Easy & Quick Label

I wanted to make a special label for Ayden's quilt so I used a sheet of the T-shirt paper and made this cute little label for her.  If you're wondering about "Little Fire"..........her name literally means "Little Fire from the House for Armando."  Armando is her dad.

One Year

This is the backing and the pocket rod fabric for Ayden's quilt. It's "Orchard Prints" by Thimbleberries for R.J.R. Fashion Fabrics. I traced the edge slightly curving ruler then stitched over the chalk lines to achieve this simple yet quick machine quilting technique.

Just about finished here. Next the binding.

This is the mini-quilt that I've made in honor of Ayden's first birthday which is coming up very soon. It is amazing when I look at these pictures and realize the changes and growth that she has made. I am always awestruck at the process and steps each infant to toddler that babies go through.........from their first smile, teething, holding their bottle, rolling over, crawling, walking and even their first words. Babies are amazing little people who are learning every waking moment. They watch and listen to everything we say and do. So let's all be aware and positive and cherish our little ones.

All that's left is the wrapping! I'll have plenty of pics soon.

Favorite Fabric Monday

This wonderful brown-tone fabric, I purchased while at the Alford Inn on a retreat. It's from Marcus Fabrics - Charleston V. I only bought a fat quarter.....should have bought more......LOL.

Autumn Toppers

These two little table toppers were made from strips of scraps from my "Fractured Diamond" quilt which you can see in the post below this one. I had no real idea of what I was making until I looked through my collection of idea designed that I keep in a 3 ring notebook. So far the smaller top measures 15" square.......the larger measures roughly 12" x 15". These projects took one day to make. I'm planning to stitch around everything sometime this week.

Favorite Fabric Monday

This little quilt is called "Fractured Diamonds"

Elm Creek Quilts - Gerda's Collection by Jennifer Chiaverini 2003 for Red Rooster Fabrics - 10787.

This fabric makes for a great background and blends well with browns, muted golds, certain tone-on-tones and some blacks as you can see in the pics above.

For A Friend

A friend of mine asked me to make a memory quilt for she and her family. Well that was back in February...........I don't know what happened to my time but, I'm finally finished with it. Most of the leaves have the family's names, birth-dates and marriages. The blocks are what Janice remembers from her early married life until the present. I really enjoyed making this quilt. It measures roughly 64 X 84.

Quick Quilt

Here are just a few sample blocks of a great quilt block that my friend, Molly introduced me to years ago. It's the "Double Pinwheel" and by using various contrasting fabrics, you can get two, yes I said two quilts from this one process. I call it the negative - positive effect. Anyway, this quilt can be made in a matter of a couple of days and striking results. Everyone will think that you have spent hours and weeks making the two.

I don't remember which quilt magazine or book this came from......does anyone recognize it?

Just Now....

I just took this pic of the deer between my neighbor and me. There were alot of them scampering about and party-ing before this weekend so it was hard to get them in one shot............LOL......They seemed to know that this was their last chance to be seen in the open before "Deer Season" starts this weekend...........I'm closing all the windows, hammering up all openings in my house..........because sometimes the "hunters" shoot alittle wildly........LOL.....but not funny when you're in the moment.