Runners for Teal........

My daughter in law asked me to make some runners for her daughter Teal's bedroom. The colours of her room are burgundy (sort of) and olive green (sort of).....these are the fabrics I came up with from my stash.

My trusty machine......a Babylock.


I found some green among my stash so we are all set. I have already completed and sent two runners. She gave me specific lengths to go by and so it was easy to adjust the pattern to work with that.


Now to sew. A very simple pattern. You join your colours around a central panel. Adding as many sections as you wish to make the length you want. You then sew together face to face with the backing fabric. Cut and turn.


The colours in person are pretty much the same as the room, I could not get a good light to take the photograph.







Well that's that. I can mail those and make a start on the next project. I want to make a cushion for Teals bed out of the left over fabrics. Then I want to start on some cushions for the porch and deck. Not sure of what fabric yet.



If anyone is interested in the pattern and measurements let me know and I will add that to this post. It is easy, the trick is getting the points right.

Quilts.........

I have not done any sewing in a long time. I plan on rectifying that soon. This is a crib quilt that I did for my Granddaughter. It now serves as a wall hanging. I made several quilts for the small kids, but they outgrow them so quickly. I made one for my granddaughter Danielle but I dont think I have a picture of that one. Just about all the quilts I made I gave away and didnt take pictures. I do know I have a few somewhere and will look for them. Meanwhile............this one I made and still use in our living room. I am hooking up with Classy Clutter for their Saturday Spotlight with thanks to the hosts. Also linking with Too Much Time Saturday with much thanks to our host

Pink Saturday................

I love to try to watercolour, not always very successful but I have found that I find a lot of inspiration from peoples blogs. So it is that I am joining in this Pink Saturday again. This time I am featuring a couple of paintings that I have done. I want to thank How Sweet the sound for hosting the party.



This on the other hand is a quilt I made.





I have not sewn in a couple of years. There has been so much going on in my life (explained on Bluebell Woods blog) but I am hoping to get back to that very soon.
Meanwhile I have a couple more pinkies for you





I made these when my granddaughter Reina was born.

Quilting............

One of the easiest and best looking quilt patterns is the log cabin.




I took my first quilting class because a couple of friends encouraged me. They said it was easy, a nine patch quilt. OK I thought that would be really easy, I mean to say I have always sewn. So nine patches? So I signed up and went to the class. I saw the nine patch quilt displayed on the wall and about screamed. Nine patches made up one tiny square of the enormous quilt. I had to choose fabric to make this thing as well. It turned out to be a lot of fun, especially I found that choosing the fabrics was the best part. I was hooked. I cant say I have made a whole lot of quilts but I sure got a LOT of fabric. My stash. Books? Oh yes, I have books. Finished projects? Not so much.




My three quilting friends, Barb, Edna and Nancy took several classes with be before we decided we could do just as well on our own. Barb in fact bought a long arm quilting machine and started a business. That was great. She experimented on our quilts and has become a real proffessional, she found she has the talent and now the experience to do a great job. Nancy and Edna still do a lot of quiting. My life has taken a differnt turn but we still all go out looking for fabric and going on "shop hops"
I have done my share of quilts though. I made one for my sons bed and his spare room bed, my daughter and granddaughters. I have several around the house. I slowed down when I began to babysit. That is a whole nother story.
This one is sort of cheating because I used a panel. The backing is great and my friend Barb did a nice job of machine quilting for me.



This one is one of my early quilts, I took a class to learn it. I thought it would be way more difficult than it was. It is now my poodles favourite napping quilt. It has been washed so many times its faded and soft. This one I quilted myself in straight lines, it was before Barb got her long arm quilting machine.



This one is done with just two fabrics. I tied this one and its one of my favourites.


Some I did for Laura's kids....flower fairies.



and a close up of the fairy quilt.



This is the only miniature quilt I have done, its a very simple one but I loved the colours and the tiny buttons




Our Eons group worked on doing a Quilt block and I put it all together. It was a project to get lap tops to disabled veterans so they could be in touch with their families. It turned out quite well.