It's a mad craft world!

Yes, I've been happily crafting a lot lately. Last month, I was asked to teach the women in my Relief Society how to make fabric flowers at our October mini craft night. Since I hadn't attempted any prior (seriously do not know what took me so long!!!), my first instinct was to google "fabric flowers" and boy, did I find a great many excellent tutorials on fabric flowers! My favorites were the rolled (fabric), carnation (fabric), and peony (ribbon type) flowers. Here's a few pictures of some that I made and taught.

Check out these amazing tutorials.

http://tipnut.com/fabric-flowers/

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/03/22/10-beautiful-fabric-flower-tutorials/

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/12/tutorial-rolled-fabric-flowers/

So after I got home, I realized I needed something to put all of Aubrey's flowers on. My friend made a cute board to display the flowers for our mini craft night and so I decided to do something similiar. Here's what I came up with.  I definitely should have added another row to utilize the space more but not too shabby if I say so myself.

Our little pumpkin patch

On Monday, the kids and I did this cute little craft as our FHE activity. It was so much fun and the kids did great! I even got the boys to pick up a needle and thread! Thank you craftbuds.com! They have tons of great tutorials! Beware, you'll want to make everything!
http://www.craftbuds.com/fabric-pumpkins-tutorial/

Connor made one for his teacher to give to her for her birthday. He was really proud of his pumpkin!

Halloween Mumbo Gumbo Table Topper

I'm very happy to finally post something on my blog! I have been busy having so much fun with lots of projects and I just haven't had time to blog about it. I've been going between quilting and card making. I just don't know how all these talented crafty bloggers find the time to blog, craft, and raise a family! It's crazy! Anyway, after my wonderful trip to Utah for the quilting retreat last June, I decided it was finally time to share what I learned. So I showed my quilt group how to make the Mumbo Gumbo pattern ( http://www.pieintheskyquilts.com/mumbogumbo.html) and we used it with Halloween prints to make this fun Halloween table topper. It's a little busy but that's kind of the idea and hey, it's all about October FUN!

Last week, a friend asked me to help her with making some table runners. I remembered a runner that a friend of mine in my quilt group made last spring and thought it would be perfect.  She sent me the link to the tutorial she followed. This blogger has fantastic tutorials btw! http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2010/08/table-runner-tutorial.html So after helping my friend out, I couldn't wait to get started on my own. Here's mine.

I liked the idea of throwing some turquoise in there. It doesn't exactly go with my dining/living room decor but it's definitely a fun and fresh fall mix of color. I might just surprise a friend who happens to love turquoise. I'm thinking I'll do another one with my leftover Halloween strips. And then it's on to Christmas prints! I'll try to get some pictures of my cards up! But in the meantime, here's a link to my friend Tina's blog who posts all our card swaps. Check out her cute blog here: http://needles-n-notions.blogspot.com/ You'll also see a post on our quilt group action. Oh, my card was the Wild About You!