Quilt Ministry Project

Our church has a quilt ministry. We get together a few times each month to sew quilts for all new babies in our congregation. We just had the pleasure of finishing (and giving) a quilt that is one of my favorites so far.

Isn't it pretty?  The blues and yellow are so cheerful and fun!  It is a bit tough to see, but the woman who did our lovely machine quilting added boats & waves quilted into the plain white blocks.  This particular quilt was a gift for our Pastor's soon-to-be born newest grandson. 

Apron Inspiration - cross post

This is a cross-post from my other blog.
Awhile back I was noodling around at Like A Warm Cup of Coffee and she was doing an apron give away from Flirty Aprons.  You have to check them out - they are sooooo cute!
I did not win the freebie, but was inspired to dig out a pattern I had bought back before Christmas to make my own!  So when my Mom came up for a visit on Saturday, we hit the fabric store and I splurged and bought some GORGEOUS Legacy quilting fabric to make myself a pretty apron.

My daughter J has been hanging around with me in my sewing area and says I will be stylin' when I make dinner in this beautiful creation! 

And one of the side benefits is that I love to sew anyway and with sales, coupons, & discounts - my apron cost $12.50 to make.

One of my favorites

This is one of my favorite projects.  It is called "Carpenter's Wheel" and I made this as a wall-hanging for my parents.  It now hangs in their kitchen.  It is machine pieced and hand quilted.

For a NY-er, Flannel Baby Quilt

This was a flannel baby quilt made for a runner friend from NY City.  The back was the white/crayon print flannel.  It was nice and snuggly.

My Sewing Area

I have spent a bit of time rearranging things and cleaning and organizing in my sewing area.  It is about half of our finished side of the basement.  My oldest son has his bedroom in the other half.
"My side" is our old school area from when the kids were really small - hence the blackboard on one wall and the maps and such.  I also share my space with the dog crate for Piper.
I am not quite finished with organizing my fabrics into my new dresser storage space.  Oldest son was done using the large dresser and passed it along to me.

I also share my space with curriculum and book shelving for our home school.  As the kids are getting older, I have purged out a TON of books and have taken over some of the shelves for my fabrics, patterns and books.

Once I finish organizing and rearranging, I can get back to some of the projects I have in process and in my planning stages.

Valances that match

One of the really neat things about starting a blog about all my sewing is that I get to go back and hunt down photos of all the stuff I've done over the last 8 years or so.  And since at the moment I am not getting ANY sewing done, it's sort of nice to remind myself of all the things I have done.
Like these valances for our dining room that match the paper-pieced wall hanging I made for the wall.

 

Fun project

This was a fun project - although it was a bit stressful to find materials that could be used quickly to create something the kids would actually wear.  This is also going back several years... they are beyond the princess & knight dress-up stage now. :-)