Sew what?

Baby quilts, that's what! Hardy har har.

(Jazz joke. I'm a dork.)

Heidi's quilt is almost done. I just have to finish the hand binding and add a label and it's finished! I am very pleased with the progress my free-motion quilting has taken. It's definitely not perfect - there are points on this quilt that I would re-do if I thought it wouldn't make it worse - but in general, this quilting is the best I've done so far. It's exciting to see the progress.

I also used Baby Goth Pink for the backing but in flannel this time and it is THICKER than cotton! Duh. I know... you knew that already, as did I, but it really adds thickness and makes sewing the binding on the front of it tricky. Sew and learn, right?

Harry Quinn's quilt is ready to be quilted now - the "quilt sandwich" is done - and then I can proceed with the hanging sleeve and binding that I just did for Heidi's. I'm gonna be brief so I can keep sewing, but here are the photos of the progress.

Heidi's Quilt Top is done! Whew!

Heidi is the girl twin for whom I'm making a quilt. Harry Quinn is her brother, I'm told, and I have not yet done his quilt top. But shit - today I managed to get the top done which is ... decent.

I like the cheerful colors. My sewing is yet again disappointing to me because it is not perfect! But I'm learning as I go and I think it looks pretty good so far. I'm working on keeping my seams straight. It's much harder than it sounds.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Harry Quinn's color scheme. That's another task for Monday.

Have a good weekend!

Boys' baby quilt on the way

Well, here are the first two blocks for the boys' quilt. I do like the colors and think with the pastel polka dot outer border it will look soft enough to be a baby quilt.

My favorite season, my favorite reason... for makin ... quilts

Not exactly sexy, but nonetheless enjoyable.

I have begun the twins' baby quilts. The girls' quilt is well under way and I am about to begin the blocks for the boys' quilt. I have chosen to do two Sawtooth Stars and two Log Cabins per quilt as I did for Milo's quilt. It's nice to have a little variety and I like the way these blocks compliment one another.

All my windows are open, the lulling noise of street construction is grinding in the distance, and a cool breeze cuts the warmth of the sunshine in my apartment. In short, I'm happy. I hate Summer. It's my least favorite season - although this Summer was much more enjoyable than most - and Fall is my favorite. "Good-bye stickiness, hello movement." That was a tag line used for Dove Shampoo ads on the NYC subway a couple of years ago featuring Wilma Flinstone and I always thought it was better suited for a laxative commercial, but hey, I'm no ad-man... but it might work in this instance.

I took on of my Sawtooth Stars last night and brought it to my husband as he was doing the dishes and said, "Hey, look! I have done my first nearly perfect Sawtooth Star!" which, of course, meant that this morning when I started my Log Cabins I had considerable trouble. I had to re-do one of them three times. Sigh. Had to open my big mouth.

Okay - enough blather... here's some photos and I'm off to cut fabric for the boys' quilt. I'm a little nervous about the dark colors of this quilt and am hoping that when I do my first block I will be pleased with the palette I've chosen.

Happy Autumn!

Dad's quilt, finished

Well, I finished Dad's Birthday Quilt (he turned 80 this past week) and I forgot to take photos of the darn thing! It's now at his home and I will take pictures the next time I'm visiting, but in the mean time here are a few of the close-to-finished product.











And now I'm working hard on the two baby quilts for my friend in Maine. Wish me luck!