Posted in quilting on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t end up having time take some pics but now that the movers have come and gone I do have a bit of time. I don’t have computer access anymore at my house but right now at my mom’s (where we will be spending a lot of time until the move) there is, so I snapped [...]
Posted in quilting on June 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here are some pics of my latest quilt. The front and back are both pretty much solid with a few splashes of color. (these aren’t great pics, I don’t know how to photograph larger quilts, but you get the idea)
The front idea came for This Book. It is called Bits and Pieces. I pretty much [...]
Posted in quilting on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a peek at my current WIP. This is the first of two quilts in this color scheme. What you see is Kona Cotton in Espresso and Bermuda along with a few specks of Amy Butler. This quilt is a bridal shower gift for a dear friend of mine.
Come back on Saturday for more information.
Posted in quilting on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here are the last of the gifts in my Birthday Give-Away.
A set of four mini quilts/coasters. 4.5″ x 4.5″ approximately.
These were made to try the Amy Butler fabric I got at Pike Place the other day with Espresso Kona Cotton in the background. I need to make a couple of large quilts over the next few months and I wanted [...]
Posted in quilting on April 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
So what do you do with them? I was thinking you could hang them or maybe frame them first then hang. Or maybe a pot holder? No that doesn’t seem right. I made this one for a quick quilting fix. With time being so precious right now I haven’t been able to do much of it. [...]
Posted in quilting on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a quilt for my good friend Jessica. She’s about to have her 4th babe at the end of the month. I’m crossing my fingers that she’ll go a few days late and have him on my birthday. Sorry Jess, I know its no fun those last few weeks.
Here’s the front
and the back
It’s made [...]
Posted in quilting on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is a fun variation of my last quilt. I used one line of rectangles instead of the six. The back is a solid blue, loopy quilting is light blue, and binding is chartruce and lime green.
Simple and Sweet
Posted in quilting on March 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I haven’t officially started spring break, but on Friday I finished my last assignment. Thursday I have a “final”. It’s not really a final but a quiz. No pressure at all. Hurray! It feels so good to have this quarter behind me (almost). This one was by far the hardest and most time consuming. Next [...]
Posted in paper goods, quilting on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
i am so glad school is out. dave and i are both students right now and have started our winter break. as a homeschooling mom i made the decision to cancel school for the kiddies so we all could have a winter break together. we haven’t been able to go and do too much due [...]
Posted in quilting on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
my semester is finally coming to an end. i am so looking forward to a few weeks off.
i discovered a window of time that i can work on a few of the projects in my head. on wednesdays the kiddies spend much of the day with their homeschool group. after lunch while the thisbe and [...]
Posted in quilting on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
i finished up my robot quilt today. i just love how he turned out.
the quilting made such a hugh difference and burying all those strings was not painful at all. it did take a couple of hours but i could do it while watching tv. thanks again kathy for the tip. if i ever make [...]
Posted in quilting on August 30, 2007 | No Comments »
well, last night i sewed up the lining for my purse and started sewing it into the tube. i got about 75% done when i tried zipping it up. i seems i sewed the knit outside of the purse too close to the zipper. i couldn’t zip it up. i didn’t have the patience last night. so, [...]
Posted in quilting, random knits, spinning on August 27, 2007 | No Comments »
wow! thanks for all the quilt love. did someone link to my blog? i have received so much traffic and so many e-mails the past few days. anyway, thank you.
so, my summer is coming to the end. i have one more week until we start homeschooling again, and than at the end of september i [...]
Posted in quilting on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
this gate seems to be the place to photograph my baby quilts. i finished this one last night.
here is the close up.
it is very similar to this quilt.
this one is for my mother to give as a gift to a new mom she knows. i also made a diaper pouch to go with it.
Posted in quilting, random knits, spinning on July 24, 2007 | No Comments »
i left town last week and took my spinning wheel with me. i almost didn’t bring it but was so glad that i did. the yarn turned out to be very beautiful on my self striping attempt. here’s the wip. the stripes are subtle but they’re there. hurray!
it’s going to be another lined bag.
here is [...]
