*Inspired Homemaking* - Link Love

If you're new here, welcome!  and this is my version of a link love post - It's every Thursday (almost) and is a collection of beautiful things I find during the week that I want to share with you.

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Almost everyone I know is getting an IPad, and this would be a great cover to make for one. 

Get the tutorial at The Cottage Home.

This is a great gift idea for anyone really, but Jennifer at Delightfully Noted suggests giving it to your favorite teacher.  So adorable.

Courtney at Mon Petit Lyons, made this table runner for Valentine's day, but I think it would work great year round...of course it features a lot of AMH, who I love, you know.

You know I love toadstools right?
This pillow at Lovely Little Handmades is just adorable.

Okay I can't find any info about this anywhere - but it is amazing.
I first saw it on Pinterest.

The big question everyone is asking is what is the white?
I think it's marshmallow.
yum. and adorable. 
I'm thinking you could do this with other fruits too - say pineapple, cantaloupe, and kiwi?

And lastly, here are a few pics from an Antique store we visited last Saturday.  It's on *Inspired Homemaking* because I really just wanted to crawl into an antique bed and live there. 
They had plenty of dishes and clothes. 
I think it would have worked out.

How amazing are these stairs? 
I will have painted stairs someday.

Have a great Thursday, friends.
xoxo
jessica

*Inspired Homemaking* - Hexagon Love

Don't really know why I am having this obsession with hexagons lately, but you'll have to indulge me.  

Check out these gorgeous hexies.

Here.

Film in the Fridge made this pillow.

Amazing quilt top.

Adorable hexagon pillow.

Table Runner - it's all Anna Maria Horner fabrics...of course, I love it!

This is amazing.

have a great thursday!
jessica

The Hexie Hairclip - a tutorial

I just love all the hexagon quilts - they are so gorgeous and intricate.  For some reason at dinner last night the idea popped into my head to make a hexagon hair clip for Charlotte.  It took a little trial and error but here's what I came up with!

That is an orange and blue one for Charlotte to wear to Ryan's graduation.  Here's a pink one, because you know - we're girly.

Would you like to make one for the little girl(s) in your life?
Here's what you will need:
scraps of fabric
batting
sewing machine/coordinating thread
scissors/yardstick/water soluble pen

Step 1:  Cut out your hexagon template.  Mine was 1 1/4" wide.  Here's one for you to trace right off your computer screen..

Step 2:  Scrounge through your scraps until you find colors that make you happy.  Cut out 7 hexagons.

Move them around until you are happy with the arrangement.

Step 3:  Cut one square (it needs to be larger than the hexagon arrangement) of the backing fabric, and one square of batting the same size.  Layer them - beginning with the backing right side down, then the batting, then the hexagons - all but the middle one.

Step 4:  Using the zig-zag setting, stitch along the edges where the hexagons touch - sew through all three layers, hexagons, batting, and backing.s

 It will look like this:

Then lay the last hexagon on top, and zig zag around all 6 edges of this hexagon.  It should look like this:

 

and this (I made 3 clips - this one was the 3rd one and looks the best):

Step 5:  Trim off the excess batting and backing fabric - following the shape of your hexagon "flower".

Step 6:  Zig-zag around all the raw edges.

Step 7:  Last but not least - hot glue the clip to the back of the hexagons.  You can cover the clip in ribbon if you like. 

Ta-da!  A cute little accessory reminiscent of a well-loved quilt. 

Have a happy weekend everyone!
xoxo
jessica