking chair, that I love so much, is unspeakably horrid. I plop her in it now and then and she always reacts with terrible dismay. And if you look real close, you will see our sweet dog, always watching from a distance, just to make sure we rescue the poor baby.

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June 8, 2011

Homemade Fabric Birthday Banner

Filed under: Sewing for Kids (not quilts),The sweet baby,Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 11:51 am
Tags: fabric and felt birthday banner, fabric birthday banner, happy birthday violet, homemade birthday banner, homemade fabric birthday banner, pennant banner

Another present. This one is for a baby turning one this summer.

It was easy to pick a color this time.

Ingredients;

19 felt triangles, 9″ wide x 11″ long

19 light colored fabric triangles, 8″ wide x 10.5″ long

19 letters of dark fabric, top stitched to triangles

7 yards of ribbon

And a cell phone picture of our big girl busting through the baby gate. It seems like yesterday she could barely sit up. sigh…

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May 7, 2011

couch pillows, now with real couches

Filed under: Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 1:12 pm
Tags: quilted sofa pillows, red and orange sofa pillows, sofa pillows

Two quick pillows for a birthday girl who loves orange and red.

wait! did you see the piping? I love piping.

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April 18, 2011

sewing drawer fronts

Filed under: Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 12:48 pm

Yes, you read that right, I sewed some drawer fronts this weekend. We got this fun ikea bed as a hand-me-down recently. This pic is from the ikea website, the bed is still pieces all over the house. It will go in the baby’s room as a nice place to cuddle and read bedtime stories and in a few years, she will grow into it and I will cry that my baby is soooo big.

sigh.

One of the drawers didn’t make it with the rest of the bed, so the handy husband is going to make a new drawer a little later. But I will share my work in progress, drawer fronts with pockets!!!

Just think of all the treasures she can keep in those pockets. They were so, so easy to make. Quick sewing and some T-50 staples around the back.

I have already planned these as the new knobs- I just have to get to the sale bin at anthropologie…

And a random picture of sewing from months ago- the goodie bags from Darcy’s birthday party, quick scraps, a snip of ribbon, a little star “applique” (if you can even call it that) and a quick dozen full of homemade goodness. Okay, not really, they were full of dollar store goodness, but ya know. I even overheard a mom say “man, she always makes us look bad.” I will take it as a complement, I am sure she meant it that way.

All of the stars have aligned and my husband doesn’t have to work and we aren’t sick as dogs and there is no random house guest or automobile mishap to prevent me from attending the Philly Modern Quilt Guild meeting tomorrow night. I went once before, many moons ago, hopefully they will still let me in the door!

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March 21, 2011

Happy First Birthday!

Filed under: Sewing for Kids (not quilts),The sweet baby,Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 11:08 am

I simply cannot believe that she is one.

The invitees were all different ages, how to entertain them all? We got 100 beach balls and let the kids at it. Great success!

Not walking yet, but we will get there soon.

She was in awe of people singing Happy Birthday.

perfect. totally and completely perfect.

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February 20, 2011

Homemade Birthday Banner

Filed under: The sweet baby,Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 1:21 pm
Tags: birthday banner, fabric birthday banner, fabric happy birthday banner, homemade birthday banner

In about a month we will be having a first birthday party for our amazing baby girl. And I am getting ready.

I am a planner. I like to plan things. Planning is almost better than the actual event for me sometimes. None the less, I have restrained from renting a pony. And there will be no confetti. And to those of you that say she won’t remember it? I know.

But there will be pictures and stories and legend and that is how a family grows. Don’t we all have memories that we borrow from legend? And legendary this will be. Hooray Birthdays!

update ***finished banner here***

I am not very good at explaining how I make things but I noticed this post is getting a lot of hits from the google search ”how to make fabric birthday banner” so I am adding this little list.

For this project I used a yard of red felt, a full yard of triangle fabric, the letter fabric totaled around 1/2 yard. If your name is longer, add more!

1) Cut felt triangles that are 10″ across the top and 12″ long, cut the same amount of fabric triangles only a smidge smaller, 9″ across the top, 11″ long. For special flare, cut the fabric triangles with your pinking shears (zig zag scissors)

2) Free hand with bubble letters your message “happy birthday auntie bernice” with pencil on CONTRASTING fabric. Cut with really good fabric scissors, not pinking shears this time.

3) Top stitch letters with 1/4″ edge allowance to only the fabric triangles, not the felt. Make sure to leave a little space on the top of the triangles for the ribbon.

4) Sew the fabric triangles to the felt around edges.

5) Sew triangles to ribbon, I recommend leaving each word a separate strand, with 10″ of ribbon on each end.

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February 3, 2011

toddler bean bag chair

Filed under: Sewing for Kids (not quilts),The sweet baby,Tons of other stuff made with fabric — perrymoffitt @ 10:05 pm
Tags: bean bag chair for toddler, small bean bag chair, toddler bean bag chair

It was tough choosing the perfect picture that modeled Darcy’s new beanbag chair. She will actually have 2 very similar beanbag chairs when I am done but so far this is the only one that is finished.

Delilah tried her best pose but I think in the end Darcy probably won the contract.