Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Portholes

Look Allie! I finished the Portholes. You can see Allie's finished project here. You can still go to her blog and get these patterns. Just click on the Portholes button on her sidebar. Thanks Allie for sharing.
I embroidered the designs onto some of the feed sack towels I won a while back from Lori. I made these for my daughter who loves everything "beachy." I added some batiks strips of fabric to dress up the towels too. My future daughter-in-law saw the towels as I was working on them and she wants me to make her some too.


Hey, you have to check out this blog. Kim shared it on her blog and that is how I found it. The blog is called 365 days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs. Leah has put short videos on her blog to show you how she does the designs. If you need ideas check it out. And she does this all on her regular sewing machine. I think I might even be inspired to give some of the designs a try.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Do what you know best, if you're a runner, run if you're a bell, ring. Ignas Bernstein

18 comments:

Lynn said...

I have those printed out - but promised myself I wouldn't start them until after my Christmas things are done. Yours look great. Clever to do them on tea towels and I like how you used the sashing. Thanks so much for the quilting link - I looked at it briefly and it looks terrific. It's just the help I need.

Days and colors said...

Thanks again for the good tips, Carrie!

Crispy said...

Love the towels, much prettier than those old Aunt Martha patterns.

Crispy

Carin said...

Carrie the towels turned out wonderful!

Abby and Stephanie said...

Very cute towels. I saw that quilting site somewhere and bookmarked. Now to find some time to make quilt sandwiches and play.

Allie said...

Oh Carrie those turned out so cute - love the fabric strips! I'm thrilled you liked my designs, sweetie - thanks!

Anonymous said...

Always a fun visit! I've had that 365 Days of Quilting on by Side bar for a month now...guess I should have posted it better! You have some catching up to do! LOL

Sherri said...

Wonderful stitcheries! I had seen them before but didn't realize they were free patterns! Thanks!

Candace said...

These are adorable, Carrie! I love the batik borders on the towels, too! Thanks for the machine quilting link, too!
Cheers!

Janet said...

Your towels look great! What a lovely gift.

Donnelly said...

Cute! I can see why they both like them! Have a great day.

Janet said...

These towels look great, no wonder they're in demand. I've been thrilled about finding the blog for the machine quilting. Thanks for making sure we know about it.

LollyChops said...

These are fantastic Carrie! I love themed embroidery like this and this have got to be the cutest things ever! I am going to have to share this link with my mom as I think she can make these patterns into some cute aprons too!

HUGS!

MichelleB said...

These are adorable! And thanks for the tutorial on templar plastic. It looks great.

Nanette Merrill said...

Thanks Carrie. I'm definitely trying her out.

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

gosh those are so cute!

ranette said...

Very sweet and cute towels. I love how you've added the batik to them.

Jodi Nelson said...

Those are adorable. And thanks for the link! ;o)