July -- Scrap Buster -- Peekaboo Bag

Love these peekaboo bags! Had to piece both the front and back together but it worked and I was able to make this awesome bag for my cousins little girl!

August - Repurpose/ October - Wearable Art

Better late than never!! I combined August's repurpose challenge with October's wearable art challenge! I took a flannel nightgown I got for Christmas 2012 that still had the tags on it and turned them in to a pair of pajama pants which I will actually wear! I barely had enough fabric but I made it work! :-)

Alison
Kodiak, AK

December -- Bean Bag!!

I made a few gifts for Christmas this year but my favorite of them all was this adorable bean bag for my niece!! I love it! And I think she does too!

Alison, Kodiak AK

December Challenge -- Homemade Gift

Wow! It is hard to believe that we are at the 12th and final month of the 12 Months of 2012 Craft Challenge! It has been a great year full of crafty inspiration!

Your challenge this month is a homemade gift. Perfect with the holidays approaching!

Happy Crafting!

November - Holiday Craft

I may be a month late or rather 11 months early! But I am ready to decorate for Halloween next year! Loving my new banner!

Alison
Kodiak, AK

November Holiday Projects

Here's what I've got for November. The wreath was made with green batik scraps leftover from quilt projects, black eyelash yarn and red buttons. No sewing! This was a 100% hot glue gun project. I have the pattern & can give the info if anyone wants to make their own.

And this one is inspired by Pinterest. I bought the black wood letters for 50% off at Hobby Lobby, and used some red Martha Stewart glitter paint I found at Home Depot to dry brush over the letters. The red looked pink to me, so I kept brushing it until all that was left was glitter.

Sorry the pics are so blurry - I pulled them off my Picasa album and I think I must've not set something properly in the download because the resolution stinks.
Cristyn
Colorado

September UFO

Started this project back in August 2012 when in Homer. Recently finished it!

Sharon
Kodiak

November: Holiday Craft

Holiday Wall Hangings for the Church Quilt Bazaar.

Sharon
Kodiak

Wearable Art: Infinity Scarf

October wearable art project! So warm and cozy!

Sharon
Kodiak

September UFO!! BINDING!

The summer to fall to winter transition has been tough!! My crafting has been down lately! However, I will not let this challenge win! I will conquer each project...it just might be taking me a little longer than it should!

With that said...here are my UFO's for September: BINDING!!

Central Park Quilt: Top completed in March 2011, quilted in August 2012, binding completed in October 2012! Just needs a recipient and a label!! :)

 

Orange Quilt for Baby Sloan: Top completed May 2012, Quilted in August 2012, binding completed in November 2012! I LOVE this quilt! It was hard to not keep!

 Wave Quilt: Top completed May 2012, quilted in August 2012, binding completed in October 2012. Just need to make the label but I have til Christmas to do that! :)

~Alison, Kodiak AK

Happy Halloween!
My wearable art is actually my daughter's Halloween costume. She wanted to be a ghost, with just a white sheet over her head and holes cut for eyes. Nut that I am, I could not go with something so simple. So we got a pattern and some gray taffeta and made a ghost costume that I think looks more like a dementor from Harry Potter, if it was in black, but she liked it.
Cristyn (formerly in Texas, now in Erie, CO)

November Challenge -- Holiday Craft

With the Holiday's amongst us it is only fitting to create a Holiday craft this month! Outskirt your home in new Thanksgiving decor. Or maybe take the time this month to create a new tree skirt for your Christmas tree. Whatever it may be, we look forward to seeing what you create!

Happy November!

October Challenge -- Wearable Art

Get creative! October is here! 

Let's see those fashionable pieces!

For this month you are challenged to create 

'Wearable Art'!

Happy Crafting!

September Challenge -- UFO

Happy Crafting Ladies!!

This month's challenge is UnFinished Objects! Pick up that project you started in March and now is the time to get motivated to finish it!  

Be sure to post a start and finish picture!! :)

Recycle/Upcycle

Girls helped with this one :)

August Challenge -- Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose!

Happy August All!! 

It is time to work on those upcycling projects!!! 

Be creative and have fun!

Happy Crafting!

