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Just One More

December 30, 2009 in Crafts, Finished Objects | 7 comments

One last finished item for 2009.  A little birdie told my dad I wanted a Kindle for Christmas, and my dad is not someone who can resist a gift idea.  Of course, I was totally paranoid I was going to ruin it on the way home, with no case to protect it.  Obviously, that had to be remedied immediately.

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I grabbed every bit of Amy Butler’s Lotus line that I had in my stash and put them together into this little case.  Speaking of Lotus, did you know that Fabric.com has a bunch in stock right now?! Including the Full Moon dots in Cherry and a few other colors? I may have placed an order and stocked up…

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My only beef is that the little adhesive dot of velcro isn’t sticking to the fabric as well as I might like.  Of course, I may have gotten impatient and played with it prior to the recommended 24 hours to let the sticky stuff set up…

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Scrappy gifts, Part 1

December 13, 2009 in Finished Objects | 3 comments

I hadn’t really planned on doing a ton of homemade gifts this year. I didn’t think I would really have enough time. But, then, I couldn’t resist when I saw a few ideas that people would really like.  Plus, it gave me a chance to play with more scraps!  Ooh, Amanda Jean, I can see how this could become quite addicting!

So, the first thing I pulled together was a Kindle cover for my mom.  I used the tutorial from the Sometimes Crafter, and it came together super easily.  My needle complained a little when doing the final topstitching through a lot of layers of fabric, and I had to convince it to keep moving the bulkiness under the foot, but overall it was very fast.

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Some of the fabrics I used were leftover scraps from the quilt I made for my mom, three years ago. The first lap quilt I ever made. I’ll have to try to take a picture of it when I go home next week.  I picked the rest to go with that group.  The inside is some leftover I have from a Neptune fat quarter bundle.

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I’m hoping to have a reason to make another one of these for myself when the holidays are over! And I may make one more before I leave, as I think my stepmom recently got a Kindle, as well.

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