End of May Quilts

 We've reached the end of May and I've met most of my self-imposed deadlines. I was supposed to go to a meeting and meet up with a co-worker, so I worked hard to make this fast and easy baby quilt for another co-worker. I got it done and it turned out super cute, but the meeting was cancelled, so I'll find another way to get it to her. This is a fast and easy Villa Rosa pattern that uses charm squares. 

I quilted this for another. It's really big at 99x109, so it took a lot of work. 

I decided to get this made for another co-worker and was planning to drop it off at the Monday meeting. I decided the Tuesday before to finish it, so I pieced the top and made a flying trip to my dad's house to quilt it on Sunday. I finished it this week. 

The big quilt. I did 2 of these. 

I'm making a graduation quilt for a mom to gift to her daughter for college graduation. She requested rainbow colors and music. I'm doing Happy Blocks. I think it will turn out great. 

I finished all the side pieces for Rhododendron Trail. I have the 4 corners left and then to piece it. I think I'll be putting it together in the camper while we are on vacation this summer. 

I'm also working on Grassy Creek. I'm using these as leader enders. 

My cousin's son gave me shirts and jeans and I made him a denim quilt for his high school graduation. 

I love how the back turned out with the different colors of jeans. 

I quilted and bound this antique quilt for a lady from my hometown. It's a simple meander and then an off-white binding as the front has a bit of both. 

I finished 4 quilts this month, which seems pretty good to me. I need to keep moving forward to get a few more done. 

April Quilts

  

It's been a busy month for me. I've accomplished a lot on my goals list and still have things "to do". The list never ends. I spent several days at my dad's house quilting this month. I had 4 teacher quilts to do before this week. I have a graduation quilt coming up and I have 3 quilts that I've done for others. 

This quilt is for Karen and her family. It's an antique quilt and I quilted and am working on the binding. I should be able to finish it this month. 

Last night as I was in between projects, I sewed up 4 more of the side blocks for Rhododendron Trail mystery. I'm getting closer to being ready to put this top together. 

I finished sewing this mini Trip Around the World top together. This one is about 13" square, so it's pretty tiny, but I love how it turned out. 

I pieced Dapper as a leader/ender this month and quilted it on Saturday at Dad's house. The fabric is Nova and it's a challenge pattern for our online sewing group with The Sewing Center. 

My co-worker had a baby last week, so I quickly pieced this baby quilt from Amelia fabric I've had in my stash. I put a purple minkee on the back. It turned out to be super cute and I think I can have it done before I meet up with another co-worker to exchange and have her take back. 

Teacher appreciation is this week, so last weekend (when we had a blizzard cancel our plans) I was able to make labels. This is for Mikaela's writing teacher. 

I made her Bookends, another quick pattern from our monthly pattern challenge at The Sewing Center. I used Glamping Gypsies fabric. I am getting close to the end of my fabric from this line. This is quilt number 15 or 16 from that line!

Another teacher is an SDSU graduate, so I'm gifting her the Yellow/Blue Trip Around the World. I used a navy minkee on the back. 

My Glamping Gypsies Hey June was finished in March. This is for Mikaela's main homeroom teacher.  

I added a label to the back of it. It was too big to get a piece of minkee without piecing it, so I used a wide back in red. 

Mathew's teacher loves owls, so hers has pieced minkee on the back with 2 colors of teal (her favorite color) and a piece of owl minkee (that is also on the quilt she received when she was Mikaela's teacher). 

Mathew picked this owl pattern for her quilt. It's a pixiated quilt. I bought a pattern, but ened up changing it a lot because it was really poorly written (as in here's a picture and the shapes, figure out how to make it). It was really long and narrow, so I took out a bit to make it more proportional. 

Religion teachers each got a wall hanging or mug rug. I quilted these on Soft and Stable, so they are a bit puffy. 

