Maggie's birthday dress

I haven't posted anything at a while... but I am starting to get pretty comfortable with making apparel! Jesse's mom got Maggie a light blue birthday hat so I decided to make a dress to match. There are two pieces... the bottom is the white eyelet and pink satin dress and the blue satin is a pinafore. Pretty simple pattern... love it! I am making a dress in the same pattern for the daughter of a friend of mine... her birthday is 16 days after Maggie's. =) That one will be hot pink with polkadots and monkeys. I will try to post that one. We have not had the internet for a while so getting on to see anything has been pretty difficult. Love you all!!!

A Little Quilt Story

I have to tell the story about this quilt. A couple years ago, I went up to Berlin with a friend to shop at the annual sidewalk sale at Miller's Dry Goods. They had some great deals there, and this was one of them. A little appliqued quilt top with the word Faith on it in pretty colors that would match my bathroom at my shop. They only wanted a dollar for it, so I couldn't resist.

I added a border, quilted it, and it has been hanging in my bathroom till this week when I took it down to enter it into the Quaker City Quilt Show. It won a blue ribbon in the Wallhanging category, but that isn't why I'm telling this story.

An older lady who works at the local hardware store was looking at it for a long time at the quilt show, and I walked over to talk to her. She said she just loved it, because she "collects" quotes with the word Faith in them. The next day, she showed me a couple journals that were filled with hand written poems, sentences, and paragraphs, and wherever the word Faith was in the quote, it was underlined. She said she has more of these journals at home.

Well, you have probably guessed what I'm doing with this quilt. I brought it home, took a picture of it, and gift wrapped it with a little card. Later this week, I'll drop it off at the hardware store for Bernadine. I just can't think of anybody else who would appreciate it more.

Look What Kim Made for ME

Last time Kim came over, she gave me this AWESOME afghan! It goes perfectly with my living room set, and I love wrapping up with it while watching TV at night. Thank you, Kim!

Eric's Gift to his Nice Neighbor

Here is a picture of a quilt I will soon give to Eric to give to his neighbor. His neighbor was super nice while Eric was having neck problems. He kept Eric and Leslie's yard mowed and trimmed since Eric was unable to do it.

Here are some pictures of a quilt I'm giving to Eric to give to his neighbor. The name of the pattern is "Rolling Stars". I taught a class on how to make this quilt three times, and many quilts of this design have been made by my students. Mine was in various stages of construction, as I was using it to demonstrate how to make the blocks. This last class, I decided to go ahead and finish the quilt. So, when Eric and I decided to give it to his neighbor, I was almost finished with it. I did the final touches last night.


Of course, it isn't free to Eric. He is going to make me a light box in exchange for this quilt. My light box is sure to be the envy of all when I get it.

Ladybug Ensemble

I just finished this dress for my chiropractor's daughter's birthday. His wife commissioned me to make her something with ladybugs on it, then never communicated what she wanted. She didn't even have time to look at embroidery websites, patterns or fabric. She did send me a invitation so that I could copy the ladybug on an embroidery project. The ladybug on the bib is the one JoAnn digitized for me. But again, I had no idea what she wanted me to embroider it on. I just happened to already have this fabric, and thought the ladybugs were about as perfect as they could be. The party is Saturday, and I just decided if she doesn't like it, I will give it to Maggie. I am half tempted to anyways. I worked hard on this and I have no idea if she even wants it.

OK, so, since I began posting this, I got an email from her that she only wants a bib.....guess Maggie gets the dress. I will never do this again.

Anybody Interested?

Is anybody interested in going to this quilting retreat with me? It's in November at Shawnee State Park near Portsmouth, OH. Here is a link for more information:

http://www.quiltescape.com/

Happy Birthday, Kim

I can't stand it any longer! Back when Kim posted the sad story how she had lost Cara, our quilt guild was doing a workshop on Picture Quilts. I needed a picture to create a quilt from, and I chose the picture that Kim posted of Cara. I have been keeping it a secret for way too long, and now I'm ready to show it to Kim. I decided to give it to you for your birthday, Kim.

This picture was taken at a quilt guild meeting a while ago, before I got my hair cut and colored, but it's a good picture of the quilt. Kim, when I see you again, I will give it to you. I hope you like it.