Birds of a different feather

Hello out there!  I have been staying busy at the sewing machine.  I finished a long  languishing Goodnight Irene quilt.  It was made of the last earth tone scraps I had from making two prior quilts from same scraps.  These colors are NOT colors that I am drawn to at all and that is probably why this project sat for so long.  As luck would have it my daughter and her boyfriend were in need of an outdoor/picnic quilt so I upsized it with borders and backed it with camo fabric and gifted it to them.  I consider it a win!  I Also gifted a Sailboat quilt to a cute two year old for his birthday.  As of late I have put together my scrappy bird blocks and am currently working on the scrappy borders.  This is an effort to use up my never ending supply of scraps.  This quilt makes me smile not only because of the riot of color but because there are pieces of nearly every quilt I’ve made.  I have several pieces of fabric my eldest daughter brought me back from her trip to Thailand and I plan to use one of the pieces for the back .  Indoor pics due to weather do not do the colors justice but I have to make do.  Until next time,
Maxine

Purple Posies

My daughter-in- law has two friends that she has known since around kindergarten and it is safe to say that the three of them are definitely the Three Amigos personified.  One of these young ladies is due any day with a little girl.  Months ago when discussing the nursery theme and or colors,  she said she had no information because the expectant mama wasn’t sure if they were moving before the babies’ arrival.  She said only that purple was her favorite color and roses were her favorite flower.  Well the light bulb went on almost immediately.  The French roses quilt has been on my quilt bucket list for a long time.  So I set about perusing Pinterest for some inspiration.  There are many different layout possibilities but none that struck my fancy so I grabbed my draft paper and sketched out something a little different.  I love the look of old vintage quilts
and I think this turned out with the vibe I was shooting for.  I made coordinating cloth diaper burp cloths and they will be gifted this weekend.  I was forced to take pictures in the classroom at work because it was raining today so the colors don’t look quite right but they will have to do for now 😉

Hands2Help 2019 wrap up

Hello All !

It has been such a productive and inspiring challenge this year.  Every year seems to surpass the last in the number of participants and quilts donated.  It reminds me that the quilting community is such a generous one indeed.  Like many of you I see so many beautiful tutorials online and then think “I want to make all of them !😀”.  Then reality sets in and do what I can with time constraints.  I am however armed with a bucket list of  quilts I’m going to make as my schedule allows.  Fabric hugs ( quilts) are needed year round so I will use the inspiration I have gotten to make and donate a quilt a month.  That is my goal.  A huge thank you to Sarah and all the participants who gave of their time and talent to make Hands2Help a success!  I completed three quilts this year that have been sent to Emily.  I apologize for indoor pics but the rain just won’t quit.

Thank you again to everyone who participated!  Keep on quilting 😀

H2H and Birthday Crafting

I have been negligent in posting here and feel almost lost.  My intention was to check in more frequently.   I have obviously missed the mark but I have been busy behind the scenes just the same.  My dear grandson celebrated his first bday recently and I created three banners and a baseball score board to fit the baseball theme.

It all started with an inspiration picture from Pinterest and a  a request from my DIL about making  high chair banner.   Of course I was delighted to contribute and with her blessing made extras 😊.  

They came out nicely if I do say so myself.  I signed up for H2H again this year.  All the charities are such worthy causes and any excuse to use up scraps is a perfect reason to sew! Here is my first one basted made with some of my various blue scraps and the backing was left over yardage from my stash so it is a win win.  I have at least two more to finish and hope to finish those by the deadline.  Until next time....

Maxine

Long time ... no post

It seems it has been forever since I visited this spot.  I have meant to post on several different occasions and didn’t because life got in the way.  I have done quite a bit of sewing and visiting with the grand baby when the schedule allows.  I have a few pictures to share of some of the quilts I have completed since my last post.  There is one baby quilt I still have to transfer pictures of from my old phone but here are the photos I have. There are bibs and pillows and divided baskets and also a swaddler  I didn’t get pictures of.  It has been a good year.  May 2019 be a year full of joy and good health for everyone!

Well Hellooo.. It has been a long time since I have visited this space.  The most exciting news is that my first grandbaby arrived on the 6th of April.  He's happy and healthy and the whole family is over the moon😁.  Of course there was plenty of sewing for him.  His crib bedding and burp cloths and a pillow for his rocker.  I have been busy making 2 more baby quilts for two more baby boys that were born a couple of weeks before my grandson.  I will save those for my next post.  I'm hoping to get back into a routine with my blogging. Until next time....

Christmas Sewing

I have been checking off my Christmas sewing list one project at a time and making headway.  Currently I have finished a quilt and pillow cover and have 2 out of 8 Christmas stockings fully complete (sans the names emroidered) and the six others in some form of construction and also another pillow intended for a gift awaits hand quilting.  The reason I have the first two stockings complete is because they are for my first grandbaby !! I am over the moon excited about my grandson and although he isn't due to arrive until spring, I made him a stocking for my house and also one for my son and daughter-in-laws home.  I do have a picture of the quilt and pillow cover to share and when the stockings and other pillow are complete I will share those as well. I see alot of sewing for baby in my future and I am so excited.