Sunday....

I have been busy today. While most people are watching the game, I have been sitting at my machine (and watching Brett Michael's - Rock of Love, it is so strange its mesmerizing). I started 2 new quilts today :-). This is the first one. Each square will represent a month out of the year. This is January's block.

This is quilt #2. These are all western scraps I have picked up and collected over the last couple years. I plan for this to be a blanket that lives in my car for soccer games, etc. I'm thinking the backing will be blue jean - we will see. I guess I have some time for that. I need to complete 8 more squares. I know the blocks look pretty small in the picture but they are actually each 10".

Fons & Porter Blanket

Here are more squares from the Fons and Porter blanket. I actually finished the top yesterday. I still have to add the borders and put it together but the top is complete :-)!!!!!
Finally - because I am really tired of this blanket already. I am ready to pack it up in a box and come back to it in a few years. I have so many other projects I am ready to get to.

My 1st Quilt Block Swap

This is my 1st Block for my Quilt block swap. I made this from a pattern I found online. Every month I make a new square and mail it to someone else. Isn't it cute?
This is the block I recieved. It will go well with my western pinwheels. Thanks Sandi :-).

I made two of these wall quilts for my mom and my mother in law for Christmas. I used that new printable fabric that comes on a roll. It is really cool and the pictures print so well. They look just like the photograph, but matte instead of glossy.

More Blocks

Here are some more completed blocks from my Fons & Porter quilt.

My Quilt

When my mom and I went to the Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY I saw a Fons & Porter quilt that I really really liked. The ladies in the museum laughed at me when I said I had no idea who Fons & Porter were :-). Apparently they completed the quilt during a television series and explained each piece.
I bought the book and as soon as I got home started working on it.
That was last summer, the top is still not complete - but I am proud to say as of 1/10/07 I only have 2 squares left to complete. I will add more pictures of the completed squares when I can.

My girls quilts

I had to make my girls quilts since my son had a quilt. We went to JoAnn's and they picked all of their fabric and even helped cut out a few squares - this was before I bought a rotary cutter. There blankets are bright and colorful - they are perfect for in the car and roadtrips. Each one has their name in the bottom corner.

Mom's Quilt

I made this one for my mom. This is where I started getting bored with squares and changing stuff around. The blanket is ok, but not one of my favorites. When I delivered this blanket to her we visited the quilt museum in Paducah, KY and I was so inspired to do more. This was completed summer of 2007 since then I have bought lots of books and magazines and started watching the quilting shows on TV. I still don't have much desire to take a class - maybe one day.

My Favorite Quilt

I made this crib quilt for my nephew in 2006. This is my favorite quilt so far! I love the colors in this blanket. The backing is this really pretty blue flannel with swirls. My nephew is just as cute as the blanket :-)

Ebay Quilt

I sold this quilt on Ebay. I wanted to see what people would pay for a crib size quilt they could personalize. I was not very happy with the response, but one lucky person was able to get a great quilt for their son. These are the pics from the fabrics they chose. The back was bright red & purple tie die. I am not really into bright colors, but to each his own.

As you can see my squares started getting smaller and the creativity bug started to kick in.

2nd Quilt

The second quilt was for my husband. He is military so it is an army quilt. I also put his patches on it. This quilt began my fabric obsession. Buying fabric for quilts is so much more fun than clothes.

These are older pictures, but at this point he has patches on almost every square. His blanket is nice and thick, I made the back with a heavy camo canvas.

1st Quilt

I just joined this quilt swap club and they asked me to type a bio with some quilt pictures. That made me think this would be a wonderful place to show off my stuff....

So here goes. My first quilt was for my son. It seemed liked every time I pulled out my sewing machine I was making clothes for the girls (I absolutely hate making clothes now!) so I made him something.

This was a few years ago when he was playing baseball so I added his patches. This was my very first quilt and I didn't take any classes so I just did what seemed like common sense to me :-). The squares are fat quarters that weren't even cut, I just sewed them together. I think it took me about 3 hours to make it and he still loves his blanket (He just started asking for his second).