Christmas Quilt

I had a STRONG feeling THIS pattern

would be PERFECT in Red and Green.

I was right.

:)

What a FUN Christmas quilt!

Christmas is coming.

Maybe there's time to get it QUILTED!!???

Monday Making

Hand me downs.

Little baggies of scraps.

Someone else's leftovers.

These are the kinds of things

I LOVE to inherit.

They catch my creative interest!

I don't know why they appeal to me MORE

 than a brand new BOLT of fabric.

????

Who knows.

These little half square triangles were leftovers

from someone's quilt project.

They are the BEGINNING of MY project!!

I wonder what they are leftover from...?

I will enjoy figuring out

WHERE we will GO together

on another QUILTING journey.

:)

I also LOVE having little leftover balls of yarn handy.

That mellow yellow up on top of this little vest

sure came in HANDY when I ran out of the colorful yarn!

AND look!

It's the perfect match!

Whether it's leftover fabric

to BEGIN a project...

or leftover yarn

to END a project.

I am HAPPY to use them BOTH!

What are YOU making this week???

One Patch Baby

Finishes are SO nice.

This quilt is made up of some HAPPY scraps.

ALL from the 2 1/2" square drawer!!

Yes.

The little drawer is STUFFED full.

It's so fun to dig around in all that

SCRAPPY goodness when making a quilt!

The backing is from my stash as well.

I actually had a piece big enough!

Those big pieces are harder find around here.

Guess I'm succeeding at USING up

and NOT shopping!!!

I also added a scrappy binding!

Woo hoo!

I quilted simple lines diagonally through each white square.

Easy peasy.

My deadline was MET!

The baby shower can NOW happen.

;)

Monday Making

It's Sunday Night

and I am trying to make my weekly to do list.

I like setting goals for the week.

Sometimes they are LOFTY, time consuming goals.

And.... sometimes the goal is simple.....

Like: GET UP every morning.

Haha!

This week I NEED to finish this baby quilt.

Since I'm almost out of time

I will be adding white borders instead of more blocks.

Adding borders is a VERY simple way to

GROW a quilt to the right size.

IS THERE A RIGHT SIZE when it comes to baby quilts????

Inquiring minds want to know.

Link up and share what YOU HOPE to get done this week!

Monday Making

 

It's time for a Monday Making party!

I have been busy knitting little baby things

like this precious little beanie.

(quick ombre' hat

by Emily Dormier) 

When I'm not knitting,

I'm holding a precious bundle.

Let me introduce my newest granddaughter.

:)

 I may even get a few minutes to hand quilt my "H" quilt!

Monday Making

I FINALLY started HAND quilting my "H" quilt!

It was at first difficult to decide HOW to quilt it.

Then it was hard to imagine HAND quilting the entire thing!

Just thinking about it slowed me down!

After getting a few H's done...

I'm not as hesitant to work on it!!

Amazing how just a few stitches can get the

ol' quilting juices going!

Haha!

I'm also working on a simple baby quilt.

Aahh.

Gotta love those simple scrappy quilts!!!

What are YOU making this week??

Monday Making

It's time for a MONDAY MAKING party again!

The weeks FLY by...

Don't they??

I'm always happy to have time at home to sew

and FINISH a quilt like in the last post.

MUCH of time though...

I'm on the GO and need a project that's portable.

KNITTING to the rescue!

I'm working on a shawl these days.

The pattern is BE SIMPLE VARIATIONS

that I found on ravelry.

What a GREAT source of inspiration!!

What are YOU making this week???