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Sawtooth Stars and Baby Boy News

     I have a finished quilt to share with you!  I started this quilt about five or six years ago and finally completed it.  The blocks are called 'Sawtooth Stars'.  This quilt is machine pieced and handquilted.  I LOVE to hand quilt, but it takes a lot of time and I have to be in the right mood.  :)  I have a lot of hobbies and I've been going between paper crafting and quilting the last few years.  I'm back into quilting at the moment and I made myself finish this one so I could start a new quilt.  I can't wait to show you what I'm working on next!  

So...I'm at 18 weeks and we got to do a sonogram today.  We found out we are going to have a boy!  Everything looked good and he had a good heartbeat.  It was so amazing to get to see our little baby today.  We have decided on the name Jack Andrew.  I have a picture to share with you. Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

Table Runner

     My quilt guild is having a craft sale this Saturday and I decided to make a table runner to sell.  This runner is fairly small.  It is about 25 inches long and 9 inches wide.  I'm all about straight lines and symmetry when I'm making cards and that tends to mess me up a bit when I'm working on a quilt project.  For this runner I sewed 5 different strips of fabric together, cut it into a 9 inch block and then cut the block into four triangles.  I made four, 9 inch blocks and then cut them to get 16 triangles.  Then the fun begins - you get to mix and move them around until you get the design you like.  I thought my design was going to 'line' up pretty nice and then remembered I had to figure in the 1/4" seam allowance...so that is why some of the fabrics are not lined up exactly in the design.  I plan to make another runner with these same fabrics and I hope to be more random with the design.    :) 

T-Shirt Quilt

       This is a t-shirt quilt that I made for my dad for Christmas.  He asked me awhile back if I'd make a quilt for him sometime and I said sure...I finally got around to it...almost two years later.  Dad decided to help me out by cutting the shirts up for me.  Yikes!  I had some interesting pieces to work with, but I managed to pull it off.  :) 

     These are t-shirts from dad's coaching days.  The blues, greens, and golds are all so pretty together.  I'll be giving this to dad on Sunday evening.  I have a quilt top all done for my brother and will share it later.  Thanks for looking!

Table Runner

     I'm a member of my local quilt guild, Itchin' for Stitchin' Quilt Guild, and I recently participated in a block of the month project.  Our project was to make a table runner and we were given new instructions each month for three months.  Our name was entered in a door prize drawing each month when we brought in the next finished part of our project.  This picture isn't the best, but you can get the idea.  It's just the top right now.  I still need to add batting, backing and then quilt it.