Hotpads and Cooper...

Ruffled Hotpads...pattern by Sweetwater, you can find the pattern here

This sweet bundle of joy, Baby Cooper has been filling some of my time--priceless!!!

Heart Pocket Valentines

Check out these adorable valentines that are hearts with pockets. The possibilities are endless as far as the fun little things that can be put in them. I made these up Saturday afternoon and they were way easy and fun. I got the kit off of Sweetwater's etsy site. These hearts also feature their fabric line, which I happen to love to pieces.

Valentine Mat and Block Jack

Recently, I got this fun kit from Sweetwater on their Etsy site. It was really fun to make. I do need to practice sewing around those tight curves. I even referred to my Fons and Porter magazine on binding inside corners after unpicking the binding. It went on much smoother after that, however, it just pulls around the edges. I guess that takes practice, but look how sweet it turned out...Love it.

Quilt guild is on Wednesday night of next week. Because I won the previous block jack, I am obligated to participate for at least 2 more block jacks. So....I sewed these 2 blocks today. The block jack is called February Flakes and has 12 different designs you can make. I'm excited to see this one put in a quilt because it is so cute. I tried to get my pieces lined up just so, but they are not quite perfect. There was no template or anything but a small picture to go by so I'm a little off--but hey--they are cute enough that I want to do more of these!!