The Ragged Edge

Lindsay-quilt
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I started out making this rag quilt just because I wanted to give it a shot. I had lots of old jeans and some great wildlife flannel, and some fabulous wildlife silhouette embroidery designs. What a great masculine quilt this would make.

Then my sister and her boyfriend became somewhat of a permanent item. Great idea! I can expand the rag quilt as a gift for HIM! and I'd make her one of her own. yeah... the best laid plans, right?

Well, there's no way I'd have time to make 2 quilts plus the other projects in the works, so I expanded the quilt yet again to include her and it would be a joint gift. They camp and hike and fish and stuff like that, so it morphed into a great Christmas gift for them both that they can take camping with them without worrying about getting dirty etc.

There are the original wildlife silhouettes, camping designs, fishing designs and their names in tree branch lettering.

Designs came from Embroidery Library, Stitch It Cheap, George the Digitizer and A Stitch Club.

It's now January and I'm still not finished clipping the seams so it will fray properly once washed.

On to the next thing...

Lana

Double Irish Chain with a Taste of Italy Wedding Quilt

Jens quilt
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

I think this is by far the most complicated quilt I have made to date. A basic Double Irish Chain done in traditional Irish green colors with a celtic knot print (to represent the bride's heritage).

The open areas are embroidered with a celtic knot design from Embroidery Library and the Italy map in Italian flag colors from Embroidery.com. To balance out the Irish theme, a piano key border done in the flag colors of Italy encompasses the edge (to represent the groom's heritage).

The cornerstones are embroidered tone on tone with the letter "D" representing the last name of the newlyweds, and bound in the same red from the piano key border.

The reverse is a solid green and the entire quilt is stitched in the ditch.

Fabrics were purchased approximately March while St Patrick's fabric was still available. My best estimate is that it was begun sometime in May and finished at the beginning of October.

Shipped in advance to the home of the bride's parents, and presented to her on the eve of her wedding.

Market tote

Market tote
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

Awhile back I ordered these market totes through a Yahoo group buy. They took a long time to get here as they had to come from China. The tote is a canvas material and there is a zip pocket inside. I put this logo together and stitched it on. The frame is secured with velcro so it is removable. I had to turn the bag inside out in order to "hoop" the canvas.

I will donate this to the Car Club for the September show for them to use in some way ... maybe a Chinese auction item, door prize .. who knows.

Lana

The Wedding Gift

Photo album from Dollar General ... $6.00


Photo album from Dollar General...$6.00
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

Leftover fabric and batting from the "Robin" quilt ... FREE

Bride & Groom design from Julia's Needle Designs ... FREE

A little stabilizer... a little thread... a little glue ... PENNIES


A One-of-a-Kind, Custom Embroidered, Personalized Wedding Gift ... PRICELESS!



My sister-in-law is getting married on August 16, 2008, in a small private ceremony, but they are having a reception/cookout "shindig" the next day at their home. This photo album is the inexpensive gift that I came up with for them. She says I give the best gifts.

I hope so!

A Bride's Bachlorette Beach weekend bag

Beach bag progress
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

My youngest sister's good friend is getting married at the end of July. Instead of having just a bachlorette party, they are making a beach weekend out of it. My sister asked me for a beach bag in pink and white because those are her wedding colors, with "bride" embroidered on it. My first thought was a beach bag needs mesh. so using the basic construction pattern of the "TLG" from SewForum, I designed this bag. It measures 15 x 15 x 5, with a single magnetic snap. The strap on the "Bride" side has the year embroidered to memorialize that 2008 was the year she was a bride. The straps are 2 inches wide and long enough to carry over your shoulder. The top of the other side has her name in the same embroidered style.

The WopShop Crew

Crafting 365/Day 2
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

One of our "cruiser" friends had painted this logo on his truck so I took a picture of it last fall at Endless Summer 2007. My friend Jen digitized it for me and I stitched up these shirts for everyone. It's a little hard to tell in the picture, but the 1st one is purple with orange letter (it matches his hotrod Willys truck), the 2nd is gray with purple stitching, the 3rd is royal blue with gold stitching, and the 4th is yellow with black (Jeff's shirt matches his Chevelle). I have 2 more to do. Mine will be purple also but with white stitching I think, and one that is sort of a turquoise color, I guess I'll stitch it in white also. I can't wait to surprise them next week!

A Finished Memorial

In Memory of Robin
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

I finally finished the memory quilt that my SIL asked me to make for the parents of her childhood best friend who died of cancer just last August.

Each block is 12", and each sash is an inch. I started working on it in January, and finished it Sunday night, April 20th, 2008, at about 11pm.

After a day of "Show-n-Tell", I finally delivered the quilt along with the matching pillow to my SIL today. She was very excited and couldn't wait to go and present it to the parents. I'm sure that it was a very emotional visit with them.

On to the next project ...