Baby Quilt is Done!

Commissioned Quilt #4 is finished! I finally put the last stitches in the binding on Monday. I am very pleased with how it turned out.

If your wondering why the quilt is hanging from my shower curtain, it's because it was too windy to hang it on the cloths line outside :) . This pattern came from one of Alex Anderson's baby quilt books. This paticular pattern is called Grandma's Favorite.

The lady that asked me to do the quilt wanted it to be able to work for either a boy our a girl. That is why I used the colors yellow, cream, green, and blue.

In the sashing, I quilted free motion stars with two curving lines flowing in between them to make them look like they were floating. The two curvy lines turned out to kind of look like ribbon.

For the nine patch blocks, I just quilted in the ditch so it wouldn't distract from the pattern.

I delivered the quilt to the lady and she was very pleased with it. She thought it was really cute. She also said that she would need me to make another one for her for August! Here we go again :) ! It's a good thing that I love to sew!

I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! :)

Christmas Gifts

Tis the season of giving! This year I didn't have much time to get my gifts but a managed to make some for four of my girl friends. My grandma showed me a magazine with a pattern for a quick and easy fleece muffler. We had a day off of school last Friday so I took time to make one for each of my friends.

The pattern only used one layer of fleece, but I decided it would look cool to have a two sided one using two different colors. I got a different color for each scarf and then used the same gray on the back of each.

Each scarf has a slit in it so you can put the other side of the scarf through it. That way it stays wrapped around your neck. I gave them to my friends today and they really liked them! The scarves were really easy to make and made really good gifts.

Have a Merry Christmas!!! :)