A Spring Skirt!

Whitney bought the Urban Girl Wrap skirt pattern by Kati Cupcake so she could sew it this weekend.   She  started out with help from her Aunt Liz and then me.

The pattern called for a ruffle so we were able to use the ruffler foot on my machine.

 

 

This was a very easy skirt to make, I think I will make one for each of the girls and myself.

A Future Quilter and a Christmas Quilt!

Lily decided to find out what this machine is all about. (not) She just wanted to play around.

I think she just stuffed a pencil in the tube that holds the batting roll.

Meanwhile, Lily's grandmother(my sister Shelley) was busy quilting this cute Christmas quilt.

Shelley was very ambitious, she quilted Christmas trees and stars in the blue border,and holly leaves and holly berries in the red borders.  In the center she quilted a large stipple pattern and individually quilted each appliqued star. 

Fun, Fun!

Last Monday, right after I finished Ann's quilt.  We loaded this quilt of Morgan's.

She made it for a friend who is expecting a baby boy this spring.

This friend also happens to love Dr. Seuss.  All of the fabrics are from the Dr. Seuss collection except the binding which is a multi-colored stripe.  The back of this quilt is so fun.

Morgan did her own quilting which is a retro square design.

Most of the blocks are off-set but a few of them have the square right in the middle.

Morgan, you did great again!

Ann's Quilt

My Aunt asked me to do the quilting on this beautiful quilt that she made for her bed.  I was nervous about starting because I didn't want to mess it up.

I quilted a continuous curve pattern in the pieced blocks and

a circle feather in the floral blocks.

I love the back, she could put either side up on the bed.

Here is a closer view of the quilting on the borders, shown from the back.  I free-handed circles in the narrow green border and I quilted ribbons in the wider pink border.

This whole quilt was done free-hand.  I did use a template to draw a circle with water soluble marker, then I followed the circular line.  A quick spritz of water and the marker was gone. 

Ann loves the quilt, I'm glad.