Wedding work

My daughter's wedding is Saturday.....so I thought is pull put the unfinished wedding quilt and add some rows. ;)

It takes the whole floor to work on this baby!

I'm thinking happy thoughts as I sew.

I'm gaining another super son-in-law.

Counting my blessings today.

Wedding quilt will not be complete by Saturday.

It'll get done when it's done....

And that's o.k.

After all....

There have been other wedding things to work on.

Center pieces (43!)

Backdrop.......

The list goes on.

I'll sew just a little bit more and then I'm going to soak up all the festivities!

Be back soon with pictures!

Friday

One lovely orphan block found a home.

A nice quilty HOME.

It feels loved...

embraced by a whole bunch of friendly squares.

;)

This one turned out so lovely.

I'm happy I had that center orphan square

(someone else's)

to get my creative juices going!

The scrappy squares around the outside

 just MAKE this one

SO fun!!!

It measures a healthy 58"x58".

Just the right size for a large throw.

 

I imagine I'll add a navy blue binding to TIE it all together.

I also think I'll have fun stitch doodling

in all that light blue around the outside!!!

 

Speaking of stitch doodling.

You can do it on PAPER!!!

 

Yesterday,

while sewing with friends...

my friend made this!!!

The beginning of a card.

She's ALL set....

READY for the next wedding!!!

Just needs the last name!

 

I love this idea.

 

 

 

Ring Pillow

This is where sewing meets REAL LIFE!!!

My daughter is getting married.

Can I just say

EEEEEEKKK!!!!

Unbelievable.

They grow up WAY too fast!!!

 

She is NOT a demanding bride.

Hallelujah! for that!!!

 

She wanted something simple.

Something with lace.

And something with a little handle on the back.

 

Not much to ask...at all.

Life and quilts

Quilting MEETS us wherever we might be.

Whether it's a BIRTH, GRADUATION....

Or.....

Remembering a loved one like the quilts

I posted about yesterday.

A quilt JOINS us in all the

MOMENTS of life.

Fun moments...

like a picnic.

Sad moments....

Like an illness.

A QUILT is RIGHT there with us!

This Modern quilt

is for a wedding gift.

Another special MOMENT in life!!!!

Whew!!!!

I'm done quilting two quilts!
In between quilting I did some

sleeping

and some

eating.

But that's about it.

;)

The double wedding shower is Saturday and I

REALLY wanted to see the girls open their quilt-gifts!!!

Guess you could say I was motivated!

The Girls are sisters getting married only a month apart.

The double shower should be fun!!!

It's interesting to see the polar opposite style of quilt designs chosen, huh?

I let them choose a small quilt top from my pile

and then I made them queen sized.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are BIG.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are HEAVY.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts take a while to make

EVEN

when you've got a head start!!!!

Like I said.....

Whew!!!!

In between quilting I had to have a FUN little break.

Someone gave the pieces for the this little doll dress away!

The fabric and the rusty pin holding it all together

gave me SOME indication how OLD this

UFO

probably is!!!!

This little dress is probably

SO HAPPY

to be out of the UFO pile!!!

And a little girl I know is going to have some

fun dressing her doll in

VINTAGE style!!!!

The quilts are ready to go.

And I'm ready to REST.

;)

I was frugal and used my stash for the backings!

I think I like the pieced backs better anyway!!!

You can't tell from looking...

but I tried my hand at feathered quilting.

The feathers seem to be invisible...

even when I look really hard!!!

Oh well.....

Guess it's good to practice those

FANCY stitches

EVEN When....

 they can't be seen!!!!