Civil war recreation quilt

Old projects finishing!!

Don't you love when an old project comes to an end?

Little feet always want into the action!!

New project in progress

My newest project is a reproduction civil war quilt. Here are some pics of the process.

One of my firsts...

Here is a scrap quilt I did as one of my first projects. Gave it to one of my sisters. 

Hexies

Nannies quilt

Blue and pink was the theme of this scrap quilt!

First hand pieced project

Recent accomplishments!

Here are a few recently finished projects! 

My First Quilt

This is a pinwheel pattern.

the backing.

both sides.

Here is another view.

My New Project

Here are a few photos of my latest project. Since I haven't updated this blog in about a year I thought it was high time I got my booty in gear. I have been hand quilting this small wall hanging for the last several months. Here are some recent snap shots.


second block with some of the hand quilting done. Long work ahead of me!


one block, they are set on the point in a horizontal line.



the whole basket pattern, made of fat quarters.

Harvest Party Costumes

We do not celebrate Halloween in our household, but we are attending a harvest party this year at our church and thought it was a great opportunity to get the boys dressed up as they will be having a contest for who emulates the best Bible characters. I bought a pattern to make little robes and made silas a funny moses style jacket in about 1 hour. It was really fun. I made kace a tunic from the same pattern, but improvised and his came out even better, Still working on Pedy (she is going as the ten commandments with Silas to accompany as Moses) and for $10 I found a lion costume for gresham to compliment Kace as Daniel. We hope this new adventure goes over well for all of them, with four to choose from one of them actually might win the costume contest, how vain is that?

Striped

This quilt was made from a bunch of fat quarters because I found a very fun and easy pattern to use with stripes of fabric. It was super easy. This is also the very first quilt that I have had machine quilted. Most of my other quilts have either been done by hand or tied (which I love the look of). It was fun seeing how the quilting can go right along with the patterns in the fabric. Although next time I think I would use a thicker batting. It is definately one of the prettier quilts I have made.

Our oldest is about 2 years in this picture, maybe a bit younger. He loved that orange T-rex, big surprise, eh?! Just act like you can't tell how ugly our couch is!

Work In Progress

So I said I would share what I have been currently working on, here are the blocks roughly arranged on the floor. This has to be one of the most fun looking patterns I have tried. It is a lot of fun to think of different ways to quilt each fish.



Simple mock up, what this might look like all done



Close up



The pattern, you can buy it from here www.stargazey.com

Butterfly Garden

So I just finished another baby quilt that I have been working on for months, then when I got sick with this baby I was unable to finish piecing it together because I felt so aweful. Well two weeks ago I brought out my sewing maching and actually used it for the first time since before Christmas. I also began work on another project which I will share soon, if I get the blocks trimmed up quickly, but it is for our own newest addition, whose gender is still unknown. I suddenly realized last week that I actually never finished my third sons quilt even though they all have one (His is simply not quilted or even basted only the top is finished and now seems a little futile to finish it since he is already 15 months old!) But this pattern is from a WONDERFUL book called Stack a New Deck. I LOVE this book it is sooooo imaginative and quick and fun. I made curtains for the boys room from a pattern in this book, which I must document when we get them rehung from their latest washing.

This pattern is one I have made twice because I like it so much, the original was a larger lap quilt for a wonderful woman, but I loved it so much that I had to make a second one for a baby. I used several fat quarters and then looked in my stash to add the backing and the border. I think it came out beautifully! It is hand quilted, which has become very soothing for my uncomfortable joints lately. I hope you enjoy looking at this one as much as I do!!


I just think this is so pretty!


Makes me wish I had a little girl to do girly things for!


The backing is covered with butterflies


Just a peek, okay so this is all me, not really for any edification I just liked it!


The tag.

My Favorite Quilt- Whirling Squares

After having made several quilts I had an abundance of scraps to use up. So I found this great quilt book Scrap Quilts at a used book store and found this pattern among the last few pages, sometimes you can find gold in the back. This actually looks a lot simpler then it actually is, it took me forever to figure it out at first.


This is the Awesome Quilt Book by Judy Martin


This is the pattern I hope you can see it!!


Here is the quilt top



The backing and the top


One of the Quilt blocks 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 along the binding


Another random block, they are all different.


I put polyester batting in this one which made it super snuggly, it is THE softest and most comfy quilt I have made. It is tied with varigated cream, brown and white cotton yarn. I just love this quilt. It is large enough to be a bed quilt for a double bed (I made it when we were still sleeping on a double, before we graduated to a King).