Scrappy Happy

Dang...12:05am posting...loved July scrap/stash theme and have to say lots of "stuff" has been made purely from what I had already - 4th decor and baby gifts and a start to the project I had in mind at the beginning of the month, however I'm not in love with the result. Thoughts!?!? (maybe a model will help too) Becky NP

Scrap skirt

I pinned and made the easiest little skirt, it literally took 5 minutes! I used a scrap of fabric from Grandma that she used in the quilt she have me for graduation. Next time I'll use a longer piece so it is more gathered at the top. Unfortunately my model was not cooperative when I tried to take a picture!

Late for June

I've been MIA in projects the past couple months.  In June I was busy, just never finished anything... This is a sneak peak of something I did in B's room.  Garage sale find, refinished and distressed.

This is my only officially done accessory project for June.  Thanks to pinterest my shoes are now off the closet floor! I think I needed to use cabinet moulding so it had more of a lip on it.  I ended up having to take a 1"x3" piece and glue it to the back of the moulding. Thanks to my handy friend Tres Chelle who helped me cut and put the pieces together!

- Jenny - Fairbanks, AK

Accessorize!!

Here's a little before and after! So much happier in the after...amazing what a little paint and stain can do! {Becky}

You can never have enough.....

These are accessories for granddaughter Emma.  The purple ones still need the elastic sewn.  It's okay though cuz her feet aren't quite big enough for them yet.  Soon.
Sharon Horn

July Challenge -- Scrap Buster

Here's the deal...this month you must go to your crafting cupboards and find supplies already on your shelf to complete this month's challenge!! No purchases allowed! :) 

Also, be sure to take a picture of your "scraps" before and after you craft! 

Have fun scrap busting this month!!!

Garden Accessory

June has been a busy month of gardening!  I got my raised bed planted and my greenhouse up! When I returned from vacation last week it was soo fun to see all my veggies growing!  I have seen a ton of different ideas for markers but when I was planting seeds, I needed a quick and easy way to identify what I planted. I had a box of corks and some grilling skewers in the kitchen...PERFECT!!! my veggies have been accessorized! :)

Alison Horn, Kodiak AK

Hair accessory

A pretty felt flower for my little miss.

-stefanie

Kitchen accessory!

I've seen these things ALL over pinterest so while I was at Walmart today I picked up the frame (you could also find some cool ones at the thrift store) and some scrapbook paper and easy as that and it's done! I'm just using dry erase marker to write with. At first I didn't have the request on it but then decide my boyfriend or roommate might have some ideas!

Emily Horn
Kodiak, AK

May Wave Blanket

Well the top is finally finished!! Now to decide what to do on the back. A full on quilt or just a cuddly blanket on the back? I'll decide later :)

-stefanie

June Challenge -- Accessory

Accessorize your car! Accessorize your wardrobe! 

Accessorize your bedroom! Accessorize your yard! 

Bring it on June and lets get to accessorizing! Bust out the bedazzler and lets get to work!  Remember...to accessorize is to add completeness or attractiveness to something! That 'something' lies within your hands!

Have fun this month! Can't wait to see what all those crafty minds come up with!!!

Blanket/Binding

This "Annie Quilt" was made by Michelle and binding was done by Becky. It's a baby gift for a mutual friend who is awaiting the arrival of little miss Ella in July.
-Becky

Wave Quilt +3

It has been a busy blanket month at my house this month! Thanks to an unfortunate cancelled Fairbanks trip  :-( and lots of rain, I had ample time to work on this month's challenge.  

The first is a Wave Quilt from Oh, Fransson! You can find the tutorial here. I had a 1/2 yard pack made up of mostly Kaffe Fasset prints that has been sitting on my shelf for too long! It was perfect for this project. As soon as my sister gets hers done we can send off to the quilter!! I will post more pictures when it returns and is binded!

This next one is for my friend's baby who is due to arrive the 1st of August. I had bought this homemade charm pack back in February with no real project in mind. I LOVE the oranges and how it turned out!! Another one to send off to the quilter!

