Brendan & Tiffany Sullivan » Hobby Lobby

Cupcake Potholders

tiffany — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:43 +0000

During my last week in Tennessee, in between packing and painting, I did a tiny bit of sewing. I decided my new apartment would need some new kitchen potholders! I used two different patterns from my two sewing books that were birthday presents: One-Yard Wonders and Amy Butler’s In Stitches. The fabric came from my stash. The pink cupcake fabric and brown polka dot material comes from Jo-Ann’s. The colorful stripes fabric was a clearance fabric at Hobby Lobby.

The Amy Butler one features wonky patchwork squares on the front. It is quilted with a diamond design and has a pocket for your hand.

front

back with pocket

The One-Yard Wonders potholder has a hanging loop and I free-motion quilted it.

front

back

quilting

I am pretty pleased and can’t wait to use them in our new place.

Love,

Tiff

P.S. Maybe the cupcakes won’t look too terrible in our orange kitchen, there is some orange in this fabric…

Only five months…

tiffany — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:00:42 +0000

until Christmas. I think I need to start thinking about making a Christmas quilt. Don’t you agree?

cardinals, Christmas in the forest, and pinecones

Love,

Tiff

Fabric Collecting

tiffany — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:00:12 +0000

My newest quilting books says I should buy fabric that I like when I see it because it may not be there later. It also said I should probably just get a quarter of a yard. Well, you don’t have to tell me to buy fabric twice! I like buying quarter yards, too, because it doesn’t feel like I’m spending a lot of money (Brendan may disagree on that point).

Hobby Lobby finds:

red wood planks

the color is gorgeous!

transportation!

Love,

Tiff

Woodland Creatures

tiffany — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:00:39 +0000

Back in April, I bought this adorable fabric from Jo-Ann’s to make myself a quilt.

Edit: The far left fabric with the scrolling green pattern is from Hobby Lobby.

I love the little fox.

Aren't the bunnies cute?

Since I am waiting for the perfect backing for Jeanette’s quilt, I started it last week. I used a pattern from McCall’s Quick Quilts 2010 issue (the same issue that the “St. Brendan” pattern came from).

Here’s the quilt top. I ended up adding the mushroom fabric I used for my bag, and I didn’t use the light green polka dot material.

I’m not sure I like it. I think I should have used a darker fabric for the border. :-/ I guess even though individually I like the fabric, together they are too “warm”. I’ve always preferred cool colors.

I’m going to bind it with brown and I have no idea what I’ll use for the backing. Maybe once I quilt it, I’ll like it more…

Love,

Tiff

Drapes Continued

tiffany — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:17 +0000

I know this is fascinating, but I found the perfect tie backs for our drapes!

These were at Hobby Lobby for 50% off!

However, they were brown and I needed black.

Brendan to the rescue!

BLS 6/25/10

He got spray paint and went to town.

Aren’t they lovely now?

Now we just need to hang them…

Love,

Tiff

P.S. Happy anniversary to Jeremy and Kristin Bowman!

Tablecloth is Complete!

tiffany — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:00:18 +0000

At the latest sewing circle, I finished free motion quilting my tablecloth with my darning foot. It looks gorgeous spread out on our little table beneath my super cute salt and pepper shakers.

free motion quilting

I got the shakers at Hobby Lobby. I love having them on my table especially with my newfound obsession of sitting at the dining room table watching the birds at my feeder. These little beauties don’t fly away when I approach!

Also, I’ve been meaning to post a picture of the beautiful cake platter Mom (Sullivan) gave me for my birthday.

Isn’t it gorgeous?

My table looks like spring now that it’s summer. Oh well. I’ll just hang on to the pretty season as long as possible. I adore pretty things.

Love,

Tiff

Darning Foot

tiffany — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:00:59 +0000

When I ordered a walking foot for my Kenmore, I also ordered a darning foot.

darning foot

I’m hoping to graduate from stitching in the ditch and one day be able to do some free motion quilting, so I did a little practicing on some scraps.

This led me to think, “Hmm, that small rectangle doesn’t compare to moving the bulk of a large quilt beneath a darning foot. Maybe I’ll practice some more on my new tablecloth. It’s fairly large.”

I'm sitting at the dining room table in order to watch the birds.

I need to work on maintaining the length of the stitches. Some are long leaps of the needle, and others are like stayed stitches.

Isn't this fabric gorgeous?

The tablecloth is simply lined and hemmed yardage from Hobby Lobby. I hope I don’t regret this experiment….

Love,

Tiff

Fabric Cabinet

tiffany — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:57:02 +0000

In the past, I never really cared how the office looked (i.e. it was always a disaster area). But now that I spend so much time in there sewing, I’ve decided I need to organize. I took my old wardrobe and moved it into the office to act as fabric storage. The cabinet is perfect for my lovely material and works better for my new hobby than it ever did for my clothing.

wardrobe in the office

I changed out the old knobs for some green “crystal” ones purchased on clearance at Target.

old knob

new knob

I <3 green

This knob is my favorite. I bought the chipper little bird at Hobby Lobby.

cute little bird

The basket liners were made by the lovely seamstress Mom Knapp when she purchased and stained this wardrobe when I lived at home.

pretty and useful

The baskets make perfect homes for my folded fabric.

future cupcake quilt

I love my new storage!

Hooray!

What is it about organization that makes me so happy?

Love,

Tiff

Ribbons

tiffany — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:53 +0000

I spent part of the weekend organizing my ribbon collection. Aren’t they pretty? They’re just waiting to embellish something.

colors

neutrals

Love,

Tiff

Shoe Shaped Sugar Cookies

tiffany — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:00:50 +0000

Look at what I found at Hobby Lobby for $0.75:

a shoe shaped cookie cutter!

Of course I had to buy it and test it out right away.

shoes all in a row

sprinkles are a must!

I went with red because I thought they’d be sassy. Now, however, I think they look like Dorothy’s dessert of choice.

yummy platter

I took a plate of them to work to celebrate my birthday and Katie’s (both are this week).

With the addition of this cookie cutter, I noticed a trend in my kitchen…

I have a shoe shaped pie server:

shoe shaped pie server

Why, yes, that is a pink glittery heel.

I also have a shoe shaped bottle opener:

it has rhinestones!

I giggle every time I use this to open a beer for Brendan.

I have quite the collection:

coutoure kitchen collection

I wonder if my kitchen needs redecorating…

Love,

Tiff