I recently finished this quilt. I made it using my All Squared Up pattern but I started with smaller squares since this is a baby quilt. The gal I made it for had me cut up her bridesmaid’s dress to put in the quilt. It’s for her nephew. Is that a great idea or what?Continue reading “Lil’ Slugger”
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Sugar and Spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of. It’s so true and I’m thrilled that this quit is going to one of the sweetest little girls ever. I finished the quilt for Ava and I love it! So does she, and more importantly, her mom. I finished quilting and bindingContinue reading “Sugar and Spice”
I Love Making Quilts
I love making quilts. I recently made a t-shirt quilt as a surprise from a mother to her son. Her son is eleven and the family moved rather unexpectedly. Rory has played a lot of youth baseball and Donna kept his jerseys through the years. I added a few details from the shirts on theContinue reading “I Love Making Quilts”
Makin’ Headway
Little Mister is with my parents for the week. He calls it Camp Mimi and Papa. I call it a much needed reprieve, though truth be told I miss him terribly and am ready for him to come home. I have one more day to be productive. I made certain the house was mostly cleanContinue reading “Makin’ Headway”
You’re Safe with Kaffe
I was browsing quilters blogs and websites one recent evening and kept seeing a pattern that I have loved for ages. It’s kind of haunted me. I showed it to husband and he actually liked it! Surprising for me since husband openly admits he doesn’t care for a lot of my quilts. He likes veryContinue reading “You’re Safe with Kaffe”
Sweet Pea Quilt
My cousin and his wife had Sweet Pea 22 hours before Q Man was born. 22 hours! How crazy is that?! I mean, really? Of course I had to make a quilt. This quilt was so fun and easy to make. I fussy cut the center squares from a variety of fun fabrics then borderedContinue reading “Sweet Pea Quilt”
Progress
I finally got my tree quilt basted. The top has been finished since February 2010. Yep! Over an entire year ago, though I’ll lovingly blame it on having a new baby. I was thrilled to dig through my stash to find the backing fabric. It couldn’t be any more perfect! I also received a packageContinue reading “Progress”
Needle Know How
I wrote and posted a blog for my favorite quilt shop and thought I’d share it with you. There are quite a few hand sewing needles and sooner or later you’ll need one, but do you know the difference? After some research I realized that I do occasionally (gasp!) use the wrong needle for projects.Continue reading “Needle Know How”
More Japanese Taupe Applique
Blocks three and four (from this book) are complete except for some embroidery. I don’t have the correct color perle cotton and need to order that from here. If I’m lucky I’ll accomplish that in the next day or two. Fingers crossed (sigh). I was planning to mix pieced and appliqued blocks but I loveContinue reading “More Japanese Taupe Applique”
Hooray, Horray for Applique!
I think applique work is beautiful. It’s even prettier when the person that made the block or quilt is experienced with applique. I’ve always loved what applique adds to quilts and been in awe of those who can beautifully create it. I have, however, been scared to tackle this particular element of quilting for someContinue reading “Hooray, Horray for Applique!”