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Machine Quilting

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

I've been busy this week machine quilting some fun quilts.

This is a fun & super simple boy quilt made from Emily Herrick's new fabric.

I machine quilted it with an all over sports pattern, super cute and super boyish!

Joan pieced this beautiful quilt for one of her grandchildren who is getting married this summer.

She asked me to machine quilt an all over pattern, so I machine quilted this beautiful rose pattern. I love how it turned out on the quilt back.

I also machine quilted this fun quilt for Dawnelle! She made it for her daughters bed, so cute and happy!
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Blue & Gold Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:29:00 +0000

Barbara pieced this beautiful blue and gold quilt.

I machine quilted it for her. There is a lot of outlining and detail quilting, I love how it turned out.

I added this fun little detail to the center of each star.

Thanks for letting me machine quilt this fun quilt for you Barbara!
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Children's Hooded Towel ~ A free tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:24:00 +0000

At our home hooded the hooded towel is a must! So I thought I'd share with you how simple they are to make!

Girl or Boy.... Hugs to Enjoy!

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

A few months back I was privileged to machine quilt these darling little quilts for Melissa.And today I get to share them!They are published in the March/April issue of McCalls Quilting magazine!YIPEE!

I think the quilts are so darling in the magazine!They are great designs Melissa!

And of course I have to share a few close ups of the machine quilting. :)

The boy version.

and the girl version.

Thanks for letting me machine quilt these darling quilts Melissa!

You can purchase your copy of this magazine here.

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My all time most popular tutorials!

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:57:00 +0000

I love tutorials, I've got a few in the works, while I'm getting things ready to share those I thought I'd share the 8 most popular tutorials from my blog.8.Star Flower Quilt Block Tutorial

7.Figgy Christmas Tutorial

6.9 Birdie Baby Quilt Tutorial

5.Square Christmas Tree Skirt Tutorial

4.Starch Applique Tutorial

3.Verna's Quilt Tutorial

2.Magic Baby Quilt Tutorial

And....#1 goes to, everyone's favorite.Self Binding Receiving Blanket Tutorial

Thanks to everyone for visiting our tutorials!I hope that they are all helpful to you!!!!
Please take a moment and tell me what type of tutorials you'd like more of. Quilts, baby accessories, home decor...
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Free Valentines Day Tutorials

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:31:00 +0000

For some strange reason I'm really excited for Valentines Day this year. My husband always seems to "forget" so I really don't know why I'm excited.
I thought I take a moment today and share some reasons to be excited!
I've made a few Valentines Day tutorials in the years past and I just have to share them again,
L'Amore E'Bello Tutorial

Hugs & Kisses Tutorial

Hugs Place Mat

I've also got a new Valentines Day tutorial in the works, I get to share in with you in a couple weeks when I participate in the Simply Charmed Blog Hop!

Melissa asked me along with some other super awesome bloggers to join her in the first Simply Charmed Blog Hop. 10 days of Valentine tutorials and giveaways kicking off on February 1st.

February 1 - Melissa from Happy Quilting

February 2 - Heather from Quilt Story

February 3 - Melissa from Lilac Lane

February 6 - Angela from Cut to Pieces

February 7 - Amy from Diary of a Quilter

February 8 - Natalia from Piece N Quilt

February 9 - Jessica from Twin Fibers

February 10 - Katie from Swim, Bike, Quilt

February 11 - Jane from Want It, Need It, Quilt

February 13 - Corey from Little Miss Shabby

February 14 - Happy Valentines Day and the Grand Prize Winner Announcement!!!!

The Simply Charmed title came about because each of us created our project using 1 Charm Pack and added yardage if necessary but only for backing, lining ect. The bulk of each project is made using just the 1 Charm Pack of Always and Forever by Deb Strain. And trust me, you are going to be amazed with what you can create using a single charm pack!!!

You won't want to miss that amazing hop! There are some fabulous prizes that are being given away by all of the awesome sponsors! I'll share more details on the 8th!

So are you ready to hop along with us??? Are you excited for February 1st?????

Well then grab a button and spread the word!!

Let's see how far we can spread the homemade love this Valentines Day!!!! .

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Tablet Keeper Blog Tour—20 Days of Creativity & Prizes

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:17:00 +0000

Today I get to share my newest little gadget holder, a Nancy Zieman Tablet Keeper. At our home the Ipad is mostly played with by the 4yr old so keeping it a nice cover has always been something that is important. I have always just had cheapo covers that I've purchased, never had anything great that I was proud to walk around with.

I'm still totally crushing on Hometown by Sweetwater for Moda fabrics so of course I made my tablet keeper from Hometown.Hometown fabrics can be purchased at Fat Quarter Shop or at Burgundy Buttons.
One of the essentials for this tablet keeper is the Nancy Ziemans' Trace n Create templates.

(which are pretty cool to work with)I followed the pattern step by step, and I was quite surprised how nicely it all turned out. I'm not one who is good at following directions, or even making anything that isn't flat like a quilt so I was very impressed!

Nancy is hosting a pretty cool give away over on her blog, the giveaway consists of a bunch of Clover notions that any sewer would love to get their hands on!

