October 15, 2009 - Design Wall Thursday

I have really had time to sew! These are 1-1/2 inch squares set in 14 rows of 10. I'm going to consider making it just 12 rows, I'll sleep on it and see what I think in the morning. I'll probably do a 1 inch border in ivory and bind it in red. I'm thinking some free motion swirls for quilting.

The beauty of yardage as opposed to charm squares is, if you are like me, you just don't care for scrappy. I ended up pulling out the fabrics I didn't like, even though I had sewn and cut them. For me the purpose of charm squares is to decide which are my 3 favorite fabrics in the collection! Just call me boring.

Karen

October 12, 2009 - Quilting in my head

I now have my wonderful sewing room all set up. But life and work have gotten in my way so I have sewn hardly anything. But I think a lot about sewing : )

What I am working on is a miniature quilt of 1-1/2 inch squares of Prairie Paisley.

It shouldn't be a long project. We will see!

September 19, 2009 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

When I saw this Brown Bear fabric I just had to make a quilted wall hanging for my friend's Kindergarten Readiness classroom.

It's not the first quilt that I made and took apart and remade. Perfectionism. It's a blessing and a curse. But it is finished and the kids will enjoy looking at it and learning their colors : )

September 19, 2009 - Sewing Room!

My dear husband painted our son's bedroom and pulled out the ancient carpet. Now I have an awesome sewing room with a hardwood floor. I'll be making some mini quilts to decorate the walls. I am so grateful!

July 27, 2009 - They're married!

On Saturday our son married his best friend : ) It was a beautiful, God-honoring ceremony and the kids were simply beaming! My husband performed the wedding and managed to hold it together.

We could not be happier!

July 15, 2009 - Puppies!

We went to see Phoebe's puppies last night. They are 4.5 weeks old. She has 8 puppies and there are 4 more from another litter. They are so cute. Wish we could get one but they are all spoken for. Phoebe will come back to us in about 2 weeks, after our son's wedding.

July 15, 2009 - Rail Fence quilt

This quilt went together very quickly. It turned out even prettier than I hoped. Yesterday I cut strips for the first border, maybe I can even get them attached today.

I used 3 jelly rolls to make this queen sized quilt.