Personal Face Mask Tutorial for Irena

The Card-Crafting Group Has Been Active

I just haven't kept up with photos or posts.

Another catch-up!

Carol brought this great get well card kit

with mini-tissue box and tissue!

In November we made Christmas tags.

Sue brought these tag kits in the new pastel Christmas colors.

Jean brought us lots of goodies to make single cards.

We took photos of finished cards to remember

what to do with all the parts!

15 Minute Pillowcases for the Holidays

I started a project through our Living & Learning Committee here at Laurel Ridge to sew a couple dozen holiday pillowcases for the children and teens at the local shelter or food bank.  I was able to make almost 24 kits from my stash and donations from generous residents. The kit included 27 inches of a 42-45 inch wide fabric for the body, 9 inches for the cuff and 2-4 inches for the trim.  Made from 3 coordinating fabrics, it makes a nice pillowcase with two seams, one straight and one going around a corner (twice if you make French seams like we did).  Often called Burrito pillowcases, I called them Sushi pillowcases because you roll up the body and seam the cuff and trim altogether like a sushi roll.  Then you need to pull the fabric from the center to reveal the whole body of the pillowcase.  Next I use a chopstick to poke out the corners from the side seams.

This You Tube video from Crafty Gemini is a good tutorial.

And these written directions from Craftsy with still photos make a good printed guide.

The Community Activities Committee plans to buy pillows for them.  Those children will enjoy a fluffy new pillow and a bright winter-themed pillowcase to send them off to sleep for a long, winter's night.  Thanks to all the sewists, especially the new one!

Catching Up!

We've made some great cards in the months of May, June, July and August.

Here's a sampling:

from Carol a Mr. and Mrs. combo

and from me, some Anniversary styles

same design, different message

and inside

from Sue, a great little design for all occasions

and from Jean, another designer kit masterpiece!

A birthday card I made.

A sympathy card sent.

And another humorous birthday card by me

Sue brought these vellum stained glass card kits.

Jean had us add glitter to some tape backing to make the sparkle.

These Rinea foil papers were great.

And this beauty was from Sue's kits for September.

It was an inlay technique using a precision die cut platform.

Some more Sue Wilson die cut examples from Sue

A very creative summer of card-making and sending!

April Card-making Session

I missed this month's session but here are the lovely note cards

from Sue and Carol.

Can you guess who made which card?

I have bought them both!

Spider Man and Unicorns

I made a great boy's birthday card for my niece's little boy.

And unicorn headbands for the girls.

Catching Up from Winter

The crafts and sewing were spotty but I did accomplish a few things through the miserable Spring we've had.

I finished a strip quilt for Violet to coordinate with Lily's quilt.

Mostly Amy Butler fabrics...

I learned to make burrito pillowcases with scraps from the quilts.

Here's a closer look at Violet's long quilt (twin size).