Happy 2020 (a bit late)

It is March already!  I can hardly believe it! 
And its not that I haven't been busy, cause I sure have.  But..... well time just fights with me getting on the computer.   Actually, I'd rather be sewing or singing than doing anything else. 
I got my laptop up and working and thought maybe that would motivate me to get my posts entered in a more timely manner.

So, today I finished a quilt and bag for my newest grand niece born on March 9th, Rebekah Lynn (named after her momma). 

This fabric was a piece I received from Doris Golleher, my dear friend who now lives in Heaven!
It is such a cute lamb print that I knew it would be perfect for this precious Lamb!  I backed it in flannel.   It should provide lots of warmth in the Colorado cold winters.

The rest of my completes I will add on a more daily basis to get caught up.   (Hopefully!!)

Finished quilts

My friend picked up her finished quilt today.  I did the entire quilt in Free Motion and I love it.   She did too!  I completely forgot to take a picture of the entire quilt🙁  

Life, clocks and quilts.....

I finally have my computer back and it seems to be running very nicely and all programs are getting along, yay!   Now it "should" be easier for me to post.    Time will tell.  LOL

This is the final Teacup Block I made for my swaps.   This was such a fun swap and I plan (hope) to put a quilt or two together with these cuties.

The next pictures are probably not going to be in any chronological order, just projects I've started and/or finished.

This is a baby clock I finished for my sister.   Her friend's daughter had a baby boy and I have made clocks for other babies in that family.   This is a different style clock than I am used to working with and I almost cut it out too small.   Glad I noticed it.    Then I made these two, Harper's is by special request, and Averie's is a surprise.

I've had some requests for special quilts too.   So many babies being born this year!  Wow. . .
The first one is a Winnie the Pooh quilt made for my daughter's friend in Arkansas.

The next one is for my daughter's nephew.

Front, back and a closeup of the baby jungle animals print.   It is so cute, don't you think?

Remember the triplet's quilts here?  There was another mother of a preemie at the hospital that requested
a quilt for her little one - a noah's ark theme.   This turned out really cute.

Then I saw the cutest embroidery designs and bought them immediately.   I have embroidered out about 10 of the designs but the first one is my favorite..

So much so that I had to put it into a small wall hanging for one of my friends.

Is that not just the most darling thing?   She loved it too!
This post is getting pretty long.   I better get back to work.   I hope to share more later!

It's All About the Quilts

Did I ever mention that I have a lot of strip sets?   Jelly rolls?   Whatever name they go by, I have em.   And alot of them.   Last time I counted, and that was months ago, I had 189 sets/rolls.   Yes, it is an addiction.  So I've decided to try to reduce the number and get some quilts made from these for the nursing homes.  I'm going to do at least one a month.   The above picture is the one I made for the month of April.   And it is quilted and bound and ready to go.

Next I quilted a top for my friend Peggy.   She is not allowing herself to buy any fabric, but to only use what she has on hand.   This quilt is really pretty, don't you think?   All from scraps.

My daughter has a friend who is expecting triplets.  She was told there were two girls and a boy and she wanted to go with a rock and roll theme.   I went on line and found the cutest fabric here.  It came in both blue and pink so I placed my order.  The very next day Brooke called my daughter and said, "wait - they found it's two girls and one boy!"  Wow, I called equilter and they had not yet shipped my order so I was able to get it changed.   These are the quilts we gave to her.

I embroidered their initials into the corner squares.  You know, they must know which one is for which one!
The next photos, show the backs of the quilts.

 I pieced in strips of the colors on the front.   They turned out really cute and Brooke loves them.

Ok, that's it for now.   Off to quilt some more!

More projects and pictures

I'm now on to the next projects completed.   I do LOVE making these little purses!

This one I made for a friend of mine.  She loves green and I was playing around with some strips of fabric I had saved and came up with this.   Cute, huh?  I'm not sure I like the shape so I've since, altered the pattern a bit.

I also got to quilt a top for a friend of mine.   She did a great job piecing this beauty.   And the colors are just gorgeous!

My youngest grandson was baptized and this is a picture of the family.

 
The next one has my mom and my sister in it.  Wow, four generations!

There is more to come later!

Busy, Snowy Weekend

Maybe I should really say "icy" weekend but it looks like snow!  We were iced in for 3 days - even church was cancelled.  It was fantastic!   Well, for me anyway.  I think for my Grandkids too!   It is not often here in Texas they get to go sledding and snow boarding.

This is 3 of them enjoying a day in the cold!   A bitter cold I might add.  Yes, I know, some of you say this is normal, but for NE Texas it is so NOT normal and these temperatures are NOT normal either.

Now for me, my hobbies are inside hobbies so it worked out great!  Unfortunately, one of my hobbies is gospel singing and this weather forced 3 of my quartet's inside performances to be cancelled/rescheduled.   Most we were able to reschedule, PTL!  So, this forced me to focus on my other hobby (no sad face from me).   This is what I was able to complete.   First, a T shirt quilt was quilted for my friend Peggy.

This is a large quilt for her grandson.   Please save your children/grandchildren's T shirts from their favorite activites.  You, too, can make this wonderful momento for them as they grow up.

Then I was also able to quilt Peggy's Santa Wall Hanging.  Isn't this cute?

This quilt was a fun one to quilt with my new quilt pattern called Tinsel    It is from Wildflower Quilting 

I was also able to grab a good photo of my quilt that I will list for sale on Etsy.

I hope your weekend was sew special too. 

My teal beauty!

I was able to finish the binding on my teal floral quilt.   This one is for sale.   The pictures taken today are not a good color representation due to the overcast/rainy day we have today.   I may try to retake the pictures before I list it on Etsy.  It measures 39"x48".

The true colors are better represented by this picture as I was quilting it.

I just LOVE these colors so much!   I think it will make a darling baby quilt or lap quilt, don't you?

Another Quilt Finished

My friend, Peggy, brought a quilt to me that she made for her 50th (gasp! shh) Class Reunion!   It is a Texas-Western style quilt that I believe will be raffled off.   Here are some pictures.

I am not sure but I think the boot, horseshoe and hat are paper pieced and are SEW cute!  The bluebonnets are ruched, and the yellow rose and armadillo are needle turn applique.   She did a fabulous job on this quilt.  I used a meander star design to quilt it and it turned out great.   Best thing, Peggy LIKES it!