Black and White Houndstooth Quilt

I keep asking Trenna if I could make a quilt for her shoots.  Michael Miller sends her quilts all the time, and some of them bug me with the way the corners don't match or whatever.  With Meredith also being a quilter, we asked again for this catalog.  She got the OK from the company and I made the quilt top, changing the size of blocks from the pattern I have to finish quicker.  Meredith used her long arm machine to quilt it.  I must say it was a thrill to see it in the photo layouts that Trenna did.

       Close up to show the details in Meredith's quilting and the mini houndstooth back.

Tara's Firework Quilt Pillow for Trenna

The story I heard was that a lady made a quilt out of Michael Miller's cotton couture line and they liked it so much that they printed the pattern of the quilt on fabric.  Thus the name "Tara's Firework Quilt" for the fabric.  A lovely pillow made from this fabric.

Flower Fields Romper for Trenna

This dress is made from Michael Miller's Flower Fields fabric out of the New Look pattern #6214.  It was super easy to make.  It was done in just a matter of hours.  I love the colors of this print.  It would make a great back or border for a rainbow quilt.

PJ pants for Trenna

From the gaming Michael Miller fabric line, this print is called "Roll the Dice."  I whipped out these pajama pants in a couple hours and got them to Trenna that night.  My daughter, Fiona was nice enough to put them on for a photo, even though they weren't made for her. 

I-Spy baby quilt for fundraising auction

I'm really excited about our church youth group's dinner and auction this Saturday evening.  They have only one fundraiser each year to try and raise enough funds to send all of the youth to their various camps - girl's camp, scout camp and high adventure scout camp.  This year we have more youth than ever before, that I am aware of, and the high adventure camp is not cheap.  It's going to cost in the neighborhood of $9000 to get them all to camp.

I am trying to do my best to help out, especially with 3 kids needing to go.  I've committed to auction off sewing lessons and an embroidered fleece blanket. Those are easy.  Another thing I'm donating is this I-Spy quit I made for the occasion.

I love the way it turned out with the colors moving in a rainbow as it spirals out.

 
The inside dark blue has an aztec type quilting, with the outside border having a similar style, only on a larger scale.  Hope you can see it in the photos.

I've also made some homemade chocolates for Easter.  Monica and Fiona helped me make these and it took us several hours to complete.  I hope they go for a good price. 

Here are some other things we made:




Top left is an Oreo Icebox Cake, made by Fiona.
Top right is Lemon Crumble Squares, also by Fiona.
Bottom left is a blueberry pie, made by Emerald.
Bottom right is a French Silk Pie, made by Emerald.


 








In the back is a Pinata Cake, made by me, Virginia.
Front left is a Kit Kat Cake also made by me.
Bottom right is a pan of Triple Chocolate Bars, made by Monica.




Below is the inside of the pinata cake.  It's cake baked in 2 bowls, the inside hollowed out and filled with candy.  Then it's put together and iced.  When you cut into it, candy spills out.

This is a crunch time for Trenna.  I whipped out a pair of pj pants on Tuesday, sewed a dress and a half yesterday, need to finish up that dress and make another today. Then there will be a purse/bag and pillows to do.  Emerald is making a pair of men's golf shorts. All that has to be done before next Tuesday's shoot.  Then I need to make Monica's prom dress before her Friday night prom.  If I don't get on to show more things, know that it's because I'm busy sewing and will post as soon as I can breath again.

March/April Easter Quilt

Here is the quilt for either March or April, whichever month has Easter in it.  It's done in the Card Trick pattern.

Bokashi Bouquet dress for Trenna

Made from the Michael Miller fabric "Bokashi Bouquet" with the Burda #6939 pattern for Trenna.  The model loved the dress so much that she wanted to keep it to wear to her wedding supper.  Quite the compliment, I think.  The model is 5'11" and it was the perfect length - I just made it according to the pattern, so if you make this, and you don't happen to be quite that tall, you may want to adjust the length. ;-)  Also, the front panel is wider than 45" fabric.  You can see where we had to piece the front if you look carefully, though I must say, we did a good job.  I would suggest that you have 60" wide fabric if you make this.

Urban Grit and Rouge et Noir - Trenna's photoshoot pictures

 I take no credit for the fabulous photography or any other design elements.  Trenna Travis Design Studio gets all the credit.  It's just so much fun to see the things you make appear in print.

In the Urban Grit line by Michael Miller fabrics, Emerald made the pants made with Mini Houndstooth in black and white with a black stripe of the cotton cotour fabric.  Emerald also made the jacket in the Big Time Houndstooth of neutral colors.  I made the pillow cases in the medium sized neutral Everyday Houndstooth and the mini gray and white houndstooth.  I made the quilt top for the houndstooth quilt in cotton couture fabric and Meredith quilted and bound it.






For the Rouge et Noir line I made the dress in the Everyday (medium sized) Houndstooth in black and white.

Black and White Houndstooth Dress

Here is the dress I made from the Michael Miller Rouge et Noir line of fabric in a medium sized, black and white houndstooth.  The pattern was Burda #7179.  Here again, I know that the picture of it on a hanger doesn't do it justice, but I plan on posting some of the pictures Trenna sent me of this photo shoot at the beginning of next week.

Houndstooth Jacket and Pants for Trenna

The jacket and pants were both made by Emerald.  The fabric is from Michael Miller's Urban Grit line and the pattern used for both of these was from New Look #6231.  However, the black stripe down the side of the slacks were a modification of the pattern.

I know, I know.  How good they look is hard to see with them hanging on a hanger, but just stay tuned and next week I'll post some pictures that Trenna sent me of the photo shoot.  They look FABULOUS!!!!