2-year quilt

I started this quilt almost 2 years ago...and then started work and didnt get to sew quite as much. However, my sewing room is back, and I'm back in the sewing groove!!! Ah, I have missed that groove ;)

now i just need to pick a back, get it quilted and bind it!!

Baby Blankets

Finished 3 more baby quilts!!

Ribbon Quilt

I feel like I am on a ROLL!!! Here is another finish that I have. I actually made this quilt about 18 months ago when my husband was in Japan for 3 months...needed something to do. Each square has 1-4 pieces of RIBBON on it. It was super fun to make, and allowed the creative juices to flow :) :)
I quilted it up on Granni's quilting machine (another one to practice on) and bound it. My daughter now won't let it out of her sight...good thing it was for her to begin with!

Halloween Quilt

So, for the past 2 years, I have been quietly and slowly collecting Halloween fabrics...just ones that i LOVE that would go perfect in a Halloween Quilt. Took me long enough. Then, I finally got it all pieced together and ready to send to my mom (she lives in Alaska), but then my Granni told me she was buying a long-arm quilting machine...so I saved it (she lives just 10 minutes away)!
So, I finally took it over to be quilted at my Granni's house, and realized that I had used my back for something else, so we had to quickly sew up a back and put it on the quilting machine....
So, FINALLY, my Halloween Quilt was my first ever quilt that I quilted myself on a long-arm machine! And I must say, I am HOOKED... :)

In Progress...

Sometimes I think that this one'll NEVER get finished...but then i pull it out and start working on it. Every time I finish a flower, I seem to get more and more excited to get it done. I know I have a TON of work still, but it's just so fun...
I currently have a ton of flowers waiting to be sewn on....it's my "TV-watching, kids-bathing, avoiding-folding-laundry" quilt!!

Blogger's Quilt Festival!!!

It's that time again!! One of my favorite times out in the Blogger's World is this great Festival that has been put together by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side called the Blogger's Quilt Festival!!
I tried frantically to decide what quilt to put in this year, and had a hard time deciding... I finally decided what I was going to finish for the festival, but before I could finish it, got called away to a funeral for my grandmother. I was so sad about her passing, but happy for the end of her suffering. But, when I got home, it made me realize that this quilt was even more perfect than I thought. It is still in process, but getting closer to being done!!!
I saw this beautiful quilt over on ModaBakeShop a little while ago and just knew it was something that I HAD to make. I changed a few things to make it more "JaiCi-ish", but the general idea is the same. I made it for a special reason...
There is a little girl in my neighborhood - not even 2 - who had a brain tumor, and they found it on Christmas Eve...(you can read her story here) Through everything that the family has gone through, the parents continue to be just extremely upbeat and happy...and I knew that this would be the perfect gift for them.
As I make it, it is a continual reminder of just how precious each and every day is...and each day is TRULY a gift.

WsIP....and STF projects :)

These are two of my current Works In Progress. I made them because I have a best girlfriend that is pregnant and will be finding out soon what she's having... and I decided that it's just best to be prepared no matter what... Whatever she doesn't have will go into the "gift drawer" and wait until I need a quilt!
I have a little bit of applique work to do on the sewing machine on the girl's quilt, and I want to add some fun 'boy' stuff to the boy quilt. Then quilting, binding, and DONE!!!

FINISHED!!!!

I started this quilt WAY too long ago than I'd like to admit...but it's finally finished!

I started it because I wanted something girlie for my daughter's 'Big-Girl-Bed', but not too girlie. Then I thought I had finished it and was going to put a border around it, and my mom talked me out of it (thanks mom), so I had to find more black and pink to do a few more rows.
Then I let my daughter pick out a back, then shipping it to my mother for quilting (again, thanks mom!).
She got it back to me, and then to decide on a binding...plain black...and of COURSE I didn't have any...to the fabric store! Finally, after she's been in a big bed almost 4 months....it is FINISHED!!!!!
She didn't like it at first, but now drags it around the house...everywhere. It's nice to finally have a quilt on her bed that fits :)

Big-Girl Quilt

I am working on a quilt for my baby girl to have for her big-girl bed.....Now to decide on a back and get it quilted.....