Don't forget to share pictures of your Tablet Keeper over in Nancy's flickr group.
Also, don't miss checking out everyone else's fun Tablet Keepers, I think it's a lot of fun to see the little twist that everyone else has put on their tablet keepers.

January 3 nancy zieman

January 4 amy ellis

January 5 sharon pernes

January 6 vicki christensen

January 9 joan hawley

January 10 pat sloan

January 11 eileen roche

January 12 liz hicks

January 13 fran ortmeyer

January 16 ilene miller

January 17 julie herman

January 19 natalia bonner -today!

January 20 frieda anderson

January 23 cindy cloward

January 24 beckie hansen

January 25 amy webb

January 26 allie robertson

January 27 mary mulari

January 30 laura wasilowski

January 31 carol porter

**This is a sponsored review**

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Burp Cloths

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:00 +0000

I mentioned back here that my niece is expecting a baby girl. I remember when Chesney was a baby it seemed like we went through about five thousand burp cloths a day (okay maybe a little exaggeration).

This style were my favorite so Kathleen and I made four of them for her. I also mentioned that she is into Owls so of course I had to make one with an Owl, and I also love names on things so I had to make one with her name. :)
Let me know if you're interested in a tutorial.
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Wave Quilt

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:45:00 +0000

Teressa pieced this beautiful wave quilt as a birthday gift for her son.

Her son spent a couple years living in Jamacia so she made this beautiful quilt as a memory. So cool!

I machine quilted this fun swirly pattern all over with a nice variegated thread, to keep with the motion look of the quilt and I love how it turned out!Thanks for letting me quilt this fun quilt Teressa!
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Quilts for Twins!

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Tina is absolutely amazing when it comes to creativity and technique. I met Tina a few months back at The Sewing Summit and little did I know we live so close to each other. Tina pieced these two beautiful quilts for a friends twins. There is an amazing story that goes behind these quilts that is just amazing, everything in the quilts has symbolism and makes them so special.

The applique is all turned and done by hand and is just perfect!

They twins are boy and girl so the quilt above is for the boy and the one below is for the girl.I machine quilted them for her and they were so much fun to quilt. I loved adding a little detail to make them special.

Thanks for letting me machine quilt these beautiful quilts Tina.
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Owl ~ Baby Quilt

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000

My niece is having a baby soon so it's time to shower her with gifts!YAY!She is having a little girl and going to decorate the nursery with owls.

So, my sister-in-law pieced this fun little quilt and I helped her out by adding the applique and then machine quilting it for her.I love it!It'll be so cute in the nursery.

I had to take a few close up shots to share the detail, I don't want to forget how cute it turned out.Click below to see the rest of the photos!

Self Binding Receiving Blanket {my favorite free tutorial}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:48:00 +0000

The last few weeks a little fire has been lit under me, since deciding it was time to figure out how to do embroidery applique I've been on a little kick! Figuring out and learning new designs, and it's really fun to do!The other day Kathleen and I made this fun little Self Binding Receiving Blanket, I have a free tutorial here, then I added the embroidery applique and I love how it turned out!

I used Snuggles by Moda Fabrics for the center of the blanket and Fox Trails by Doohikey Designs for Riley Blake fabrics for the back (green) and the applique. I love it!Fabrics are available at Fat Quarter Shop here and here.
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Surf Shop

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:17:00 +0000

Jamie pieced these two darling quilts for her boys!

I love how they turned out. They totally remind me of the Pottery Barn and I LOVE Pottery Barn!

I machine quilted them for her, I wanted them to look good together but not be the exact same, so I machine quilted a swirly pattern on each of them but each pattern is just a little bit different.

They are just darling aren't they!
Pattern is Surf Shop by Emily Herrick of Crazy Old LadiesFabric is Going Costal also by Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies for Michael Miller Fabircs
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Scrappy Circle Quilt

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:25:00 +0000

A couple years back a bunch of my family got together and had a fun quilting retreat. We sewed and quilted a lot together but we had the most fun making these scrappy circle quilt blocks.

Ilene recently finished putting hers together and I machine quilted it for her. It was a lot of fun to quilt and remember where so many of the fabrics came from.

Thanks for letting me machine quilt your scrappy quilt Ilene!!
Here is a picture of my version of the scrappy circle quilt.
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Whole Wheat Pancakes ~ a free recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Whole Wheat Pancakes are one of my all time favorite breakfast foods. Growing up there were very few Saturday or Sunday mornings that I don't remember waking up to these. Now as an adult I like to make them almost every weekend as well!

Complete recipe below

Baby Boy Quilt

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:32:00 +0000

I machine quilted this fun little baby quilt for Colleen the other day.

She wanted me to quilt an all over pattern and something that wasn't girly at all.

So, I machine quilted this fun geometric pattern.I love how it turned out! I don't think it's girly at all....what do you think?

