Weekend at Girlfriends....

Last Friday and Saturday were spent at My Girlfriends Quilt Shoppe in the Attic sewing with friends...I made these little matching bowling shirts for the grand babies...They wore them to church on Sunday...the pattern needs some adjustments and I need to add some width and length to the shirts as they were not as loose fitting and long as I would have liked...so we will try again... 

 My postage stamp stars...This has been a WIP for a couple of years.  This quilt top is especially scrappy and I added the pink strips to break up the scrappiness and add some interest.  I love how it added so much.  Just need to add a narrow border to the top and bottom and large borders to the sides to make it approximately 90" square...

Grandson Cooper got puzzles for his birthday...the nice ones out of wood.  I made velcro bags for the 9" puzzle boards and pieces and drawstring bags for pieces to other puzzles.  It was a productive weekend...I need this about 2 x a week and then I might see more finishes...

Recent Finishes...

 My most recent baby quilt...it is a Texas cowboy theme...

 Minky on the back for extra snuggly wonderfulness....

 My finished row-along quilt from Bee in My Bonnet's Lori Holt...

 Close up of quilting and apples....an allover meander was chosen for the quilting as the quilt itself is so busy...love how it turned out...

 Bee label on the back...

 Journal covers at long last are done...

 This is my current project...Emeralds from a Fons and Porter magazine...

Rolling Stone block set on point with a variety of green fabric...Can't wait to see this one finished...What have you been working on???

More Barn Blocks

 Here are a couple more barn blocks...

 There are going to be 12 blocks total...I love how they are coming together!!!

 A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I went to St. George for a baby blessing.  We stayed at my brother's home and I got to sleep under a quilt that my grandmother and great grandmother pieced and hand quilted out of feed sacks and old clothing...

I love the border and really love this whole quilt.  It is quite worn as it was used for my nieces and nephews growing up, but still radiates the original beauty...

Barn Raising...

 Did a little bit of barn raising over my weekend...

 I love Lori's pattern...it went together so easily...

 Lori posts the next barn on next Wednesday...

 If you haven't joined in yet...you may want to because they are so cute...

I just need to add borders to make this a 20" block...swoon, I am in love...

Barn Along...

 I'll be having a barn raising at my house....

 Been so busy with other projects that I am barely starting on my barn a-long...

 These are Farmer's Wives blocks which will go in the barn block...

 You can find the barn along and tutorials here...

 These little blocks are sure fun to make...

Stay tuned for my progress...Lori posts every 2 weeks...so she posted number 5 this week...

Wanting to make this scrap quilt....The Milky Way...

 This quilt is from a Fons and Porter magazine May/June 2012.  I love how easily I can incorporate my scraps and make this really fun quilt.  It is 64 x 80 which is a great twin size...you can always use a twin size, especially with grandkids...

Just love it....by the way, it uses 2 1/2" and 4 1/2" cuts...perfect to use up odds and ends...

Hand dyed fabric stars...

Hopefully you can see enough of this fabulous quilt.  Jen, in our quilting guild did a presentation on hand dyeing fabric...She pieced this star quilt with all hand dyed fabric...love it...I would just like to know how to sew this star quilt and have it look this good.  Sorry that the bucket was in the way...I was clear across the room...This should certainly go on my bucket list....however, I do not plan on hand dyeing fabric anytime soon!!!

Scrap Vomit (I know the name is awful)...

 A long time ago, I saw this on Katy's blog and knew I had to make it...

 The perfect use for my 2 1/2" scrap bin...

This makes a really fun twin size with tuck under the pillow room...the patches are 49 squares with an A block and a B block (which is the patterned one).  If you would like to sew up your scraps into something fun, give this a try...you can find the tutorial here.  Can't wait to get it quilted!!!

Minky Selections for Zig Zag quilt...

 Doing a survey...what color would you back this zig zag quilt in?

 As this is a scrap quilt, any of these colors would go great...

Which is your personal favorite?  Gold? Green? Red? Dark Turquois, Turquois, or Orange?

Lisa's Birthday Party and Store Sample...

 This magnificent beauty is embroidered by 3 generations...My friend Lisa and her daughter and Lisa's grandmother all worked really hard on the embroidery.  This is a king size quilt and Lisa figured out the pinwheel setting triangles...AWESOME!!!

Close up of where the corners of the embroidery come together...

 Close up of  the center of the block...The quilt is loaded on the machine quilting frames and Lisa is quilting away to get this bad girl done...The pictures do not do justice for this quilt as it is just beautiful!!!

 Close up of a little Easter dress for Alissa's grandbaby...

 Alissa holding the beautiful Easter dress...she also did one in blue for another sweet grandbaby...

 Robot T-shirt in progress for a grandson...Alissa made 2 of these.  They are so adorable!!

These are store samples that I made up.  Truly a fun project.  The large pillow is really big.  If you would like to make some 4th of July or Americana pillows, you can find Kim's pattern here...