Christmas Stockings

Three new grandchildren, three new Christmas stockings!  So fun to choose the cute fabrics....
I quilt the front of the stockings with a meandering stitch.

Moda "Candies" Zig Zag Table Runner

     This is a simple table runner.  I made it after viewing a You Tube video from Missouri Star Quilt Co.  It use a method called "raw edge" appliqué.  Went quickly and was a fun Saturday afternoon sewing project.  My suggestion for anyone wanting to make this themselves would be to use cotton batting and not polyester as I did.

Kansas Troubles Quilt Shop

      Jim and I were going to KayLynn's for a long weekend for the occasion of blessing her little son, Ryker.  What an interesting day...before we left, I viewed a You Tube video about a quilt made by Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles.  I have loved her fabrics for years and have made lots of quilts with her beautiful fabrics.  I grabbed a quilt magazine to take with me for reading while traveling that featured her quilt shop and fabrics.

      When I was reading the magazine, I realized that her shop in Bennington, Kansas, would only be 12 miles out of the way.  We were making great time on the trip and it was a beautiful day.  Jim was willing, so off we went.  What a find!  We had the greatest time and were really welcomed and treated to a tour of the shop and the retreat area which is the upper story.  Here are a few pictures of what we saw.

     I felt like we had gone on a special trip together and just couldn't stop smiling!  Can't wait to go again.

Rockets and Robots

     With a grandfather who is a Rocket Scientist, what else would be the choice to make for two little grandsons due close together?  Our sweet grandsons Ryker and Joseph are only two weeks apart in age.  In fact, I was helping KayLynn with her new little Ryker when Joseph was born so I had to hurry home to help with Joseph.  These little quilts simply made from a charm pack and a little extra fabric for the borders and binding were  fun to make.  There is lots of things to look at to keep the little one's attention.
     When we found out that Dan and his wife, Janell, were also expecting a little boy in November, I got busy and made another for him!

   

Happenings in Grandma's Sewing Room for the past 8 months...

     Well, even though I haven't added to my blog for quite some time, I have still been busy with being a Grandma.  We have added 4 little grandsons to our family since July.  Ryker Davis, Joseph Greenwood, Ephraim Greenwood, and Sawyer Greenwood. We've been to blessings and baptisms and still have more to go with two more blessings to travel to and a high school graduation of our oldest granddaughter in June.
     I still sew all the time.  That doesn't necessarily mean that I am always finishing quilts, but I'm always sewing something.  I finally chose a way to keep things a little more organized as you can see in the above picture.  When I complete a quilt top, including the binding, I just hang them up in a closet and they're right there, ready to be quilted, and not getting wrinkled.
     I love new ideas and new fabrics as much as ever but am really trying to complete the quilt tops that I have started.  I have enjoyed quilting quite a few tops recently and will post those as time permits.

Thursday, July 17, 2014 "Anita's Arrowhead"

For me, making a quilt is often a way to remember a special event.  This particular quilt reminds me of spending time during the summer of 2013 with my sisters and mother in Idaho.  We are notorious shoppers and because some of us are quilters, going to a quilt shop is an absolute must!

You have to be a little careful when stitching the blocks together because there are a bias pieces.
This quilt is twin sized.

This quilt, "Anita's Arrowhead" was made from a layer cake (collection of 10" squares) and additional fabric for the borders and binding.  The pattern can be found by googling "Anita's Arrowhead quilt pattern"

Wednesday July 16, 2014 "Vintage"

This quilt is called "Vintage".  The pattern is found in the book  Simple Retro with Camille Roskelley: Fresh Quilts from Classic Blocks.  I purchased it in Kindle format and loved making it.
I purchased the fabrics, fat quarters, while at my daughter, KayLynn's, in Oklahoma City earlier this year.

I quilted and bound this quilt a month or so ago.  I just thought it was too plain so went back and added a lot more rows of quilting and am much happier.  It isn't very fancy but was a delight to sew and I made it because I fell in love with the fabrics that I chose.