Getting closer.....

So 2 weekends ago I did some additional measuring on the quilt I am making for mom and discovered that with some of the modifications that I had made to the pattern awhile back I didn't have enough of the black fabric with small grey chinese characters. So mom and I made another trek across town hoping that Fabric Depot would still have the fabric we purchased more that 6 months ago. We quickly discovered that they didn't and the hunt was then on for something else. The pattern of the quilt changed again and we ended up with this pretty gold and black fabric. I cut the black and grey chinese character fabric into long strips to border the focal point rectangles on top and bottom of each of the 3 rectangles. The gold and black fabric borders the 3 rectangles on the sides. This past weekend I was able to piece together the entire top of the quilt. I will hopefully get the front and back pieced together next weekend and post more pictures.

I think I just might get this quilt down in time for our late summer!

Ok, now that my camera decided to start working again I can finally post and describe the quilt I am making for mom. The fabric is Asian themed. Mom has decided that she wants a shawl style of quilt to use to cover her shoulders and long enough to cover her legs as well. There are 3 "focal" rectangles that will be surrounded by a black fabric with grey chinese characters and a final border in red and gold. Here's a picture of one of the "focal" rectangles.

I have all of the pieces cut out for the remainder 2 "focal" rectanlges. Maybe I'll get those done this weekend.

Technical Difficulties

So apparently I am camera illiterate. I took some really great pictures of the next quilt that I am working on for my mom and now I can't get them off of my camera. I can view them on the camera but not when I connect my camera to my computer. I can see pictures that I took back in December but not any of the recent pictures. I will continue working on my camera issues and hopefully post soon about the awesome work I did this past Sunday.

Froglette's Finished Quilt

So I finished Froglette's quilt (my niece) just before I went to see her at Thanksgiving. When I went to visit at Christmas I finally got to take some pictures of the finished quilt. Here they are.

This shows the front and back of the quilt.

Here's a picture of the front. Grandma embroidered Froglette's name on the bottom right corner.

The quilt ended up a little thicker than anticipated due to a slight problem with the 1st backing made out of flannel. Sissy and I found this super cute striped flannel on a killer deal when she was in Portland back in August. The issue arose when I went to sew the top and bottom together. I haven't used flannel before and didn't realize how much it would stretch and pull. So after I realized that the flannel backing wasn't going to work, Mom and I head back to the fabric store. We found a really cute bright cotton fabric. This change in the backing fabric also meant that I had to rethink the quilting of the quilt. In the end I choose to tie it with red yarn. Although I am slightly biased I think that the finished quilt turned out to be awesome!

The next project that I am working on is a quilt for Mom. I will hopefully take some pictures tomorrow to post.

I can't promise that I will post more frequently, but I hope to.

Border

So last weekend I got the border cut out and sewn on. I am one step closer to a finished quilt! Here is what the border looks like attached.






The next step is to cut out the flannel backing and batting. I hope that this weekend I will be able to get it all cut out and maybe even pieced together! I am getting very excited to meet my future niece or nephew :)

Coming Along Nicely

So the baby quilt is coming along nicely. I spent time on Sunday sewing all of the squares together into rows. I still like the pattern that I decided on and I am excited to see how the border pulls it all together, hopefully. But before I can cut the border I have to sew the rows together! I hope to do this over the weekend. I have a new iron and grid pressing board that is helping out in pressing the seams without distorting the fabric. I have also started looking at quilting patterns to use for the quilt. I am thinking of using a template for the quilting this time around. I have a lot more research to do on this front, so stay tuned for more on this on a later date. To keep you on the edge of your seat until after the weekend here are some pictures of the progress.

A better picture of the quilt squares not pieced

Border fabric

All pieced rows

Quilt Show

So Mom and I went to a quilt show in Salem this weekend. It was held at the old Mission Mill Museum in Salem that I never knew about. There were a lot of really beautiful quilts and some that were from the 1930's and well loved. Mom and I are excited to go back to the Mill and get the full tour that appeared to include demonstrations of wool spinning etc.


I had every intention of taking a bunch of pictures of all of the amazing quilts but I got sidetracked by all of the pretty quilts that I forgot. This quilt was really amazing and beautifully made.


Then I go sidetracked by the fabric. I came home with an assortment of fabrics that I have no idea what I will do with, but I liked them and they were cheap!

I have to remember not to get sidetracked by my new fabrics since I have 3 quilts to finish first!