The second pattern for the sweet baby or child’s quilt I introduced last week is this happy little giraffe and morning glory. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
Ever since Camille Roskelley released her Spools quilt pattern, it’s been on my list of quilts to make for myself someday. And then when she came out with the adorable Mini Spools version, that went on the list too. This past week, she had a 25% off sale on all her patterns so I decided it was a good time…
Over the next six weeks I’ll be sharing with you the most adorable patterns to make blocks for a baby or small child’s quilt. For a baby quilt, embroider them on 10″ squares. For a larger quilt, embroider them on 13″ squares. (The blocks will be squared up to 9 1/2″ and 12 1/2″ respectively after stitching is complete.) Each…
I finally have a finish to share with you. The 4th of July table topper that I showed you in progress last week is now finished and ready to use to decorate our new apartment when we move in next week. For the center block and the red and white stripes, I stitched in the ditch. I had tried stitching…
This week I’m working on a couple of quilty projects. I’m slowly working on completing the blanket stitch on the animal appliques for my One Big Cabin quilt that I posted about last week. I’m also working on a 4th of July table topper. The day before yesterday I got it hand basted. In the photo is looks like there…
In addition to working on the edits/revisions on my novel, I’ve also been working on a little quilt that just makes me smile. The fabrics are so bright and happy and the appliqué blocks are adorable. I bought the kit from the Heritage Designs Quilting and Needlework shop at Amana Colonies in Iowa. I did change things a bit when…
Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side is hosting her semi-annual Bloggers’ Quilt Festival again and since I missed taking part in the fall festival, I wanted to make sure to enter this time around. (Last spring I entered this quilt that I made of our middle daughter.) I haven’t had as much time to blog or to sew for the…
The gifts for our son this year were made to co-ordinate with the colors he has chosen to decorate his apartment. His main furniture pieces are black or white or charcoal grey. He has accented those with pops of green and orange here and there. He has made some additions since we helped him move a little over a year…
I’m still busy sewing Christmas gifts and working on my novel. Just as with sewing, some days I make more progress on the novel than on others, but the words are adding up and I’ve been able to fill in sections of Chapters 11, 12 and 13 that needed to be freshed out so that the story would flow smoothly…
I’m excited to show you one of the Christmas projects I’m working on as it’s turning out even prettier than I had pictured in my mind. I managed to get a bunch of projects all cut out while we were in St. Catherines, ON for a contract that Dave was working on. Now that we’re back at our son’s place…