experiment

A few weeks ago I had such creative block I could not sew a thing. A friend suggested I grab some scraps and sew. This is the result. The front is all the scraps that I sewed a few weeks ago tied in by rick rack. This top has Halloween, Christmas, cars, flames ... It is truly an uncontrolled scrappy top. The back I used my baby go to fuse on some flowers. I really like the idea of using a two sided runner. In the end this runner dissolved my creative block :)


My only dilemma is what to do next??????

Disappearing Nine Patch For Baby girl

I am in love with the disappearing nine patch pattern. Every quilt looks a little different depending on how you lay things out. I made this top to keep in case... Well in case came this past week. The assistant director at work is due on July 17th with a baby girl. She is the type that does everything she can to help out the teachers even when the director and owner don't want to hear it. I just felt her baby needed a quilt. This circumstance taught me to try to always have some tops ready to go.

Thankfully, I bought a baby go last week. I plan to make a bunch of tops from my scrap bin and keep them handy. I'd also like to donate a few more to linus. This little machine is truly a godsend I can cut binding in 3 minutes ... before 3 hours if I was lucky.

One of my quilts with the recipient Abbygail :)

On My Way

Today I had to pull all of my fabric out of my closed door pantry in my sewing room. I need to put my regular closet back together in my sewing room to get ready to sell the house. when I yanked the fabric out I realized I am well on my way to being a true quilter. This is my current stash of 1/2 yard plus pieces. I also have 3 rubbermaid rolling carts full of fabric fq size and smaller.

This makes it worth while

A friend of mine posted these pictures on facebook. Her son Gage and his new race car bed. Look what is on the bed.... the quilt I made him when he was born. He is 16 months old now. Isn't he a cutie :)

Turtle Quilt

After starting this quilt in January I finally finished it. I used the turtle party quilt pattern and adapted it here and there. This quilt is for a very special little girl in NY Abbygail. She is my best friend's niece.

October Secret Pal Swap

I decided for the October swap to make something for my pal. I know I would love to receive a handmade gift in my package. In the end this project did get a label simply for the added personalization.





After finishing this one up I decided I really like the backing fabric. I think I will use it on the front of my next one.