Wednesday, January 30, 2013

 My girlfriends daughter is having a baby in two weeks and does not want to know the sex of the baby before hand, so I was forced to make two quilts. One for a boy and one for a girl. Here are the finished products. The boy quilt was made from scraps and followed the rail fence pattern. I put the blocks on the diagonal and added solid colors to fill in the gaps. I used the picture frame technique for the border. It is my preferred way of finishing a quilt.







For the girl quilt I used 7 1/2 inch squares. The fabric was tea dyed to give it an aged look. The squares were left over from the quilt that I made for my girlfriends daughter, so I am really hoping that she has a girl! It will be just like mommy's! I also had enough fabric to make a pillow.




I also had the time and extra fabric to make bibs. These were fun and quick.
 
And lastly, a tote bag. The only thing I found disappointing with this pattern is the size, so I will have to enlarge it next time. I used squares from a charm pack, but I will probably use squares from my scrap stash next time. This was fun and quick also.
 




Tuesday, January 29, 2013

This is my latest quilt.
 As with most of mine, it is made from scraps left over from other quilts. I used a diamond pattern that I found in a magazine. It went very fast and was fun to make.

I have just finished two baby quilts and a baby pillow.  I will post pictures of those later this week.

My next project will be baby bibs and a baby bunting. I really have to get busy. My friends baby is due in 2 weeks!!