Crazy Kids quilt

Before blogging....there were quilts.

Lots of quilts!

This is one I made for my son a long time ago.

He chose the centers of these crazy blocks....

and I added the scraps.

I'm PRETTY good with scraps!

;)

This is the FIRST quilt I free motion quilted!

Oh Boy!!! It's a wonder I kept at it

after looking at my stitches here!!!

Eeeek!

But I did....

And I can see that there's been some improvement!

Yep.

Practice makes Perfect Pretty good!

etsy

Technology and I FINALLY had a DATE today.

We spent some quality time together....

figuring out HOW to open an online shop.

ONE whole item.

:/

INSPIRATION!

I'm inspired by the old.

Inspired

By this crazy quilt.

100 years old.

Love the embroidered stars.

So simple.

So beautiful.

I'm inspired by the NEW!

Applique using batiks on BLACK!

Plus a little embroidery work with yellow thread!

Old and New.

Wonderful!!

Both quilts were shown today at

my Wednesday morning quilt class.

We have show and tell every week...

and this week....

these were my favorites!!

Thanks Pam and Sharon for sharing!

hand quilting

While I'm away from blogland for the next few days

I'll be doing a lot of THIS!

Hand quilting a quilt I began here.

I'm looking forward to getting this quilt

Off of my to do list....

Out of my quilt top pile.....

Into the hands of someone who might like it!!

Hopefully they'll like it as much as I do.

It's kind of a quirky baby quilt.

It only came about

because this little bit of owl fabric....

this old vine fabric....

and these little girls jumping rope

found their way to my house!!!!

I'm so glad these little bits arrived!!!

Tiny pieces this cute

Deserve to be in a QUILT!!!

how many?

I began this quilt with Victoria's 15 minutes.

Scrappy blocks and

square in a square blocks.

I used lots of scraps...

but believe it or not...

I still have some left!!!!

I also used my vintage linen stash!

Yeah! for old sheets!!!

How many 6" blocks did it take to make a twin size quilt?
65 scrappy crazy blocks....and....
65 square in a square blocks!!!

130 total!!
I'm glad I didn't figure it out before I began...
I may not have begun....

I didn't even get to the magic twin size with that!!
I was lazy and added a border.
Now the quilt measures 65"x85".
I think that's a respectable twin size.

I like this scrappy quilt.


And since it's a make do kind of quilt...
I made do...
and used some fabric in my stash for the border.
Probably NOT what I would have purchased...
but it works.

I had imagined using one of my bigger vintage sheets
for the border...but what it looked like in my mind....
was NOT very good in real life!!

I'll add this to Amy's sew and tell
and also to the vintage sheet blog.
They are giving away some lovely fabric over there!!!

saturday.

One hour before leaving on a trip, my daughter decided she needed

a computer sleeve.

She chose the fabric.

I added batting with THREE long quilted lines.

Remember I was in a hurry!

I added a very simple lining.

Here's the BEST part.
A hairband sewn in for the button closure.
Isn't that a neat trick???



It was then up to her to sew that button on.
She struggled a bit....but she did it!!

No picture of that...sorry....she had to catch a plane.


Now I can get back to my 15 minutes....
cough, cough, sputter, sputter.....
of quilting.

growing

I have lots of projects going----growing-----over here.

My "15 minute" crazy quilt inspired by Victoria.

15 minutes is never 15 minutes, though!!!

I begin one or two and I keep going.....

Another quilt growing bigger.
I really thought that first little border would be IT!
But when I sat down on the floor to measure.....
I realized it's still too small for a twin bed.
I NEED a quilt for a twin bed.
The kids all have one...but when there's company...
I realized....
I have NO quilt for the guest!!!
Can you believe it??

Lots of quilts:
cuddly quilts....
wall quilts......
baby quilts.....
but NO bed quilts!!!


Then there's this little project that's growing too!
It sits next to my machine.
As I work on my projects I sew these
little 2" squares together as I end each seam.
If you remember I was going to add these
to my giraffe garden....but they didn't work.
So.....
I have a simple quilt going.
I wonder if I'll ever get it big enough to cover a bed???


Lots of quilting.
I'm moving ahead...but not quite there yet....
Every seam gets me closer though, right??