3 Pillowcases for Charity

My friend Stacy's young son has leukemia.  Every time he goes to the hospital for chemo treatment or extensive tests, they give him a donated pillowcase.  She said he loves all his pillowcases.  I hope someone will feel a little comfort when they receive these.

Double Pinwheel Baby Quilt

Given to Lynzi Rasmussen.

Bright Baby Girl Scrap Quilt

I sent this one to Saipan to my friend Heather who adopted a baby girl there.

Wedding Quilt

 My third son was recently married and I made this quilt for him and his new bride.  I think this was one of my best quilts ever!  I love how it turned out.  It is the first quilt that I had someone else quilt for me.  My new friend, Amy, inherited a long-arm machine and we bartered work from me for her quilting.  I am pleased at how well it turned out.  I was surprised at how expensive the thread was, but the variegated autumn theme was worth it in the end.  Since I don't own a long-arm quilting machine, I am determined to learn how to do more than just straight lines on my 1979 Bernina.  More to come...

Scrap Baby Quilts

I sent the quilt below to Texas for a nephew's new son.  (It has ducks on the back).

 I tried a new way of machine quilting called "wine glass" that I learned online.  I like the effect.

  One of these was given to Tarlton.

 I used a new quilting tool that I got for Christmas--a Fons and Porter "Easy Diagonal Set Ruler."  This was a cinch to cut the side and corner triangles. The boy quilt below was sent to my nephew for their newborn son named after his grandpa - my oldest brother Micheal.

All of the fabric was given to me by quilters who were cleaning out their stashes.  The only thing I bought was the above polka dot (Walmart--only $3.75!).  My goal is to learn how to do some freestyle machine quilting this year.  I am taking an online course from Craftsy.com to learn. 

Dress for Cana

This is the dress I made for Cana Lily for her first birthday.  I saw the idea in a JoAnn ad and then just figured it out myself.