Classic Winnie the Pooh Crib Quilt is complete!

Last night I finished the binding on my Classic Winnie the Pooh Crib Quilt!  I am very happy with how it turned out, and I just put it up for sale on my Etsy site.  (Although I will have a very hard time selling it!!)

 

 

 

Free Shipping from now until December 20th!

Visit www.mycreativethreads.etsy.com (or click on the logo on the left hand side) to take advantage of free shipping from December 10th- December 20th.

Here are a couple of my newest creations:

A new Design

I received a special order for a large duffel bag.  It took a while to figure it out, but I was very happy with the final outcome.

 

 

Classic Winnie the Pooh

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend I was able to spend time finishing my Classic Winnie the Pooh Crib Sized quilt top.  It just needs to be quilted and bound, and then I will be putting it on my Etsy site to sell.  I searched high and low for this beautiful Classic Winnie the Pooh fabric, and I will have a hard time selling it, since I really love how it has turned out.

Black Friday Weekend Sale!!

Take advantage of a great sale this weekend on Etsy.  I will be offering 15% off one item, and 20% off each item for a purchase of two or more items Friday, November 27th-Sunday, November 29th.  Also take advantage of other Etsy-ians great sales.   Type in "Etsy Holiday sale" in the search tab on the main page of etsy to see what other great sellers are being offered by other etsy sellers.
You can click on the link to my Etsy site on the left, or cut and paste: www.mycreativethreads.etsy.com
The Main Page of Etsy link is: www.etsy.com
Happy Shopping!!

All things Handmade

As we enter into this holiday season, gift buying is on our minds.  The buying frezy begins this Friday, black Friday.  The most insane shoppers wake up at the butt crack of dawn to be the first in the stores.  The seriously insane shoppers camp out at the stores the entire night fervently pounding down the doors until they open, eager to take advantage of killer sales and supreme deals.  I am not really much of a shopper, so the idea of fighting crowds all day, pursuing crazy bargins really doesn't appeal to me.  I would much rather spend the day relaxing and exercising off the carbo-loaded meal from the day before.
Anyway, to get to the point of this post... I want to encourage all my readers to think twice before you spring for that super-great and fabulous made-in-China deal from Walmart.  (No offense to Walmart shoppers, as I am one from time to time).  I want to encourage you to think about purchasing gifts that are Handmade.  There are multitudes of stay-at-home mom's and dad's, and entrepreneurs working hard to create unique items from home.  By buying homemade gifts, you are not only giving wonderfully original gifts, you are also supporting a crafter/ artist who are using their talents to supplement their income and/or provide for their families.   This post is not to promote my own handmade business (although, I will not stop you from clicking on the My Creative Threads logo to the left ), but rather to encourage the support of all things handmade.  A good place to start is by shopping on the website I use for my business, Etsy: www.etsy.com.  This website is a wonderful venue for handmade and vintage items. 
It is definitely much BETTER TO GIVE THEN TO RECEIVE, and I hope that we can all enjoy this season of giving!!
PS.  If you can't find the perfect Handmade gift, try making one yourself.  Nothing says I love you more than something that you took the time to make!!

A mistake turned into quilt

So I was working on blocks for my snowball quilt and I mistakenly trimmed four of those blocks to 6" squares. (They are supossed to be 6 1/2" squares).  OOPS!  Can't use those blocks in the snowball quilt.  So I got to thinking about how to use them, and I decided to make a couple red and cream blocks to incorporate all six into a small table runner.  So I loaded the fire place with wood, moved the sewing machine into the family room, turned on the tv and quilted away last night.  Here is the finished product: (well not quite finished, it still needs to be bound).

I had a hard time deciding which order to lay out the green, red, and cream blocks.  I finally decided I liked this way the best as I would most likely be placing a candle or other decoration in the center.  TADA!