No progress was made on my August 2017 One Monthly Goal :( I did iron the fabrics after starching, but I have not cut into them yet. Maybe the month of September? Now to think of what my September OMG is going to be. See you in a few days.
-Christina
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
What I Have Been Up To
The first part of the month I was able to serve in Tsaile, AZ with an organization that is near and dear to my heart, Sierra Service Project. My family (parents and husband) and I drove to Tsaile and served a week completing wheel chair ramps, and stairs for people on the Navajo reservation. We had two days of mixing concert in wheelbarrows, which was not easy, and using plenty of power tools. We had a great time. Below is a picture of me in front of the tool trailer with their logo.
My family and I stopped at Canyon de Chelly before our week started at Sierra Service Project, and a thunderstorm moved in right as we got there. We stayed in the car until it was over, but the end result was amazing. Water was running off the canyon walls as waterfalls into the canyon. Here are some of the pictures from it, plus the White Houses, which you can hike down to. I have done the hike twice before, but did not do it this time. The ruins are from over a thousand years ago.
Because we drove from Southern California over to the Eastern part of Arizona, we were able to stop at a few quilt shops along the way. The first was:
And I collected these wonderful goodies from them.
Here is a picture of their business address. It was a cute shop with lots of fabric. It was very nicely organized and the sale room fabric was small but had some wonderful deals within.
The second shop we stopped at was:
These are the goodies that I collected from them. I love how the lady who cut our fabric folded the pieces together.
I am thinking about making a pillow case for me from the princess fabric and pink. One day. This shop was huge! They have a big machine service section of their business, along with a few different brands of machines. They even had a long arm or two within the store. Their selection of fabrics was gorgeous! Some yummy Christmas fabric, and my biggest surprise was finding the wonderful red batiks. I was so excited I found them. They also had a huge wall of notions, and some pre-quilted fabric and other types of fabric.
My Mom and I loved visiting these shops as we were passing through town. Both shops were very friendly.
Right before we left for this wonderful trip I found out that I had won one of the Christmas in July's blog hop prizes from Confessions of a Fabric Addict. My beautiful prize is below, I love all of the prints in this line. Now I just need to figure out what pattern I'm going to use to show off the prints.
Once we got back, I had to catch up at work and at home, some serious cleaning needed to happen, which is mostly done. I just need to finish a few smaller things now. Then this last weekend my Mom and I took a paper piecing class from a Judy Niemeyer certified instructor. I will share more about that and what I was able to finish on Friday (hint, come back and check it out).
This next weekend is a serious sew weekend with some things mixed in, but I have goals and I want to work towards completing them.
Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts for her Lets Bee Social and I'm excited to see what is going on with everyone else.
-Christina
My family and I stopped at Canyon de Chelly before our week started at Sierra Service Project, and a thunderstorm moved in right as we got there. We stayed in the car until it was over, but the end result was amazing. Water was running off the canyon walls as waterfalls into the canyon. Here are some of the pictures from it, plus the White Houses, which you can hike down to. I have done the hike twice before, but did not do it this time. The ruins are from over a thousand years ago.
Because we drove from Southern California over to the Eastern part of Arizona, we were able to stop at a few quilt shops along the way. The first was:
Here is a picture of their business address. It was a cute shop with lots of fabric. It was very nicely organized and the sale room fabric was small but had some wonderful deals within.
The second shop we stopped at was:
My Mom and I loved visiting these shops as we were passing through town. Both shops were very friendly.
Right before we left for this wonderful trip I found out that I had won one of the Christmas in July's blog hop prizes from Confessions of a Fabric Addict. My beautiful prize is below, I love all of the prints in this line. Now I just need to figure out what pattern I'm going to use to show off the prints.
The morning we left I ordered some beautiful fabrics from Pineapple Fabrics as they were having their anniversary sale. These are what ended up in my cart. All items have goals for them. I just have to make sure they get where they are going, aka projects.
Once we got back, I had to catch up at work and at home, some serious cleaning needed to happen, which is mostly done. I just need to finish a few smaller things now. Then this last weekend my Mom and I took a paper piecing class from a Judy Niemeyer certified instructor. I will share more about that and what I was able to finish on Friday (hint, come back and check it out).
This next weekend is a serious sew weekend with some things mixed in, but I have goals and I want to work towards completing them.
Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts for her Lets Bee Social and I'm excited to see what is going on with everyone else.
-Christina
Friday, August 4, 2017
August 2017 OMG
As I did not even come close to finishing my goal for July, I am going to continue that goal, which is to get the top completed for a baby quilt by the end of the month. The fabrics are below and just SEW cute, I can not wait to work on them. I have one sew day to go to this month, and hopefully I can find some time at home too. I am out of town for a full week though, which takes away some wonderful weekends to sew. I will try to accomplish even with that scheduled conflict.
-Christina
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Trip Back East
In the middle of July my husband and I went back to Ohio to visit my side of the family. We had a grand time. I love it back there. It is so relaxing and I love the change of weather and of course the rain. While back there we were able to hit two different craft shops. The first stop was The Crafty Ewe in Broadview, OH. I was able to find a few cross stitch patterns there.
