My Second Baby Quilt

I picked this material for my friend's first grandbaby boy! I liked the cute animals especially with the elephants! The back material, I thought, looked like a starry night. After I washed it and was ironing it, I noticed a flaw.  I decided to applique an elephant over it.  Sometimes solutions to problems can work out to be better than the original plan; I think the elephant added a needed bit of color to the backside.

The baby lives in Georgia, so I used flannel, instead of batting, for the filling to make its weight lighter.

My First Baby Quilt

This is a baby quilt I made for my daughter's friend.  I originally got the pattern for it off the internet.  I had so much trouble understanding the directions, I only had it basted by the time of the baby shower. I wrapped it up "as is" and explained I needed it back to finish.  I knew I needed help getting in done and there was no question that I had to finish it .  Sooooo, I went to a drop-in sewing class which is held every Tues a.m.  The teacher looked at my directions and put them in the trash.  I basically had to start all over, but it was worth it.  I learned a lot - my biggest surprise was that the binding was to be hand-sewn!  I actually enjoyed it.  I'm going to keep going to the class and make more baby quilts, till I get it down. I'm really pleased with it.

Some more blankets

I made two more quilt-style fleece blankets.  One for me - which has a cotton top material that I tested out machine quilting on, and one for my husband.  His reminds me of a Mexican blanket- he loves colorful things. Everyone loves these because they are very big and so soft.  I think I would like to do more machine quilting.

Watercolors I've done

Over the years, mostly flowers have inspired me to paint.  Some other things, but mostly flowers.

Beading

Project in progress- a woven bead bracelet

Earrings and bracelet with red cathedral beads.

Spiral seed bead bracelet

Bread Making

For a couple of years now, I've gotten to love making bread. My most favorite recipe right now is the one listed below.

Farmhouse White Sandwich Bread Recipe

Gold star red curtains w red and gold ribbon tabs

I made these curtains with pretty expensive calico fabric.  I just couldn't resist it.  My son and his girlfriend use them as a privacy screen between their living room and bedroom.

Fleece Blanket with Cotton Quilting

This is an Owl blanket I made for my daughter; it is fleece, and the owl material is flannel.  I had a hard time with the mitering of the corners-maybe because my material was not the same width as called for in the directions??  But it still came out fine.

DIRECTIONS: Fleece Blanket with Cotton Quilting

A double sided knitted scarf

 I knitted this scarf for my son's friend.

Keith is a very Abercrombie & Fitch type guy.

Pattern is from Ravelry.com

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coal-springs-scarf

My first rag quilt!

This is my  first rag quilt; it's made from flannel.

This is the "wrong" side non-raggedy squares below.

                                                                                            "wrong" non-raggedy side below.

"Right" side ragedy squares below.

DIRECTIONS FOR RAG QUILT - I used a combination of patterns

Joann's Rag Quilt project

You're going to LOVE rag quilting!

Beverly's Official Blog - Video

Beverly's Official Blog - Directions