A labor of love

When we visited Tim and Hannah earlier this fall, Hannah showed me a picture of a quilt that she was wanting for their bed.  She asked if I would be interested in making one like it for them.  Yippee!!  Of course!! 

It was a log cabin pattern with stars at the intersections of the sashing.  We went to a quilt store and Hannah chose the fabrics she wanted for it.  We also had to go to JoAnn's to get a few more fabrics.

I worked on it quite a while.  It wasn't hard, but it was very time-consuming!!!  I bought a sheet for the backing.  The quilt was 95"x 95".  It took Bill and I both to put it on the frame!  That was fun- not!  The quilting was a learning experience.  The thread kept breaking on me.  I finally realized (after watching You Tube videos on loading a quilt onto a frame) that I had the quilt stretched on their too tightly.  When I loosened the tension it did much better!  I did an allover meander.  It took an afternoon (on and off) to get it quilted, so I was thrilled!!!

Tim, Hannah, Jimmy and Jason came here for Christmas, so I gave the quilt to them then.  I do believe that they were really thrilled with it.  I got a picture from Hannah the next day showing it on their bed already!  Yea!!!  Now I just need to make some pillow shams and throw pillows...

p.s. I finished the pillow shams and pillows and sent them to Tim and Hannah.  Here is a picture of the whole thing on their bed:



And here is a picture showing a malfunction in the quilt (aka, Lucky sleeping underneath it!!  Tim says their cat just loves the quilt!!



Christmas Quilt

Wow!  It's been a long time since I last posted.  There's been a lot going on.  I have been sewing and have finished a couple of quilts. 

I finished a Christmas quilt for our neighbors.  Their sons mow our grass and the boys and their mother watch the cats for us when we are gone.  The cats were so appreciative that they insisted that I make a special quilt for them for Christmas... so I did!

I found these fabrics at Hobby Lobby that Ijust loved.  I used a white on white fabric as the sashing and a red for the intersecting squares.  I found a gold thread at Wandering Stitches (a quilt store in Orlando that has longarm supplies- I LOVE it!)  The thread wasn't metallic but had a sheen to it.  It showed up really nice in the quilt.  I did a freehand swirls with 2 holly leaves and three berries randomly throughtout the quilting.