Little finishes

A teeny tiny finish.

Hand quilted with gold embroidery floss.

 

Backed with a modern zig zag.

 

Does anyone out there know the name of this quilt block?

I copied the design from an old quilt block I saw.

 

Love making little things.

The finish comes so quickly!

NOT like the big monster queen sized quilt I've got going!!!

 

I DO see the end of that one though!!

HOoray!

JUST have the binding to do......

How long do you think it will take me to

CHOOSE the fabric???

That might take longer than putting it ON!!!

LOL!

 

 

 

 

One day

I began the day with cutting squares.

I love to GET GOING right away in the morning!

 

A NEW quilt!!!

Oooh.....I love beginnings!

This one is especially NICE

because it's a special REQUEST!

(a twin sized quilt for a little boys BIG bed!)

 

Lots and plaids, stripes and SHIRTS!

Good thing I have a stash of those!

Then I did some wrestling with this monster.

The quilting is all done around the applique.

I just have the white areas left.

I'm trying to mimic the pattern in the white border.

A very light pencil line is all I'm using

as I work around this BIG quilt!



I've made some more coasters.

They need some slip stitching on the side

and quilting stitches.

The PERFECT project to take along today

as we go to my daughter's therapy appointment!

;)

Aaaah!

Time to relax a bit.

Crotchet is addicting!

It's ALSO....

Perfect with a cup of coffee!

 

A day FULL of FUN!

Fabric.

Quilting.

and

Yarn.

 

 

 

Little blocks

These little coasters are for my daughter.

She needs a little housewarming gift!

 

I used 1 1/2" strips and squares to make them.

Don't think I've ever gone SMALLER than that!!

;)

Hope they're MODERN enough for her.

I LOVE them.

Think I'll make another SET!

I'm visiting a relative next week

and could use a little something to GIVE!

 

Don't you LOVE making little gifts

using fabric?

Adding the hand quilting makes these

EXTRA special!

 

 

 

Wonderful Wednesday

Pink and green flowers.

 

5" squares.

4" polka dot border.

Yellow elephants.

Vintage fabric binding.

BRIGHT Orange flowers.

Comfy.

Perfect...

 in almost

EVERY way.

;)

Housekeeping

This little shade and sheer curtain is LONG overdue.

I'm happy to say

"I USED what I HAD!"

That's why there's a little bit

of white eyelet on the sides of the sheer curtain.

 

Did I mention

I'm trying to USE WHAT I HAVE all this year???

It's now October

and I've done a PRETTY good job.

Not PERFECT....

but I'm making a little dent in my STASH!

Woo hoo!!!

The bottom of the shade is the BEST part!!!

This is what it was like BEFORE!

 

I just trimmed that OFF

and hand stitched some fabric onto the bottom of the shade.

I would have used my machine

but....

Didn't want to take the shade OFF of the roller.

;)

yes.

I'm lazy.

When the shade is up

the sun shines in without ALL of the

YUCKY view my daughter has.

When the shade is DOWN

I admire my little bit of handiwork!!!

I'm also going handmade in the kitchen.

 

Applesauce from scratch!!

MMMM.....

SO easy and So good.

 

Add a little water to the cut up apples and simmer.

Eat as soon as it cools off enough!

;)

Mine is cooking NOW

and....

It'll be GONE before I post again!

 

rejected

These cute little 5" squares were REJECTED.

NOT because I don't like them.

I DO like them!

 

They looked good to me when mixed in with

the rest of the squares I used.....

But when I began piecing them in here...

they OVERPOWERED.

It only took a few little rips

and a little more cutting to find a nice SOFT alternative.

 

I KNOW they will eventually find a good home in a quilt.

Just. not this one.

;)

 

It's a good thing I slept on it!

Sometimes I RUSH ahead and sew everything in

BEFORE I find out my MISTAKE.

 

This quilt is for a brand new baby.

I'm sure you can GUESS I already have a couple of baby quilts

All READY to be quilted!!!

But...

I like to sew and think about the new baby.

The new mommy and daddy.

I like to say a prayer as I go......

Raising children takes LOTS of that!

;)

 

 

 

Traveling with yarn

I'm in SHOCK!

I was able to accomplish a few rows of

RESPECTABLE crotchet stitching!

ALL thanks go to Youtube

and a VERY LONG drive!!!

LOL!

 

I'm pretty proud of my afghan "in progress"!

I'm using yarn given to me last year.

My husband actually told me to

"TAKE IT ALL"

when a relative was giving her unused yarn away!!!

My jaw dropped...

then....

I TOOK IT!

So my afghan is FREE!

;)

We traveled to Northern California

to help get these two settled in Lakeport.

Did you know Lakeport has a QUILT TRAIL???

 

I'm wondering HOW my son-in-law KNEW

that taking my daughter to a community that LOVES quilting

would earn him a MILLION points in my book???!!!

 

And HOW in world he landed a JOB

in that exact place???

 

;)