I enjoy making just a few handmade gifts each year. Keep Out was a gift to my husband.
This mini quilt was compiled with patterns from Tartankiwi for the bunny, from Crafty Nomad for the plant, and Carolyn Friedlander for the alphabet. The bunnies made themselves at home in our raised garden beds until we surrounded them with chicken wire!
I had more fun with the alphabet pattern in making this pillow for my youngest, the writer. I made another pillow - not pictured - for my middle daughter and used Spoonflower to print a photo of them.
The alphabet pattern is quite fun to work with so I decided to make a gift for my oldest. I wrapped the mini around a canvas frame so that it can hang by their front door. There was only minimal quilting around each letter. I like the way it looks and, frankly, it was all I had time to do!
Two gifts for friends - the first is a Harry Potter fan (see post)
and the other is a quilting buddy and our Friendsgiving gift exchange. (see post)
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All this gift giving interrupted my other projects in a perfect way. None of them took very long - except maybe for the Sew Together Bag - and each project was unique and enjoyable in its own way.
These look like fantastic personalized gifts and I hope they will be well loved and used. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat thoughtful gifts for each person! Those little alphabet letters are charming! I like the slender font. How nice to make a personalized name "sign" for one's house. Great idea! As for that Sew Together bag, I have great respect for you making it. I've made three of them myself and always mumble complaints under my breath about the poorly-written pattern instructions. Thankfully, there's an old online tutorial to help me through the worst of it. Such a great pouch design though! Practical for many uses. I am sure your friend loves it, and will make good use of it.
ReplyDeleteKeep out with the bunny is just adorable!
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