Wednesday, October 31, 2012

WIP Wednesday - Santa sacks and a Quilt

I have been meaning to make my little peeps some Santa sacks for quite some time now and preferably before my kids are too old to be excited about the stuff that mummy makes.  I was so chuffed the other day when my 5 year old said that she 'wants to be a maker like mummy when she grows up'!

Anyway I decided to make some reindeer appliques and I think I am going to use a denim for the sack.  Will probably applique the kids names on too.


Another WIP that has been sitting around for a while are these:


Essentially twenty four 12 1/2" applique blocks which hopefully now that I have shown them will end up being a quilt for my daughter. They will be stitched using raw edge applique, with maybe a 1" wide sashing in between each block.  Then I will add lots of embellishing on the flowers.  That's the plan anyway.  The photo is a bit flashed out so the colours aren't true.
 
Linking up to W.i.P. Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
 
 

11 comments:

  1. Love the reindeer - so sweet! It's lovely when the kids appreciate what you make :)

    The applique flowers are going to make such a beautiful quilt!

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  2. I want a reindeer! He is cute as can be!
    The flowers look really pretty! Great job & will be good to have them finished I bet!

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  3. Just saw your reindeer at Freshly Pieced and had to take a closer look. Love him!

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  4. Lovely reindeer. I like your blog and I just become your new follower.
    http://artyandcraftylittlethings.blogspot.co.uk/

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  5. All very cute! It's kind of fun getting ready for Christmas so early...isn't it?

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  6. that has to be the cutest reindeer! I am stopping by from the WIP hop :) http://domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2012/10/wednesday-wips.html

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  7. I love your reindeer he is soooo cute

    Cheers Pauline

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  8. Love that reindeer - so adorable! Look forward to seeing the Flower quilt too - it'll look pretty I'm sure.

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  9. Both projects are so bright and happy! I love that you've passed on your 'maker' genes.

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