New Quilts

I have taken on 3 new projects this month. WOW!!!! I am writing this blog at the end of a season in my life that I am most excited to be exiting! I graduate college tomorrow. It has been an extreamly long time coming (10.5 years) but something I am most proud to have achieved!

So, as I graduate, I begin to quilt almost full-time! With the husband in Kuwait, I have time on my hands to be cerative, something I have not had time to really enjoy in the past 2 years.

Babies seem to be everywhere around me. I have friends who are having babies right and left! I get to bless these families with handmade baby quilts. How exciting! This passion was set off by my need to make the husband a gift to keep with him in Kuwait/ Iraq and to be wrapped in love. But it has become more than that. I am not a "master quilter" by any means! But I am so thankful to be doing something I love and something that I have become very passionate about. I am so blessed that the Lord has given me this gift and the creativity to design and create my own patterns. As I grow and learn in this art, I am so thankful that I can share this with friends and family!

In the month to come I will post pictures of 2 baby quilts I am making and a special quilt that I am in the middle of creating. However, this quilt will not have pictures posted until the recipient has seen the top and knows about it. I dont want to ruin the suprise!

For now, I will spend time with my family as I prepare for graduation and the most wonderful time of the year.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Megan's Quilt Part 2

Today is a new day! I have not picked up a piece of fabric in over 2 months!!!! School has been almost for me. But, alas I began, again!

Today was quite a boring day. With school cancelled I re-evaluated what today held for me. I love to quilt! This is a passion that has always been in my heart. No matter how confused I might get with it (which way does this fabric go?) It will always make since in the end! It always comes together!

This quilt is amazing! I have the top 90% done. All that is left is the appliqué! And for that I will be able to take a few short cuts of the trade and get it finished quickly!!

Tonight, at Hobby Lobby, when I was buying fusible web for Megan's quilt I purchased fabric for 2 more special quilts I plan to get put together after the first of the year. These will be small quilts but beautiful nonetheless. I plan on calling these quilts "Girly-Girl" and "Fancy Pants".

However, I have Megan's quilt to finish before I start any other. When I am finished with the appliqué I will post pictures of her finished quilt top. After that come quilting and then binding. I am so excited to do this quilt. It has stretched my mind and added to my list of techniques.

Blessings dear friends & Happy quilting!

Megans Quilt, The Beginnings

Today I start my new project. Megan’s quilt. I am so excited about this design, because it brings together new techniques and fun appliqués! As I read over the pattern it dawned on me that I really do not know as much as I would like to!

Her fabric is all washed and ironed! Folded on my couch waiting for me to begin cutting, stitching, fusing and piecing. The pattern Megan has chosen is "Bloom" created by Thimble Bloosm.



As you can see I have an awesome task ahead of me! I finally get to use some of the wonderful techniques I was able to learn in my quilting class last spring. Ideas such as appliquéing a bunch of circles down the center or even a flower garden across the bottom.

As I start this process of continuing my quilting education I have a goal set in my mind. I don’t want to be famous or even well know in the community. I simply want to quilt. I want to provide friends and family members with quilted warmth that they will cherish and pass on to their children, and so on down the line until the story is not about "my grandmothers friend Kacey made this for her in 2011 or my granddaughter made this for me." No what I think is neat is the story of, "I think one of great grandmas friends made this; you can see the uniqueness in the pattern that it was not mass produced." Something that will last for generations and provide someone of memories of grandma’s house once grandma with the Lord.

So this new challenge of Megan’s Quilt is going to be full of new learning experiences for me. As I go on this journey I would love for you to follow my progress and maybe even answer some questions that I may have along the way!

Happy Seam Ripping!

The Kindle case tragedy...

Having had a kindle for some time, I figured it was time to invest in a cover.

So, yesterday I googled and found a great pattern to follow for just this project. So I head to my local fabric store get all the required materials and set off this afternoon on making a great cover. I laid everything out in my living room. I measure, cut, iron, and sew.. what do you think happened? It doesn't fit!

So, having just enough material for 1 more shot, cause I plan for such dilemmas, I give it another go. I measure, cut (bigger this time) iron, sew... and again it does not fit! so after 5 hours of sewing I have a great idea and a great "just because" present for a beloved sister... who has a smaller Kindle which the second will fit!

So, tomorrow I will head back to my craft store, get more fabric and try again. I am set on making the best Kindle cover if it kills me!

Check back with me on the progress of the kindle case and for pictures!

~Pink Daisies