Author name: Melissa Dunworth

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3×6 Sampler Hive Test Block

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I don’t know what drove me to do it…but I signed up for the 3×6 bee again. On top of that I signed up for 2 different hives! LOL  I guess I just felt like I didn’t have enough going on.

When I do these bees I like to do a nice mix of my own original designs for blocks and then classic designs. For the Sampler Hive that I am in, I opted to design my own block. Here is the mock up:

And here is my test block.

I’m pretty happy with it, I like how it gives me the opportunity to show case 5 different prints and frames them beautifully.  I’m think of doing this up as a tutorial…would anyone be interested?  There will be 6 more of these made in the future.

May – A Lovely Year of Finishes Mid-Month Check In

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How on earth did it already become the middle of May. I think that time is moving faster and faster each month. On Mother’s Day my little Anne turned 3.5, I was not ready for that AT ALL!  Thankfully my 3.5 year old still naps! So that has given me plenty of time to work on my Swoon Quilt! Here are my last 2 blocks:

The bottom one is my favorite of the 2 but then I’m partial to that lovely red print.

Now Shanna and I would love to see how you are doing this month! This is not a mandatory link up, just a nice way to see where you are at and a friendly reminder that you have only so many days left to finish.

Please grab a button from my sidebar and link up. Remember it is the same link up on Shanna’s blog so if you have linked up with her, you don’t need to link up with me too 🙂

And let’s not forget to thank our lovely sponsors who had so much fun to each month!

 Stitch n’ Giggles
Paper Pieces
Intrepid Thread
local quilter Solar Threads find Becky on her facebook page here
Quilting Lodge
Aurifil
Contemporary Cloth

The finishes party will start on May 24th and run through midnight May 31st.



Reversible Purses

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The last 2 days I have been happily sewing away on a set of purses. I’m only showing you one here because they are completely identical. I followed a fabulous tutorial and pattern from verypurpleperson.  I found the pattern on Pinterest by searching for reversible tote patterns.  I made this bag as part of a swap group I’m in on Facebook – Sew Swap Share. The challenge this quarter is for a re-usable grocery bag. I decided my partner needed a chic reversible grocery bag made from some lovely home dec fabric by Anna Maria Horner, the design is “Drawing Room”. I already know that my partner is happy with the pictures and can’t wait to mail hers off to her. The extra one will be one of my new bags for farmer’s market and perhaps just around town too.

I’m torn…can’t decided if I like the blue better or the pink?!?

I just wanted to show off the darts a bit. I thought they were a nifty design feature – different take on a boxy bottom if you will.

What did you all work on this weekend?

Pollination

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mom’s out there!

One of my pet projects this year that I have been working on with Anne is our garden. Her favorite plant so far is our Blueberry Bush. I think she likes the idea of being able to walk out the front door and pick them right off our porch and honestly, I like that idea too!

Today I walked out the front door to share some homemade cinnamon rolls with my neighbors and I was greeted by a bee pollinating our blueberries! This is great news for us! I quickly grabbed up my camera, popped on a magnifying lens and snapped off as many pictures as I could before the bee flew away.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother’s Day!

The Skirts are Multiplying!

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Have I ever mentioned that Anne is a complete girly girl? Skirts, dresses and as much pink as she can possibly get her hands on. She is a little fashionista in the making and I’m really not sure where she gets this from because from the time I was her age I was the jeans and a tee kind of girl.  This is why I’m learning to sew clothes and her homemade skirt collection is GROWING!

After the success of the Robot Skirt, I decided to make her a couple more skirts. The first one was made out of fabric that I have had since I was a teenager. I also used this same fabric as the backing for my first quilt. (sorry for the crappy pics, I was using my cell phone)

I actually made a second one of this skirt for my friend Lisa’s daughter, this fabric is special to us both so it is only fitting that both of our little girls have matching skirts. I used the same tutorial that I used to make the Robot Skirt.

(She loved it!)

The next skirt is another fabric that I bought as a quilt backing. I bought a ton extra because I knew I would eventually make some clothes out of it, it will eventually become the skirt part of a dress as well. I found a great pattern for a bubble skirt on Pinterest. I love Pinterest. The tutorial is by Michaela from Covered in Mod Podge and was posted on The Ribbon Retreat Blog.

This one is quite possibly my personal favorite so far, I just love how it looks on Anne!

One last picture that has nothing to do with sewing…

Anne and I got in a discussion last week about the fact that you can’t paint your toes, so I decided to show her that you can. We had a lot of fun with it and she keeps telling me that I need to paint mine to match! LOL

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

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