Dad's Barn Wall Hanging

Another barn pattern I found was this paper pieced one. I made it for my dad in 2006 for Christmas. It has pictures of the barn before it was moved, and after it was put into place.

Uncle Tom and Aunt Jane's Wall Hangings

I made a wall hanging with pictures for my aunt Jane for Christmas with family pictures.

I made Uncle Tom a firefighter wall hanging because he was a fire chief.

Jerry's Quilt

The same week my grandparents passed away I found out one of my bosses was retiring and moving to NE. I really liked him and he was super supportive and friendly. My new co-worker friend Karen and I decided to make him a picture quilt. She did half the blocks, I did half and quilted and bound it. We had our marketing department take thepictures of all the departments and I used the June Tailor sew in fabric for the pictures. We put white on the back so everyone could sign it at the party. It turned out BIG for a wall hanging, but he has a big office at his farm house, so that is where it hangs. We made it in under 3 weeks. This is when we presented it to him. I'm on the left, Karen is on the right. We did a green grass border because he's a golfer. He still works for us on occasion and I see him about every three months. He's actually the one who encouraged me to apply for my current position and I'm so thankful I did. He's awesome and I sure miss him being here.

Dad's Picture Quilt

In June 2006 I made this quilt for my dad's birthday/Father's Day. I took all the family photo albums and scanned in pictures of my two brothers and I and throughout our early years, high school, and more current pictures. I printed 72 different pictures of us and then used all the scraps/stash of fabric I had to make this quilt for my dad. All the pictures are about 3x5 or so. I printed 4 to a page on printer sized fabric sheet from June Tailor. I used the sew in variety. I got it all done, right before Father's Day and washed it, not realizing the washer was on heavy wash instead of delicate, so the pictures faded, but he still loved it and so do I. The back is all scraps put together and I sewed around each block on my 3050, so a very small harp, for a large quilt.

Paul's Grandpa's Wall Hanging

In February 2006 Paul, his mom, and I went to visit his Great Aunt Lil and Grandpa Frank in MO. I used pictures we took then to make a wall hanging for his Grandpa that we sent him in April 2006. It's all fishing related fabric.

Three quilts finished in one week!

Anyone who knows my quilting style knows I work on one project at a time, finish it up and then begin a new one. This month though has changed me a bit. I've been working on a friendship quilt all month and finished the last of the handsewing on the binding on Thurs. It received rave reviews from my new co-workers as well as those at the quilt shop, so I hope the recipient loves it. I've uploaded my pictures of it, but I'll post more about it with pictures after it's received. I've also been working on a t-shirt quilt and have the hand sewn binding finished. I'll have to take a picture of it later this week. It turned out great and finishes up my oldest UFO!
The other project I've been working on is a quilt for the Pres. of the campus I worked at. He is leaving to go to a new school in MO. Karen, my co-worker, and I make quilts for people when they leave and he loves them, so we knew one was in order for him. After passing it back and forth all week, it was completed on Fri. We each made half the blocks. I sewed them together, she put the borders on, I quilted it, and she put the binding on it. Our co-workers all signed the back and we plan to present it this week. Since I'm guessing he doesn't read this, below is a picture of the finished project. You can see there are various department pictures. The pictures printed out really well and we are very pleased with it. You can see the loops I quilted in it. It's about 36"x40", so a nice wall hanging size.

It's pretty rare that three quilts get finished in the same week. I'm so pleased with all of them and now I can move on to a few projects I've had planned.
I had bought fabric for a new Miranda bag back in Aug. Mom picked up the thread to match and we took it to her house over Labor Day weekend. Somehow while I was there, it got misplaced! Neither her, nor I can find it and we've both searched our houses, vehicles, and bags. It's disappeared! I was so frustrated, that I bought the fabric again this weekend and started quilting. I'm making three bags, two different sizes and hope to have them finished by next weekend when we go to my parents... where I'll probably move something and find the fabric I purchased last month! I finished up a bag for my MIL today. Last night I finished PJ pants for me, shorts for Paul, and a pillowcase for MIL that I had started on Thursday night. I also have shorts cut out for my little bro and a pillowcase for a friend.