Monday, February 27, 2017

A Couple of Quilts

I am not an experienced hand quilter like my mom and sisters,
but I have made a couple of quilts lately.

I made this baby doll quilt for my granddaughter for Christmas. 
The Cathedral Window pattern in the center and the binding is hand sewn,
but the rest of the quilt is machine sewn.
front of quilt
back of quilt
front to back!
signature block 
 
 In mid-January I attended a t-shirt quilt class at the local quilt shop.
I had been intrigued by a method of sewing with t-shirts
while not using any stabilizer.
I had also been saving t-shirts for years just waiting
for the right project to come along.
This was the time! 
The class was very helpful and
I got to use their templates.
Here is what I ended up with when I left class - 
thirty t-shirt blocks!!
 upper left
 upper right
 lower left
lower right
Finished quilt (except for signature block!!) approximately 53" x 63"
 The t-shirt blocks were so easy to sew together.
It did not take long at all.
I wish I had timed myself!
I took it back to the quilt shop to have them
do the long arm quilting because they were having a sale.
Quilting for one penny per square inch!!
I thought that was a steal of a deal.
Now I am thinking about my next project.
What should it be??
 

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Last of the 2016 Christmas Memories


I am glad I do not have to run in this stuff!
Thank you to my brother & SIL for this picture.

Christmas morning!
Gift from my hubby!
Pictures from the DIL's mother.
 They are BLESSED to have SEVEN grandchildren!!

Merry Christmas to ALL and
to ALL a good night!

Thursday, February 2, 2017

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Early one morning we drove by our local McDonalds on our way 
to Largo Central Park to see the Christmas Lights.



LARGO  CENTRAL  PARK  LIGHTS .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


 You might have to turn the sound up for the video.