Re-purposed Denim ~ Free Motion Embroidery

It all started with this photo.

I wanted to try embroidery from a photo,

so Butchy was my inspiration :)

I cropped the photo, made it a black and white, 

and then blew it up.

After printing it and putting it on the light box,

I traced the lines that I thought would

make a good embroidery pattern.

Next I put a piece of iron on Pellon 

to the back to give it a little stability.

Then I started my free motion embroidery

on the sewing machine. 
All that you need to do this is a darning foot,
and drop your feed dogs. 

  Then I used my fabric paints to paint it.

 The next day after it was dry I started

quilting it to some denim fabric saved from

an old jean skirt.

 Added Ric-Rac . . .

Stitched the front and back pillow cover together,

And Viola, a Butchy Pillow.

 Well, that was fun!

 Just a few photos taken from
inside the house
& out the front & back doors.

  Baby it's cold outside!

My sweet husband suggested
that I go tobogganing in my kayak, LOL. 

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,
Connie:)

Road Trip Banner Blues

♬ Road Trip Banner Blues ♪♪

Another banner . . .

this one has a Road Trip Theme.

 I love re-purposing old jeans.

This week I started three 

jean re-purposing projects, 

today I'm showing my banner. 

This is the center flag.

I think this would look wonderful

hung under the awning of a camper. 

Well, this was fun . . .

you can make so many great things

with old jeans.

So don't throw them out,

just get creative:)

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

P.S. Doesn't it make you want to pack

a suitcase and gas up the car?

"A Banner" and a "Before & After"

Taking a break from quilting.

I just needed to do something different.

So I used some quilting scraps 

and made a banner.

 I was looking at this little foot stool.

I purchased it at Goodwill

last summer, with the intention

of doing something with it.

 

I just wasn't sure what I would do . . .

until today :)

It is always fun . . .

Giving something old a facelift

&

using scraps to make something new.

What did you do this weekend?

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Painting, Quilting & Ripping Out

Some days you should never

sit down at the sewing machine.

Look at this mess . . .

I'll be ripping stitches all night.

This is my latest toy . . . it magnifies, 

has a light and swivels and is wonderful,

because I am in the early stages of cataracts.

I have not had to rip stitches

for a very long time, until I purchased this.

So is it a fluke, a coincidence or just bad luck

that in the last two days I have had to rip out stitches

in a quilt that I'm working on.

Before I show you what I've been working on . . .

I want to thank Nancy at

 Cozy Thyme Cottage

When I opened the Christmas card that she sent

these lovely gift tags fell out.

Aren't they pretty :)

If you haven't visited Nancy's blog

you can find it here:

http://cozythymecottage.blogspot.com/ 

I have been having more fun with

my fabric paints and made this chart

for color reference.

And I've finished three more blocks

to be used in a future quilt.

In the last post I had drawn and painted

a Ball jar with flowers . . . so I drew another

and made it a Mason jar :)

 I also just finished painting this block.

I think that I will use it to make a pillow cover.

Here I just quilted some crossing stitches 

and used them to play around with.

I could make coasters out of them, I guess?

Girls just want to have fun

and that's what I did today.

Not counting the ripping out of stitches

that will occupy my TV watching time, tonight :)

Oh, here's my helper.

He gets a treat when he comes over to the 

Art Barn, so he's Johnny on  the spot when

I head out to sew.

It's All Good!

KEEP SMILING!

 Your blogging sister,

Connie :)