Wednesday, May 19, 2010

My Wonky House Quilt

This quilt is a collaboration of blocks from a swap I was in. All blocks except one were made by quilting friends from my Craftser.org I had asked everyone to make 12 1/2 in. wonky house blocks made from bright fabrics with white backgrounds so they would all be cohesive. I think it turned out great. Each one of them is absolutely perfect. I can't decide on a favorite. I think it is which ever one I am focused on at the moment.
My question is what is the best way to quilt this. Any ideas?

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Allie's stroller quilt




Allie needed a stroller quilt. Regular quilts are just too big for the stroller or the car seat. This one is the perfect size. It's about 27 x 27, give or take an inch. I made it from a snippets charm pack and backed it with pink chenille. No need to add batting, because the chenille is just thick enough. I added rickrack to the edges. I love it!
Of course, Misty likes it so much, she wants me to make one for Julianne. I think I'll make it from Moda's Love U.


Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Allie

Allie with her new quilt!


Ava meets her baby sister, Allie for the first time!

We were blessed with grandbaby number six on February 2. Unlike most of the other grandbabies, Allie decided to wait til she was full term to arrive. My daughter, Amy allowed me to be in the delivery room when the baby was born. She did amazing. Amy was at the hospital less than two hours when Allie arrived. And she let me cut the cord. Allie was also Amy's biggest baby at 7 lbs. 11 oz. She is perfect!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Ticker Tape Quilt


Being modeled by my sweet husband, Richard!

After the wash.


I was looking at some of these quilts on other blogs and flicker and loved the idea of the quilt being almost finished after the scraps are stitched on. Because you sew through the top fabric, batting and backing while you apply the scraps, the only thing left to do is to bind it. It's such a girly quilt. I think I'm going to hang it in Ava and Allie's new bedroom.



Sunday, February 21, 2010

Kaitlyn's Whirly Giggle Quilt







I promised Kaitlyn a new lap quilt that would look good in her new bedroom. She's getting a new bedroom so Ava and Allie can share a room and Kaitlyn can have a room of her own. So for Kaitlyn to get her new room, Kody had to have a room added in the basement. Kody moved into his new room last weekend. Now Kaitlyn's new room needs to be painted so she can move into it. She loves polka dots so all the fabric I used in this quilt have dots. I love the way it turned out and so did she. I added buttons to the middle of each "giggle".

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Misty's Quilt

This is the back of the quilt. I seem to have a problem when I download pictures on here. The second picture I download always shows up first. I'll have to figure this out. But for now, here are the photos.

Here is a quilt I made for Misty's living room. It will look great in there because she has brown walls and aqua accents. It's really simple and is like the one I made for Amy. I used charm squares and 2 1/2" strips. Misty loves it.


Sunday, December 6, 2009

Kody, the Teenager!

Kody turns 13 today! Hard to believe my first grandbaby is a teenager! What a great kid. He has proven over and over how great he is. He loves his sisters and does well in school. He helps his mom with yard work and Ava. He's getting lanky and clumsy and pimply and teenagery! Oh, the wonders of being young. Love this boy!