Headbands for Megan

I have been sick now for almost 2 weeks, so haven't felt like doing much quilting, but I have been able to make some more headbands for Megan. She loved the one that I made for her that matched her dress and called me up to ask me if I would make her some more. I whipped these up in a few minutes and then the other day I made her 4 others plus a couple for friends that I didn't get a chance to take a picture of before they were picked up. Barb dropped off 3 fat quarters of fabric for me to make 9 more headbands out of for Megan and 2 friends. I did get to do some more cutting for the auction quilt that I am making, so some progress has been made.

Fabric for Megan's quilt

This line of fabric is called Butterfly Fling, isn't it pretty? Megan is like a little butterfly, so this will be perfect for her.

Megan's new dress

Megan modeled her new dress and headband that I made for her, doesn't she look pretty? Unfortunately, she has had a growth spurt and won't be able to wear it much longer. She does like the headband a lot, so I will be making some more for her.

caleb's quilt

This is the fabric that I picked out for Caleb's quilt. I wanted something bright and boyish, yet something that he wouldn't outgrow too soon. It is American Jane fabric, recess and peas and carrots line.

A quilt for the church auction

I have had this material for years and wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. I've also got white background material and 2 different fabrics that aren't pictured that go with it. Enough to make 2 lap quilts, so I am going to make one for myself and one for my church's auction. I got this book for Christmas, "Simply Charming" and as soon as I saw the cover I knew I wanted to use this material that I had in my stash for it! Don't you think this fabric will make great flowers?

Megan's new dress

I came across this fabric at JoAnn's last year and really liked it. The picture doesn't do it justice, it is much prettier in person. I made her a headband to match since she is growing out her bangs and uses headbands quite often. We went over to their house last night for her big brother Caleb's birthday party and I gave her the dress.

pine creek crossing

As soon as I saw the Pine Creek Crossing fabric I knew that I had to have it for a quilt for my dad. My local Ben Franklin store had the jelly rolls in stock when I went there, so I picked up one of those and a couple of charm packs, still unsure what pattern I was going to use. At home I looked through a book I had recently purchased called "Jelly Roll Quilts" and decided upon using the Pandora's Box pattern from it. I wanted something soft for the backing, so I used flannel and I am really happy with the results.
I love several of the patterns from the "Jelly Roll Quilts" book and plan on making several more lap quilts using patterns from it including Bars of Gold, Sparkling Gemstones, Garden Trellis and Friendship Braid.

quilts for Christmas

I took my first quilting class about 20 years ago. It was a hand piece and quilt class. I hand pieced enough blocks for a couple of king sized quilts, but they never got hand quilted. I made some baby quilts and table runners that got hand quilted, but the fear of hand quilting those huge quilts kept me from finishing them. I machine pieced a twin size quilt for a charity, but instead of quilting it was tied. I have always loved fabric and sewing and last November I started looking online at fabrics and got the urge to try my hand at machine piecing and quilting. I bought this pumpkins gone wild fabric online and used the yellow brick pattern that I used for the charity quilt. I bought a darning foot and practiced the free style meandering quilting and then took the plunge and quilted this quilt and loved it! Now I am totally addicted and have plans to make all my immediate family members lap quilts over the next couple of years, that is my goal anyway :-). This quilt was for my mom for Christmas and now has a home on the back of her couch!