Rebooting on Facebook

After some encouragement I'm rebooting the business on Facebook!

Click the link and then click "like" https://www.facebook.com/heirloominthemaking/ to follow my Page on Facebook. Also, please be sure to change "notifications" from "default" to "See First" so the posts show up in your daily news feed.

What does all this mean? Not much will change but I'll start posting again. I'm not doing crochet items anymore but am still loving making baby items and funny appliques like this one I did for myself with hilarious cartoon cats in memory of my dear departed b/w cat "Spotty Spot." (RIP December, 2018) She was just happy all the time until the very day she died. She had real "cattitude" :) I can make a cat quilt (or pillow cover) for you, too! Just email heirloominthemaking at gmail dot com to discuss it! The pattern has 18 different cartoon cats and instructions for a lap quilt (like this) a wall hanging (4 to 9 cats in a square grid) or some pillow covers (one cat). 

Pattern is Cats from Annie's Catalog; design by Amy Bradley.

Chicken Little

I saw this cute little country kitchen table topper in the Annie's Catalog eBook Animal Attractions with designs by Chris Malone. On Black Friday, I finally got the red and blue fabrics I needed from fatquartershop.com's amazing sales so I could try it out. 

Although it looks like a fun pattern, I'm not sure I really want to do it again It was a lot of hassle to assemble and I'm not happy with how the chickens failed to line up right. Maybe I'd do better making it a long, rectangular table runner with these cute chickens running down the length of it and sunny sunflowers scattered beneath their feet. That might be fun to try.

The same designer (Chris Malone) also came up with some creative potholders and handle-pinchers for Annie's. I made the cute double-handed sunflower one for a friend who loves sunflowers. As pictured, other ideas come to mind if you prefer animals to flowers.

If you'd like to commission a Chicken Little table topper ($44.99+shipping) or table runner like I described above (chickens running along rectangular length ($39.99 to $54.99 depending on size + shipping) please email me via heirloominthemaking at gmail dot com and let's discuss! The sunflower potholder's $19.99+shipping. Animals are a little bit more.

I accept payments via PayPal.me/heirloominthemaking and ship anywhere in the USA via USPS Priority Mail with a tracking number or via FedEx / UPS if you prefer.

Baby Elephants (quilt series)

I did a series of these quick and easy applique'd quilts for the baby gifting ministry at my church. I can make one for you. I set a self-imposed challenge of 10 quilts and then ended up doing only 9 when I ran out of color combinations to try! Can you think of a new color combo for your new baby? Just email me at heirloominthemaking at gmail dot com to discuss turning it into a quilt!

Minions!

I love Minions of any kind but these appliques were fun to create. I downloaded images of the various cartoons from the internet and created my own pattern. It came out about 40" x 50" which is baby quilt size and has a plain white flannel backer (so it shows all the quilting). 

This specific one had only 6 Minions and was included in the FVUMC October, 2019 fall missions fundraiser sale at my church (Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church at the corner of Judd Pkwy and Academy). I decided to remove it from the church sale inventory so it won't be available to sell in fall 2020 but I'll sell it myself if you're interested in buying it. The proceeds will go to me, though I'll tithe what you pay me (10% will be given to my church during the offering following your payment to me).

I can ship via USPS (flat rate Priority Mail 2-3 day service with a tracking number is $15), but if you prefer, I can send it via FedEx or UPS and you pay the exact fees they charge. I can also offer a porch pickup during Covid-19 Stay At Home if you want to come and get it free.


Since I make the pattern up myself, I can make a quilt from any cartoon images you provide (assuming they are high enough resolution to get a large scale image). 

The price is set according to finished size of the quilt + materials cost and difficulty level of creating it. I can do more complicated stuff (see Cats quilt in this post for another sample) but it gets more pricey the more involved the work. Quilting is between one and two cents per square inch. The swirls on this quilt are in the halfway range, at $0.015 per square inch or (40" * 50" * $0.015/sq. in. = $30) just for the quilting.

Just email heirloominthemaking at gmail dot com if you want to buy this one or if you'd like to commission a different Minions quilt--or if you have some other cartoons you'd like to have made into a quilt. Custom designs are my favorite kind of Heirloom in the Making!