My 3rd cousin's wife is gifting me a sewing machine, so I am giving her a quilt. I finishe piecing the top last week and then quilted it this weekend. This is before it was quilted. I didn't know what size it was, but bought 2.25 yards of minkee, only Michelle was talking and cut 2.5". It ended up being 80"x90" and wouldn't fit across it, but because of the mistake, I was able to make it work, just barely! I laid it out to make sure it would fit before I put it on the frame. I used a black flannel so it wouldn't be so heavy. 

A friend referred me to her cousin to quilt a couple quilts, so I have 2 of these to quilt. I ended up quilting the first one. It's really big and it took a lot of effort, but it's done. The 2nd one is loaded, but I ran out of time Saturday to quilt it.  

My friend Jennifer had a benefit and she asked me to quilt and bind these for her. I was able to get both of them done before the benefit. 

It was a busy month, but I feel like it was really productive. 

Binding Week

 This week was dedicated to binding quilts. I have lots of quilts quilted, but they were sitting waiting for binding, so my goal this week was to get 4 quilts bound.

I started binding the Twister table toppers I made for Julie. The little one is 17" and the big one is 25". They turned out great, but the binding on those inside corners was a nightmare. I should have stitched and flipped instead of quilting them. 

I used a Sweetwater fabric that has brands and barbed wire on it. 

Here they are stacked on top of each other. I hand-stitched the binding on these this week. 

I also made a wall hanging for my friend Pat for her birthday. She loves the Sakura fabric and while it's a month late, she completely understands. I hand sewed the binding on this one too. 

I added the binding by machine to the 3rd ABC quilt. I now have 2 baby quilts for when I need them for gifts. I was one piece short and had to look hard to find the extra binding fabric. 

I also did the binding on this Quilts of Valor quilt I made for a family member. It turned out super cute and I think he'll like it. 

I did loops and stars in RWB King Tut on this one. 

This weekend I put the binding on June, the quilt along from last year with GE Designs. I love this one, but I think it's going to be a teacher's gift. 

I used Glamping Gypsies fabric for this one. It's 73X93, so it's big! I quilted it the long ways as I had extra-wide red backing. 

Yesterday I got new struts put on my car. Look how shiny and pretty they are!

My brother has a new auto business and he put them on for me. It gave me a chance to visit with him and catch up without the whole family around. He does such good work. 

Last week I did my last gig of the school year with a career fair at Spearfish High School. I also did one at Stevens High School the same night. It was a lot of fun and my co-worker Susie went with me to the event. 

Saturday I helped 15 4-Hers make tote bags for our Pizza and Craft Day. It was a lot of work, but the kids had fun and they made some adorable bags. There were 4 sewing machines, a mom, dad, and a grandma who helped, and lots of different outdoor fabrics for tote bags. They were simple lined totes with webbing for handles. This is the 3rd year in a row that the kids have done a sewing project. 

Last Weekend of February

The last week of February flew by and now we're already into March and I have a lot of irons in the fire so to speak. I quilted this baby quilt at my Dad's wife's 75th birthday party. Her neighbors always want to see how I quilt, so I took the opportunity to show them how I quilt on my long arm. 

I used minkee with foxes on the back. I didn't have anyone in mind when I made this one, but my friend Pat loves it and her last name is Fox and she has a new grandbaby due soon, so I'll be sending it to her. 

I quilted up this Quilts4Kyds quilt on Saturday when we were at my dad's putting in a new faucet. It went together pretty quick. 

These are the true colors of the quilt. 

The backing is a flannel too. 

I made a bag for my cribbage board. It ended up being a bit big, but this way I can keep cards in it too. 

My dad's wife had her 75th birthday last Friday and my dad asked me to plan a surprise party for her. It turned out awesome. I decided to make her 2 table toppers 2 days before the event. They turned out great and I've already had a request for another set for a customer. 

I quilted these in Jan. I made three and got the binding on 2 of them in February. I gave one to a former students for his new baby girl. 

I started a new butterfly project. These are the corner blocks.