And the leftovers go to...

There were 31 entries in my Leftovers giveaway!
Thank you for the kind comments you left about my scrappy little birds,
carrots, rosettes, etc. I am glad to share them!

The winner is #9: Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made who said...

"The birds are adorable! I always feel a little sad when putting away the decorations from holidays -- but those birds could certainly grace any area all summer"

Congratulations, Lauren! I hope you enjoy these!

Same Quilts, Different Personalities

I did it. I finally finished them. I pieced those quilts for my boys years ago, and they were in the drawer patiently waiting to be quilted... I have been in the mood for getting my hands on some unfinished projects, and these were one of them.

I am not really good at machine quilting yet and I didn't want to do tiny hand stitches on those quilts. Seriously, I know the boys will be making fortresses with them, drag each other on the quilts, eat with them; I wasn't going to spend hours and hours of my time.

I decided to hand quilt, but not with tiny stitches. I was inspired by some quilts in the book Material Obsession... I decided to hand quilt with big stitches (in the book, Kathy recommend to use perle cotton No.8 for this style of quilting).
It went fast, and I was able to finish both quilts in a couple weeks!

They are the same quilts, so I decided to do different quilting designs on them to make it easier for the boys to know which one is who's.

For Christopher, I did random circles...


For Michael, I did a cross pattern with quilting on the edges of the rectangles...


It is so interesting to see that the difference in quilting design gave a different feel to each quilt.
People often ask me if my boys are twins(they are two years apart), because they look alike; although, their personality is so different from one another.
Just like this quilt...they look alike, but they have thier own charactor. I think they fit perfectly for them.


They are trying out their new quilts. Don’t they look like a couple birds on a telephone wire? :)

Link Love No.51!

Over the weekend, our family watched "The Karate Kid"; the one from 80s' and the one that was made a couple years ago. My boys watched the recent one first then, the old version. They LOVE the new version, but when they saw that old one, they were totally into it. Growing up I watched all four of them, and oh how I wished I could do karate and Kung Fu...

Well I guess apples don't fall far from the tree, after watching the old version, my kids were practicing the famous one legged kick, and also, trying to "heal" each other with special hand power used by Miyagi-san in the movie. They were rubbing their hands while walking around the house. Yep, that is one of the parts of my life, when I am not dealing with ruffly, girly stuff. I deal with karate kids and it is fun. :)

I had a hard time picking my favorite five this week! There were so many great links you guys!

Ok, the first one is shared by Two Shade of Pink. She created a very interesting Nest Centerpiece. I love this because of the uniqueness and it is so personal and beautiful.


This Foxy Pillow caught my eye...and I LOVE it! EmmylouBeeDoo created this stylish and fresh looking pillow. I would love to create many of those with different animals for my kids’ room. Wouldn't that be fun?


This is one of the great examples of what Mod Podge can do. The V Spot made over an old chair (her dog had been biting it too!) to a one of a kind beauty! Isn't it gorgeous?


Lemon Tree Creations shared this beauty at Kojo's knock off series, and I fell in love with it! Check out their blog for the great tutorial, and create your own. :)


Then... this one...I have to say, if she was my neighbor, I would be over all the time to just admire the chair. Janet over at The Empty Nest created this beautiful slip over for an old chair and made it in to a gem.


Thank you all for sharing your talents at my party. I hope you will all have a great week!