Fabric Mom's Blog

Embroidered Christmas Ornaments

2021-02-02T08:00:00.022-06:00

I know it is February and no one wants to think about Christmas. I made quite a few Christmas ornaments from October through December last year. Here are a few pictures. Some are personalized for customers.

Badge Reels and A Memory Quilt

2021-02-01T12:18:00.003-06:00

A friend of mine who's a nurse suggested that I start making badge reels and selling them. There is Velcro glued on the back of the design so that they can be changed according to the season. Back in October I made about twelve badge reels and she took them to work. She sold all but one badge reel that evening. Well that definitely got the ball rolling. I have been stitching badge reels like crazy since then. I know I have over 50 different designs in my Etsy shop.

I made one Memory quilt last year. A sweet lady asked me to make this quilt for her daughter for Christmas. It is out of her younger sister's clothes. She had passed away a few years ago.

Here is a cute picture of Tim and I right before Christmas. We were doing last minute shopping and stopped at the park to look at Christmas trees that local businesses had decorated. Right when we were about to finish it started raining.

What have you been up to?

DIY Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

2019-05-14T15:26:00.000-05:00

I am on a journey in life to eat less sugar and processed food. I found a spaghetti sauce recipe and tweaked it to make it my own. It is very easy. Let me know if you try it and what you thought.

Ingredients:

1/2 of a Large Yellow Onion, chopped
2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 tbsp of Garlic, minced
2 28 oz cans of Crushed Tomatoes
2 tsp of dried Basil
1 lb of mild Italian Sausage
salt and pepper to taste

Cook the mild Italian sausage in a skillet on medium high heat. Brown it until there is no pink meat. Drain off the fat. Set off to the side. Heat up the extra virgin olive oil in a stock pot on medium heat. Saute the onions, garlic and basil for about 5 minutes or longer depending on how cooked you want them. Add the crushed tomatoes and stir well. Finally add the Italian sausage to the sauce. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

You can omit the meat if you want a meatless sauce. You could also cook other vegetables with the onion and garlic. We ate this over spaghetti squash. It would be great over zucchini noodles as well.

16 Inch Quilt Block With Half Square Triangles

2018-10-22T15:41:00.000-05:00

Half square triangles are a bugger. I found a tutorial through Pinterest that helps make the HST's come out more square. (As long as you sew on the line.) I want 2 1/2 inch blocks. So I started with a 5 3/4 inch block of each fabric. On the light color I draw an X diagonally from corner to corner. The a quarter of an inch on each side of that line I draw a line. These are the lines that you sew on. The vertical and horizontal lines drawn on the back are cut lines. Once you have sewn all the lines and cut it up you have eight 2 1/2 inch squares.

The third picture has the first row of blocks for my 16 inch quilt block that I am working on.

Inspirational Vinyl Shirt

2018-08-06T07:10:00.000-05:00

I made this shirt for myself not too long ago. It is red and I definitely stand out when I where it. The gold heat transfer vinyl really pops off of the red shirt. I have gotten a lot of compliments about this top. Love yourself. You are beautiful and exactly the way God made you.

Ali Express Infant Gown Fail

2018-08-01T16:03:00.001-05:00

I bought this gown from Ali Express. When I received it it already had white vinyl letters on it. Who would want a gown with someones initials on it? Weird. If you look real close at the second picture you can see the white letters under the fabric. I didn't want to waist the outfit. I bought this fabric at Hobby Lobby. I thought it would look good on the gown. I cut out the monogram that I wanted in brown heat press vinyl. All I have to do now is stitch around the outer edge of the rectangle to make sure it doesn't come off in the wash.

Thank Heaven For Little Blessings SVG in Pink Siser Vinyl

2018-07-31T10:16:00.001-05:00

I am on a roll making onesies. They make great baby shower gifts. I created this design in Inkscape. I cut the svg file out with my Cricut and then used my Siser heat press to adhere it.

Printed Vinyl Fail

2018-07-30T14:24:00.001-05:00

Here is a shirt I made for one of my brother's girls. Didn't turn out quite like I expected. The fon't doesn't stand out enough. I guess the print is too busy for the lavender t-shirt.

Alabama Quilt

2018-07-16T10:21:00.000-05:00

I spent a great many of Monday nights helping a very good friend make this Alabama themed quilt for her daughter’s birthday present. I had to keep it a secret. I was not allowed to share any pictures. This was very hard for me to do. I love to share pictures of the quilts that I make.

There are twenty-four 12 inch crimson squares with white appliqued A’s on them. The squares in the sashing around the blocks are houndstooth fabric as well as the border. I quilted the Alabama themed quilt with my Juki TL98 using a meander free motion quilting pattern. The Alabama quilt is queen sized.

Daily Free Embroidery Design

2017-04-21T09:25:00.003-05:00

Did you know that the website Daily Embroidery gives away one FREE embroidery design every day? Awesome right? Go get yours now.

