Special finish

It's always a SPECIAL finish when the quilt is

HAND QUILTED!!!

I know. I know.

It's a baby quilt...

but it still makes me mighty proud to say it's

HAND QUILTED!

:)

I looked high and low for some orange/gold fabric

for the binding.

It was NOT to be found at my house...

and I was NOT going to buy fabric just for the binding!!!!

Thankfully I started looking for other colors that might work...

and I think this blue polka dot turned out to be

PERFECTO!

Good thing I kept searching!!!

There have been a lot of baby quilts on this blog recently.

And...

There will be MORE!!!

Many friends and daughters of friends...

and family members...and.....

are having babies!!!

I'm happy.

I like making baby quilts.

I may even HAND QUILT the next one...

We'll see!!!

;)

Quilt Love

I love to quilt.

You  knew that.

I love little charm packs....

Especially the CUTE ones....

The ones that make GREAT baby quilts!

I love 2" Squares.

I love nine patches.

;)

I love the way my 2" squares.....

made into 9 patches FIT perfectly

with my charm squares.

Well.....

In a perfect world they DO!!!

I don't live in a perfect world...

so I trim a bit.

;)

I love polka dots.

Stripes.

Gingham.

and

GREEN.

I love PUTTING it ALL TOGETHER!!!

One block at a time

This quilt needs JUST two more stars.

Maybe you'll fill those blanks in???

I'm collecting star blocks to be made into quilts

for my local Veteran's Hospital.

Aren't these stars GREAT????

I love that they're ALL unique!

The deadline is July 1.

Still LOTS of time!!!

Details here.

There's also an other block collection going on here.

I think it's kind of fun to make ONE or TWO blocks

to be included in these donation quilts!!!

You learn how to make a different kind of block...

and...

You're not committing to a WHOLE quilt!!!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Window Office

This is where I work.

It isn't fancy.

There isn't a design wall...

but there's a pretty VIEW!

Roses, Lemons, hydrangeas.....

The fabric is not within reach...

It hides in closets and cupboards...under beds....

The Batting lives on the top bunk of my daughter's bed....

But....

I have a VIEW!!!

I often spy hummingbirds and butterflies

flying around....Just outside the windows....

Thanks to my husband's beautiful garden!

;)

Last year I borrowed my daughter's room while she was away at school.

It WAS nice to have a room that I could shut the door on....

It WAS nice to leave fabric laying about

in semi-organized piles....  :/

Maybe someday I'll have that luxury again...???

This is what's BEHIND me as I sew!!!

It's easy to ignore the kitchen mess IF I WANT to...

and ....

It's easy to stir dinner IF I NEED TO.... :)

One night this week...

I DIDN'T HAVE to cook!

My daughter made dinner for this quilt!!!

The quilt top was already finished.....

and had been folded up in my quilt top pile for a while now.

She needed a going away gift for a special friend.

We traded:

I quilted.

She cooked....

A delicious Dinner!!!

I had fabric for the backing...

and....

It didn't take long to finish it up.

Now that it's quilted I really LOVE this quilt!!!

Amazing what quilting a quilt does for perspective.

I'd say she STILL owes me though.......

Maybe a couple more dinners...???

Hmmm.....

Thursday

One more graduation quilt is D.O.N.E.

Quilted and everything!

;)

I blogged about the top here.

well......technically....

I STILL need to add a label.

Yes....but first......

I still need to MAKE a label!!!

Why do I drag my feet when it comes to labels?????

No. clue.

happy house

A little house.

For Rachael.

My scraps and I had FUN yesterday!

;)

International Quilt Festival....here I come!

Friends!

If you're going to be at the

International Quilt Festival

in LONG BEACH this year....

Look for me!

I will have a quilt hanging in this exhibit!!!

You can see it in the photo above....

 second from the left in the bottom row.

All those swirly vines!!!

I'm excited to be a part of this great group

of art quilters!!!!