I've been blogged!

A new quilt blogger blogged me. Check her out.

I'm having fun finishing my quilts, and my sewing room is getting a wee bit cleaner in the process. Is anyone else making progress on their UFOs?

This little piggie....

.... went with a friend for a pre-wedding pedicure.




After weeks of work, work, work, work, work, it was good to take an hour and get some pampering.

Thirty!

This finish is a small one. I pieced it at my quilt retreat in January but quilted it last week, just in time to give away. I actually wrapped it before taking a photo (the horror!).

My husband delivered the quilt to a cousin at a family reunion this past weekend. I was teaching classes and could not attend, but send along this hostess gift:

The quilting in the light stripes says: "forever .... in peace.... may you wave"

The hostess' home is decorated in Americana and I knew it would look perfect. I also knew that my husband's aunt (a quilter) would understand my panic call to my husband begging him to take a photo. Those would be Aunt Marilyn's rings in the photo.

Twenty-Nine!

Did anything special happen early last fall? I'm trying to figure out why I'm being called upon to make an unusually large number of baby quilts this season.

I'm not sure who this one is for, since there are so many new babies:

For the baby

My daughter and I are an interesting mix. We look exactly alike. We have many things in common. Like many daughters who are so burdened, my daughter tries to be different from me in as many ways as she can. One noticeable difference between us is.... she's not a quilter. She's not even a fan of quilts. Gasp! But I love her anyway.

I show her every quilt I make and ask if she likes it. I always get a variation of "it only matters if you like it." Imagine my surprise when I asked her if she liked a recent quilt and she replied, "Yes." She even explained why she liked it. I was bowled over with shock. And then I gave her the quilt.

Since my baby is going to college in a very cold and snowy location, this is first of several of my baby's college quilts:



TWENTY-EIGHT!

Twenty-Seven!

I had a little extra fabric from the placemats and napkins, so I put together this little tablerunner for the bride-to-be:



Don't tell my mom, though. She thinks all tablerunners should be hers.

Twenty-Six!

I surprised all the guests at my daughter-in-law's bridal shower by NOT making her a quilt for the event. Instead, I made placemats and napkins to match her dishes.

Sorry, I caught as much sun as I could! Moving the house seemed a drastic step to get full-sun for a photo.