Long Time No See

Sorry I've been a little delinquent lately. It's not for lack of sewing, it's simply been lack of time. Between classes (I got in to PT school!!!), work, gym work, and actual sewing, posting has sort of hit the back burner. But here's a post full of pictures, just so show you I haven't been doing nothing. :-)

This is the apron I made for my mother in law for Christmas. Horrible picture, but I think it came out well.

Father in law's quilt. He loved it. :-)

A mostly done great aunt in law's quilt. More on this one in a sec.

The military quilts are finally all out the door. I made 2 like this one for the boys, then the one following this for the mother, as a surprise. I'm told they were all a hit. :-)

4 quilts later, I still have a HUGE box of materials left, but 90% of it is DCUs, so I'm a little stuck for how to make that look interesting. I'm thinking maybe a rag quilt? I dunno.

This was the basket (purchased, not made, obv) with liner for grandmother in law

Front side

Over Christmas weekend, my sister in law and her friend wanted to learn to quilt, so I brought up my box of squares and showed them how to make a quick little patch quilt.

Courtney ended up doing most of the sewing while Jen made dinner, but the quilt turned out wonderfully!

Top done!

Quilting - I showed her how to do free motion stitching and she LOVED it.

The quilt's name is "Whackado".

Finished!

Kini came with us and was unrelentingly pathetic the whole time. She was very good about staying on her pillow at the top of the stairs, but she's definitely got the guilt thing down.

Aunt Margaret getting her quilt Christmas morning.

See, she's technically still on the pillow...

Father in law's quilt in its new home!

In addition to the bigger basket, I whipped up this set of pockets, in case grandma in law doesn't want to have a basket sticking out all the time.

Super easy to make!

Anyway, that's all I've got for now. I'll try to be better about posting, but really the pics get put on my FB page nearly daily. Currently, I'm working on cousin in law's wedding quilt. It's a little nerve-wracking, but I think it's going to turn out nicely.

Ok one quick, crappy picture. It's still got a long way to go yet.

Facebook

So I know I've been bad about posting lately, but I've been putting pics up on the blog facebook page. Check them out! 

I also have a few more ready to ship things in the shop, just in time for the holidays. Check them out too! 

Quick Pics

Just a quick post. Had a productive weekend. 4 tops finished, w00t!
A Christmas gift, two commissioned pieces, and a surprise gift.

I desperately want to post the surprise gift one, but I'm not sure if the recipient reads this blog so I have to hold off. I'm in love with it though, so I'm hoping I can ship it soon!

Another 2 Finish Week

It's been a productive week. I finished 2 more commissioned quilts and even taught myself how to make pillow shams in the process.

Finish #1 was for a little boy named Harrison:

Guess what I don't have a crib to model this on. Too bad. 

The artsy long shot.

That right there is a quilted pillow sham. High end stuff right there kids.

For the quilting I did strings of stars down the sashing.

More stars

The backing was flannel and super soft. Love love love. The stars didn't stand out as much as I thought they would, which I think is ok.

So that shipped yesterday.
Today, this beauty is going in the mail:

The top was pieced by a friend of mine, and I did the quilting. She's going to do the binding, which is why it's unfinished on the edges.

A little better lighting

From the back

Up close and personal.

I loved this quilt. It's heavy and cotton, and just feels cozy.

Design Wall Monday

Just a quickie, as usual. I reworked this customer quilt to use a different border around the outside. I like it MUCH better this way. 

 I'm shocked that this fabric may work as a backing for his name too...I thought it'd be too busy, but it seems ok to me. Thoughts?

And finally, the secret quilt is nearly finished and will be revealed on Wednesday. For now though, the quality inspector says it meets code. 

Usually when he jumps up on my table, it's to get out the window. This time, it was solely to cuddle up on this quilt. That has to be a good sign, right? :-) 

Got a couple projects in the works right now. First up, a comfort quilt for a coworker and friend who's facing some serious difficulties, and doing it alone. Breaks my heart, but she's refusing rides and such so I'm forcing a quilt on her whether she likes it or not. I'm hoping to have it to her by the end of the week, but I'm lost in terms of how to quilt it. Thoughts? Anyone?

Also in the works is the two quilts for the sons of the husband who's getting the military quilt for his promotion soon. That quilt got to the recipient (his wife) today, but hasn't found its forever home yet - he'll be promoted in the next couple months I'm told.

Anyway, that's what's going on tonight. I started another Christmas quilt and doodled up another Etsy commission, but those aren't anywhere near photographable, so no pics.

Finish and kitties

Here's what I've been doing this week.

This is for a friend's mom, who needs a little comfort in the coming weeks.

It's kitty themed. :-)

And on a related note, this happened this week. It was weird. They hate each other.