My Quilt

Hello everyone! Hope your summer is going great. I'm sharing on the Miss Kate Cuttables blog today and I have a fun and different project to share with you rtoday. 

For my project I used Miss Kate Cuttables files and cut fabric on my Cameo. You just have to iron on stabilizer to the back of the fabric, place it on your cutting mat and cut away! Just make sure you have a sharp blade.

Three of the blocks on my quilt feature Miss Kate files. For this first one I used the Assorted Flower Set.

It worked perfect because it was a fairly simple cut.

I hand appliquéd around all the elements.

This one is my favorite - I just love this Decorative Doily file.

I just used one of the layers for my quilt.

Here is my final quilt. I took a beginners class held by my local Quilt Group - Norwin Quilters.

We meet once a month and it's a fun group!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Miss Kate December Challenge

Hello! Today I'm sharing a few Christmas projects. The Challenge over on the Miss Kate Galleria Page on Facebook is Winter/Christmas. 

For my first project I created a chalkboard sign. I cut vinyl on my Cameo and applied a stencil to the chalkboard. I then painted with acrylic paints. I also painted the wood frame.

I used the Christmas Tree Words SVG File.

I did leave off the red dots.

For my second project I took the same file and did a print and cut.

I added these to Christmas cards.

Did you notice the quilted piece I used in my photographs?

I created it from a pattern from Julie - The Crafty Quilter. She offers a great free tutorial on her blog. Here is the link to the tutorial.

Here's a closer look at my Crumb Catcher:

Don't forget to enter the Challenge on the Miss Kate Galleria FB Page!

Also stop by the blog to check out all the design team projects.

Hope your holiday preparations are going great.

 

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Fall & Christmas Mini Quilts

Along with playing with paper I've also been playing with fabric too. I recently joined a quilt group and signed up for a sampler quilt class. I did 12 different 12x12 blocks. It is currently at the quilters for machine quilting. I will be sure to share photos once I get it back and bind it. I did a few blocks where I cut fabric on my Cameo and appliquéd it to the quilt block. (click here for a previous video tutorial on how to cut fabric on the Cameo.)

I discovered an amazing quilter's blog - it's called The Crafty Quilter. There was a tutorial for an Amish Mini Quilt that caught my eye. Since I'm new to quilting the great PDF instructions were perfect for me to understand.

I made this Welcome Fall Mini Quilt: 

I placed it on my kitchen table and just love how it turned out.

I also decided to create a smaller one for Christmas.

I just skipped the outside strips and corners.

Here is a close up look.

Hope you liked the Mini Quilts I shared today.
The Crafty Quilter is having a link up on her blog - if you create with fabric stop by and link up!

Guest Designer Die Cuttin’ Divas

I'm super excited to be guest designer at Die Cuttin’ Divas!

It’s Challenge #219 and the theme is National Aquarium Month.

I needed a summer theme banner for my mantle so I decided to make a mini banner with 3 panels.

First I started with some canvas I picked up at Joanns and trimmed the banner shapes with a rotary cutter.

I then ironed on the fusible web to the back of the fabric. I placed the fabric on my cutting mat and cut with my Cameo. 

(Here’s a link to a video I did showing fabric cut on my Cameo)

I cut the Miss Kate Cuttable’s Seahorse and Fish SVG File.

This simplistic file is perfect for cutting fabric. I did not cut the eyes from the file. I hot glued buttons instead.

Here is a closeup view of the banners:

I cut the blue fabric 1" wider than the canvas and double folded it over to finish off the edges.

I stitched down the sides and stitched ribbon across the top. I hot glued buttons on the ribbon to finish it off.

Here is a look at the back of the banners:

I hope you enjoyed my project. I would like to thank Die Cuttin’ Diva’s for having me as Guest Designer.

Stop on over to the Die Cuttin’ Diva’s Blog to check out the great Design Team Projects and enter the Aquarium Theme Challenge. 

There are some great prizes up for grabs! 

Spring Table Runner

Well I have a lot of "Firsts" to share with you today. 

I'm sharing a Spring Table Runner today - it’s the first project I created with fabric I cut on my Silhouette Cameo. 

It’s also my first table runner. I've only used my sewing machine to sew on scrapbook layouts.

I used Miss Kate Cuttable files and cut the SVGs on my Cameo. Check out all the details here.

Here is where the other "first" comes into play...I created my first how to video.

Let’s just say it was a learning experience and I have some ideas on how to improve future videos.

Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Here are a few other photos of my table runner.

If you are an expert seamstress and have any tips - Please leave me a comment!

 Please stop over to the Miss Kate Cuttables Blog and don’t forget to grab the freebie of the day!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Scarf & Gloves

Thought I would share my very first project that features fabric cut on the Cricut. I went on You Tube and did a search for a tutorial. There are alot of great videos on the subject. Joann's sells the plain fleece scarf and gloves.

My great-niece calls my sister-in-law Laura (her Grandma) La La so I did a play on words and featured "fa la la" on the scarf. The tree is from SVG Cuts and the type was done in Illustrator and imported into SCAL. The snowflakes are just trimmed with scissors. I added some stitching under the trees and added some accent buttons.

I started out with some easy cuts but from what I've read you can do some intricate cuts with fabric...will have to experiment.

These would make great gifts for teachers!