Feeling Crafty

Lately Ive been thinking a lot about my grandmother and the crafts she used to make. She made everything, dolls, quilts, clothes, tote bags. You name it she could probably make it or could take it apart and make a pattern.When she passed away my mother and I got a lot of her stuff she had in her sewing room. Lots of unfinished projects, mainly quilts but some other things too. Lots of pieces that just need to be sewn together.

Over the weekend my mom and I got out some of her fabric and went through it to try to find some fabric to make Emma some dresses. I found several quilt projects she had started so I brought them home along with my moms sewing machine so I could start working on putting some of the together. I also bought two plastic canvas books to start making some things out of them. One is a book to make learning activities for the kids and the other is plastic canvas toys. I also have about 6-8 books on how to make plastic canvas Barbie furniture, something my mom made for us when we were kids and I loved it. As soon as Emma is old enough I will make some for her. I cant wait.

The 15 quilt squares together.

Pillow Forms

I started working on two projects today. One was 15 quilt squares that my grandmother had already cut out and put together. The other is 6 pillow panels that all I have to do is cut out and put a back on and a pillow form in and presto instant pillows. Im going to use them as pillows for story time during school. I still have to put a border and backing on the quilt squares and once I get that done Im going to use is as a wall hanging in Emmas room. My grandmother had so many things cut out already Ill be able to make lots of little things and use her templates and patterns for anything I want to make later. My mom has tons of fabric that I can go through and decide what I want to use for the various ideas I have swimming around in my head.

I also have several craft projects for homeschool activities Im dying to get started on. One is a hidden worm game made of felt and the other is a match game using wood tiles. I have so many ideas for the next school year. I cant wait to get started. In the mean time I have lots of things my grandma had already cut out for me to be working on. At night while Im sitting in my recliner I can work on the plastic canvas things I want to make.

I also found the fabric for Conors quilt that Ive been wanting to make for about 2 years now. My grandmother helped me make a quilt for Jordan when he was 2 I think so he already has one. I want to get Conors done and then I will get fabric for Emmas. I learned enough from my grandmother to be able to make basic quilts and my mother is a master seamstress so Ill have help when it comes to making anything clothing wise like dresses for Emma.

Im hoping to be able to work a little each day, the kids are old enough that I can get a lot done during the day. Today I was able to get a lot done and of course Jordan is good at keeping them busy. I worked today while Emma was asleep. Being able to do this makes me feel close to my grandmother. I miss her and wish that I could have learned more before she passed. In the mean time I will just use the knowledge she gave me and her patterns of course.