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Quilters & Crafters
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Holiday
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Skill Level: Beginner
This colorful table runner is also known as a 'skinny quilt'. Skinny quilts are a great way to shine a spotlight on slender spaces. Use your skinny quilt as a table or bed runner, on top of a dresser, or to highlight a narrow wall. Finished block size: 4" x 8". Finished runner: 16 1/2" x 52 1/2".
By Kim Shaefer
Pattern can be reproduced for personal (not for sale) use.
For more patterns from Kim - check out http://www.littlequiltcompany.com
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Skill Level: Beginner
For a festive holiday table, these Christmas tree placements offer added decor to your dinner table, or other tables that are around your house. Using an applique technique, you can easily make these in time for gifts for friends for the holidays, or a gift for you and your home.
Pattern can be reproduced for personal (not for sale) use.
For more patterns by Sheila, see her blog at: http://sheilareinke.wordpress.com/
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Skill Level: Beginner
With the leaves on the trees turning already, it's time to start getting ready for Halloween. With this fun project, you'll want to have time to make up a few "just because". These pumpkin-shaped bags will make great treat bags for you own little goblins, or you could make them up as gift bags for anyone special.
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Skill Level: Novice
Want to show someone how much you love them this Valentine’s Day? This adorable mini quilt can be gifted as a baby blanket, a table center piece or a festive wall hanging. By using red and pink fabrics for the hearts, this 2D quilt gets a 3D woven look. Approximately 36” square.
Pattern can be reproduced for personal (not for sale) use.
For more patterns by Sheila Reinke, see her blog at: http://sheilareinke.wordpress.com/
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Skill Level: Novice
Celebrate your freedom this year by creating a red, white and blue square quilt. This patriotic piece can be used as a table topper or wall hanging sure to spark interest from your summertime guests.
Pattern can be reproduced for personal (not for sale) use.
For more patterns by Sheila, visit her blog at: http://sheilareinke.wordpress.com/
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Easter – no matter what else this holiday means to you, it often means family, and plenty of young children. Here are some fun placemats that the kids will love to use – and with the cute bunny faces on them, they could be used throughout the spring!
Easter Placemats – this project will instruct you on how to make a set of adorable bunny placemats, with a carrot pocket that’s great for silverware!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Fabric Napkins and Napkin Rings - when setting your table for a holiday party, nothing says elegant quite like a fabric napkin. Then there is the added bonus that you can make your napkins match ANY decor or party!
Pattern designed by Sheila Reinke
Pattern can be reproduced for personal (not for sale) use.
For more patterns by Sheila, see her blog at: http://sheilareinke.wordpress.com/
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Any holiday gathering calls for eye-catching decorations, particularly when guests will be over. This mantle scarf is both impressive and fast to make. It can be easily adapted to any season or holiday simply by changing the fabrics. It's also a great way to create the look of a scalloped edge.
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Skill Level: Beginner
A pillowcase that makes up quickly and easily – and made up in fun halloween prints, it's a great alternative to the store-bought pumpkins for trick or treating. Just think of how much candy the kids can collect in these cases! Consider making the pillowcases up in advance and letting the kids sleep on them to dream of their upcoming treats!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Quick to make! Welcome all your guests to the table…even the ones who show up at the last minute!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Your family won’t be able to miss their gift when you add these unique gift tags to their packages!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Add a bit of quilting charm to your scrapbook pages by creating your favorite quilt pattern in paper. A great way to showcase your loved photos.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Perfect for the season, these patchwork pillows are just the thing for your special Valentine. Simple to make, and a great way to use up some of those fabric scraps we’ve all got lying around. A thoughtful way to show someone you care.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
A great patriotic table runner, consider using outdoors to dress up a drab picnic table, or over a solid colored table cloth to make just the right statement for your event. You’ll be amazed at how quickly this project makes up.
This is a fun (and quick!) project to make. One thing that makes it fun is that you sew through the batting and the backing as you go - when you put the last piece on all you have to do is bind the edges because you were quilting as you went! Finished project size:
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Skill Level: Beginner
Use your favorite retro fabrics to make this useful handyman's apron. All the tools you need for your next project will be within your reach when you place them in the pockets!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Decorate your home well past the holidays. Invite your guests to take one as they leave.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Show your love with a mat for the table … or add a sleeve for a wall hanging. Fast stitch and flip piecing method makes it quick to sew. Perfect for shower gifts!
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Skill Level: Beginner
You have guests over, and everyone has a wine glass, but keeping track of those glasses and getting people to remember to use a coaster is a problem. The wine cozy is an attractive and fun way to solve both problems.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Poinsettias are a symbol of Christmas and what better way to welcome guests to your home than this lovely wall hanging or table runner. Flowers cascading across a white background add to the festive nature of the season. Embossed felt adds to the elegance.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
This elegant Christmas stocking is sure to add a bit of luxury to your holidays. Faux chenille gives it softness and an old fashioned look, while metallic thread adds sparkle to decorate your mantel.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
This Christmas Blossom is a classic and simple circular quilt pattern, sometimes called Pumpkin Pie, which is quilted as you go. Try it with silks or satins for a festive look.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Use up all those left over Christmas fabric scraps and create these fun little Dimensional Tree Ornaments! These small trees can be used as ornaments or attach to gifts for a decorative and personal touch.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Fleece is so easy to work with and these cute gift bags are no exception. Cut them out using decorative edge blades for a unique look.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Miniature trees are very popular during the holidays and it can be fun to make your own decorations. Stitch up this cute and quick garland that’s just the right size for your tabletop tree.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Decorate your holiday table with your own designed coasters, or make a set for gifts!
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Skill Level: Beginner
Just the thing for those small but sweet Holiday gifts! These easy pouches require no sewing and only a few tools to complete. You’ll want to make one for everybody on your Christmas list!
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Skill Level: Beginner
These reversible napkins will add a lovely touch to your holiday table setting. For added luxury, accent with Pretty Posy Napkin Rings.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
When the kids were little, Santa left his Sack under our tree filled with the most treasured presents. Every year since, we’ve been leaving Santa’s Sack out for him and he continues to fill it with a special gift for each of our children. Start your own holiday tradition by stitching up Santa’s Sack to surprise the little ones in your family.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Add a little humor to your Thanksgiving dinner with this fun dining room seat cover. Fits most standard size chairs, creating a whimsical setting for your family meal. Easy to make too with our sew or no-sew instructions. Crafted out of easy care felt, this turkey would look just as festive in wool or fleece.
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Skill Level: Beginner
Create a lovely flower-shaped Valentine for that someone special with four interlocking paper circles. Using lovely papers this special blossom will convey your true feelings.
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