Baby Quilts <3

I am so excited to be able to make baby quilts for two of my friends who are expecting little bundles of joy this summer! One little boy and one little girl...and I know their mommies will love these special quilts made just for them!!

More Florida Quilt Progress

My last post was actually a draft from January that I never posted. Now that my show is over and things around the house are returning to a more normal routine, I have made a little more progress on the Florida Quilt for my mother in law. This was also aided by the fact that the Bug has a double ear infection and is cutting four teeth at once, so I ended up using one of my family sick days today. All of the blocks have been trimmed and I finalized the layout. 5 of 8 rows are sewn together, too, but I didn't take a picture of that yet! My mother in law is visiting this weekend, and I didn't get it done in time for this trip. I should definitely be able to finish it up before her next visit in June, though. The first photo is the final layout, and the second is a shot of our dog, Bo, helping. Good thing she's a dog lover!

I Won!!

For the first time ever, I won a giveaway online! I couldn't believe it when I got an email saying I won the second book bundle on The Fat Quarter Shop' blog. It's an awesome stack of five quilting books. I can't wait to break it open after the girls go to bed!

Progress on the Florida Quilt

Home sick today...my fever broke so i am doing a little chain piecing for my mother-in-law's quilt.

More Handmade Gifts

I made a bunch of handmade gifts this year...here are a few more!

First, a snowman table runner with yo-yo and snowflake button details. I made two of these, for two of my aunts.

Next, I made two zipper pouches. The neon green & pink one was for my Goddaughter, and the one with the Gypsy Caravan fabrics was for my older daughter's Godmother. I modified a tutorial to make both versions. (http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html?m=1)

Finally, when we saw the Nutcracker this year, my cousin, who is also my younger daughter's Godmother, admired the signed pointe shoes. So I snuck away during intermission to buy her a pair. Then, since she happens to be obsessed with mustaches, I made her a pointe shoe bag with an appliqued mustache for her own pointe shoes. She loved both!!

I'm so happy with how everything turned out!

Christmas Gift

I drew my sister-in-law's name in our polyanna this year, and she was so excited. She's been wanting a quilted table runner for her dining room table. She didn't want it to be Christmasy, and she loves rich colors like purple, red, and gold. So I selected some pieces from a Come Together layer cake, and my local quilt shop had a bit of the purple yardage left. I used that for the border, backing, and binding. The blocks ended up being about 12.5" and I used the two-color star tutorial from Fresh Lemons Quilts (http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/?p=1709).

I would have liked to quilt it more (maybe some small stippling in the cream background only), but I ran out of time before Christmas! Oh well, she loved it anyway. I'm really happy with how it turned out, too!

Christmas Pillowcases

I sewed for the second time since going back to work!! A quick project...a Grinchy Christmas pillowcase for each of my girls! Hopefully all of my other Christmas sewing projects will get done tomorrow!