Posted in quilting, sewing on July 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
well my summer started late june and i’ve been working on a few things after the kiddies get to bed. i got four quilt tops made including this one, and completed one of the quilts.
i have quite a few wip.
three more quilts to quilt and bind, a purse that i started at the black sheep gathering. i [...]
Posted in paper goods, quilting, sewing on May 12, 2007 | No Comments »
last night after the kiddies went to bed i got going on the baby quilt. ( it was about 8:oo when i got started) as i looked up at the clock when i was finishing up the binding it was almost 10:30. i couldn’t believe the quilting and binding only took two and half hours.
with [...]
Posted in quilting, sewing on May 7, 2007 | No Comments »
with a couple of midterms coming up, homework has slowed up. so i have had a bit of time to start this quilt. the babe isn’t due until july but we are having a party for his mommy this weekend. i wonder if i will get it finished on time. hubby will be out of the house [...]
Posted in quilting on April 3, 2007 | No Comments »
My participation in the blockswap has now come to an end. Thank you so much Jessica for organizing such a great swap. I just love my finished quilt and love to wrap up in all the talent that went into the making of these blocks.
So here are the ladies behind those beautiful blocks.(starting at the [...]
Posted in quilting on March 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Ok, I have finished Ian’s Quilt. It’s been washed and is so soft and wonderful. I am sad that I can’t get a good picture of it, these pics do not do it justice.
The front
The back
and a close-up of the quilting
I have also started quilting my block swap quilt. If your interested in seeing it [...]
Posted in quilting on March 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Hubby was out for the night on Friday and kiddies were in bed by 8:00 so I had the night to myself. I did get a little sidetracked from Ian’s quilt however. I started dreaming about having my own quilt made from the blocks I got when I participated in the block swap. So first [...]
Posted in quilting on March 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday morning I had my last final. I am so glad to have a little break from school. So, as soon as I finished my final I started making this quilt. It went surprisingly fast. I worked on it for a total of about 5 or 6 hrs. That’s faster than trying to knit a hat. [...]
Posted in everything else, quilting on March 3, 2007 | No Comments »
The bidding for this beautiful quilt is underway and will end Tuesday, March 6th at about noon.
Come join the fun.
Click here to go to the auction.
Or click here to go to seedpod to get details about this project and the quilt.
Posted in quilting on February 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Well it’s time. Jess has finished the first charity quilt. It will be up for auction on e-bay March 1st and all proceeds will go toward purchasing animals for needy families around the world through Heifer International. Look here for more photos and details about the auction.
The quilt block that I contributed is not on [...]
Posted in quilting on February 20, 2007 | No Comments »
It happened. I had a little time. Last night after the kiddies went to be I dedicated the eve to working on this. I had hopes of working on a blankie for a little boy due to arive soon but I had to choose between making something from what I had and buying supplies to [...]
Posted in quilting, sewing on December 28, 2006 | No Comments »
I finished the blanket yesterday and today I was obsessed over making a bib. It was all I could think about. How will it do it? What fabrics? How big? How will I stuff it? Than when I completed the bib I started obsessing over the cute shoes I could make to go with the [...]
Posted in quilting on April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I’m so glad that today I got to do some crafting. Finally! I’ve had a busy week and havn’t had a chance to work on any of my projects.
I started a new project. The Robot Quilt. So far I think it’s pretty cute. I’m having fun piecing it together. I’m using a variety of greens [...]
Posted in quilting on March 22, 2006 | No Comments »
Block Swap Update
Well here they are. Now all I need to do is Mail them to Jess.
Posted in quilting on March 11, 2006 | No Comments »
Block Swap Update
The first of the 10
Posted in quilting on March 7, 2006 | No Comments »
I thought now would be a good time to show a quilt I had made for my mother in law for Christmas. I used up some of my scraps from previous quilts. With Denyse Schmidt as inspiration I am pretty happy with the results. It was quite a learning experience with machine quilting.
