Quilt

 Quilt I made for a friend 

Wonky Stars

Another Baby Shower Quilt

Yes another one!  It's a double baby shower...for sisters no less.  Both having girls!  So I made the two quilts similar but different.  Click HERE to see the sisters quilt.

Baby Quilt For a Friend

This is a quilt I made for a friend of mine who is having a baby..a girl could you guess?  I hope she likes it I had fun making it!

Lilly's Valentine Quilt

I thought that I would surprise Lilly with her quilt on Valentines Day...since it's her favorite holiday and this quilt couldn't be more perfect for her.   Walmart was having a sale on their Flannel for $1.50 a yard and I found all this cute Valentines themed flannel and bought everything for the whole quilt (60"x60") for about $7 dollars!   I decided on no binding, and I used an old fleece blanket for the inside.  It's a really heavy blanket.  I've been cutting and sewing like mad trying to get it ready in time for Valentines.  Thank you to my wonderful husband who kept the kids out of my hair for 3 1/2 hours today so I could finish it.  I hope Lilly will be surprised.  I am excited to give it to her with her chocolates and pillow.   

A finished quilt and Ramblings of a mad woman.........

Max's blue quilt that is.  It's very warm and heavy and although there are things I don't like about it, it turned out pretty good.
On another note, today was a hectic day.  Monday's are always busy, busy, busy.  I do all of my cleaning and washing on Mondays.  I used to drag it out through the week when the kids were littler, (is that even a word?  It must be spell check didn't underline it.) but I finally said to myself..."self, why are you torturing yourself everyday? Just do it all on one day and get it over with ."  And I listened.  Not that I let the house go the rest of the week, but at least it's just tidying up and not thorough cleaning.  But that's not the worst part of the day.  Somehow I missed the memo that Lilly was out of school today at 1:30. ( I swear I never got a note) So I get a phone call at 1:45 (that I don't answer by the way because I didn't recognize the number)  and then a voice mail ( which I didn't listen to for 5 minutes)  that Lilly was crying hysterically in the office because no one had come to pick her up.  So at 2:08 I finally pull up to the school with a screaming Max (who didn't want to leave before Yo Gabba Gabba was over and the fact that we drove instead of walked (in beautiful weather i might add) I've never seen such a sad face in my life as I saw on Lilly's.  She started crying again when she saw me and saying things like "I walked around the whole school and checked all the parking lots and you weren't there!"  Talk about guilt.  But in my defense I never saw a letter and Jarrett said he never did either.  Sure am glad this day is OVER!

Max's Blue Quilt

Since I don't know when I'll have the money to finish this, I'm posting it now.  Max wanted an all blue blanket so I used up all the scrap material I had that was blue.  This quilt measures: 54"x 54".  It's made almost (all but 6 squares) all of flannel.

Baby Quilt For Baby Sis

 There are a lot of pictures in this post, and unfortunately the lighting is horrible.    I couldn't decide which pictures to use.  I am in love with this quilt!  It's going to my little sister who is having a baby.  The baby is a boy.  I'm a little afraid that the quilt looks too girly.  What does anyone think?  My husband keeps assuring me that it's fine but... I'm hoping that the blue-ness  helps balance it out.  I like the bright colors in it.

 I was a little hesitant to sew diagonally through it like this, but I think it turned out pretty good.

New Quilt

 Just finished this up today. I added the border as an after thought, and I think it helped.  It obviously isn't the perfect quilt, but I'm happy with it.  I'm learning, and the only way to do that is to make mistakes.  I can't wait to start on my next one.

The Quilt

So here is the quilt that I made on Friday! It was actually really fun and fast to make.  It measures 42 by 62 inches and I used an old bed sheet instead of batting, for a lighter weight "blanket" instead of a heavy quilt.

 I used pink thread to "machine quilt" it, to add some interest on the back. My family gave me two thumbs up!

 Here is a sneak peak at the next one! I can't wait!