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Scrapbook Layout - "Enjoy" with Quick Quotes and Xyron

Layout, Paper crafting, Diy, Quick Quotes, How to, Scrapbooking, Crafts, TutorialGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, Gabriela here today with a layout using Whistlin' Dixie papers. This layout is for any special moment you enjoyed and would like to remember. I chose a photo from my first year of gardening because I grew sunflowers that were over 6 feet tall. I added some glitter and wood cutouts, check out the video below to follow along.




I hope the video was easy to follow and you have time to scrap a memory you love.


Quick Quotes Products Used: 
Whistlin' Dixie 100, 101, 102
Powderpuff Chalking Inks: Coconut White, Berry Jam, Barn Board

Thanks for stopping by.

When Sewing Takes Over

Graphic design, Scrapbooking, Blankets, Diy, Graphic, How to, Crafts, Drawing, Sewing, Color, QuiltingGabriela SimsComment

I have been busy making things like there is no tomorrow! I just realized I haven't posted anything in over a week, so today, here is a crafty, sewing showcase.

Let's start with the baby quilt that is a companion to the "Amelia" quilt I made. 

 

Just like the other one, but different colors.

Just like the other one, but different colors.

I also decided to try working on my own fabric by putting my drawings on mug rugs and I started with one of the Jelly Friends, Tamber Melon and my resident Meowfox Mr. Snugglekins.

Hi guys! 

Hi guys! 

Then I coordinated background fabric and attached them to the centers. 

 

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Finally I applied backing and binding. 

 

All done!  

All done!  

Posing as a mini rug! 

Posing as a mini rug! 

I cannot stress enough how happy it makes me to create things and I am so happy to have a new way to create by being able sew things and quilt.  I wish I'd been doing it forever, but I'm happy I started at all. I encourage you to start doing whatever it is you would like to do, today!!! I have learned to knit, crochet, paper craft, and sew...in the last 5 years! I keep telling anyone who will listen that I am so happy I started seeing because there's this whole world of fabric and patterns that I have access to now! I am really enjoying sewing and I look forward to improving as I keep working! Tomorrow I will be posting a video about making inked backgrounds for your layouts, happy crafting!

Quilt Fabric Storage Idea with the Big Shot

Sewing, Diy, How to, Quilting, Crafts, Storage, TutorialGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone! I just started using my Sizzix Big Shot to cut fabric and I had an epiphany. I'm a modern quilter and I love jelly roll quilts. I was cutting some fabric last night and decided to "kit" my jelly rolls. 

 

Cutting 2.5" strips

Cutting 2.5" strips

Strips galore! 

Strips galore! 

Then I put them into groups I would probably use together. 

 

I tied the rolls with scrap strips from cutting.

I tied the rolls with scrap strips from cutting.

Then I can just stack them up and save space! This would make an awesome gift for a fellow quilter as well. Hope this helps organize your stash, happy crafting!

Easy Baby Quilt With Appliqué

How to, Diy, Sewing, Quilting, ColorGabriela SimsComment

Hey there! Gabriela here with another quilt project. This time I decided to do a modern quilt with a little appliqué. I am making two of these quilts so I cut all of my fabric at once. 

 

The white is my background and the fairies will be my center. 

The white is my background and the fairies will be my center. 

Next I laid out my blocks to get a feel for how much space I would have for the appliqué.  

 

A little rough. 

A little rough. 

Then I pressed and sewed the blocks together. 

 

All squared up!  36" x 36"

All squared up!  36" x 36"

I did the appliqué by drawing my letters on my Cricut Explore.

 

 

I did this in Design Space. 

I did this in Design Space. 

Then I fussy cut the letters and heart. 

 

A little curled up. 

A little curled up. 

I applied Heat n' Bond to the backs and pressed them. 

 

Crispy and fresh! 

Crispy and fresh! 

Next I fused them to the quilt top and stitched around the edges. 

 

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Then I attached the back and the batting!

 

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Now the quilting! 

Trying out free motion. 

Trying out free motion. 

Then the binding and it's done. 

 

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I'll be making another quilt like this and then making a Queen size quilt after that. I hope the directions were clear, happy crafting!