Saturday, March 30, 2019

Do You Use a Cricut?

I admit I have 2 Cricuts and LOTS of cartridges, but I seldom use them.  Being mostly a quilter and painter, I don't have a lot of need for a die-cut machine.  However, this week my neighbor announced she wanted to have a block-long yard sale. 

Perfect!  Time to break out the Cricut and make a couple of signs.

I quickly made these signs out of old scrap paper and used the Don Juan lettering cartridge (an oldie but goodie).  The letters are set to 5" and pasted to a 14"x22" poster board.  The first board is folded in half.  To make the letters stand out just a little better, I outlined them with a black Sharpie and added "stitches" to the inside border.  Cute, if I do say so myself.



Not knowing which way to point the arrow, I added brads to the back so the arrows could spin either way.  On the smaller sign, I folded it in half and put the arrows on either side.  The direction you don't use can be turned inward and hidden behind the fold.


The yard sale is slated to start at 8 a.m., but you can bet there were be early birds here by 6a.m.!  Got to get busy!!

Thursday, March 28, 2019

New Baby

A new great niece is about to arrive . . . just in time for Easter!  What better quilt to make for an Easter baby than bunnies playing peek-a-boo?





This is from my old Quilt Du Jour design Peek-A-Boo Bunny.  It's a small 36" square with appliqued bunnies, just perfect for a little girl.  I love the backing fabric! 

I also like to add an afghan as a gift for baby made out of Bernat Pipsqueak yarn.  I make about a 36" Granny square to throw on the floor for baby to lay on.  (It really is too warm to wrap baby in unless it's the middle of winter.)  I can get one of these little blankets done in a lazy weekend.  Pipqueak yarn is so soft and cuddly and washes like a dream.  Baby will have this little afghan for many years to come.



Along with the quilt and afghan, I made a few burp cloths from flannel and added a Baby Book for the little one.  (Is that a dying tradition?  I don't see many baby books for sale.)

Welcome, Little One!