Quilted Zombies: Heating Pad Cover & Body Pillow

Heat Seeking Zombies 

Years ago I made one of our sons a zombie quilt. One of our daughters fell in love with the fabric. Would I make her one, too, please? Sure, if I had enough fabric, but sadly there was not. So, I promised a smaller project, and we all know how those promises go. The shoemaker's children go barefoot! This week I kept my promise.

Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 4 of 4

Continued from 
Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 1 
Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 2
Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 3

My edges lined up much nicer this time. Pin both layers together staying toward the center of the bag to prevent waviness in the edges.

Start by stitching at the top right hand corner. Sew about 1/2", backstitch the same amount, then continue stiching around the bag. Stop with your needle down in each corner and pivot the bag. Finish by back stitching the seam back and forward 1/2", reinforcing the as in the beginning. I use a regular machine foot and 2.5 cm stitch length in a straight stitch.

Continue to open the zipper the whole way, and turn the bag right side out. It's absolutely a Ta-Dah! moment for you.

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Come on, Doxie girls.
Let's go sew some zipper bags.


Linking up with~
Freshly Pieced
Sew Fresh Quilts
Freemotion by the River

Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 3 of 4

Continued from 

Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 1 and 

Part 2

Replace the sewn pieces on your workspace in the same position. Flip the backing section on top of the zipper section, and sew to the out facing only just as you did with the first piece.

Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 2 of 4

This is a continuation of Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 1 of 4

Press with a warm iron staying away from the nylon teeth. A hot iron may damage the zipper. (Feel relieved that the hardest part is over.)

Zipper Bags Simplified: Part 1 of 4

Zipper bags are one of my favorite things to make. I have tried to produce the simplest tutorial to help even a beginner make one successfully. Please let me know if you have any questions, or I can make something more understandable.

Perfecting the Pouch-Zipper Bags Revisited

"The essential conditions of everything we do must be choice, love, passion."

                                      ~Nadia Boulanger

Immediately after a quilt top finish, I like to stop for a breather and clean the studio. Organizing is the therapy I need before saying hello to the next new thing. I sorted the scrap pile I'd made creating the Moda Modern, and when I opened my bins to put them away, it was like the scene from Jumanji where Alan Parrish was sucked into the board game. 

The One Year Journey of a Quilting Blogger

Me, Julie, the Pink Doxie Mama

This post has been turning in my mind for a month. I joined the 2015 New Quilt Bloggers in June as a way to hone my blogging skills and meet others. We've covered the gamut of topics in our Facebook group, and I've enjoyed being introduced to both the new blogs, and the real voices behind them.  

Second Entry for 2015 Blogger's Quilt Festival-"Zombies, Zombies, Zombies!"

We took advantage of a quick break in the

rainstorms, and snapped a few new pictures

to show off "Zombies, Zombies, Zombies!" 

Another post telling the whole backstory can

be found HERE.

This quilt was made for my son, who happens

to hate zombies, so it's a little tongue-in-cheek.

Regardless, he liked his quilt I made last fall.

This marks my second entry into the

2015 Blogger's Quilt Festival at 

Amy's Creative Side. This is a smaller

quilt than "Chicago, 2007", which is entered in 

the large quilt category. Measuring in at "52x61", 

this will be entered in the "Home Machine Quilted" category.

Zombies is one of the first quilts I had the

chance to quilt on my Janome. I had moved

up from a 7" throat space to a whopping 11"!

I went a little crazy with the graffiti style

quilting, and the grey Aurifil thread popped 

on my black Kona backing.

The fabrics were a hoot to work with, and I

loved the fussy cutting possibilities. 

I chose a black and white hatched fabric

for the binding shown above.

I think one of the best things about doing so

much freestyle is you develop a rhythm as 

you move the quilt. 

I pieced the back with the intent for it to

look like little legs on the sides.

Since this was one of the first quilts I made

in my early blogging days last fall, it's new to

most of you. So...

"Ta Dah!"

Time to get back in the archives and put

some labels on old posts, I think. There are

some goodies hiding in there yet, if you

care to check them out.

Like this.

And, yes, Mishsa and his pasture mates are doing 

well, and loving their new barn. We'll do an

update on them soon.

If you're new to Pink Doxies, the

Pet Project Show runs Saturday-

Monday every week, and is your

opportunity to link up whatever

lovely thing you're working on.

We'd love to see you there!

Come on, Doxie girls.

Let's go to Amy's Creative Side,

and check out all the quilts today.

Linking up with~
Late Night Quilter
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Tuesday Tips and Tutorial today! 
You'll love it.
Blossom Heart Quilts
Freemotion by the River
Monday Makers
Show and Tell with Bambi
Cooking Up Quilts

One Charley Harper and a Zombie Dog Bed Done

My daughter requested a dog bed for a friend. Could it be something edgy for one very feisty dog? I love the Zombie fabric, and luckily had some leftover in both my stash and scrap bins. They agreed, so I used the same piecing method as the Love quilt. Free-cut strips, and improv piecing. I didn't pay much attention to the layout, but evened up the strips when they were long enough. I was aiming for a 24"x24" top.

I Survived the Zombie (Quilt)

This is Friday, and I'm doing the Happy Dance.

The Zombie quilt is done, done, done. 

Woohoo!

Quilts and Barns

WIP: Zombies back and front

"This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween..."

The Zombie quilt is coming along just dandy. I finally decided this odd design 'feels' like it belongs here. I snuck in a few good hours this morning, and plunged into the project. It'll be done by evening for my Zombie lover.

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

Two days left 'til All Hallow's Eve! Don the costumes! Buy the candy!

If you were a good parent, and you had a child who was creeped out by Zombies, Zombie movies, and everything to do with Zombies, what would you do? 

Forgive me now. Or hate me. Meh. Either way, I made him a Zombie quilt. Let me justify this by saying he was nearly 21 at the time I started it, okay? The prints were adorable, and I knew I had to make this quilt. Maybe it would help desensitize him along the way.