Cali Rail

This pattern is the California Rail for a Jelly Roll but once 

again I didn't use a jelly roll. I cut my own 2 1/2 inch strips. 

I think I made about forty strips and had enough for this 50" X 70"

quilt. I will donate this to the crisis center.

You can't see the back very good in this picture.

This is a close-up of the back.

I had these 12 blocks left over so I made a lap quilt for the nursing home out of these.

Another Gma Mac Quilt

I can't show you what I have been working on this week because it 

will be a present, so I thought I would show you another quilt my 

Gma Mac made. She put the top together using clothes and a few 

of the pieces were really worn thin. I took some of it apart and 

added some older material that my mom had.

Mom also hand quilted this for me.

I put a solid yellow binding on this and love how it turned out.

Quilted Cosmetic Bags

I needed to make something to put in a raffle basket so I found 

the tutorial from Crafty Gemini to make these cosmetic bags. They 

were pretty easy to make and the tutorial is very good. 

I made them with grey tones so they will hopefully appeal to more people.

I used a fleur di lis design for the lining of both bags.

I think I am going to make some for myself now!

Windows

I have another charity quilt for our local crisis center.

I went a little modern with this one, I think it looks 

like  a row of windows.

I did straight line quilting on this quilt.

I think it looks pretty good on my old metal lawn chair.

Abstract

This is my attempt at an abstract quilt, I think it turned out well

 but I want to continue to try even more abstract quilts soon. 

I had this orange material that looks very 60's to me 

so I thought it had to go on the back. This quilt makes 

me think of a Dreamsicle.

You can see I have two different colors on my binding.

 I wanted white on the back and orange on the front. 

I cut the orange material 1 inch and the white 

material 2 inches and sewed them together. That gave me a 

2 1/2 inch binding. It is very easy and looks nice too.

Gma Mac's Quilt

   

This quilt top was made by my Grandma Mac at least 

30 years ago, my mom hand quilted it for me last year 

and I finally got the binding put on. 

Mom did a great job with the hand quilting. Thanks Mom!

I wanted a white binding on the front (I actually used Kona-snow)

but wanted a little color on the back. I went through my mom's 

material and found a brown material with some different colors 

running through it and it is probably 30 years old. I really like how 

it turned out, just enough color and pattern to make it interesting.

This is where the quilt is now, I love the color it adds to my favorite chair.

Sewing Machine Cover

I finally made a sewing machine cover for my machine. 

I have needed one for a while, although some people

 think my machine gets used way to much to need a cover. 

I used some scraps of greens that I had and cut 2 inch squares, 

I sewed them together to make roughly 10" x 13" then 

I  cut out a sewing machine shape on an 8" x 11" sheet of paper 

and used this  for a pattern. This is my first machine applique,

I need more practice but I am happy with the way it turned out.

Cat's

My Mom got this kit to make a quilt for one of my step-sister's. 

I put it together for her. It  is a Laurel Burch fabric. 

It came with two panel's but you didn't get any  instruction's 

to use the second panel. I just used it on the back with some 

of the left over fabric.

Modified Broken Wheel

This quilt was inspired by the Labyrinth Quilt from Red Pepper Quilts.

 I had some red plaid material in my stash and thought this would 

be a great quilt to use the material in. My challenge to myself was to  

use only material I had at home to make a new couch throw for myself.

I do love it!

I also love the the back and plan to use it when ever 

I can while lounging on the sofa.

Close-up of the back and binding.

 I think I like this quilt so much because it is all material I chose (originally) 

just because I liked it not because it needed to match something.

Ahoy Pirates!

Another quilt for the crisis center, pirates for a little boy.

 I just framed out the square of pirate material with some reds, 

blues and black and white that I had in my stash.

For the back of the quilt, I used some black and white check and red polka dot.   

Donation's

This quilt is for the crisis center that our local quilt guild donates to. 

It is a panel that I just bordered out.

We also donate to the nursing homes in three county's,

I try to make a few lap quilt's for them too.

They are simple and easy to sew but they mean a lot to 

the people who receive them.

Ornaments

Here are the ornaments I made for my oldest daughter and her family. 
I saw these on someone's blog but I have been unable to 
find it again if anyone has seen them before let me 
know so I can give them  credit for the idea.

 I made these stocking for my daughters family last Christmas. 
I used some of the same material for the ornaments, 
stockings and the tree skirt.

As you can tell, I did not use any Christmas material in 
any of these projects. We like to decorate but are not big 
fans of the traditional Christmas color scheme.

Stockings

I have been working on a few Christmas items the last few days. 

A friend wanted to buy a few of my stockings so I made up these six. 

I also made a tree skirt for my daughter but forgot to take a

 picture so I will post that when I get a picture.

I have been making some ornaments too and will hopefully 

have pictures to show you soon.

Dr. Seuss

 When I first cut the blocks out for this quilt I thought maybe

 I had made a mistake with all the busy patterns. But now I think I like it, 

I just hope it doesn't make the baby dizzy.

I backed it with the same fuzzy white material I have used on 

a few other quilts. It really gives it a nice feel. I did not add 

any batting so it is not real thick for the summer weather.

This quilt is for Kat's friend, she is having a baby girl and has 

a Dr. Seuss theme in the nursery.

Plus Quilt

We have two new members in our family, my cousin and her 

husband just adopted  a 3 year old girl and a 4 year old boy. 

I made their quilts in the Plus quilt pattern,

I really like how these turned out. 

I did a simple straight line machine quilting.

The back of the quilts. 

I sure hope they like them! 

Jelly Roll 1600 Quilt

You are suppose to use a fabric jelly roll for this quilt but I had

a lot of blue fabric so I just cut my own strips to use, I cut 40- 2 1/2" 

strips then sewed them end to end, you just keep doing that 

until your quilt is 48" X 60". It makes a very fast quilt top, I think it 

took about 2 1/2 hours to cut and sew the top together. 

This is another quilt I will donate.

The back is just strips of some of the fabrics from the front laid the opposite way.