Monday Making

I rolled THREE quilts up today

and found some gift bags to place them in.

I'm looking forward to driving around this week

and passing out some graduation quilts!!!

The girls all like similar colors...

so making them similar yet different was kind of fun!

I have a photo HERE of all of them BEFORE quilting.

The ladies at my church spent a Saturday making blocks

and then I put them all together and finished the quilts.

It is a yearly tradition that I LOVE.

What are YOU making this week??

The Finish Line

I'm VERy close to finishing this one!

Woo Hoo!

A few stitches here...

A few stitches there...

Pretty soon you're almost DONE!!!

:0

The 16 patches are ALL done and now I'm filling in the sashing.

No need to mark when the squares are this small!

(2 inches)

Pretty soon it will be a finished quilt...

and....

I'll have to find another quilt friend something else to carry around with me!!!

I think I'm hooked on hand quilting!

A First!

Here's my friend's FIRST quilt!

Isn't it a BEAUTY??

She came over to sew today and

FINISHED this top!

She began by making lots of 16 patches

using this method.

Then...

She found this BEAUTIFUL vintage fabric

to alternate with her pieced blocks.

The vintage fabric was found at a rummage sale

and in it's former life had been CURTAINS!!!

I love that buttery yellow!!!

While she pieced this lovely quilt today.....

I worked on my botched banner..

and FINISHED!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Quilting with friends ALWAYS

makes the sewing SWEETER!!!

Home Again

While I was gone at camp with the family...

I had a little time to sew.

During FREE time I pieced this blue star.

It's the beginning of a queen sized quilt

for a family member who requested blue.

LOTS of people like blue quilts

and my STASH is PROOF!!

The blues are getting mighty THIN!!!

:)

A GREAT reason to shop for more...

wouldn't you say????

During the meetings at camp I worked on quilting this baby quilt.

I was able to get QUITE a few 16 patches done....

I'll go back later and fill in the white sashing.

Probably NOT the correct way to do it...

But....

It made it easier to FOCUS on the conference..

and not fret about stitching lines.

;)

Sitting RIGHT next to me was an expectant mom

who may receive this one IF she has a girl!!!

She admired it...

and I had fun imagining her baby using it

as I stitched AWAY!!!

I had planned on using light GREEN embroidery floss on this one...

but didn't like it AT. ALL. when I began using it.

The white quilting thread is JUST right...

and I'm so happy I had it packed!!!

Sometimes what you THINK will work....

Doesn't.

I'm learning to be FLEXIBLE.

;)