A Little Spooky....

 I have been busy making Halloween pillows...You know Halloween is my favorite holiday to sew things for...I have made 2 of these fabulous pumpkin pillows...

 I have made one more of this cutie...

 I had four of these little embroideries that I made into pillows...

 The embroidery was done a year or so ago and finally got them finished...

 Miss TooFaBooLous was really fun to make--I have made 3 of these....

Bag of bones here needs to be finished in his pillow--made 2 of these...enjoyed every minute of sewing these...

Dandelions...

A couple years  ago I bought this fun pattern, Dandelions.  I've been looking forward to making this for quite some time now.  I just love the pillows and the houndstooth quilt.  I've had the fabric for a spell as well.  When it became a necessity this year to replace our couch and loveseat due to wear and tear from teenagers and a dog, I became interested again in making this pattern up.

So here is a picture of our loveseat (don't you love the red?) and the pillows.  I used that handy tip I learned a month or so ago where you hide the zipper under a flap on the back.  I used a contrast  fabric for the flap.  The pattern has all 16" pillows, but I switched it up and made 2 pillows 18 inches and 2 pillows 16".  The vote in the family was the bird pillow--which is your favorite?  Next comes the houndstooth quilt in navy and cream....

Zippered pillow back...

 With February being the month of pillows, I am going to sew up a few!!  Over at sewmamasew.com/blog2/?cat=19 is a great tutorial on how to sew in a hidden zipper on the pillow back.  Creative Little Daisy did the tutorial.  Sew your zipper low, high or in the middle of the back, whatever suits your fancy.  Her tip is that you use fusible tape to hold the zipper in place--I'm a true believer henceforth and forever...

The front of the pillow--left over triangle squares from the "Come Fly With Me" quilt.  Fun project to work on since I'm really not a football fan and the Super Bowl was booming all through the house.  Hey, I'm a quilting fan and I was perfectly content to finish up another project!!

New January Mini Quilt...

Meet Flaky, my new January mini quilt. I'm a little behind schedule, but I'm trying to catch up!!

The finished Valentine pillow. Way fun project. Quick and easy to make!!

Fun Projects for the Blahhhhhhh January!!

I got an email from "You Can Make This", a pattern company that sells embroidery, quilting, sewing, crochet....patterns. It said if I took the survey, I would get a free download pattern. Well, here it is partially done. You paper piece the hearts, sew them together. Put a couple borders around them and add a back and it makes a cute long pillow--just in time for the L-O-V-E holiday. If you are like me, I love holidays and holiday quilts, pillows, etc. for decorating. This has been a fun project so far.

There is a fun blog called, "Kris Knits" on my sidebar. She designs all these cute things for knitting. This project is a knit along or KAL. If you go to her website, you can start up now because we are not too far along and you can catch up real quick. I wanted to show you the project without showing the design so it won't spoil it for you. She is going to do a dishcloth each month of the year as a knit along. Come join in on the fun. I had a blast doing this much!!