Pink Princess

In between a busy work schedule I made this for a little girl who loves the color pink. Great fun to make.

A Whole New World

This is a very bad photo, but you can see a glimpse of the new world I have discovered. Machine embroidery.  My quilts will soon be adorned with words and such. 

Sewing Time

I have had some blocks of available time for sewing so I finally was able to tackle Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Trips Around the World.  This is a pattern that I have wanted to make for years.  When Bonnie came to San Diego a few months ago I was unable to get into her class which was doing this pattern so I resolved to do it on my own.

Here is the progress that I have made so far..36 blocks.  I think that it is big enough, although I am sure Bonnie with her gigantic quilts would disagree.  Still playing with the layout.

Latest Quilts

Here are two of the latest quilts for which I have photos.  The black and white quilt was commissioned for a baby.  The request was for a baby quilt that is black and white with splashes of color.  It would be nice to have the baby's name on it.  So I decided that pinwheels would be fun to make.  I put the baby's name in morse code on the top border of the quilt.

The second quilt is one I made of bits of fabrics for a woman named Judy who is in my quilting class.   Judy has been downsizing her stash in preparation for a move and has been giving me the fabrics.  I love Judy's fabrics, they are bright and cheerful.  I told her that if I had gone to the store they would be the ones that I would pick. So, I made a lap quilt for Judy so she would keep her fabrics with her.

Long time No Post

Time does get away. I have been busy making lots of quilts. Here are the six I made for a wonderful family with five daughters adopted fom China.

A Good Cause

Adeye, a mom at one of the blogs that I read daily, http://www.nogreaterjoymom.com/

is doing a fundraiser. The purpose fo the fundraiser is to free Vanya from an orphanage in Eastern Europe. The cost of international adoptions is great. Families who want to adopt internationally face the burden of trying to raise funds to proceed with the adoption, resulting in less families able to adopt and more children without families.

I sent these two quilts to be included in the fundraiser. What a joy it will be to help Vanya find his forever family.

Today I am sewing on a Zig Zag quilt. I don't usually sew quilts on the diagonal so it is something new for me. http://beesquarefabrics.blogspot.com/2990/03/how-to-make-zig-zag-quilt-without.html is the link for the instruction.

Latest projects

Here are two other quilts I have worked on. The first is a quick kids' quilt. I had the fabric out since I whipped out a quilt for a preemie using these fabrics. Insted of putting the fabric away I cut what I needed to make one of these. The pattern is from Downey's Quilts for Kids site.

The other quilt here is from Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com. She calls it Little Monkey. I will call it Little Monkey on My Back since once I started making the little monkey wrench squares I kept on going since they are addicting to make. Usually I work with larger squares and bigger pieces, but with this the squares are 4.5" finished. I do like this one.