Quilt Backs...

I posted earlier that I'm trying to figure out backs for my kids' 'winter' blankets.

So, I took them both to the fabric store with me on Saturday. I told my son that he needed to pick out 2 fabrics for himself...and he picked these.....Then I told him to pick out 2 fabrics for his sister...and he picked these...Now, to put them together.....

Another WIP

This is my daughter's top from my leftovers. She doesn't love it QUITE as much, but she still likes the heaviness of it :)

So, now I just have to go shopping for a back and decide how to finish them both :)

WIP

I had some left-over jean squares and flannel and decided to make some "winter" quilts for my kids. I finished the top of this one for my son...it's just a top - and he's already sleeping with it and carrying it around the entire house! I think he likes it...

I am almost done with my daughter's top...then I have to decide how to put them together...

Baby Quilt

I am now back into the swing of things. I have been sewing like mad lately to get a bunch of quilts done before my mom gets here (she's my quilt quilter!).

This is one that I did for my good friend who just had a beautiful baby girl...I don't usually take pictures of the backs of my quilts... but my friend who helped me take pictures MADE me...because it had something fun on the back :) Thanks Kellee...

Hexagon Quilt

My sewing machine has still yet to be pulled out of it's storage space in my basement. I am waiting until next week when I get some carpets to put down. In the mean-time I have to have something to keep me busy.
I am currently working on a hexagon quilt - ALL hand stitched...It's taking a BUTT-load of time, but turning out so cool. And, I have committed to using nothing but scraps...except for the green. So, this is my mostly scrappy-hand-quilted quilt... I'm sure it'll take a ton more time to finish, but it's fun to see some progress :)

My Quilt Festival Entry

I decided to become a part of an on-line blog quilt festival.

Part of the festival is to post your favorite quilt ever done and it's "story"...here is mine

My favorite COMPLETED Quilt Project that I have ever done was a quilt that I made for my husbands father for Christmas a few years ago.

We had decided that year that we (and by we, I mean I) would make quilts for all his family for Christmas. So, I began with his siblings...a 11 year old girl and a 12 year old boy.

Frogs for a boy with a fun pattern...

Flowers and pink for a girl with a fun pattern...

These 2 were easy to decide on and went very quickly when I started sewing them.

Next I started working on his mom's quilt. We picked a BEAUTIFUL pattern from a book and I started sewing... It went very quickly and turned out even better than I could have imagined! I'll be honest, I wanted to keep this one for myself :)

Finally...to decide on a pattern for his dad - good luck!!! It was very difficult for me to find something that I really liked that looked "manly" enough for his dad. I should put in a side-note here that I have NEVER met my husband's father, so I don't know him all that well...so it was a guessing game on my part. First, I decided on colors...because I thought that would be the easy part - boy, was I wrong!! I FINALLY (after about an hour of searching in 1 store) decided on a black on black and a dark maroon. My husband agreed that they were great colors for his dad.
Next, I had to find a pattern. I looked and looked and couldn't find anything that I really liked for my father-in-law. So, I decided to just make one up...After completing it, my mom quilted it for me (thanks, mom) and we wrapped and sent them to my in-laws. He absolutely loved it...and it made ma happy to know that I had made it all myself - no pattern or copying for this one...Hope you all enjoy seeing it as much as I do - I love to look at my very own creation :)

Flannel Fun

Here is a cute Flannel Quilt that i made up of some left-overs that I had in my closet :)This is a close-up of what it looks like...and I like the close-up shot, because it shows the details :) NJ likes to lay on my Flannel blankets because they are "softie"

Navi J Fishie Quilt

This is Navi J's finished fishie quilt.
It is awesome and he just loves it!! It fits on his bed just PERFECT!! It was so much fun to make, and very easy...so if anyone needs an idea for a quilting project... :)

Ifraz Jean Quilt

This is the Christmas Jean Quilt that I made for Ifraz. I made it out of his old work jeans and work shirts! It was a LONG process, but it turned out good I think :)

"Sunshine Makes Me Smile"

Flannel Quilts

These are my two most recent "Flannel Creations".

I'm getting good....if I do say so myself :)