Baby, Baby

May 9, 2013. Thursday
It is definitely spring, the new lambs and calves are in the fields alongside of their mothers. I have noticed a lot of new born baby announcements in the last couple of weeks.

Today I will show you a baby quilt done by Carol. This quilt has puppies appliqued on it and was done in the quilt pattern "Raining Cats and Dogs". The baby that receives this gift will love this colorful and playful quilt.

This quilt is actually a panel that I quilted up and use on this little child bed. The youngest grandchild still likes to climb on this bed with her story books.It has a series of bunnies on it. She pretends she is reading to them in her own little bed. The quilt itself has different size stippling on it and is very close which makes the quilt more of a coverlet than a soft quilt. Childrens panels can make up into fun little quilts for them.

Trip around the world

Monday May 6,2013

We are getting great weather now and our gardens are growing like crazy. There is so much yard work to do, its hard to keep at the quilting sometimes. My tulips are starting to open now and are sporadic in places. We have problems with the chipmunks and squirrels here and its a battle every fall to see how many tulip bulbs can be spared. I guess I won out on some of them. Monday morning and I look at Carole's quilt called " Trip Around the World" and I think how it would be a fun thing to do,but then I think it would take me away from my sewing machines for too long. I know, I know, life is too short but you have to choose the things you like to do the best and I guess that's sewing for now.This quilt is called trip Around the World" and is 87x97. We have quilted a 10" pattern on it called "Falling Leaves". It gives it a nice swirling pattern as you can see by the backing in the picture below. This is a lovely soft quilt with Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. Carol now has a lovely quilted quilt for her bed. 

 May 2, 2013 Thursday Wow!

 We are already into May, my favorite time of year. I have been running between my garden and quilting all week . They say that gardening and quilting go hand in hand. Is that true with you.? I love the colors of all the flowers and its like building a quilt only outdoors! The heading of our page today shows a few of my daffodils and forsythia that are in bloom. My husband Eugene loves to use his camera and enjoys taking pictures of my garden as it progresses through the season. So you see you will be able to enjoy both our quilting projects and my garden through the whole season. I hope you will like it! Please, drop me a line and let me know. Its fun to hear how you are enjoying this blog too!
Todays quilt is so much fun and Jeannie-Kay always has fun making these. She tells me she may use  it for a picnic tablecloth. it is pieced with beautiful fruits and vegetables, and looks yummy.

This quilt is 61x61 and is quilted with strawberries all over.

 You will see the strawberry pattern in the picture below. What a fun quilt!

Jelly Roll Quilt

 April 29, 2013.  Monday.

We have just come through the most beautiful spring weekend and the gardens are starting to come alive. The Spring Dauphinee is always my first spring flower along with my lovely crocuses. I always love to take pictures of them first thing because it gives you such renewed  strength and promise. The spring quilt shows are all booked now and you can visit each one with thoughts about your next project.   

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  Today is Monday and I would like to show you the jeans quilt we did for Gisele. Everyone seems to have a supply of old jeans that they never seem to know what to do with . I thought this was a good idea to cut them into strips and sew them like a jellyroll. The colors are very soft together. This quilt is 71x78  and has a very light batting in it. The pattern quilted on it is Geometric at 12"'. This makes a great quilt for the boy in your life.

"May the force be with you"

April 25,2013, Thursday
May the Force be with you! My grandsons really love Star Wars. This is Nathan sitting on his bed with his peronnalized Star Wars quilt. He just had to include his light sabres to make it it all come real. Both my grandsons love their quilts because everything is about Star Wars and Lego. This is a twin size quilt and is quilted in the pattern of String of Stars. Enjoy the following pictures of this quilt and keep in mind how easy it is to whip these favorites up.

Paper Dolls

Remember paper dolls and all the fun we had with them!!

April 22,2013,   Monday.  This week is Grandmother's brag week. I have taken some pictures of my grand-daughters Paper Doll quilt to show you. This is four year old Nara and she loves to dress up. Nara is a   girly girl and enjoyed posing for her quilt picture. Here she is sitting on her bed, she loves pink and purple the best. This quilt was done with the paper doll fabric with all the coordinating fabrics. The quilting pattern is Cloud Nine Petite. This pattern works so well with children's quilts and you will notice I use it often.

  

This is the over all pattern of Cloud Nine Petite on the back of Nara's quilt.

Teddy seems to enjoy Nara's pillow. It's always fun to make matching pillow cases to go with your quilt. I know Nara loves hers.  On Thursday I will show you another grandmother brag quilt for that little boy in your heart.

Scappy Quilt

April 18, 2013

 

I have a fondness for patchwork quilts. This quilt done by Natalie is a great example. It is 102x 110 and done in lovely greens. The quilting pattern on this quilt is called Simply Clematis which is a nice all over pantogram.