Matthews T-Shirt Quilt

Whew! This quilt took a bit of time...but I was glad that I was able to do something for a friend of mine. A friend had gotten these tshirts from her friend back in April and asked me if I would make something out of them. Her friend son is pictured on the 2nd block that says Angels. He passed away from cancer at the age of 5 years, sad...I said sure. It took me awhile to get it going with all other things that was happening in my life, but I got it done the week on his birthday. I used flannel material that has the spaceships on it and cottons for the rest. I appliqued a moon that I found off a space shirt at the thrift store and thought it would look good on this quilt. I also appliqued several stars on the quilt too. My husband had purchased the fabric paper in the wrong style but this worked out just as well. Next time, I will have to buy and go get what I need at the fabric store. Silly men. This was time consuming, but worth it. I quilted around some of the images on the shirts to where they stood out. I also made a tote bag using a photo of his, and also a small wall hanging with the 4 other t-shirts that were left over. She loved everything about what I did with her son's tshirts and to this day, she keeps saying thank you!

Nap Quilt with Pillow

I love making kids quilts, they go really fast. A friend of mine from church had asked me if I could make a nap size quilt for her son. I told her yes, of course. I made it with a matching pillow too. I also made the pillowcase. I used some baseball material which I had bought from a garage sale a while ago and got plenty of it. I chose the pattern because it was the easiest and fastest for me. I embroidered his name on the center black with red. I also made this quilt to where it was puffy than my usual ones that I do make. This way he can lay on it without having to feel like he's laying on the floor. I think this came out great and I believe he's liking his blanket too. All materials are 100% cotton.

A Path of Nature's Baby Quilt

Ohh, when I saw my Zumba instructor's pictures of her SIL baby shower, I knew I wanted to create a baby quilt for her. I asked her what colors she would like and she told me...brown and mint green. This is what I came up with. It really didn't take me that long to do, but the quilting did. When I took it to my zumba class one night, my instructor was amazed how beautiful it was. She was even impressed with the label I had made for the back of the quilt too. I love making things for my friends who appreciate them. I used 100% high quality cotton from Hancock Fabrics.

YAY! My OU Quilt is Finished!

Whew! It's been awhile I know, same ole story, right? Well, I have been trying to get this quilt done for our Childrens Ministry Auction. My kids made a quilt also (see the post below mine). Anyhow, it did take me awhile to decide on a pattern so I went with an OU Sooners quilt. We live in the city of the BOOMER SOONERS and I said, Why not? So, I went with it. I hope our quilts bring in the money that will provide kids to go to summer camps. I made this quilt by doing the 9 patch blocks. It is a queen size. You should of seen what I had to go through to layout the pieces in my studio, my goodness. Yes, I prewashed all fabrics first (just in case the red would bleed)...worked out great I think. I did the machine quilting for the "x's" to make it easier on me and washed the quilt when it was finished. I added a label to the back also. Hope you like it! Thanks for dropping by!

Kids Auction Quilt

I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping a good update on my blog. Things will start to settle down and I will be able to manage it better. Over Spring Break last year, I taught my boys how to sew. They have been making pillows, mini quilts, and etc since then. My boys wanted to make a quilt for our Children's Ministry Auction at our church. I was making one but they wanted to make one of their own. This is how they planned their quilt. I bought 2 sewing machines for each of my boys to sew use (good idea, no arguments), anyhow, they grabbed a bunch of my 6 inch homespun blocks (I already had cut them to size prior to another quilt I made) worked perfectly. They each grabbed blocks and rearranged them on the floor and then picked up a row of blocks that equal 10. They each had sewn a row of blocks each...worked faster because it was TEAM WORK going for a great cause. As the quilt got bigger with adding borders, that's where mom came in. I helped them stitch the sandwich part of the quilt together, and did a little bit of the stitching on the top. I think the quilt and the blocks came together well. The Pastors at our church love what they did and thought they were very nice to contribute their time with such amazing talent. I made a label for the back of the quilt and they signed it with their names and ages. We also put additional information on the label for which the quilt was made for and etc. Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by!

