busy day!

I had a super busy day today with..

dr. appts, errands, etc.

The only stitches I made were a few embroidery stitches

on my redwork that haunts me.

Remember, I said I would prepare a redwork pattern

for the local quilt shop??

I need to finish it!!!

I have most of the months planned...but I need to get

all the samples ready!

Yes...I'm having some nightmares. eek!

I thought I'd share a quilt with you that doesn't give me nightmares.

It makes me smile every time!

That center pot and flowers were designed by my

friend's daughter when her mom was diagnosed with cancer.

I asked her daughter to draw me a pot with some flowers.

I said..."don't put too much detail in, because I will be using fabric"
Well, it's a lot simpler than I expected and I wondered how it would look.
Well, You guessed it.
Her mother LOVES this quilt.
She took it to all her treatments.
You can see I didn't go out and buy any fabric. :)
I had a little bit of that busy print.
I was in a hurry to make it...as usual.

I used a lot of scraps that went with that busy print.
Wish you could see the vibrant colors!

A super simple quilt that gave my friend Belinda a big smile!

Like I've said before..the best part of quilting is
Giving them away!!

bibs

I found these cute towels at Target yesterday and knew

exactly what I was going to use them for!

Two in package. Two dollars. Good deal.

I've been needing to replace (update) these old bibs.

They have been GREAT!

Long, long ago I received some hand towels that I

didn't really like and they sat in a cupboard.

Then, I had a shirt with those sheep on it that got a stain

or something that made it "unwearable".

I appliqued the cute sheep on.

Put some binding around the top edge.

Voila!

This one's not as cute.
But, boy these bibs work!!
The towel is thick, soft and these bibs have seemed to
last forever!!




Since I like my old ones so much I used them as a guide.
The dimensions are 12"x16".
So....I trimmed the new towels down.




Cut some binding...on the bias (1 1/2"wide) so that it will be easy
to bend it around that neck.





See? Isn't this one sweet?
So, I've now updated my bib drawer.

My little girl and our little visitors....
will be eating in "style".

I'm adding this post to amylou's show and tell.

a fun morning!

A couple of days ago I made some of these quilt blocks...
With a few of my friends from church.

We had a wonderful time!!

We finished off the coffee in no time...

Was it because of that yummy new "coconut Creme" creamer?

We ate almost all of the bagels and muffins.

And this is how it All began.

With 2 1/2" strips...cut the width of the fabric.
We had a lot of strips to choose from.

I cut a bunch before the meeting and had two piles.

One pile for the boys with blues and other "boy" colors....

One pile for a girl with pink and brown.


These quilts are being made for the high school seniors

graduating this year, who attend my church.

We sewed two strips together.

Cut that in half and then sewed those two together.

See what happens?

A nice strata.

one helpful hint: press the seams

ONE direction at this point. :)

Cut that into 2 1/2" pieces and then lay them out like this.

If you pressed correctly, the seams will automatically be going

in different directions! Just what we want!

sew together.

Usually you can get two of these 16 patch blocks out of only

TWO strips.

We were productive.

VERY productive!!

PLUS!.... we had fun together!!

true confession.

Here's what I did NOT make for Christmas.

Wow! That's a lot.

Well, six kids, one daughter-in-law, and one husband.

EIGHT pajamas bottoms.

I didn't do it.

I even bought some men's t-shirts to decorate and coordinate

with the bottoms for the big girls.

I still didn't do it.

My little prototype.

I was going to add little ruffles to the bottoms of

all the girls to liven up that inexpensive flannel I bought.

I didn't do it.

Then AFTER Christmas....

I talked to my big girl who goes to college

far away.

I thought I should at least get hers done!

"Would you like some pj bottoms?" I asked.

"Yes. But NO ruffle please" she replied.

"And I want to roll the top down a little."

Very plain.

Oh well.

She'll wear them and hopefully know....

Her Mama cares.

And that's what counts!

Maybe the others will be made here and there....

We'll see.
I've sure got enough fabric!

I'm adding this to amylou's sew and tell.

hanging little quilts

Inspiration for your Thursday!

Isn't this quilt looking great??

Looks like Linda is almost done with the applique in this corner

and then she will do some more in the opposite corner.

SO-o-o pretty!

Here's another little contribution to the

Alzheimers Art quilt Initiative.

It's only 8"x12"

Little and fun!

Plus, I learned something!

Always a good thing. :)

See those little triangles at the top corners of these?

I have never used this kind of hanging method,

but noticed it was the first one listed on the

web site at AAQI.

You can see I still need to do my hand stitching on the bindings.

After attaching those triangles, I wondered if this

method would work for a quilt that has been giving me some

trouble!

I attached some triangles to the corners of this quilt

that would not stay flat on the wall...

No matter what I did!

You can see I still have the little blue sleeve behind there

that I had been using before.

I'm lazy and didn't want to remove it.

Plus, maybe those little triangles weren't going to work...?

Well......after tucking a thin dowel into the triangles...

It DID work!

My little 100's chart will now hang flat on the wall.

Hanging it straight....

That's another story.

free ribbon

After making this quilt for my neighbor

(which she loved, thank heavens!)

I had some leftovers.

You know, all those scraps left after quilting and binding.

I had an idea!!

I get so excited about ideas!

I'm sure I'm NOT the first to think of it...

but...

I've never heard of it.

SO...

It's my idea. :)

Cut those long scraps into 1" strips

and use for ribbon to present the quilt!

this and that

Here's a little 9"x12" quilt for

the Art Quilt initiative.

They are raising $$ for

Alzheimer's research.

Do you recognize any of that fabric from

recent projects?

Here I am plugging along with this little baby quilt.

I love playing with my scraps.

Then I made these for Wanda over at the
Nittany Block party.



She requested People fabric for the center of these
simple log cabins.
I really thought I had zero people fabric.
Thought I might have a reason to shop!!!
BUT....I found this cute piece left over from some
car pillows I made a long time ago.
I love this fabric!



No big quilts today.
The little projects are
so satisfying!!


and quick!