Chevron - Quilts

I made this Chevron Quilt for my sweet sister in-law Daria last Christmas. I was so excited to give it to Daria and get it sent to Victoria for Christmas that I didn't take any pictures. Daria and her Assistant Dylan were kind enough to take a few for me. Thanks for putting all you had into the pics Dylan!!

I used a fun simple method found HERE to do the chevron pattern. It worked like a charm! The backing was actually from a vintage curtain set that I found at a church sale. I had been saving it for just the right project.

Daria you look so cute wrapped up in this quilt. I'm so glad the quilt made it on time and that you clearly love it!! I hope to see you wrapped up, first hand soon.

Love
Liz

I heart making quilts

This last month has been a juggling of stitching whenever I could and still continuing my goal of healthy new family meals and just the rest of life as I know it, pounding impatiently. I've had little ones on my lap and crawling around 'helping' me safety pin quilt after quilt. This first one was a 24 hour extravaganza! I still can't believe the miracle that I was able to finish in time for a friend to fly out to her sister and new niece.

  

This quilt was long awaited. I believe Katie has requested a quilt from me for the last 4 years at least! I have to say being able to be in California this last weekend and hand deliver this was beyond satisfying! Katie was over the moon! I really love what a departure this quilt is from my usual. I love it's retro modern feel. It's cheerful and simple. It was a pleasure to make for Katie and I am just so pleased to have a new skill under my belt.

I made this quilt for one of my bestfriends. She just got married! I am so excited that this quilt will follow them to the beach and snuggle them on a cold night. Mary and Adam were showered with homemade blankets, lucky couple! I had so much fun doing something of a Mary Ingelbright feel, for my very own Mary Ann. I love this quilt and I love you Mary!

Christmas projects 2011

This Past christmas I enjoyed my 'Merry Christmas' banner so much, that I shared the love! I made one for my sweet little niece Lola and added some pom pom that I made (so much fun by the way!). And I also did one up for My other nieces Holly and Greta who share a room. You can see a pic from in their nursery below. Adorable with that sweet map print. My kids enjoyed the idea so much that Evan decided to make one for his teacher. He did every last blanket stitch by himself!!! SO impressed for a seven yr old boy.

 On actual Christmas morning the tree shone gloriously. It made me so happy to see the lights with all our ornaments lit up to tell the story of every christmas before. The kids on the stairs before opening. I made their christmas PJ pants and tried my hand at a nightgown for Vienna. I just love how they all turned out! I also made Housecoats for the kids and some hooded bath towels. (Vienna got a new full face helmet, which if you know my kids... she needs! And that's what she's wearing under that towel)

My Sis in law Katie made ME a quilt! Isn't it gorgeous!!! So much work! And so completely me! I was so thrilled to be surprised with such a treasure. I don't get many quilts made for me. This one sits so beautifully at the end of my bed. Thank you Katie for this gift!

 And I have the quilt that I made for my Sister for Christmas, still to come. I forgot to take pictures before giving it to her and so I have to steal it back for a quick shot or two. I really enjoyed making gifts this year I tried to keep it reasonable. I made a few other things but this was the bulk of it. Christmas prep was much more calm this year. What have all of you made?

Elephants coming three by three. hooraw, hooraw!

I decided a year or two ago to make a quilt for each of my up coming Nieces and Nephews. I was super late getting this one to Solomon. In my lateness, I gave it to him without taking pictures first. Oops! Well Sol loves his blankie and I have not been able to borrow it back for pics since it's his go to blanket. But he was over the other day and willing to show me his charm so we took a few. The ones without him in it he stood by watching, concerned for the blankies welfare. So sweet.

Travelling Quilt

This is a recent quilt. I have actually made a few over the last while, but can you believe I forgot to take pictures. I think I was too excited to gift them. I'm gonna track them down though and snap a few pics because they were such cute boy quilts! Anyways, this one is for a little girl in Australia. Happy travels little quilt!

I did a small flower print freehand that I think looks so sweet in these white blockings. I love this fabric combo. Clearly! I've made a few quilts with variations of this grouping.

Quilts as promised!

Here is the quilt I made for Greta. What? You thought that I had moved on? No way! But at least I diversified. This was my first 'wonky quilt' if you can believe it. Very fun to make and very time consuming. I fell in love with some vintage inspired scraps years ago, and only recently found some vintage inspired prints to finish things off. I've been hoarding this fabric awhile. When my brother Conor and his wife Katie told us the baby's name was going to be Greta, I knew it was a perfect fit! So since baby quilts look even better with babies in, on around them.....This is the really cute quilt that Katie made for her daughter Greta. The nursery to go with is beyond cute see it HERE. This hat has been too small for just about every baby I have put it on. And yet it is still poorly attempting to fit Greta's tiny little self. Love this baby!!!