Another
Flirty Apron Swap completed.
Shawnee's theme this time was Back To The Future. You had to do a apron from the 50s, the 80s, the future or an apron based on the movie. Hmm. Then you had two include at least 3 tuck ins, one from each era: the 50ss, the 80s and the 21st century. Hmm, I admit was stumped. So what I came up with was buying fabric representing each of the eras and creating a tuck in from the fabric.
For the apron I went with the 50s. I found this fabric and fell in love with it. Umm, I was born in the 50s, cough, cough. I made up a "clothespin" style apron. I used the sew simple Retro Print Apron pattern by Dawn Stewart of
Springwater Designs that was featured in the Winter 2010 edition of
QuickQuilts. I really like this pattern, makes a nice and simple half apron.
For the 50s tuck ins I made an oven mitt from the 50s fabric and I found some color matching cocktail style napkins that represented the 50s.
The 80s kind of stumped me. I remember the 80s really well, I had all 3 of my kids in that decade. Then I came across some Cabbage Patch Kids Fabric and made another
Smart Bag from the fabric.
For the 21st century I found this futuristic fabric and seed up this
travel case with the fabric. The case holds sewing essentials and is convenient for taking to classes, sew/quilt alongs, etc.
I also tucked in a few other items in the swap package. My partner for this swap was
Jena G aka Country Girl from Texas. I hope she liked her Back to the Future apron package. Now, I need to watch the movie. I haven't watched it yet and I understand it's being re-released.
Now here is the swap package that I received from
Jennifer. I always wanted a vintage apron and now I have two. Jennifer sent me this apron that was hand made by Janet from the
Empty Nest. It is gorgeous.
The tuck ins were cute: A vintage "chicken scratch" apron representing the 50s, white bead bracelets representing the 80s, and a photo mousepad which represented the 21st century. Thanks Jennifer!
A reversible apron. I picked this fabric because she really likes turtles.
I embroidered two adorable turtles on some bar mop towels and made a matching oven mitt.
My quilting pals and I attended the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XVII at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks PA. It was pretty late when I got home and I didn't want to deal with a difficult project.
It took hardly no time to sew the blocks together. Afterwards I played with a bunch of Halloween fat quarters that I picked up at the show. I'm thinking about what I'm going to do with the owls.
This is the Sonoma Swing Bag by Pink Sand Beach Designs. I had a kit that I purchased from the Village Quilter awhile ago. The instructions were very easy to follow, step by step with pictures.
I started making up these Halloween Treat Bags in anticipation of the upcoming spooky holiday. I have quite a few more to make. They are very easy to sew up. The pattern can be found in the fall 2010 edition of Quilts and More magazine, or at the All People Quilt website. You will have to register at the site to download the pattern.
Unfortunately I won't be able to attend the tea because I'll be attending my grandson's birthday party. I told my sister to take pictures for me.
