Woof Woof Meow Quilt with Pockets for the Kitties

Years ago I bought a panel of cats and dogs called Woof Woof Meow.  I got a jelly roll of the fabric and while I made the cat and her kittens, I never finished up the quilt.  Well, five years later, I finally finished up the Cat Quilt with Pockets.

The cats and dogs were fabric panels designed by Stacy Iest Hsu.  If you remember I made some of these little cuties a couple of years ago.  At that time I even made them a small quilt to wrap them in so that they would stay warm.

Now I've finished the kids quilt made from the jelly roll and added five pockets to the front of the quilt.  I designed the quilt and when I bought the fabrics I knew that I wanted to add some pockets for the kittens or puppies.  

Here is a pic of two of the kittens in their little pockets.  I thought it would be fun to crawl under a quilt and have your pets close by.  You could also use the pockets for other toys, too.

Here is the quilt before I added on the pockets.  I made the pockets with a gather so that the pets would fit into them.  I have to say, I'm so glad that it's done.  I put it in my granddaughter's room in hopes that she will like it.  

What's to come?  There are still more strips in the jelly roll that have blue fabric in them.  Maybe someday I will make a second quilt with some dogs to match.  You never know.

 

Sewing Carrots for Easter

I've got "lots" of old sweaters that I like to cut up and make crafts with.  They are sort of taking over a corner of my sewing room.  I was going through them the other day and spotted a pretty cashmere orange sweater and I decided to make some carrots with it.

Once I got started making carrots, I couldn't stop.  I used some beige and tan sweaters and then found some cute plaid fabric.  For the tops, I cut a 3" strip of felt and then snipped the leaves, being careful not to cut all the way to the edge.  

I rolled up the felt and sewed it into the gather space at the top of the carrot.  I think they came out cute.  

I make some cute tags to put on them and put them in a little basket.  Last night I was moving sweaters around and found two more orange sweaters.  I wish that I had time today to make more carrots!  Maybe this weekend.  

 

Cotton Washcloths

Back in the winter I felt like doing some crocheting.  I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up some pretty cotton yarn in some subtle colors.  I love their "I Can't Believe It's Cotton" yarn and decided to make some washcloths with it.  

They're easy to crochet and I can make them while watching tv in the evenings.  Each skein makes 3 cloths and here is what I made!  They measure about 8 inches and here they are folded up and put into baskets.  

My sister makes soaps and has a little shop in CA and I sent them to her for the store.  I hope they are big sellers for her.  

Now what?  I am off to make more of these for myself and to put in my little dining room shop.  :)

 

Pop-Up Petals

When I first saw the PopUp Petals online, I knew that I would like to try it out.  It comes with cute flower images and 2 pop-up cut outs.  This card uses Basic Beige cardstock and a paper from Country Woods.  I stamped the image, cut it out and mounted it to a piece of designer paper cut out with Branching Out dies.  

The cards are pretty but the surprise is when you open them up.  I stamped a couple of flowers behind the flower box so that I looks like more flowers are in the box.  I got the idea from Diana Gibbs.  So sweet!

I love the colors in this next card.  I don't usually use peach and blackberry together but the contrast is nice and the card is very bright and happy.  I used a piece of paper from Country Lace and added the pot and flowers.  The saying is on one of the Everyday Arches dies.

I'd have to say the inside of this card is my favorite!  I cut two pop ups out and added a piece of paper to extend the pop up area.  I used papers from Celebratory Sips.  This card will have to go to someone very special because adding the pop up panel is like making two cards and then putting them together.  I just love how it turned out.

My third card in this series is a fancy fold and uses pretty floral papers.  

And the inside looks like this.  I added an extra panel in this card, too, to make the pop up look larger.  I loved making these three cards and I love the pop- up dies.  I do wish that they were a bit bigger - I found the pop ups to be somewhat small.  

I would definitely use them again.  Which card is your favorite?