Beckham's Quilt

I told you that a ton of people are having babies. This particular quilt went to a two-month-old, so I was a little behind there. But still, two-month old babies still need quilts

Flannel, decorator fabrics, and Kona. The back is mostly flannel.

Stippled.

Down to 72.

Easter dress

Obviously she was not the most enthusiastic model. And yes, I know Easter was a while ago. I just now got around to taking pics. I still have one more Easter dress to photograph.

Made from Michael Miller's Pop Dot.

Three small quilts

For my three-year-old's birthday in January, I made him this quilt just out of a Cars panel. I quilted it with my (then) new machine. It was one of the first, so I was figuring things out. Anyway, I didn't bind it, because I ran out of time. So I bound it last week. Finally. After months of him saying, "You needa fix my 'Queen." So now it's fixed.

A number of years back (a rather large number) a friend gave me some Harry Potter scraps. My son wanted it for a quilt. I'm thinking this was six years ago. I just finally bound it last week. It's way too small for him, but he's so happy to have it, and he uses it to snuggle under when he's reading. I just used all the scraps I was given, and that's the size it ended up.

Just a baby quilt for a girl in my ward who's having a boy in September. Look at me! I'm ahead on this one. I just gave it to her Sunday. Again, this is one I pieced several years ago and even quilted several years ago. I don't know what is up with me and binding!

In other binding news, on Monday I made binding for five quilts. Yesterday I machine stitched it on to two of them, so now it's just the handwork.

So I have three finishes, but I started the Round Two Nine-Patch One-a-Day with Amanda Jean. Hey, I've got scraps coming out my ears, and this is a great way to get rid of them. I'm cleaning out my Christmas scraps, so there will be some old pieces in there. I may do a second one of just regular random scraps. I like how everyone's quilts are turning out like that. I haven't started or even decided about that yet, though. Anyway, so I'm at 73, but I truly hope to have five more finishes this week with the quilts I have to just bind. Here's hoping!

Another blue and yellow

I actually pieced this top several years back. It is a pattern from Hopskotch Quilting. She has some really great patterns on her site. I first saw her stuff in a quilting magazine, and have been hooked ever since. My Starflowers quilt is one of her designs.

I didn't use her paper piecing method, because that was back when I was afraid of it. You can see that it makes for some not so flat blocks. I recommend the paper piecing. I'm sure it would yield more accurate (and flatter) piecing. You can buy her pattern here. Scroll down to where it says Seth's Stargazing. Hers is set with 5 blocks by 5 blocks. Mine is 6 by 8. My blocks may actually be smaller than hers. I'm not sure. Here's where I have to confess that I did not buy the pattern. I just looked at it and made my own version of it.

It is twin sized. I'll get better measurements when I'm done with it. I already rolled it up, and it's waiting in the queue to be quilted.

My first quilt

All right. So I probably missed the parade of quilts, but here's my first anyway. Or close to my first. My first few quilts were just two sheets put together and tied. I don't think that counts. This one was made 11 years ago for my oldest daughter -- a reward for her potty training. She'll love that I told you all that.

I didn't know anything about binding at this point, so I just turned the sides in and hand stitched them closed. It's tied with embroidery floss. This one was pieced a few years back, but I just quilted and bound it a couple of weeks ago. I'm using better fabrics now, real binding, and my seams and cutting are more accurate.

Yes, another giveaway.

Okay. One more giveaway! Go check it out! http://welovequilting.com/blog/2009/06/july-give-a-way/

Hey, just a quick note. Green Fairy quilts is having an AMAZING giveaway. Go check it out.