The second shop was Miller's Dry Goods in Amish country in Middleburg, OH. This shop was huge, two buildings with tons of fabric. Here is the sign:
And my purchases. I made purchases for Bonnie Hunter's Leader and Ender challenge, and future quilts for my grandparents in which I need scrappy scarlet red and grey.
I had a wonderful time, and next time we are back there I plan to hit new to me quilt shops that are around the area by my grandparent's house.
I'm sharing at Sew Fresh Quilts for Bee Social.
-Christina
The second shop was Miller's Dry Goods in Amish country in Middleburg, OH. This shop was huge, two buildings with tons of fabric. Here is the sign:
And my purchases. I made purchases for Bonnie Hunter's Leader and Ender challenge, and future quilts for my grandparents in which I need scrappy scarlet red and grey.
I had a wonderful time, and next time we are back there I plan to hit new to me quilt shops that are around the area by my grandparent's house.
I'm sharing at Sew Fresh Quilts for Bee Social.
-Christina
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Sunday Slow Stitching - End of July
Today I am taking some time to sit and knit. I have been working extremely long hours for work this past week, and today has been a catch-up day around the house. However, tonight we are going to watch Moana, and it is a perfect time for me to sit and knit.
The item I'm going to work on is a baby blanket. The welcome baby party has been pushed back another month at work, so I have a few more weeks to finish it. I am a little over halfway done with it now. Next week some serious knitting will be done on it while in a car for some time. I can not wait!
Hopping over to Kathy's Quilts and linking up with Sunday Slow Stitching.
See you there!
-Chrisitna
The item I'm going to work on is a baby blanket. The welcome baby party has been pushed back another month at work, so I have a few more weeks to finish it. I am a little over halfway done with it now. Next week some serious knitting will be done on it while in a car for some time. I can not wait!
Hopping over to Kathy's Quilts and linking up with Sunday Slow Stitching.
See you there!
-Chrisitna
Monday, July 24, 2017
On the 12th Day of Christmas
Hello! Welcome to Christina's Handicrafts and the last day on Confessions of a Fabric Addict's 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. My name is Christina, I live in Southern California, and I am under 30 who loves to craft, especially quilting. My husband tolerates my love of crafting and our fur kid, Hershey, loves it.
I have two items to share with you today. One is a snowflake pillow made with squares that finish at 1 inch.
I think it turned out awesome, and I believe it will add some Christmas and winter season spirit to our living room this upcoming holiday season.
The second item is a snowflake table runner, that turns out like this:
The finished size will be 12 inches by 36 inches
Materials needed:
1/4 yard of the accent (teal)
1/3 yard of the snowflake/star fabric (purple/blue)
1/2 yard of the background (white)
Cutting:
Accent
2 1.5 inches by WOF strips
Snowflake/Star fabric
2 4.5 inches by WOF
Sub-cut 12 triangles cut with the Tri Recs Ruler and 3 4.5 inch squares
Background
2 1.5 inches by WOF strips
2 2.5 inches by WOF strips
Sub-cut into 24 2.5 inch squares
1 4.5 inches by WOF strip
Sub-cut into 12L and 12R from the Tri Recs Ruler - to make this go quickly, have rights sides of the fabric out and cut. You will end up with 1L and 1R with every cut you make.
Sew together along the long sides the 1.5 inch strips, matching one background and one accent. Perform this task twice. Press to the accent.
Sub-cut into 48 1.5 inch sections to create 4 patches.
*Helpful hint: Place one strip set on top of one another, having an accent strip and a background strip touching each other, and nest the seams. Then cut, and you only need to make 24 sub-cuts, and they are ready to go through the machine.*
Sew a 4-patch to a 2.5 inch square. Press to the white square.
*Helpful hint: When sewing the 4-patches to the 2.5 inch squares, make sure the 4-patches to sew and press them all the same way.*
The sew the 4-patch and 2.5 inch square unit to itself, flipped around. See picture below.
Sew your blocks together if you are making three to form a table runner. You could make just one for a candle mat, or even go bigger for a throw quilt. (Something I would love to do in the future)
To finish the table runner quilt, trim and put the binding on it. Then enjoy!
I hope you enjoyed the small project which would be perfect for a present during the holiday season or to grace your home during family meals.
Make sure to leave a comment on ALL blogs posting today, plus Confessions of a Fabric Addict for an opportunity to win the giveaway for the day. Comments for the giveaway closes at Midnight, tomorrow, July 26. Confession of a Fabric Addict will be announcing the winners on Friday, August 4th in her Whoop Whoop Friday post.
One last thing, make sure to check out all of the other blogs participating in this blog hop. There are a ton of great ideas out there.
