Too Soon...

Carole L. Vick

July 17, 1947 - April 1, 2011

 

In her words, "Life is a gift-unwrap it."

Designer Baby...

Meet Landon.

He is the recipient of the

zoo menagerie zig zag quilt.

He is Carole's grandson.

(She is the recipient of the kashmir quilt...remember?

Landon was born on December 14.

Less than 2 months ago.

Please note the cardigan sweater

complete with elbow patches.

So dang cute!

They are very pleased with the quilt I made...

they use it a lot!  YAY!

 Sent some photos...wasn't that nice?

Snow day today and probably tomorrow.

Darn.

I should work on something, hey?

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10

Still Working....

on a few Christmas gifts.  

Jody received her box yesterday.  In it was the apron she asked me to make, modeled here by none other than herself...

The bench pad she asked me to make...

And, the quilt I made for her!  It was a surprise for her...I showed this before (here), but never told you who it was for.  Here is my niece/God-daughter, Jody Lynn, with her new quilt!

Remember this fabric that I showed way back here.  I used it for a baby quilt for Carole's new grandson.  Remember Carole?  She's the one who received this quilt.  When I heard that her daughter was expecting a baby at the end of December...and that Carole made her first goal to be here for that baby's birth, I decided to make a quilt for the baby.

Just so ya know, not everything comes easy to me.  I know there are a few of you who think so.  Not true.  This is the 4th design that I tried out for this quilt.  Not kidding!  Had the first one all done...complete quilt top done...and hated it.  Really bright!  And, just ugly.  Tried using different fabric...too boring.  Found a design that I thought would work, one that would make the best use of my fabric...made mistakes with trimming.  Had I kept going, the quilt would have been about 12" square!  haha!

It was maddening...someone did not want me to make this quilt...but I prayed and asked Kim to pray...and this is what I made.  And, by the way, I love it. 

I followed the 'zigzag quilt without piecing triangles' tutorial by AmandaJean of crazy mom quilts.  Thank you AmandaJean...you saved my life (or, at least my sanity)! 

 Measures about 35 x 41 inches.

That's all I have to show for today.  Stay tuned for the never-ending list of Christmas gifts yet to be finished!  {grin}

pssst...did I mention that one of my goals for this year is to finish sewing Christmas gifts before Christmas?  yeah.  It is a goal.  Pray for me.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10

She Likes It!

Actually, Carole loves her quilt!

You cannot imagine how I feel about this.

And, for once, words fail me.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10

Kashmir Quilt...

It's done!

So, I'll take it to work today.

Geri hasn't asked, and I haven't

volunteered any information

on how this quilt for her sister

was coming along.
She might be surprised.

I had originally planned to have

it done last week, but running

out of thread while quilting 

really threw me off schedule.

No matter.

It's done now.

It's just a simple 9-patch,

but I am in love.

And, very happy that

I have enough of this fabric

to make myself a quilt.

{grin}

Here it is...all crinkly soft 

(not the best colors...the sun was really bright)

 I'll try to remember to take

photos at work with Geri.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10

Kashmir...

I just now finished the quilt top.

And, I am in love with it.

Totally.

I'll have to make one for me.

For sure.

Someday.

This is the quilt I am making

for my coworker's sister, Carole,

who has pancreatic cancer.
Right now, it measures 66 inches square.

(it'll shrink some each way with washing/drying)
 

I am right on schedule.

Though, changing my mind about

the borders almost did me in.

I love these floating squares borders,

but there's a lot more to making them than

just adding widths of fabric for borders.

You know?

I think they add so much more to the quilt, though.

I did the same type of border 

on me Mum's Iced Mocha quilt.

See it here.

Now, all I need to do is sew two
pieces of fabric together to make the backing

and I'll be ready to sandwich/baste/quilt!

I'll have that done by the end of the weekend.

Oops, almost forgot...here's a closeup

of the sashing.  Isn't it pretty?

I need to give this a good pressing

before I do anything else with it.

That's all for tonight, though.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10