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Made a couple of buntings for my niece and nephew last night and this morning. I was surprised how quickly they come together.

My nephew is getting ready to hit 3rd grade and wants Jayhawk items and colors for his room.  Good choice, Owen. Red and blue, K-U, Rockchalk!

The KU bunting was made using leftover fabrics from the Bean Bags.

This pink and purple bunting is for my niece who is four.  I used pale floral fabrics leftover from quilting projects.

Total cost = $0. I like that.   Triangles from both projects are about 8″ wide and 9″ tall.

AND….   **drumroll**

I got 3rd in Love By Hand’s Christmas in July sewing challenge.  Woot, woot!!

Can’t wait to receive my goodies. Muahahaha!

I have a lot of projects I’m wanting to get done so this weekend I’ll be in sewing frenzy mode.   Catch ya later –

Finished in the nick of time!  The Christmas challenge at Love By Hand ends today.  My entry is a kaleidoscope pillow.

With so many different scraps I love how colorful it is. I don’t even think there is a repeat fabric!

I hand quilted the front of this using different color threads between the blocks.

Since it’s a gift (can’t say who, in case they are reading) I wanted a secure zipper back and included a half inch of flange.

And I couldn’t forget my little label.  I still think it’s neat to see my name on something! (coupon 627handworks for 15% off!)

After seeing kaleidoscope pillows from Rita at Red Pepper Quilts and Stephanie at Quarter Incher I had to make one.

Now I’m making a kaleidoscope quilt.  The pattern is different and I hope it turns out just as bright.

Oh!  I know I’ve mentioned this before but I always keep an eye out for clearance sheets.

They are perfect for pillow linings because you can get them cheap and at the same time add an interesting pop of color.

Now I need to fold it up and store it with my Christmas items so I don’t forget I made it!  Hope she likes it

Did you have an entry in the challenge?  Have you created anything using a kaleidoscope pattern?

This is a first but I’ve put up a couple of patterns over at Craftsy.

I do have Free Paper Piecing templates available and plan to keep adding to those after the Block Rock’n series is complete (only 2 more!).

Since I’m in a few quilting bees I’d like to try and offset some of the shipping costs.   I love having quilting bee members overseas, but I don’t love the cost of mailing a tiny little block!

This Scrap Medley pattern is great for using up scraps.  I made a pillow top strictly out of my scrap pile.  It won’t break the bank at $1.

I think I may have a little holiday series with the snowman above, Rudolph and something else.  Simple pattern you make to your size.

You can access these at anytime by clicking “Pattern Store” from the link at the top of my page or in the sidebar.

Hope you are having a fantastic Monday – see you for Thursday Threads!