Alabama Quilt Sneak Peak

2017-04-18T13:05:00.002-05:00

I have been meeting with my friend Brenda from church almost every Monday evening after work to help her make an Alabama themed quilt. The are some machine appliqued blocks in the quilt. 24 to be exact. We have spent many hours on them. I told her last night that if anyone asked how much it cost to make them one to tell them $500. 😁 We started sewing the sashing to the quilt blocks last night. This is a sneak peak.

Pinterest Recipe Success

2017-04-10T14:40:00.001-05:00


Ham and Cheese Party Roll Ups

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/hot-ham-cheese-party-rolls/

I was searching my Pinterest board of recipes for something easy to make. With a house full of boys it is hard to find something everyone will like. I'd give this a 3 out of 5 star rating because 3 of us loved it and 2 didn't. I loved it and think most of my friends would as well. It is definitely a ladies brunch or church gathering dish.

The recipe called for Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard. I had neither. I used yellow mustard and 1/2 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar instead. It turned out great. They could of cooked for 2 to three minutes longer.

Enjoy!

Frozen Feltie Hair Bows

2016-08-21T13:14:00.000-05:00

Minion Funnies

2016-08-21T13:06:00.000-05:00

5 Minute Video Explaining the Syrian War

2015-12-03T08:17:00.000-06:00

Thank you Ezra Klein for this brief yet informative video.

Not My Dream Backyard

2015-06-19T14:35:00.003-05:00

You can see my Pinterest Board with what I wish my backyard looked like.
#PinMyDreamBackyard

DIY Primitive Curtain Tutorial

2014-05-29T08:01:00.000-05:00

I found these instructions for simple primitive curtains on Farmhouse Prims blog. They are pretty basic and anyone with moderate sewing skills should be able to make them.

DIY Coaster Tutorials

2014-05-07T14:37:00.001-05:00

I always have good intentions of making gifts for everyone for birthdays or Christmas. However life seems to keep my ADD mind going in 20 directions. I was pondering what types of gifts to make that would be easy, not require a lot of time, and be cost effective. Drink coasters seemed to fit in all of those categories. A quick Pinterest search produced a ton of pins. These are the ones I am toying with making.

I Heart Nap Time DIY Coasters

The DIY Dreamer DIY Coasters

Modge Podge Rocks DIY Comic Book Coasters

Parties for Pennies DIY Glitter Coasters

The Sweetest Occasion DIY Chalkboard Coasters

Nellie Bellie Easy T-Shirt Coasters

Nellie Bellie DIY Jelly Toast Coasters

Martha Stewart DIY Map Coasters

Printable Grocery List

2014-04-08T10:25:00.000-05:00

This grocery list has just about every thing on it. It is a great find. I like being able to high light the items I need to buy on the grocery list. Then check them off as I shop. There are blank lines to add items that aren't on the grocery list.

Click this Grocery List link to go to the site and print one.

No Sew Tutu

2013-11-01T12:07:00.002-05:00

A friend and I made this no sew tutu for her daughter yesterday.

Fabric Postcard Give Away

2013-05-28T08:51:00.001-05:00

I am having a give away on my fabric postcard blog. If you would like to enter go here. I will be drawing a name and announcing the winner on June the 4th.

Blue Power Ranger Applique Design

2013-05-06T13:44:00.000-05:00

I created this blue power ranger applique design for my youngest son Andrew. He recently turned 5 and thanks to Netflix is obsessed with the power rangers. I am new to applique designing and hit a few snags here and there. I noticed a few changes that needed to be made after the first stitch out. It is a learning process for sure. I bought the Embird program for editing, digitizing, and converting applique designs last May. It isn't very user friendly for beginners. I have learned a lot over the last year through trial and error and with a little help from You Tube. After I stitched out the blue power ranger applique design I realized that the symbol color was wrong. It should be black with a white outline. Thankfully he is only 5 and wasn't bothered by this blunder.

Free Daily Household Routine Printable

2013-04-15T11:46:00.000-05:00

I found a free daily household routine printable today. I was looking for something customizable. I wanted to be able to change what needed to be done with out creating a whole new document. I made one for Joshua and one for myself. I thought I would share this great find with other bloggers. You have to have Adobe to open it and customize it.

You can go the website Fresh and Organized to download the Free Daily Household Routine Printable.

God Bless!

Easy Burp Cloth Tutorial

2013-03-20T13:29:00.000-05:00

A reader of Fabric Mom recommended this easy burp cloth tutorial to me. I thought I would share it with you.
EASY BURP CLOTH TUTORIAL

Blue Charm Quilt Pattern

2013-02-11T08:47:00.000-06:00

I designed a baby quilt called Blue Charm Quilt using EQ7 and wanted to share it with everyone. It is a very easy beginners quilt pattern. If you want it to have a scrappy look it will take 64 five inch squares. Charm packs would be great for this pattern. Please feel free to share this with anyone. I would love to see a picture of a finished product if anyone decides to make it. The link is to a PDF of the instructions. If you need a .doc or .odt format let me know and I can email it to you.

Happy Sewing!