Older Stuff 3

My ds' first quilt. He picked the squares, quilted it with fancy thread and stitching. Then gave it away! My heart was both broken and bursting at the same time. I wanted to keep his first fabric foray, but also appreciated his generous soul. :)

Little pincushions from bottle caps. Mostly my own design. The flower pot idea came from "Pretty Little Pinchshions."

Split 9-patch - gifted

I made two of these strip quilts, but didn't pay attention to the size or pattern of hte strips. It still turned out cute. Thankfully, I caught myself before I sewed too many of the binding strips into the quilt! My first quilt as you go.

Made two of these bags from Connecting Threads kits - one for me, one for my sister. The fabric was great to work with, but the pattern was a pita. My mom's Christmas gift was made in my own basic pattern. I have to get a photo from her.

A Queen and Her Court - block of the month at my favorite quilt shop. This is before the final borders were on. It ended up being more than a hundred inches to a side. 98x112, I think! It is quilted, but I still need a nixce dry day to take it outside for a photo.

Older Stuff 2

My first prairie points. I didn't bother measuring, just kept cutting and pressing, cutting and pressing. Needless to say, I have about 40 extra 'points.'

My own design for a science teacher friend. My hubby gave it to her and she asked when had he ever been to her house?!? Turns out that I picked the exact wall color and theme of the baby's room. Awesome.

For my cousin. The quilt is called One for the Toad from a magazine - will look up and add to the posting later. I made a couple changes, but it turned out cute!

Christmas bag and my black and white quilt. Not sure why they are so tiny

Mid December

Getting down to the wire! I still have a bunch of Christmas gifts to finish! I didn't take pics of some of them, but I can sneak some later on at my sister's house. The kids had fun building forts...
birthday party still happened even though birthday boy landed in ER that morning... turns out he had croup. They gave him a breathing treatment and cough medecine. WE followed up with his dr later that week and got more meds for a sinus infection. Or course Mom (me) got it too and I'l STILL coughing!

My own pattern. Made it for my cousin's baby shower. It's based on our great grandmother's quilt from the 30's or 40's.

Baby gift, Crocheted flowers

The lunch bag I finished on the quilt retreat last month. I have a couple others cut out and ready to roll, but not motivated to finish Christmas stuff right now. I need some spring-y colors!

My great grandmother was a crochet queen! My grandmother has hundreds of these flowers and framed them for each of her daughters, and most of their friends. Recently, Grandma made tiny frames with 2 or 3 flowers in them for each of her granddaughters. The little frame is upstairs. This oval frame is the one she originally gave to my dad's mother eons ago. The colors are still beautiful - this picture doesn't do them justice.

A baby quilt and tiny pillow for a co-worker. She has bought several of my lunch/gift bags, as well as a large bag for herself. The blocks are actually parts of a "book panel" that I got in a grab box from Fat Quarter Shop. I LOVE when they have the grab boxes. They are usually 12 pounds. I've only bought one, but the unusual mix of fabrics has stretched my imagination - even if the bits were tiny. Those small strips have become trim for some of my bags. Or handles. Or were used in quilts. Some were "not my taste" (meaning u.g.l.y., but I didn't want to say that out loud) and I gave them to some friends who really liked them. A fun way to expand your horizons - and about the only surprise I truly enjoy. MOre on surprises another time....

PS - can't post this until after the gift is given. Will be sitting in my drafts for awhile.

Baby Quilts and Gifts

Hmmm - I thought I had a photo of this finished quilt. I had made this quilt for a coworker who everyone was sure was having a girl...

Needless to say, they went into early labor shortly after I finished the pink version and had a BOY! I rushed to finish this one and gave it to my friend's sister (also a coworker) to hand over to the new mom.
This last one also came from the same three charm packs as the first two quilts. This is also for a girl. But the mom decorated in the most sophisticated palette of lime, turquoise and chocolate! The quilt matched perfectly and she loved it!
These were made for a work friend's "surprise baby." They had thought they were done, but life had other plans. A cutie-pie little boy. Whew! A lot of work in a matter of a month or so!

Still catching up

Here is my 2nd quilt. It was made for special friends of ours who had to move away due to job relocation. Shortly after they moved, they found out they were expecting a baby! Soft colors for a little girl - again using a http://www.quiltville.com/ pattern: Smokey Mountain Stars.