Baby Quilts

I finished the binding on this baby quilt today. I quilted it with a serpentine stitch on the diagonal. And I've already listed it on my Etsy shop.

This quilt top was finished a long time ago. Just quilted it yesterday and washed it this morning. I am sooooo trying to finish up old projects.

I don't know where I found the bird fabric, but hope I have more. I really like it. I quilted it with an all over meandering stitch, the only thing I can do on my Grace frame!

The light inside my bedroom does it no justice. I think I picked out a wood grain fabric for the binding. I'll have to look that up.
But who knows where it is!!
I am such a slob when it comes to my sewing room.

I have impressed myself..........two baby quilts quilted in one week!!!


This is who keeps me busy two or three days a week.  Little Evie Jo, a sleeping beauty!

Wild Animals Quilted.

I must admit. I had high hopes for yesterday's quilting. At day's end, though, I had only started two blocks for my Scrappy Trip. And my plan was to make and finish six blocks! It was a lazy day for me. So, now I am behind.

This afternoon, I quilted this baby quilt. I used a serpentine stitch and quilted diagonal lines. It's very easy. It keeps the quilt together. And that's always my goal. I wish I liked to quilt, but I don't. Now, into the wash it goes. And then I will put a scrappy binding on it.

Another Super Bowl Sunday!
That means more sewing time for me! Yipee!!

I plan on sewing together the last two rows of this quilt, today, and maybe quilting it. I have already sold two of these, one online at my Etsy shop. But this is pretty much the end of this giraffe fabric, only a half yard left.
You know I never noticed, but there are also lions with the giraffes. This quilt gets a new name!

I finished my first Scrappy Trip last week. I wonder how long it will sit around, before I quilt it!!

A couple days ago, I started another Scrappy Trip. This one will get quilted for sure, since I am going to put it in my bedroom. I pulled the colors from my pillow shams, which I made from a way too heavy quilt I had bought for my bed. I cut it up for these two shams and have plenty more quilt to use for something else.

I will definitely be sewing more blocks for this quilt today. I only have 12 more to go. And the strips are already cut and organized into blocks.  I set a goal of at least 6 a day. Easy Peasy!!

Scrappy Trip Quilt

I think it is time for a new post! I got bitten by the Scrappy Trip bug. 

These blocks are addicting and so easy. 

After I got all these blocks sewn, put up on the wall and stood back, I could see something was missing.

Almost all the colors were cool. I needed to warm it up a bit.

So I am adding more blocks with some yellow.

 I think it gives it a little more interest.

Also, I can see that I need more darks.

I will switch out some blocks with the new ones and move them all around. 

I wish this used up more scraps. My stash never seems to dwindle. What's up with that. Even if I make this queen size, I don't think I will see a dent.

One thing I found out about this pattern by Bonnie Hunter (link here), was that the seams don't always mesh together nicely. Even Bonnie says you may need to repress or unstitch and adjust direction of seams. That I don't like to do. Her method for putting together the block is great. My only change was the final pressing. Those seams, I pressed open. Then I can match up a seam pressed in one direction with a seam pressed open. Less bulk for me.

I am already thinking of other color combinations I might use. like I say, this is addicting.

Wow! It's been over a month since I last posted.
I won't apologize, for if I had posted anything, it would have been very boring indeed!!

My little granddaughter, Evie had her first birthday last week, but no party for her.

Instead, we were all visiting my son, Andy in the hospital. He broke his left leg in three places when he crashed a motorcycle. After eight days in the hospital, he is now staying with us at our house. Since he also messed up his right foot, he is in a wheelchair until he can graduate to crutches in a few weeks.  I am pretty much his mode of transportation!!
I have been able to make a few notebooks that I am slowly listing on Etsy.

More Baby Quilts Finished

With no baby to watch these last few days, I was able to finish up two more baby quilts. These are repeats of a couple of quilts that sold pretty quickly before. But heck, what's a girl to do with a gazillion half-square triangles?? You can see more photos here and here.

Sleepless in O'side

It's almost 3 am and I can't sleep. But look what I found while Stumbling. These are all made of carved wood. They are fantastic. They sure fooled me.