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Making my First Quilt

Color, Crafts, Sewing, How to, QuiltingGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, I am continuing to work on my baby quilt(s) and decided to make them at the same time.  So since I do not know if boys or girls are expected, I tried to make these gender neutral.  I cut 275 2.5" charm squares for the centers of the tops, which require 100 squares each. Luckily I have a co-worker who is an amazing quilter, so she talked me through the beginning of this and was even kind enough to draw me a diagram for my first rows.  In addition to the fabric, she instructed me to buy starch, spray baste, and to start my rows by chain stitching. That last piece of advice was priceless, I was able to finish 4 rows last night.

 

Each row is 10 squares across. 

Each row is 10 squares across. 

I could not believe how quickly this came together, especially since I once spent an entire Saturday sewing and it yielded 2 sad placemats.  My coworker told me if I just worked a little everyday and then on the weekends, I could finish both quilts in 6 weeks.  When she first said it I thought she was joking, but now that I've started, I think she's correct. She suggested I time myself for this one so that I will have an idea in the future how much time I would need to make one. As of this post, I am 4 hours in, including cutting the fabric. Oh yeah, this is my first quilt, but I'm hoping one day I can make a quilt with these squares.

 

How amazing is this? 

How amazing is this? 

I'm also still working on my cowl, just had to get started on these quilts though, hopefully both quilts and the cowl will be finished by April! I will post my progress here, happy crafting!

Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Inks Coloring Technique

Cards, Color, Coloring, Crafts, Diy, Quick Quotes, Paper crafting, How toGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, Gabriela here today to show you a fun way to use your Powder Puff Chalking Inks as markers and to demonstrate how I made the butterflies from this post. I decided to make a birthday card from the sentiments I had and a sheet of Farmhouse paper, I also used a butterfly from this month's Club Q, check out the video below:






 Quick Quotes Products Used:
Powder Puff Chalking Inks
Farmhouse 101
Quick Quotes Sentiment
March Club Q

Happy crafting!

Alphabet Punch Board Review

We R Memory Keepers, Crafts, Graphic, Tools, Diy, How to, Color, Reviews, Supplies, Paper crafting, CardsGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, here today with a review on the We R Memory Keepers Alphabet Punch Board. I saw that this was out, but I hadn't seen it in stores yet, so I ordered from HSN (they have a really great price right now) and then filmed a video of how it works.  I am a big fan of We R Memory Keepers products, I have a Fuse, the 1-2-3 Punch Board, the Flower Punch Board and I used Pinwheels in my wedding! This one is the first one I bought without watching a demo first, so my reaction and use is "fresh". I have to say I really like it, it's perfect for banners or wall decor and figuring it out only takes s few minutes, watch the video below for the full review and see the punch board in action.

 

 

Like I said in the video, the only thing I would like to see added is the ability to have smaller letters, maybe half size. Other than that I was extremely pleased with the cut quality and the speed.  You can complete a banner in a few minutes and precutting the paper to 3" x 5" rectangles will help speed things up too! If you're only doing a few letters or numbers, you can use the board to cut your paper down to size.  I hope this video was helpful, happy crafting.