Flat Iron Travel Case

This past weekend I worked on a pattern for a Flat Iron Travel Case. What is the last thing  you usually pack? Your flat iron. And it's usually hot, at least mine is. I used to take a wash  cloth to wrap it up in, until a few years ago, my friend Elaine gave me one for Christmas  and I loved it. I just tweaked her design by adding a divider, outside pocket and a liner.  I used fabric with a vinyl coating for the outside, thermal batting and regular cotton for the  liner. If you'd like a pattern, they are available from either Chicken Feed Quilts, or myself.

Flat Iron Travel Case (with outside pocket)

Inside of case.  Divider to keep the cord safe.  Zippered top.

One more picture from Vegas

This is what used to be an open bar, and now is a pantry with a doorway into the laundry room attached to the garage for easy access.

House Arrest in Vegas

So I went to Las Vegas to help my sister Nola paint her new house.  It was previously pinky beige throughout.  We totally updated it with new colors.  Benjamin Moore Aura paint was our paint of choice.  We used HC-45 (shaker beige) as the main hallway color.  HC-77 (alexandria beige) as the front entry.  HC-86 (kingsport gray) as the backsplash color for the tiles.  HC-102 (clarksville gray) for the master bedroom.  

This is a 3640 sq ft Bungalow and we painted most of it in a week.  The floor was Travertine tile.  The carpet was a nice beige with a few dk brown threads through out.  The countertops were a nice dark granite.  The plumbing fixtures were the same pinky beige.  But we replace them with white toilets, stainless steal in the kitchen and white sinks.  

Here are some before and after pictures!  

Boys Hallway before and after

Kitchen/family room before and after

Kitchen before and after

New tile held up against the old tile

Fireplace in family room after and before

Master bedroom after and before

Jared's bedroom after and before

Master closet after and before (going to be a sewing area)

Front Door/Entry before and after

Living room after

 I do know how Martha Stewart must have felt on house arrest.  Because I didn't leave the house much.  Only to go buy our Craigslist purchases (which were fabulous).  I did torture my sister on the last day by spending 1 1/2 hours in a Burlington Coat Factory store!  

Work Work Work.  Check out my ankle bracelet (for my parole officer to know if I escaped)

Me sneaking a salad while Nola was making a craigslist purchase (she even made me drive)

 Wal-Mart at 12:30am, one of my only outings

No internet at the new house so I had to sneak in some internet time at the Wal-Mart McyD's

What you can do with a set of sheets and sheeting

I went to my favorite store the other day, Winners.  I was there looking for a wedding present and found a set of beautiful red sheets.  I thought this would be a fun winter/Christmas look.  But what to put on top.  I was trying to find a white duvet cover, but couldn't.  So I decided to buy the sheets and an extra set of red standard pillow cases.  On my way home I thought, I'll stop at Marshal's fabric and see if they have any white fabric that would work for a duvet cover.  They had some beautiful 400 count white sheeting that was 120 inches wide.
I was just going to make a plain white duvet cover, but went to pinterest and found a cool pintucketed duvet cover.  So I made mine like that.  I have enough red fabric from the king sized pillow cases to make a bed runner and pillows.  I added the snow flakes to make it more Christmasy,  I love this fabric and it's so comfy to sleep in!

I also saw a cute idea at Pottery Barn in Calgary.  They hung a ladder over the bed, then strung red berries in it.  I found a cool ladder/lattice work thing, I'm going to hang it over our bed.  More pictures to come.

Latest Quilt project, Funky Flowers

This is a super easy quilt to put together.  I love the ric-rac and the frayed flowers.  Then for the vintage look....wash it!

How fun is this

I just got this old door, sled and skates.  I'm ready for winter, well at least my porch is!