It’s finally my day to participate in Plum & June’s “Let’s Get Acquainted Blog Hop”! If you are new to my blog, thanks for stopping by, and if you are a current reading, I hope you enjoy learning a little bit more about me.
My name is Janice and I live in Glendale, CA with my husband and 2 children (Liam is 3 and Emmeline is 17 months). We recently moved back to the LA area from Sonoma County and I am enjoying settling back into our 1927 English tudor-style bungalow.
Here are a few projects I have made:
1. April Bee Happy, 2. Oliver + S “Family Reunion” Dress, 3. 80’s swap, 4. Sneak Peak, 5. DQS10:front, 6. Circle Stroller Quilt, 7. Scrappy Lone Star Quilt, 8. FLQS- Birds Fly Over the Rainbow, 9. Stud “Fussy Cut” Swap, 10. FLQS1- Done and ready to send, 11. Cloth diapers for Emmeline, 12. DQS11-front, 13. Fairy Tale Baby Quilt, 14. Emmeline’s Stocking, 15. Geese in the Forest top, 16. Bee Block for July
Beth asked a few questions and here are my answers!
– Favorite craft book: I am so inspired by “Sunday Morning Quilts” (I am addicted to scrappy projects). On wish list is “Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters” and the Japanese craft book “163 Favorite Patchwork Patterns”.
– Book you are currently reading: I recently read “Angry Housewives Eating Bob-Bons” and I really enjoyed it. I also love Diana Gabaldon, Michael Chabon, Marian Keyes, & Sophie Kinsella, to name a few authors.
– Favorite children’s book: My kids and I love “I Took The Moon For A Walk” and “Kitten’s First Full Moon”
– Favorite quilting tool: My rotary cutter.
– Favorite music to listen to while quilting: Ben Folds Five and I also listen to 90’s music on Pandora.
– Favorite TV show while hand stitching: “Modern Family”, “How I Met Your Mother”, or older shows like “Quantum Leap”.
– Binding – by hand or by machine?: Almost always by hand. I love hand-sewing the last little bit of the quilt. It’s so relaxing.
For my tutorial, I thought I would show my lovely readers how to make Christmas-themed bunting. It’s a very quick, easy way to add a touch of handmade Christmas to your home and it also makes a great gift!
You will need:
- 9 various fabric strips (1.5″ x 12″)
- 1 9″ x 12″ piece of felt
- Heat ‘n’ Bond Lite (or some sort of iron-on adhesive)
- ribbon and trim scraps
Sew strips together along long edges to create a 9.5″ x 12″ rectangle. Press seams flat and sew 3 strips of trim diagonally on rectangle as pictured above.
Cut 9″ x 12″ piece of Heat n Bond and iron onto felt (be careful not to melt your felt!) and then iron your fabric strip rectangle onto the felt.
Draw shapes on your felt. I drew 4 triangles (trees), 3 stockings and a candy cane.
Cut shapes out and top-stitch around the edge of each one. I added a felt trunk to each tree as I was top-stitching.
Sew onto ribbon, hang bunting and enjoy!
You can also make them into tree ornaments by sewing a gold embroidery thread through each one.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope to see you around here again real soon! Make sure you also stop by Shena’s blog today and give her a warm welcome!
Great post Janice! I love your tutorial idea – those are so cute! All your projects in your mosaic are awesome – I especially like that Little Red Riding Hood mini.
This is a super cute project. I am going to try this for sure
Great post! It’s great to ‘meet’ you. I love your tutorial. It’s something that my kids would love to do. I’ll have to make an effort to try it before Christmas. My tutorial was for a Christmas table runner, so there must be something in the water around here!
Yay for Ben Folds! Excellent taste in quiltin’ music!
That is such a sweet idea for Christmas! Love it!
Love seeing some of your makes in a mosaic too – lots of lovelies there!
what a fun post! love your tutorial. and I didn’t know you were a diana galbadon fan, too (such a guilty pleasure, eh?)
Hello, nice to meet you! Thanks for the lovely tutorial. You’re projects are beautiful, I’m blown away by that circle of geese!
REALLY great idea and tutorial! I absolutely love this.
This is a really great idea. Thanks for the tutorial and it’s nice to meet you on the blog hop!
Great post and tutorial, Janice! Thanks! Thanks for sharing your latest projects. Man, you are prolific! I especially am loving that Stud Fussy-Cut Swap circle and the Little Red Riding Hood. Please tell me, what is your stabilizer of choice? I have some Sulky Totally Stable but am thinking I may need some Wonder Under for a machine applique project. Thanks! I see you use Heat n Bond, but stabilizers are completely foreign to me. Hmmm … sounds like a great idea for a post 😉
It is nice to learn more about you. All of your projects are amazing. Love the tutorial. I want to make one for my fireplace.
Already a follower, but nice to get to know you better:) Love the variety in your mosaic – many items I hadn’t seen and I will have to check out! Great tutorial – easy + looks fancy = perfect!
I love your tutorial. I can’t believe it is time for Christmas Crafts even though I did one for my tutorial. It would be wonderful to see some of your costume designs as well. Nice to meet you on the blog hop!
Janice, you are so very talented! It was nice to learn more about you and I just love your Christmas bunting. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. It was nice to meet you!
Very cute tutorial! The Birds Fly Over the Rainbow quilt in your mosaic is OUT of this world!! Wow!
Nice to meet you! Cute bunting idea.
Nice to meet you on the blog hop, great mosaic and I remember your AMAZING Modern Flying Geese from the Bloggers Quilt Festival!
Awesome! I am so doing this for office Christmas gifts this year! Thanks for sharing your tutorial, Janice!
Loving the bunting and thinking how easy to adapt to any colour scheme. Good to meet you on the blog hop 🙂
What a cute tutorial thanks for sharing. I went to Carnegie Mellon too, Chemical Engineering graduated 2000.
Hi Janice, nice to meet you. You have lots of great projects. Congrats on your Bloggers Festival quilt win!
You are a talented lady. I enjoyed looking at the things you made. Your tutorials are written very well. Thank you.