Working on a finish!

I started this quilt, my first in January 2015 when I actually began this new to me craft of quilting.

I had picked up 2 jelly rolls from Joanne's that were on sale, I think for $5.00 a roll. A steal, I know!

So I decided on something simple...

I did not know it at the time, this is called the Rail Fence block. 

So I cut....

and I sewed and laid it all out...

Then I sewed again until my top panel was together.

I even let the dogs check it out, they think anything on the floor is for them.

Then I folded it up and started working on other quilts until I pulled it out a few days ago and decided to finish it and gift it to my sister when it is done. I added 2 borders. yes, I know I could have gone all the way around with the white first then all the way around with the green and that is how I have been completing my borders, but this time, I went  with doing it this way. I like how the white just stands out and goes to the end like that on all 4 corners.

I do have it sandwiched, with batting and backing on now...

I will surprise you with the final quilt as soon as it is finished!!

Thanks for stopping in!!

Scrap Quilt WIP And My New Grandson

Noah arrived! 9lbs, 14 ounces..21 inches long. I am in love.

Here is is using the quilt I made him.

Craftsy is having a sale on all their classes!! $19.99 each!!

Click on this LINK to see what might interest you at a price like that!

Here is my scrap project, I am using 2.5 inch squares. Many are from previous projects and I have a friend that lives up the road from me that brings me all of her scraps...waste not, want not!

Not much else to share! Have a beautiful 1st day of spring!!

Finally, Baby Quilt done and gifted!

My first chevron and my first baby quilt! I made this for my grandson Noah, due to arrive Feb 25th!

I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am! It received alot of ooh's and ahh's at the shower.

A little of the making of it....

I doubled up on the batting as I wanted him to be able to use it for the floor. It also makes the machine quilting look more dimensional.

I am currently working on a 2.5 inch block scrap quilt. Just going from light to dark..making 9 patches first, then sewing them into rows of 7. This one will be for my living room, somthing to cover up with while watching TV. The variation of colors looks much nicer in person, I couldn't quite capture it with my camera.I now have two full rows of 9 patches sewn together...I am just making the nine patches now, until I have enough to just sew them all together. I plan on doing a 3-4 inch border all around.

Some of these scraps are from previous sewing projects, but I also have a friend that sews and she has been bringing me bags of scraps...I am thrilled that she does and I plan on using them always!

Feel free to leave me a link to your scrap projects or baby quilts, I would love to visit and see what you are working on!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Some Quilty WIP's!

It has been a long while, I know....
I had a very busy summer...took me a while to recover, then I had a problem with trigger finger and couldn't sew well as that required me to pin things together which my finger did not want to do! I had surgery to fix the problem in October and am now back at it with photos to share!!

First up, I am in the home stretch at finishing up a quilt I am making for my Dad and step-mom....I designed the pattern myself and struggled through. I didn't realize there were flying geese in there until I had already had all my fabric cut..needless to say..if you have experience with triangles..which I didn't...the going was hard and there was a lot of seam ripping going on! I almost quit several times!

It is now sandwhiched and I have begun stitching in the ditch. This is my second quilt...

My second grandchild, another boy, is due on Feb 25th! So I had to make him a quilt!

I am still hand stiching the binding on this...very close to being completed!

That is all I have, hoping to get more done in 2016!

The Layercake Sampler

My first finished quilt! Completed on March 30th.

As I was doing the binding.

On the bed with a peek at the back! :)

Very happy with how this turned out. I have another quilt started for my Dad who insisted he had to have one. I designed the next one myself..will show when I have more comleted. Thanks for visiting!

Finished the top and started another!

Hi Everyone!! 

 I finshed the top to the Layer Cake Sampler :) Waiting on my Mom to come over and show me how to sandwhich this huge thing! What do you think?

This one is before I put the border on.

It then became too big for my living room floor so here is the border on it while folded.

Here is the new one..a Disappearing 9 Patch. I am using scrap material my Mom gave me...

I have 14 blocks done so far.

Becoming fast addicted to this hobby!!

One more column to go...

Hello!
Whew! We had quite the snow storm last night! It took my husband 3 hours to get home from 23 miles away (Syracuse)! Here is a pic of what was outside my window at about 4:30 pm:

This was taken with my flash but it doesn't look as bad as it looked through my eyes without the camera. Anyway..glad he finally made it home. :)

I worked more on my Layer Cake Sampler quilt :) I only have one column left to add and a border around for the top of the quilt. What do you think?

Thank you for stopping in and I hope the sun is shining where ever you are!