The back of the quilt is a gray minky and it quilted up so cute!Thanks for letting me machine quilt this fun quilt Colleen!
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Hobo Quilt Blocks ~ January

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:19:00 +0000

It's time for Hobo Quilt Blocks again! We only have two months to go after this!This month you will make the following blocks:

Food For Work pg 77

Good For A Handout pg 89

Good Water pg 91

Hit The Road Fast pg 95

Hold Your Tongue pg 99
Click here to see the other Hobo Quilt Blocks, you can also share your Hobo Quilt Blocks in our Flickr group.
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Embroidery Applique

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +0000

For a long time now both my mom and I have really been wanting to learn how to do embroidery applique. We have so many fun things in mind but just haven't taken the time to figure out how to do it.Yesterday I decided it was time.I messed around with it a little, realized I had the machine set up wrong at first... but once I got it all figured out and going it was a lot of fun!

This little guitar is my first official piece of machine embroidery applique. Pretty simple but I'm thinking it's pretty dang cute. And... you can bet that now that I have started to figure out how to do machine embroidery applique there will be a lot more of it in my future!YIPEE!
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I'm Celebrating!

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:54:00 +0000

Today is a day of celebration for a few reasons!
First of all, our families cute little dog just turned 8 years old! Seriously the time goes by so fast! I cannot believe we've already had him for eight years.
Second, this is my 1,000th blog post. I was thinking I should do something exciting and fabulous but it just hasn't happened....
Third, a couple nights ago my little girl was playing with her dolls and she kept telling me that she needed blankets for her dolls, that's something I should totally make for her, but since I haven't ever made any for her I remembered that when I got married my mom gave me all of my old stuff that she had kept, one is a little doll stroller that has a little pillow and a tiny doll quilt. I decided to pull those out and let Chesney play with them.She loves them! They are perfect size for her dollies and now she can keep them warm.

I had to snap a totally candid picture, but mostly I just wanted to share, that cute little quilt, the one under the bumbo, yes the bumbo that my 4yr old is sitting in is the little doll quilt that my mom made for me about 25 years ago. I'm so glad that it's stayed in such great condition and that my daughter can now play with it.Also check out what she has in her hands, a little lite brite, did any of you have one of those when you were little, I did, it was big and white and had to be plugged in, but it was cool! Now them make them small and portable and they are still cool!
Okay, time to get back to quilting! I'm working on a few darling projects for Amy that I just can't share yet.
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Yummy Banana Slush {a free recipe}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:34:00 +0000

I guess that the holidays are coming to an end, tomorrow we will officially go back to work and back to reality... which is a good thing!But, before I go back I had to share my very favorite recipe for the holidays. Banana Slush, I can't remember a Christmas that I haven't had this drink. :)

A Quilt With A Camera

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Joyce is very creative when it comes to piecing her quilts. She is always adding something special to make them unique.This beautiful quilt she added that darling camera and hat, very cute!

She also added the dimensional flowers, they gave the quilt so much cute detail.I machine quilted this fun quilt for Joyce, she asked that I quilt the entire quilt top using red thread, I was a little worried, because generally I would change thread colors for each fabric color, but I think it really turned out beautiful.

Joyce also pieced this darling dog quilt and this super cute ant quilt.
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2011 {a fantastic year to remember}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +0000

2011 has been another fantastic year!Seriously I could not have dreamed in my wildest dreams that some of the things that have happened in 2011 would ever happen in my lifetime!Some highlights include....Attending two Quilt MarketsSalt Lake City and HoustonHaving some of my patterns and machine quilting published in a few different places, including;Fresh Fabric TreatsModern BlocksQuiltmaker MagazineBest of Fat Quarter QuiltsAmerican Patchwork & Quilting

Who could forget, the first part of the year was spent campaigning for my mom in the McCalls Quilt Design Star Challenge!

I also was privileged again this year to share a few projects over at Moda Bake Shop includingSimple Spring Table Runner or Place MatsPillows Gone Wild&Jumbo Coins Baby Quilt

I love Moda Bake Shop.
The majority of my year was spent machine quilting. I love that I have the opportunity each day to spend time machine quilting quilts for my customers who have become my dear friends.

(Jamie's Modern Row Quilt)

Bev's Medallion Quilt

Donna's Daisy Quilt
I can't wait for 2012! I have so much in store that I'm busting at the seams (literally) to tell you about!Thank you all for following me along in my quilting journey, I hope you'll continue to follow along in 2012 so I can share my exciting adventures with you!
Happy New Year from Natalia & Kathleen!!!
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Cream Corn {a free recipe}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:01:00 +0000

Alright, I'm still on a sharing my favorite recipes kick today I'm sharing one of my very favorite recipes of all time.Cream Corn

Funeral Potatoes {a free recipe}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:55:00 +0000

Merry Christmas to you all! I hope that you all had a fabulous Christmas. We had a great time with family and are still trying to recover. I've decided to take a few extra days off this week to spend time with my family.
Yesterday something crazy happened to me and I decided to make a really yummy dinner, so I thought I'd share a few of our favorite recipes with you!First up "Funeral Potatoes"

Jumbo Coins {a free baby quilt tutorial}

noreply@blogger.com (Natalia Bonner) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:29:00 +0000

Baby quilts are my favorite thing to give as gifts to friends and family when they have a new baby. I'm always looking for something new and fun, but also simple to make. So today I've created this Jumbo Coins Baby quilt tutorial.