Today I have a few things to share.
One thing I will be working on, but will attempt tonight when the kids go to bed, is blind stitching the binding on my lap quilt. Remember how nervous I was to make the mitered corners? Well it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Here it is waiting for me.
I also wanted to show you the silhouette photos that I finished last week and finally hung up in my upstairs library this morning. I am very happy with how they turned out, and I am sure the kids will cherish them years down the road. (sorry about the bad pictures, I took these without a flash).
Ok, here is the final thing that I will be working on throughout the day. Nicole wanted me to make her a quilt too. So I took some of her baby and toddler outfits and special fabrics that we saved and cut them into 6" squares. So far I have 110 squares (I need 180 to make a twin size quilt).
A lot of the fabrics were cut from dresses and short sets that my grandmother had made for Nicole when she was younger (about 3 or 4 yrs old). I love knowing that they were chosen by my grandmother and will last forever in the quilt. One of the fabrics was Nicole's floral crib sheet, another is the material from her curtains that I made a few months ago, and few were some of her old Carter's pj's. So today I will be cutting out more squares, hopefully the last 70 so I can begin sewing them together.
Andrew already put his order in for a puppy themed bed quilt and Nicole would like to have another quilt specifically for her bed with kittens. Those ones will be made with coordinating fabrics not a mish-mosh like the one above. So I guess I need to stock up on some fabric. I'm itchin' to make a run to Joann's but I need to hold off until Sunday. They will be having a sale on their calico's and that's my favorite section.
If you would like to see more "Whatcha Working On Wednesday" posts head on over to Leslie's blog My Country Home. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful Wednesday.
Andrew already put his order in for a puppy themed bed quilt and Nicole would like to have another quilt specifically for her bed with kittens. Those ones will be made with coordinating fabrics not a mish-mosh like the one above. So I guess I need to stock up on some fabric. I'm itchin' to make a run to Joann's but I need to hold off until Sunday. They will be having a sale on their calico's and that's my favorite section.
If you would like to see more "Whatcha Working On Wednesday" posts head on over to Leslie's blog My Country Home. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful Wednesday.
3 comments:
Beautiful quilt! You did a great job! I also love the pictures. I remember when my Kindergarten teacher did those for the whole class to give to our parents for Christmas.
Laurie,
I love your quilt that you are almost finished on. The colors look great together. The silhouettes are great, too!
Double check on those 180 squares...I went by what I read on-line and ended up need another 50 to actually make the quilt fit on Af's bed the way I wanted. It would have never covered the entire mattress! I put it where I wanted it on the side that faces out and the other side of the quilt laid at the very edge of the other side. There was nothing to tuck down between the wall! I wasn't too happy but I made up another two rows of squares and attached them and have some other plans to finish up the edges without having to buy more fabric like I had.
Have a great day :)
Leslie
Laurie,
Love the quilt and what a great way to preserve those items for memories. Thanks for the comments on my blog and for entering and posting my giveaway =) Glad you liked the read at the beginning of my post. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Prim Huggs n Blessins
TJ
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