two more FINISHED quilts.

My two latest completed projects:
The black white and pink was for my sweetest newest niece Annie May! I love the way that it turned out. Mom helped me and Ali even helped me tie it.
The pink brown and white one is one that I finished for one of Ali's friends :)

I really like them both and I know that Nettie loves Annie's quilt. I love making quilts for people that actually appreciate them.






Now I need to get the quilt for the Reunion ready for finishing. :)

weekend..

So this weekend I stayed indoors...did I spring clean? No. But I did have a great weekend. I did laundry, made chocolate chip cookies for breakfast and sewed some new quilt blocks! Will post pics later.

spring time...

Spring time is around the corner and I really need to do some spring cleaning. In all parts of my life. Do you ever feel that way? I need to literally spring clean the house, and clean out the cobwebs of my life. . . . Leave all the old baggage behind and start fresh. Only trouble is that I am not sure where to start to accomplish that. Wish me luck.

I have taken on a new project. A cathedral Windows quilt. It will take forever for me to finish it, but it will be so cool when its done. It may be done once its a wall hanging size ;)

Progress so far. . .

These are some blocks for another quilt that I am working on. I am thinking it may be the one for the family reunion this year. I am sashing it with muslin, so you really just see all the colors and nothing takes away from it. I really like it so far, so we will see if I end up keeping it. . .

We'll see what else this weekend brings.

it's been. . . .forever.

I was going to post pics of all the things that I have been working on. It seems as though some of the things that I have finished and given away I didn't take pics of. Ugh. . .some day I will learn. I do have some pictures though.

Harvey is working again and we are looking to buy a house. We actually made an offer on one, but someone else out-bid us. :( So I am starting the search over again. Life is pretty good. I get to have Harvey home for a whole week in February. I am pretty excited about that. 7 weeks is a long time for him to be gone and it will probably be that long again after this time. I am very greatful that he has a job however, it was a long search.

Lets see. . . . . . the projects that I worked on since I last posted and all through the holidays. . .

#1- a quilt for one of my favorite exec at the bank. She is an amazing leader, I had every employee in the bank sign or write a message on a quilt block, Then I put it all together and had it machine quilted. It turned out SO cool, and it was a surprise and she LOVES it! That was a very fulfilling project. The signatures are on the purple squares. I didn't want it to be painfully obvious that it was a signature quilt, I wanted her to still want to use it. I hate to say it, but most signature quilts are done with a light colored or white fabric and they are down right ugly! I am pretty proud of this one.

#2- a car seat cover, (no Pic) you know the kind that make a tent over a baby car seat and velcro to the handle. I made one for my new beautiful niece Annie May. Her mom Lynette really liked it. I made it with a scalloped edge, and it was the first one I ever attempted, but I think that it may become my go to gift for baby showers. It was really easy, and every baby needs one, right?

#3-A quilt for miss Annie May that my mom and I are making. Top completed, the finishing is not. . . I love it, I think that it just screams trendy little girl. :)

#4- A snappy little change purse. These are really fun and simple to make and they kind of Snap shut.

#5- A quilt in progress that I am making for a friend of mine that had a baby a few months back . I hope I complete before the baby get too grown up. :)

#6-A purse for a friend of mine that LOVES Disney. I think that she really liked it. I love her.

On a totally different note, since Harvey isn't home I have been going to the gym and watching what I eat, and I stopped drinking Pepsi. . .As of a couple weeks ago I had lost 21 lbs! That is a super great feeling, I love that my pants are too big, but I have refused to buy new ones yet. I am wanting to loose more before I go buy new. I've resorted to wearing dresses and skirts, they seem to stay up better, and don't look so baggy. :) Life is pretty good and I am very blessed. I will try to keep up better now. :)

Arghhhh. . .

So my mom calls me tonight, and says that she cut the pieces for the quilt that I said I would help her with, and wanted to know if I can I help her figure out the rest. Let me give you some background. My mom doesn't have a rotary cutter or a cutting mat or a cutting ruler. She has never, ever, ever pieced a quilt in her entire life. So I ask if she borrowed a mat and cutter from someone, she says no I cut them with scissors.....
Have you ever tried to cut out pieces for a quilt with scissors? Thats like going back in time a hundred years. . . .grrrr the frustration.
I told her when I helped her pick out the fabric that I would help her strip piece it. much faster and easier that way. especially for her first pieced quilt. Now we are going to have trim each of the pieces that she cut so that they are the same, so that the seams with match up and then we can't really strip piece it because now she has squares instead of strips. I could have saved her a lot of time and energy if she had just listened.
Is this what parents feel like when their kids do stupid crap and don't listen, and have to learn the hard way?
Oh well I s'pose that we'll just muddle through it.
Someday she will perhaps listen to me. I really doubt it though. She is stubborn, hard headed and just a little nutty. :)
Good thing she is so loveable.

More from before

I have been making quilts for a long time now, about 14 years actually I started in High School. My good friend gave me a quilt for my 17th birthday. It was all over after that. I used to just do the sandwich type, but now I piece the tops. Here are some of my favorites that I haven't given away. (I have given away a lot of ones that I love) I didn't used to take pics. Wow have I learned my lesson. Now I always take pictures so that if I want to re-create something I have done in the past then I can. I don't really use patterns I make up my own, so it helps to have the pis for memory jogging.

I made this attic windows pattern, (its the cheater way with no Y seams. . . I hate Y seams.) It's pretty cool because it makes these little pockets on every square!

This one I made for my sister for christmas one year, she chose the colors and I worked on it I think that she ended up getting it about 10 months late, but she does love it. :)

I wanted to make a black and white with a splash of color. I really love the way it turned out.

All Boxed UP

All boxed up is on of my favorite patterns. One pattern 3 different looks. I love the way that this patterns turns out everytime. This first one was given to a friend of mine for her birthday.

These other two are waiting patiently in my stash of quilt tops to be finished for someone.

I love sewing. It is my relaxing, getaway at home. Sounds like a chore for some people but for me it's like a vacation. :)