Today’s finish has been a long time coming and is all the more satisfying because of that. I started this quilt back in April of 2009 as part of a quilt-a-long hosted by Amanda Jean over at crazy mom quilts. The idea was to sew one nine-patch block per day. By July, I’d completed the 70 nine patches needed for…
On the first Friday of every month, Cheryll over at Gone Stitchin‘ hosts Friday Night with Friends where people from around the world sign up for an evening of crafting. And then over the weekend everyone posts about what they worked on. It’s been ages since I’ve joined one of these Friday night virtual get togethers but as I’m wanting…
The sixth and final pattern for the baby or child’s quilt is this sweet baby zebra with sunflower. To make the quilt, square up the blocks and then alternate plain blocks with the embroidered blocks. For the baby quilt using 9 1/2″ squares, arrange the blocks 4 rows of 3 blocks across. For the larger child’s quilt using 12 1/2″…
This mischievous little monkey picking a poppy is the second last of six patterns for the baby or child’s quilt. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
Getting this quilt top sewn together and then photographed turned into a bit of an adventure. Katherine over at Sew Me Something Good recently shared beautiful photographs she’d taken of her maple leaf quilt while on a fall nature walk. The whole time I was piecing the quilt I showed you on Wednesday I kept thinking of a creative place…
Back in the spring when we were staying in the hotel, I started work on a quilt kit for One Big Cabin by Row House Creations When we moved from the hotel into our apartment it got packed up and didn’t get worked on again until this past weekend. Before it got packed away, I had chosen to blanket stitch…
Couldn’t you just hug the little lion staring up at the periwinkle in this fourth pattern for the baby or child’s quilt! This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
Today’s pattern for the baby or child’s quilt is this cute little elephant with painted daisy. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
After all the trouble I had making the spool blocks and then doing the stitch in the ditch quilting, sewing the bindings to the back of the mini spool quilts and doll quilt was a nice relaxing process. It truly is my favorite part of making any quilt. The doll quilt made using the leftover charms looks like a flower…
I’m finally at my most favorite stage of quilting with these mini quilts… hand sewing the binding to the back of the quilt. But it took me much longer to get here than I had anticipated. There were times when I wondered if this was one project that was going to defeat me. My seam ripper saw a lot and…