Friday, July 14th
Saturday, July 15th
Sunday, July 16th
Monday, July 17th
Tuesday, July 18th
Wednesday, July 19th
Thursday, July 20th
Friday, July 21st
Saturday, July 22nd
All Points of the Compass
Sunday, July 23rd
Mel's Quilting Blog
Resourceful Momma
Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting
Monday, July 24th
Anja Quilts
PickingandStitching
A Dream and a Stitch
Tuesday, July 25th
Christina's Handicrafts (that's me!)
Abyquilts
Sunday, July 23rd
Mel's Quilting Blog
Resourceful Momma
Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting
Monday, July 24th
Anja Quilts
PickingandStitching
A Dream and a Stitch
Tuesday, July 25th
Christina's Handicrafts (that's me!)
Abyquilts
-Christina
Friday, July 14, 2017
A Small Finish!
I am linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts. This project was #1 on my Quarter 3 Finish-A-Long list, number one of many. Hopefully I will see actual movement on this list this quarter. I can not wait to see what everyone else is working on.
-Christina
Monday, July 3, 2017
Monday Design Wall
There are only a few things on my design wall this week due to lack of close proximity to a sewing machine.
More pictures will be posted when I do my finish it up Friday post next Friday. I loved how it turned out, and the quilting was just simple straight lines but added so much to it. Another sneak peak:
The first is gifting this gorgeous table runner which I finished yesterday, yippeee something off my long to do list! (Check out my 3rd quarter goals, this is #1)
The second is working on this cross stitch.
Not a lot is done one it, but I think this week will be the perfect week to start making some serious progress on it.
I'm linking up to:
Monday Making
Main Crush Monday
Design Wall
I can not wait to see you there!
-Christina
Not a lot is done one it, but I think this week will be the perfect week to start making some serious progress on it.
I'm linking up to:
Monday Making
Main Crush Monday
Design Wall
I can not wait to see you there!
-Christina
July OMG
This will be a baby rail fence quilt for my cousin's baby who is almost 6 months old now (where has 2017 gone?). I am a little late. My goal for the month of July is to get it cut out and the top sewn together.
I think it is doable, as long as I squeeze it in between creating my tutorial for Confessions of a Fabric Addict's 12 days of Christmas. I'm presenting on July 25, the last day! I'm linking up with Elm Street Quilts for the month.
-Christina
I think it is doable, as long as I squeeze it in between creating my tutorial for Confessions of a Fabric Addict's 12 days of Christmas. I'm presenting on July 25, the last day! I'm linking up with Elm Street Quilts for the month.
-Christina
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Q3 Finish-A-Long List
1. Table Runner for J&B's wedding (took place in Early December), this is almost done as of the first weekend of July!
6. Wedding quilt for C&T (late present, at least they know it is coming)
9. Charity Quilt top for Prayers and Squares at my Grandmother's church
18. Knit scarf for my husband. He saw the scarves I made for my grandparents for Christmas, and wants a few scarves. As a result I am going to get this one done, and have the other two made for next winter. It is made with a simple pattern. Knit stitch about 30 stitches across and then 70" long.
19. This quilt is for charity. I hope to have it done for 2018's Hands to Help hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I am making it with orange and browns, and I have all the fabrics ready to go, I just need to start. Photo is from Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
20. This quilt will be for charity. I hope to have it done for 2018's Hands to Help hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I am making it with purples and greens as the latices, and I just need to start. It is going to be gorgeous I think. Photo credit goes to Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
21. There was a mystery quilt a long with Cora's Quilts called Gathering. The fabrics are gorgeous and I have finished all of the cutting, I just have to put each step together. It will be a throw size.
22. I want to take this panel and chenille it for my niece's Christmas gift this year with a minky backing. She loves Doc McStuffin'.
23. Finish this knitted baby blanket for a co-worker who just had a child. Simple pattern, just takes time.
24. Create table runner from block I drew out for 12 days of Christmas, hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I am posting on the last day. You should come check it out. (no picture at this time as I want it to be a surprise!)
25. Supplement my blog post for the 12 days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 12 by 12 pillow with a single snowflake on it, appliquéd and quilted down. (no picture at this time)
26. Supplement my blog post for the 12 days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 14 by 28 pillow with three snowflakes on it. The snowflakes will be appliquéd and quilted down. (no picture at this time)
27. Finish Sweet Tooth Queen size quilt. Started as a Breakfast Club project, I want to finish all of the blocks and put it together. It will be the first quilt I have made for our bed.
28. Finish Sweet Tooth baby quilt. I had left overs from the two kits I bought to make the queen size, so I decided to make just one of each of the twelve blocks and combine it into a baby quilt. I think it is going to look awesome when it is done.
25. Supplement my blog post for the 12 days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 12 by 12 pillow with a single snowflake on it, appliquéd and quilted down. (no picture at this time)
26. Supplement my blog post for the 12 days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 14 by 28 pillow with three snowflakes on it. The snowflakes will be appliquéd and quilted down. (no picture at this time)
27. Finish Sweet Tooth Queen size quilt. Started as a Breakfast Club project, I want to finish all of the blocks and put it together. It will be the first quilt I have made for our bed.
-Christina
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