Gifts for Dear Friends

In addition to making gifts for grands in December, I also made four art quilt wall hangings for a Christmas get together/slumber party with girlfriends. 

Several of us created handmade gifts and another friend bought handmade. Of course, gifts were not required or expected. Sharing time together is more cherished than anything else!

Faye made fun Boho bags.
We all loved them!

Cindi gave cool jewelry travel bags.
They were a hit as well!

Suzette made pretty necklaces.
Everyone loved them too! 

And, as I said earlier, I made four art quilts.
Here they are in progress.

Auditioning the placement of various 

elements before ironing them down.

The finished pieces.

(Commercial fabric, Misty Fuse, Glide embroidery thread, 
Go! Cutter & dies, plastic eyes, Mod Podge)

I had ordered some fabric from Amazon which didn't work out. As a result, I got a late start on the project. Other than the time crunch, they were great fun to make, and I learned some things along the way which is always a good thing! 

Due to time, I wasn't able to quilt them as much as I would have liked nor could I add some embellishments that I thought up during the creative process. I was disappointed about that but that's the way it goes sometimes! 

They all loved them anyway and 

that's the most important thing!

Faye, Suzette & Cindi (l-r)

(One of our friends wasn't able to
make it at the last minute so she 
will receive hers at a later date.)

I couldn't decide who to give what so I 
put them in bags and let them pick a bag! 

We all had an extra special good time!

Lots of laughing occured...

...as you might be able to tell!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 

Several firsts occurred for me during this project. 

They include:

• First time working in a series.
• First time making four art quilts in one day. (Heck, I can't recall that I've ever made ONE quilt in a day!)
• First time doing this much machine appliqué around the elements. (I'll try using more contrasting colors next time). 
• First time creating with my Go! cutter. 

Go! Cutter (left), dies (right).

This Go! Cutter is pretty cool 
but oh my...  
hubby gave me a 

Brother Scan N Cut SDX225 for Christmas!

This machine cuts everything from 

fabric to felt to vinyl to balsa wood.

 It cuts pretty much anything up to  

3.3 mm thick but that's another post. 

Or two.

Or three.

Or many!

See you very soon!

D~~~~