Betty just whipped together a cute little birthday greeting for a friend of hers.  She has decided she needs lots of ice cream scoops and candle flames for her stash.  Two Star Design can take care of that for her!!!

This is so cute!!!  She is not sure if it will be the front of a card, a post card or a tiny quilt.  Whatever it ends up being is just darling!!!

Nancy Zieman gets on the fusible train!

Well, we must be doing something right!  The queen of sewing, Nancy Zieman, has got the die cut, fusible bug!!!  Check it out here.  This is a great idea!  But instead of you buying both of these machines and all the supplies from good ole Nancy, tell us what you what and let us do it for you.  Then as soon as your pieces arrive in the mail - just fuse and sew and let ole Nancy keep all her expensive equipment!!!  We love ya, Nancy but we want to get right to the sewing part!!!  That's the whole idea!!!!

How do I buy stuff on this site??????

Well, we will make it much easier at some point when we can have a 'store', but for now, our 'store' is hosted by etsy.  Click on a picture on the left of this blog and it will take you to that item.  When you get to that item, you will have an option to see all our other items.

Now, we don't have everything we can do on etsy because we are waiting for YOU to tell us what you want.  We do play with all kinds of ideas and put pictures of these things out there, but we want to facilitate YOUR imagination.  Look at all the shapes we can die cut under the Shapes tab at the top of the page.  Figure out how we can help you make the construction of your project easier - let us die cut the 200 green scrappy leaves you need or let us die cut the 12 large circles you need out of your fabric or just email us and tell us what you are trying to do and we will help make that easier.  Want tons of scrappy circles die cut for making yoyos?  We can do that!

We are set up to make shapes for machine and hand applique with finished or unfinished edges.  We die cut fabric, fabric with Soft Fuse adhered to the back or we die cut just the Soft Fuse.  This way you can adhere the soft fuse to the back of your fabric and make your own needle turned pieces.  As you may be able to tell, Holly and I love, love, love Soft Fuse.  It does not make your finished project stiff.  We have layered up to 4 layers of Soft Fuse on a project and you can't tell it is there.  Soft Fuse is a temporary adhesive not a permanent adhesive like Heat and Bond or Wonder Under.  Those products have their uses, but for a finished project that has that soft feel, we love Soft Fuse.

Another take on stars and their negatives. . .

Holly was at her guild in South Carolina over the weekend and look what she made!!  The SC guild makes small Teddy bear quilts for kids in the hospital.   Each child receives a bear with a special "blanky".  She used some stars and their negatives left over from her Red, White and Blue Tablerunner and made this adorable tiny Teddy Quilt!  So cute!!!

This looks like a pieced top but it isn't!!  She used a solid blue top and machine appliqued stars and their negatives on it.  She continued the stitching between the negative blocks thru the star 'block' space.  Look at the middle star on the very bottom row - notice the stitching going from the left white block over to the right white block.  Small touch but makes all the difference in fooling the eye.  What a great charity project ladies!!!!  To make this Teddy Quilt you will need 4 stars and 5 star negatives, 2 fat quarters and some binding.  Let us know what colors and how many you need and we will make up a special order just for you!

Red, White and Blue Star Tablerunner

Look what Holly just finished!  She made this darling table runner using our #142 Star inside a rectangle components.

Here's what you can do with just 8 red and 8 blue stars and their background rectangle. You supply the background and Two Star Design supplies the 16 shapes to make this table runner. Order 3 sets and make a bed runner, the latest trend in bedroom decorating.  Holly machine appliqued the stars and rectangles on a white background using a feather stitch and hand quilted the piece.  The striped binding is perfect!!

December's Wreath is here!

Two down and 10 to go!  The conception part of this series sure did go a lot faster and was a lot more fun than the labor part and bringing them to life.  But isn't that the way it is??  I am being very profound but I do have a new wreath to share with you!!  Kits will be in the etsy store soon.  And of course, if you have a favorite color wave or family of fabrics you want for your wreath - just email us!  We will make up a kit especially for you!!

November's Wreath Released

Great news!  The first of 12 12 inch blocks is ready for you to see!  November's Wreath has been designed and born.  Kits will be available shortly.