My First Starburst Quilt

This is the very beginning center of my first starburst quilt. I hope it turns out okay. I've already made a few mistakes, but I'm learning about the little kinks in piecing triangles very quickly!

Whitley's Toms

For my neice's birthday I painted these cool toms in celebration of her making the basketball team. We are really proud of her! She loved them, which I am really thankful for because there was no turning back after I applied that first layer of paint! :)

Grandma's Lap Quilt

Grandma's lap quilt 3/2012, a set on Flickr.

I finally finished my grandma's lap quilt today. I started it the past fall with the intention of giving it to her as a Christmas present. However, as usual, I did not finish it on time. It is a cute pre-printed top that I found at my local Wal-Mart this past summer with a nice matching floral print as the backing. I hand quilted the entire thing and bound it with a hunter green bias tape. I will be giving it to her this weekend. I hope she likes it! :)

Baby Adalyn's Quilt

This past week I made a quilt for my friend Chelsey's yet to be born baby girl, Adalyn. It is the second quilt that I have quilted by machine. This time I changed a few settings on my sewing machine, which made the process much easier. I was very pleased with the outcome and I think Chelsey was, too. Hopefully, baby Adalyn will love it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Halloween!

I made this cute lil graveyard dirt cake for my school kiddos this week. They loved it! Needless to say, I became their favorite teacher of the week!

I also dressed up as my favorite Harry Potter character, Hermione Granger, with my colleagues. Fun times!

For Sunday school, I made these cute little cards for our 3-5 yr olds.

And, my lil nephew dressed up for his first Halloween!

My Current Project

I am working on this lap quilt for my grandmother. I hope I get it finished before Christmas!

Hannah's T-Shirt Quilt is Finally Finished!!

So, here it is!!!  This is the final product of my niece's old t-shirts and a little bit of batik fabric!  I am very please with the results. The colors within the quilt are very bright and girly, which fits my niece's personality very well.  She has such a bubbly, bright, and colorful disposition.

The only thing I did not like about this quilt is how heavy it turned out to be.  Knit fabrics (t-shirt material) is very heavy when sewn together like quilt.  It is definitely not a quilt for the summer months.  In Arkansas, it might not even be light enough for fall or spring.  It would however make an awesome football weather quilt!  The think I love about it most is that it captures memories for her to have in her home forever.  She can look at this quilt in the years to come and have a story for every square.  Isn't that amazing?!  Her children will be able to see a part of her life that they would never have been able to experience themselves!  I just hope she loves it as much as I do!