I finished the churn dash quilt for my nephew and his bride early in May. It turned out pretty cute!
The pattern I used is from a Fons and Porters Love of Quilting magazine, issue March/April 2012, on page 20. It measures about 70 inches by 85 inches, so a nice size for them to cuddle under while watching TV. There are 120 5 inch churn dash blocks and 99 5 inch alternate blocks. I hand quilted around each churn dash block and quilted a flower design in each of the alternate blocks. It took about four and a half months to complete it. I really love it and I hope they do, too.
Here is the label I made for it:
And a sunny close up of the quilting:
For the rest of the month of May, I have been working on two Quilts of Valor for my grandson and grand daughter in the military.
The pattern for these is in the Fons and Porters Love of Quilting magazine, May/June 2014, page 54. I separated the parts for the quilts into two baskets to keep everything straight. I have all of the cream log cabin and all of the blue log cabin blocks done for each quilt and all of the star blocks for one quilt are done, just have to put the star blocks together for the second quilt. All the parts are ready, just have to get them stitched into stars. I am anxious to see how they all go together to make the quilts. I hope to have these done before the end of the year, but a couple of other projects will take priority.
I have the background parts of a baby quilt for my new grand daughter, who is due in September, cut out. Still have to go through my stash to see what to use for the colors.
I would love to use some 30's prints for the color in the nine patches, but have little of that kind of fabric. I will look for some pretty pinks, greens, yellows and pastels in my stash or break down and buy a bundle of 30's fabrics to use. I love the little Sunbonnet Sue at the top and may put her name on the bottom edge of the quilt. I don't know what that will be yet, but I think the kids will settle on a name soon. It is adorable in the book, hope I love it when it is done! There are lots of tiny, tiny pieces in there.
Another project, I made pillowcases for my Mom and Dad:
This one is for my Dad. I love the patriotic fabric, especially the little boy in the sailor suit. My dad served in the Navy in WWII in the Pacific. Hope he likes it.
Mom always loved her flower garden and she still has several pots of flowers on the window sill in her room at the nursing home. I hope this brightens up her pillow. On each of the pillowcases I used the decorative alphabet setting on my sewing machine to put their names on the back edge of the pillowcase. They shouldn't get lost or mixed up in the laundry that way.
And, as if this isn't enough to keep me busy, my youngest daughter just announced she and her fiancé have set December 13 for their wedding! So another quilt to make.
At the beginning of this year I thought I might get to make something for myself! I love sewing for all the kids and grand kids so I'm not complaining. The longer my own projects sit on the shelf, the more time I have to add more project ideas to the queue!
Have fun stitching!
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