New baby on the way...

 My niece, Amy, is having a little boy in the very near future.  This is her firstborn.  We have recently started "The Auntie Basket" in our family.  There are 5 girls in my family and we are the Aunties....For this basket for Amy, I made a diapee wipee holder.  These are fabulous little things to have.  Diapers, wipes, cream or lotion can fit inside to take for the change...You can find a tutorial here...

My favorite baby necessity are onesies...To whoever came up with this idea--bless you.  My second favorite baby necessity--the burpees.  I like to use the prefold diapers.  I prewash them because they shrink...then I add a binding to the serged edgings to give a more finished look.  Last but not least, the peepee teepees...I used leftover fabric from the 2 fat quarters that sewed the diapee wipee and bound the edges of the burpees and added some soft terry fabric for the inside for a matching set...Welcome Little One...

Quilt Guild and Scrappy Quilts...

This is a quilt of valor that guild members have donated blocks to.  It will be quilted and handed in...

This sweet little baby quilt is a pattern by YoYo Mama and called Vintage Baby Quilt.  Holly explained to us how it is constructed.  It is a quilt as you go quilt so it just needs squared up and bound when you are done!!!  For January and February, we are focusing on making quilts from our stash...use it up and so the yoyo quilt was made from left over jelly roll strips.  Can't wait to give this a try!!!

Stacie made the next 2 quilts for Christmas time...

                                                This quilt was made by a first time quilter...

Kyle made a purse and showed her darling scarf...notice the close up picture.  It was made out of wool felt...

Carrie did the mystery Christmas quilt at My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe...and several other quilts...she is one busy girl!!!

                                                         Lisa and her darling tree skirt...

               Debbie made these holsters out of oilcloth for her daughter, who is a massage therapist....

Alissa made this quilt entirely out of stash...Really fun!!!

A little antique shopping...

 Always love me a touch of embroidery...Love looking at the pillowcases...

 A darling baby boy bib all stitched...It was so sweet...

Doll sized Hummel, they still have a charm that I love...there was so much more from this shopping trip I wanted to share, but the camera had other ideas.  The battery went dead this far into the shopping...maybe next time.  Happy New Year and may you enjoy the nostalgia of yesteryear while making new memories today!!

Friends...

 My fabulous friend Gail came into work yesterday to show me the quilt she made for her adorable grandson. I gave her a panel of the crybabies on the border and she has made a few projects with them.  On this quilt, the center fabric was given to her by friends who are from China.  The border fabric she got at one of our mutual favorite quilt shops and the cornerstones are the crybaby fabric.  She backed this quilt in a blue minky...If I were a baby, I would want this quilt to never leave my side!!!  This little guy is going to have a new love in life...

I was showing Gail the baby quilt that is made of pirate fabric and she took a picture of my husband and I.  Friends are the best...I just love them!!

and finally...December's Birdie Stitches block!!!

I am just thrilled to finish up block 12 of this BOM, Birdie Stitches from the blog www.littlemissshabby.com.  I had so much fun with this project...I cut up my scraps and sewed them up and now I am working on constructing the quilt.  It will be a queen 84"x84".  Hopefully I can find another fun BOM to do this coming year that has been as fun as this one!!  Stay tuned to see how this quilt turns out!!

Patchwork Friends Christmas Social

 Prior to going to our quilt guild Christmas social, we made a stop at My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe.  They had the unveiling for their mystery quilt.  I have to tell you that these girls have it going on.  They know how to make absolutely darling patterns and have fun for all the quilters coming in their store.  By the way, for those of you who didn't know this, they do the DIY Dish, an online resource for fun projects.  Check it out sometime.

 Dianna's beautiful christening dress she made...

 Some fun scarfs by Lisa...

 Fun diamond setting on this quilt...

 The photograph is blurry,  but the quilt was adorable...

 Kari's cute wall hanging...

 Lucy's great star quilt...

 the quilts in the next picture were a two-fer.  Both quilts from one layer cake with background and borders added...

 Holly did a great rendition of the Grinch...

A sweet quilt made out of Strawberry Fields fabric....lovely trunk show...I missed getting a picture of Lisa's fabulous Wild Bill quilt which was a king sized quilt, but trust me it was fabulous...

Firecracker...

 I just finished sewing this "Firecracker" quilt for a local quilt store.  The pattern is by Jaybird Quilts.  It is well written and a really fun sew.  It uses a specialty ruler to get the angle cuts just right.

 This sweet little quilt was sewn with fabrics from "Children at Play" by SarahJane Studios/Moda.  I have loved this line of fabric since it came out and was really excited to make this quilt up in these fabrics!!

A close up of the quilt...what have you been working on?

Happy Thanksgiving...

May you all enjoy your turkey as you count your many blessings...

Christmas Hotpads and Little Birdie Stitches

 These are the Christmas hotpads for 2012.  Since Christmas is all about gifts, I thought these would be really fun for the festive season...

November Birdie Stitches block.  Only one more month and I will be sewing my quilt together.  All the other blocks are assembled to make a queen size scrappy quilt...

My little elf...

My little grandbaby, Cooper.  I just knitted up this little elf hat for him.  I made this same hat for all my children 20+ years ago and it is still a favorite.  Where we live in Northern Utah, it gets pretty cold and I'm a believer in keeping babies ears covered!!  We took this picture when Cooper came to visit Grammie at work.