This last one I threw together minutes before I was supposed to be at a baby shower. LITERALLY. Shower started at 1pm and I think I had finished top-stitching at 1245! Talk about procrastination! I love this flannel and love how it is girly but not all pink and purple! It is perfect for my friend's baby girl. Mama is not the biggest fan of pink!! 

 My final blanket project of the month was binding my Central Park quilt. I finished the quilt top in March 2011! I finally had it quilted this fall...maybe November! and it has been sitting in my craft room staring at me to bind it.  well...I was able to get the binding on one side...now I just need to sit down and finish it!! I have one more day...wishful thinking I know!! :) no pictures of this one but I will post one with the other two once they are quilted and binded! Yes, it may not be for another 12 months at the rate I am going!

Alison

Kodiak, AK

Baby Quilt

I love it when our project works for something I need to get made.  I've been wanting to make a blanket for a neice's baby that is now 9 months old.  I've had this minkie fabric for quite a while.  Used flannel for the back.  It's hard to tell but I quilted a simple flower pattern on it.  It's very soft and cuddly. The colors are pink and brown.  Hard to tell in the pic.  Now to get it in the mail.   Sharon Horn, Kodiak, AK

Baby Blanket

New version of I Spy...pieced top and flannel backing. Think I still prefer actually quilting this but this came together quickly and should be loved!

Pillowcases

These are pillowcases my friend "hired" me to make for her mother in law. She grows award winning chrysanthemums, so that is what the pictures are. My friend picked out the fabric and sent it to me. I've slowly but surely been working on them and finally put them in the mail yesterday.

- Stefanie

March and April Projects

Messenger Bag used for work and travel! It has LOTS of pockets inside and out so is perfect for keeping everything organized!!

Christmas Wall Hanging

~Edwina
Kodiak, AK

May Challenge -- Blankets!

Happy May to All!!!

This month's challenge is blankets. Get creative and show your talent!!

Excited to see what everyone comes up with!!

Happy Crafting!

Button Clock

I was once again inspired by pinterest a few months ago and decided I wanted to make a button clock for my craft room!  The hardest part was finding a clock mechanism.  I watched for an old clock at garage sales but did not find anything.  I probably could have ordered one but I waited too long to get started on the project! I found the one I used at our craft store that is going out of business. I don't love the gold but it was a good deal. I guess I can continue watching for an old clock and exchange it out if I find something better! 

It fits perfectly in my craft room! I love it! :)

Alison
Kodiak, AK

Crayon art

Decided to try the crayon art thing. For the heart I cut out vinyl on stefanie's cricut. And rather than using a blow dryer used a heat gun. Which work way better(Stefanie made a small one and use a blow dryer. And it didn't turn out!)
Emily horn
Kodak

Fish wall hanging

This "Tessellating Fish" wall art wasn't as easy as it looked.  Paper piecing but you had to figure out all the colors with the right piece so the fish came out right.  I used all scrap fabrics, scrap batting, scrap yarn.  I will use it for the silent auction at our local quilt show in October.  Can check this off my list.  I love it.
Sharon
Kodiak, AK

Wall Art - flower

So I used iron on transfer to put the petals on the canvas. I saw something on Pinterest like this and it looked really cool so I wanted to try it. My version is cute, I like it, but there is something that still bugs me about it. Something to do with the shape. I rearranged the petals (it felt like) a million times and still couldn't figure out a way for me to get over it.

- stefanie

Grocery bag

One more quick bag I did. Used a Kekya Lou pattern again.

-stefanie

April Challenge -- Wall Decor

As National Craft Month has come to an end the 12 Month Crafting Challenge continues to live on!!  I loved seeing the variety of bags that were completed this month!!

The April Challenge is Wall Decor! Go through that project list and find the perfect project you have been wanting to complete for months now and fill that open space on the wall!

Happy Crafting!

kuspuk and owl bags

I made these a couple weeks ago and procrastinated putting them on the blog!  :o)  They were quick (a nice IGP for me!!) and easy!  My daughter helped me pick out the fabrics and she designed the owl.  I used vintage trim from my grandma's stash of fabrics/trims that I found in her garage last month- uh, AWESOME!  :o)  These were gifts for friends of my daughter and they LOVED them.  I saw them using them for church last week!
-Annie Enderle