Christmas Projects 2013

Professional Quilting

Auction Quilts

Some quilts for a charity auction.  We both made the owl one, but mom made the primary color one.

Fun at Grandmas house

Dad's Chickens

 The black and white chicken in the center top is named Bruce. I don't know what the rest of them are named.

Dad loves his chickens. And they love him. When he comes out to feed them, they come running.
He is building a stronger gate because all the dogs in the neighborhood like his chickens too.

Daniel's quilt!

Can you find the difference in Daniel's quilt and Kate's quilt here!

I tried to quilt something different in every block. Some of them worked and some of them didn't.

Ruby Quilt

Quilted it myself (and you can tell).  

Fundraising Quilt

Mom and I made this for a community Bazaar/Yard Sale to benefit Nathan and Christina Johnson's family.  

Ayla's Baby Shower Gift

 My brother and his wife had their baby girl, Ayla, a couple of weeks ago.  I really love Patty Sloniger's Bella Butterfly line of fabric. I made Ayla a crib size blanket, tag blanket, bib, and butterfly carseat toy.

We've really enjoyed(and still use frequently) the minky backed blanket that Michelle made for Easton when he was born.

I wanted the minky stripes to run lengthwise on the back of the blanket so I had quite a bit of extra fabric, so I made a tag blanket with the scraps.

I used some of the leftover minky and part of a fat quarter to make a bib. I used one of Easton's store bought bibs as the pattern for my bib.

I used this tutorial from Sew Mama Sew to make a butterfly carseat toy. I chose not to put a face on since it will probably get gnawed on quite a bit. Instead of using a chip bag for the crinkly wings, I used an empty package from Costco baby wipes.

 
I also started on a butterfly doll using this pattern from Bit of Whimsy for everything but the wings. I will be using the butterfly wings from the carseat toy pattern.

Show and Tell

Chevron Doll Blanket from scraps.  What I learned:  Busy fabrics don't work well with chevron.  

Bags to carry their toys around, using the embroidery feature on Mom's sewing machine.  Jealous?

Little zipper bag for some of Abby's toys, using adorable scraps from Mom.  

Lily. . . .  

Herring Bone Quilt

Brooke and I made this for a friend of hers that is having a baby. I brought it home and finished it up. I like it! I hope her friend does too!

Humanitarian Quilts

Dog Taggie

Better late than never!!

 For Baby Kate!