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.