Friday Sewing

Maddy's quilt is finished, with a little help from mom mom. I am so excited to give it to her so she can hang it in her new bedroom. I see more quilts in her future.

I sewed this whole quilt up today and just have to sew down the binding which is glue basted right now. It is for a baby girl that was born last month. I think it is fun that the trend seems to be moving towards couples not finding out if the baby is a boy or a girl. I never had the option and am not sure what I would do, we will NEVER know!

I think this fabric is so sweet.

I started sewing these strips together to see how they were going to look. Little did I know I have to sew them in the same sequence or they don't match. Seven pairs of strips had to be "unsewn". Good thing I checked! I am hoping to make this a big quilt and so far I love it.

I am itchy to work with some solids. We have a Round Robin improv challenge for the Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild next month. I am trying to decide to use these or my hand dyes. So many good decisions to have to make!

Kelly

Art Quilt

How's this for a bright and happy quilt? The rows are not sewn together yet and I am excited to get it quilted.
My granddaughter Maddy made this yesterday. I spread out a bunch of solid fabrics and told her to pick out 2 fabrics she liked for each row. She very much took her time deciding (can that be hereditary?). I cut out a strip and then she cut out the rectangles with scissors. You will be so proud of me that I did not at all tell her to change any of her colors. The orange and blue (3rd from the bottom) made my teeth hurt but now that it is in the quilt I love it.
It was fun to see an 8 year old pick her colors and why. She was very particular about how the rows were to be sewn together and packed up the rectangles in order of sewing.......I can't wait to do this with my grandsons too.
I will be putting this to the front of the line to get it done. I am pretty sure I am going to make more of these pretty quilts.

Kelly

Fun Sewing

There was spraying.....

some ironing...

and cutting....

pinning.....

and finally sewing!

Signing her quilt....

Working on a new design....

or two....

and a bracelet!

Sage loved the new quilts and Maddy and I had a fun day!

Kelly

Maddy's Quilt

This is Maddy's mini quilt. I am going to put the binding on today and when she comes home tonight we are going to do the machine quilting, together. She wants to keep it though.......we will make another one.

She was totally into it, especially using scissors. Mommy helped her with the peace sign (her favorite) and the heart. She arranged the whole thing herself and was very particular about where things went. This is going to be something she wants to do all the time now. I have some set aside for Griffin and Elliot to do. It will be interesting to see what they come up with!
Kelly