YW Camp Quilt 2012

The theme for this year's Young Women's camp was "Happily Ever After"  and their color was blue.  I had lots of fun designing this quilt.  I took my inspiration from a similar picture, but with a castle instead of the temple.  Taking "Happily Ever After" one step farther, I added "Eternally" to go with the temple.  Cathy did a wonderful job quilting it.

YW Camp Quilt

With the Young Women's camp about a month away, the Stake YW Camp Leader asked me if I would do a camp quilt. She gave me the names of the flowers each group of girls had chosen and asked me to incorporate these into the quilt. So, I put together a design, adding the theme, scripture, and value colors to pull it together and make it bigger -- it turned out about 50 x 69 inches. The center flower -- the artichoke -- was chosen by the priesthood and since there were no more virtue colors, I bordered it in black. I wasn't able to find the flower in fabric either, so I downloaded a color picture of it, then took it to the local fabric store where they printed it onto a piece of fabric for me. Cathy quilted it and added the virtues (in each virtues color) in the black border (hard to see in the picture). It was both fun and challenging. Hopefully, the young woman who wins it will like it too!

If I luv ya...

I'll probably make a quilt for you.

Kristy has been my friend for nearly 20 years and recently flew allll the way from Utah to Oklahoma (on a NOT cheap flight) to visit.  We traveled through Arkansas and stayed in Branson for a wonderful weekend.  That definitely deserves a quilt.

Kristy is the cute one in front :)

LOVE the colors she picked.

...as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.

Angel quilt

My good friend recently lost her daughter and I wanted to do something for their family.  I had been thinking of this design for some time...

There are five children in the family.  The blue and green represent their two boys, the cream row represents their daughter that passed away and the pink and purple rows are for their other two girls.  The yellow binding represents the mom and dad and their strength in binding their family together.   The quilting in the middle section is the cathedral window pattern and the border has angels all around.

A big thanks to all my friends that helped with fabric and putting the top together!

Jelly roll fun!

I recently finished a king-size Civil War quilt that pretty much kicked me in the rear end.... so by the time I was done, I needed some brainless sewing to do. I had a jelly roll and decided to sew 32 of the strips together, using the leftover ones for binding. Add in a 6" border and DONE!

I call this quilt "Easy-Peasy"

30's Fabric Quilt

Melissa finished the 30's quilt that she had started here. She gave it to her mother (lucky mother!).
Melissa quilted this on her sewing machine. She jumped right in at quilting her creations and has done an excellent job!
A close-up of the back.

Shea's quilt

My 10 year old loves purple and blue.... I also embroidered her name on all the purple blocks.


Kathy Tree did the quilting. So perfect!

Saying goodbye to another friend...

My friend, Melissa is moving (Take a look at her fabulous blog)

So sad for me. Can you guess what her going away present was?

A quilt.

Of course!

Note the kitten at the top.... my son thought it would add a nice touch to the photo.

Pictures of the wedding quilt

Remember this sneak peak? I finished the quilt quite a while ago and sent it up to get quilted by another friend of the bride. This is one quilt that I DID NOT like as I was making it... but by the time it was finished it had grown on me.

Baby Quilts

I had all seven back in the nest for the summer...barely got a turn on the computer! I have finally sent them all back to college and school. The only projects I completed this summer were two baby quilts.

This one was made with all left-over scraps from my two daughters' quilts I did a few years back. There is no batting; just a flannel backing, which is what I actually prefer for babies. Soft, flexible enough to wrap them up in, and not stiff.

This one was made for an expectant couple on their way to grad school at BYU. I figured the little guy will have no choice but to become a loyal BYU fan! I was overly surprised to stumble upon flannel BYU fabric at Joann's here in Michigan...sandwiched right between fabrics for Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Purdue. Who would have thought? Hubby was overjoyed with a pair of homemade BYU flannel pants for his birthday, and the little tyke got a baby quilt from the left-overs. This one is all flannel pieces for the top, cotton on the back, with batting.

Back in the saddle again!!

YAY!!!

I am quilting again

I missed my fabric
I missed my quilt friends...


Remember this fabric? Well... after I got the wedding quilt all laid out on my floor, I HATED it. There was TOO much color and it made me nauseous just looking at it. I made some changes (sorry, you can't see the finished project until it's quilted) But then I had lots of cut out squares and triangles. What to do??

Make another quilt!!

This one is for my Uncle's 79th birthday.

And I decided to try pebble quilting.

Lots of thread.

Lots of time.

Not-so-perfect pebbles.

But I really liked how it turned out.

Texas!

I just finished this quilt today for a friend that

has spent the last few years in Texas for her

husband's medical school and residency.

My friend came up with the idea and her

husband made the Texas pattern for me.

On a stolen hospital sheet.

But I won't tell.

Graduation Quilt

My good friend's daughter is graduating from

high school next month. So this is her gift.

(I'm still using up these scraps)

easy, breezy pattern:

(30) 4x5" squares
Frame squares with 2" white muslin
Sashing is 4.5" wide

quilt and bind.

Another baby quilt!

Another one done!

I LOVE freshly washed, just stippled

QUILTS!

Do you think this is manly enough for a boy??

wips

wishing i was working on this...

but, i'm stuck working on this.

Babies everywhere....

I have 11 quilts to make before June 16.... Luckily, 5 of them are baby quilts and go together pretty quickly. I had scraps left from a pink/brown bundle I bought 2 years ago and paired with a solid pink for these three quilt tops. I'm a little tired of pink and brown, so I'll work on something else before I quilt them. Plus, the little ones are still cookin' in the oven :)

God Bless America

Last year I did a quilt that incorporated all the words to

God Bless America

This was also during my "I think I want to be a quilt designer" phase. Susan took this picture and wrote down measurements... maybe if we ask her nice, she'll post the details for everyone :)

It's hard to tell from this picture (and I would do it bigger next time) but the three white stripes of the flag have the words "Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, white with foam."

And yes, those are my fuzzy slippers.

some easy baby quilts.

here are some easy ideas for baby blankets.

these are all quilts that we made last year.

i'm still dealing with sick kids.

but, i'm dreaming of quilting...

Very Hungry Caterpillar Storybook Quilt

Storybook quilt I made for my boys based on Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar
a tiny and very hungry caterpillar started to look for some food Monday 1 apple
Tuesday 2 pears
Wednesday 3 plums
Thursday 4 strawberries
Friday 5 oranges

Saturday: chocolate cake, ice-cream cone, pickle, swiss cheese, salami, lolliipop, cherry pie, sausage, cupcake, watermelon ~ he had a stomachachenow he wasn't hungry - or little any more - he was a big, fat caterpillarhe built a small house - he stayed inside for two weeks, he nibble a hole, pushed his way out and...
he was a beautiful butterfly
Pieced together back......

I LOVE this quilt!