Morgan's Zig Zag

My niece Morgan is visiting with her family for a few days.  She brought a quilt top to quilt while she is here.  We loaded it on the HQ and she whipped out this cute pattern in a short time.  We took it off the machine and she laid it on the floor to cut off the extra batting and backing.  Her 10 month old daughter Lily, immediately crawled over and sat in the middle of the quilt.  I thought it was so cute I had to get a picture.

It looks wonderful on the back.  Perfect for a baby boy. 

Here are the girls playing on their quilt which their mother made for them.  Isn't it sweet how children are drawn to soft snuggly quilts.

My Mother's Gift!

My Mother made this quilt for me when I was married, almost 26 years ago.

I didn't realize at the time how much went into piecing a quilt and quilting it.   

I know it was the first star quilt she made and she only made one more after this.

I remember choosing the fabric,  I'm not sure why I went with purple because red is my favorite color.  I think I just liked the prints.

Her work was so precise as she fit every diamond together.

My mother passed away in 1997 so this quilt has become even more special to me.  I know it was a labor of love.  To me, the quilts or other handcrafted items we put together are tangible proof of how much we love our family and friends who are the recipients of our gifts. 

I have been watching the Olympics religiously (our poor curling teams) so I have been doing a lot of handwork.  I'm working on a receiving blanket and matching burp clothes for a shower gift.  I like to give handmade gifts to new babies so hopefully I can get this finished by next week.

One burp cloth is finished.

A close up of the crochet pattern around the edge.

Squirrelly Zig Zag

The pink and brown in this quilt really catch my eye.  I love how it turned out.  I used fabrics that I purchased online from Fabricworm.  The prints I chose were from Denise Schmidt's, Hope Valley, Tanya Whelan's, Dolce, Wendy Slotboom's, Frolic, and Lecian's brown polka dot.

I used a pink broadcloth for the back and binding.  I would have bound it with something else but I had plenty of this so I used it.

The quilting pattern is one that I found in a book that Jim gave me for Christmas.  It is called Mouse Maze.  I hate mice, but I do love the little squirrels in the Frolic fabric.

Posies in February

Here is a little bit of spring in the middle of February.

I used the striped fabric  for the binding and the small flower print for the back.

And here is why I am not taking pictures of my quilts outside.  It is 16 degrees right now we have had 2 feet of snow on the ground since the middle of December.

I really do love winter, it gives me an excuse to stay inside where it is warm and cozy and work on something fun or read a good book.

Baby Pinwheel!

I finished binding this quilt tonight. My 14 year old daughter reluctantly agreed to hold up the quilt if I didn't show her socks.  Oops, on the last picture.  Sorry Banner. I also forgot to remove my husband's boots which show in the first picture.  I'm not very good at setting up shots.   I found a picture of this quilt online in the fall and ordered the fabric and finally got around to completing it.  I used the Snippets collection by American Jane, one charm pack and the fabric for the back and the binding.  The white fabric is Bella Moda.  I quilted with white thread in a stipple pattern.  This is the first quilt I have done with Prairie Points.  They were very easy to do and really complete the quilt. 

Bye Bye Birdie!

Sweet Tweets is now completely finished.  This is my first applique quilt so I learned a few valuable lessons.  I will always use Heat n Bond Lite from now on.  I used regular Heat n Bond on this one and the birds are still a little bit stiff.  I think with continued washing this will not be a problem.   The quilting turned out very cute so I was pleased.  I learned a new way to finish off the border so you can't tell where the border ended or started.  The border and back are the same red and white print.  It measures 42 x 47.

Wonderland Jelly Roll Quilt!

I made this baby quilt with one half of a Jelly Roll of Moda's Wonderland fabric by Momo.  I put an orange cotton with small red polka dots on the back.  It measures about 36 x 42.  I love the bright colors of this collection.  Luckily I have more Wonderland in my fabric stash.