Forest Friends

This little quilt is called Forest Friends and is made of the flannel.  It's so soft!  I made it as a store sample - and will give it to Tristan and Catie, for the new baby, when I get it back.  Hopefully I'll get it back before the baby is born.

Jessica's Turning Twenty Quilt

I'm in Jacksonville right now and Jessica suggested that I add a post about the quilt that we (Jan, Jessica, and I) made for her.  The pattern is called Turning Twenty.  We started it (and finished it, I think) last year - the year she turned twenty.

Floral Fantasy

I finished Beverly's quilt, Floral Fantasy, and brought it to her birthday party today, but didn't get to stay long enough to watch her open it!  I hope she likes it.  I took a couple of pictures today, but neither of them is very good.  Here's the best.

I also have been making hot pan holders to use some of my scraps.  I gave one to Kristen and Bridgette today, and I have a couple more that need binding.  I have to work at the BOE tomorrow, so I'm going to take one of the hot pan holders that needs binding with me.  We have plenty of time, usually, to work on puzzles or read or whatever.  I might as well make the time useful!  Maybe I can even get the binding on another one tonight.

August 2011

I've been busy - mostly because my quilt room is so messy that I can barely walk into it.  So I want to make some scrap quilts to use up some of the fabric that I bought when I first started quilting.  Since I didn't know what kinds of quilts I wanted to make, I would buy yardage of any fabric I liked.  Consequently, I have lots of fabrics that are stand-alone pieces (pieces without any other fabric that coordinate with it.)

I bought a book that shows several scrap quilts and started making one of them.  Unfortunately, it's not using nearly as much fabric as I'd hoped.  And it's going to be smaller than I like, so I'm going to lengthen it and make it one row wider.  That's a project on hold right now.

Also, I told Kristen I'd help her with some of the kits she has bought over the years.

So, I brought home one of Kristen's kits and made the quilt - a sweet baby quilt.  She had bought so much extra fabric that I was able to made a 24" x 24" baby doll or sleeping baby quilt with the scraps.  I also made a pillowcase and a smaller baby doll quilt - and still have some scraps left!

I made a four-patch Halloween quilt for Bridgette - and a pillowcase to match!

I made Patrick a pillowcase out of fireman fabric.

And, since Beverly Lawley's (Beverly was mom's caregiver during her last year - and she was fantastic!) 60th birthday is this weekend, I decided I'd better finish the quilt that I'm making for her.  It's the Floral Fantasy quilt that was a Saturday Sampler at Tiny Stitches the year that mom died.  Beverly saw me sewing one of the blocks and told me how much she liked it - so, of course, this was the quilt for her!  Last night I made the binding and sewed it on.  Today, I've started the hand stitching.  It needs to be done by this weekend so I can give it to her at her birthday party.  I'll post a picture when it's finished.

The Red Door

This quilt is called Red Door.  I made it for Christmas in July and kitted it for the shop.  Since all the kits sold quickly, I already have it back and will be able to enjoy it this Christmas. 

Jacksonville - July 2011

I spent a long weekend in Jacksonville and had lots of fun!  Well, I had fun AFTER I finished sewing the appliques on the Red Door quilt.  Jan helped me finish it and we got done with the borders, applique, and backing about 1:30 in the morning.  We took it to the quilter about 10:30 in the morning and, miracle of miracles, the quilter had it finished that same afternoon!

People seemed to really like the Red Door quilt - people were coming in from the shop just to see it!  I'll add a picture as soon as I get the binding sewed on.
 

Patriotic Wall Hanging

I decided to make a 4th of July quilt for the stand I bought for Ashley and was looking on the internet for ideas. I found a wall hanging called Patriotic Dog, where a dog was holding a flag. Since Dan and Ashley got their new dog Monday and sent me a picture of him sitting on a sofa, I used the idea of the dog holding the flag, made a different sized version (one that would hang on the stand they have) and substituted Caesar for the appliqued dog. I think it's hilarious.

Back in the Game

After everything that has happened in the last few months, I'm ready to get back in the game. I haven't been documenting anything I make, see, do, etc. So I need to go back in time.

Latest quilt (not yet quilted) is Brendan's Quilt. When I made it, I spelled his name wrong and had to pick out the A and the E and put them in the correct places. Terry Powers is going to quilt this.


I also made another patriotic quilt for Daniel (no picture right now.) It was a pattern by Marcus Fabrics that used the Quilts of Valor fabric. I changed the pattern, though, because I didn't like the placement of the traveling stars. I put them in the centers and corners of their border strips. I used navy blue minkee on the back. Terry Powers quilted it. It's on display in the store right now.

I also made a quilt for Patrick (again, no picture). I called it Smyrna Fire Escape - you all know that Patrick is a firefighter/EMC/Paramedic for City of Smyrna. This quilt is backed with medium brown batik (I think). It's also on display at Tiny Stitches right now. The patter was called Fire Escape, by Atkinson Designs. Shannon Baker quilted it with a flame pattern.

Some other projects I've finish in the past year are this Bunny Wall Hanging for Ashley

A yellow elephant

and a pink elephant

A Stroller Blanket for Genevieve

And a Baby Genius Quilt - also for Baby Gen!

More next post - I'm tired of looking for pictures!