Supplies: 100% cotton batting and Homespun fabrics

Log Cabin Memory Quilt for Mom

I've always wanted to make a memory quilt but I always thought they were alot of work. I made this for my mom for Mother's Day a few years ago, but I wanted to share with you today. My mom loves the color brown, so I decided to make her a quilt with her old pictures of all her kids with my dad. This quilt took about 3 months to complete because at the time I was making it, I was working in Minnesota. Plus, the pictures were all different sizes. The only time I was able to work on it was after my kids were in bed and on the weekend. It was time consuming but well worth the effort. My mom loves it. What a great way to display your memories. I have made a couple more since making this for wedding gifts. Thanks for peeking at my creations at Bonnie's Corner.

Trip Around the World Baby Quilt

Again, I was helping my sister make some baby quilts from the requests she gets from her vendors at her work. I was always a little bit scared to try this pattern of Eleanor Burns called Trip Around the World. It always looked complicated to me. But, I finally decided to try it here...OMG! It was so easy...now I want to make more patterns like this but in different colors. I used old fashioned baby prints from Rosie's Calico Cupboard in San Diego. I used to live there and used to visit her store all the time. Did you know that she started her business from her garage? Now, its a whole strip mall in La Mesa. I really miss home, maybe some day when my husband retires from the military, we'll move back home. Have a wonderful night and thanks for stopping by Bonnie's Corner.

TLC254 Windmill Baby Card and Doll Quilt

I made this doll quilt from a tutorial I've seen by Crazy Mom Quilts back in December for our Pastor at church to play Santa Claus to a little girl who asked for a doll for Christmas. So, I thought I would make her doll quilt for them to give to her as well. My Pastor and his wife thought it was a great idea. They were surprised at the matching pillow to go with the quilt too.

I love doing the Technique Challenes on SCS when I have the time. We were to use paper quilting in our cards, it was perfect timing. I created a card from the Windmill doll quilt shown in the picture using coordinating dp's. I needed a baby card and it worked out perfectly. I used a 1 inch square punch to punch out 12 flowered and 12 yellow blocks. To make it easier I thought was to punch out some green and pink blocks, glue them, and trim the access off. These were mounted onto a white piece of c/s. Once glued all in place. This took a bit longer than what I expected but I like the outcome! Thanks for coming by Bonnie's Corner.

Stamps su that's nice
Paper: bo bunny, misc dp's, pretty in pink, white
Accessories: cb swirl emboss folder, square punch, scissors, tombo glue, felt ribbon, foam tape, colored marker

WT241 My Friends Mom's Blouses

OMG! Is it me really doing a challenge? I'm impressed...just been so busy here lately. My mom was up here visitng for a for awhile, kids sports, and quilting.
When I saw the challenge today, I had to play. I have been working on a friend of mines quilted wall hanging. As we moved to Oklahoma 3 years ago, my friend in Missouri asked me if I would make a wall hanging out of her mothers silk blouses in her mothers memory. Long story short. The movers packed the bag of the quilt squares in a box that I just found in the attic last night...something told me to look in this particular box. I thought I would finish it for her. I will send it off tomorrow. So, I decided to go with the extra squares of fabric from the fabric used in the quilt. The quilt itself gave me lots of heck though because it is silk, and silk seems to move alot when you sew with it...at least with me anyways. I added the buttons from the blouses and tied them onto the quilt with embroidery floss. Do you think she'll like the quilt? I still have a few blocks left over, so I thought about making a pillow. The Ways To Use It challenge was to create a card using fabric pieces. Worked out well for me. I cut the squares and adhered to c/s with a light batting. Stitched together! Attached using tacky strip to a piece of c/s and to the base of the card. Added buttons to the squares with glue dots.

Paper: vanilla c/s
Accessories: silk blouses (3 designs), sewing machine, scissors, buttons, tacky strip,

Times Square

Hello everyone! I know its been awhile since I last posted something. My kids keep me mighty busy and also I have been working on making a baby girl quilt for my sister who has orders. I told my sister I would help. The only time I can really sew is late at night when the boys are sleeping. I called this quilt Times Square due to the criss crosses and the blank squares. The print on these fabrics are from the Antique collection that I got from a quilt store awhile back but I can't remember the name of the designer. I am happy with the results. This was my 1st attempt to doing a triangle hourglass, so when I was cutting the fabric, I cut way too much. I have enough fabric triangles to make 10 more baby quilts for girls. I hope she likes it.
Thanks for dropping by.