Great Granny Sew Along

I'm having so much fun making Lori Holt's Great Granny quilt.

Here are the first and second blocks that I made.

I am using mostly Pam Kitty fabric with a touch of Lori Holt.

I thought Greg's quilt looked so beautiful with the black trim, making the pink colors pop.

I wished that I had picked up some black, but it never appealed to me, until I saw Greg's quilt.

Greg from Grey Dogwood Studio said that he would send me some of his black Pam Kitty scraps to use in my Great Granny quilt.

I am in between trips today, and was able to check the mail.

Look what I found!

A beautifully wrapped package tied with a lovely green ribbon :)

Greg sent me 1/4 yard pieces, he is very generous and thoughtful :)

I can hardly wait to have time to sew again, so I can incorporate these beautiful black pieces amongst the rest of my Pam Kitty squares for the Mama blocks.

I encourage all of you to check out Greg's blog, it is eye candy!

He writes about all his gorgeous projects, and he has a great talent for choosing colors.

He is a quilting inspiration!

Mini Medallion

I love this quilt, it's a mini medallion.

Little Miss Shabby is doing a quilt along at Sew Mama Sew.

She designed the quilt herself :)

I have a board on Pinterest that you can find here.

It is only made in two segments, and measures 25" square.

I cut out my fabric for part 1 of the sew along, including all of the background pieces.

Here's the center section of the medallion.

I decided to use 30's prints.

I love them and they are small scale.

I'm not sure what other colors I'm going to use yet for the borders, but I have my 20 prints selected for part 2.

I have until May 31 to be eligible for some prizes.

I'm still traveling, but still hope to get this finished by the deadline.

My Quilting Journal #3

This is the week for "my quilting journal"!

This quilt was so much fun to make!

I made it with 2 wonderful friends, Nanette and Liz.

We pooled our fabrics together and took turns sewing blocks.

Then we would choose which was our favorite.

If you can't read my journalling, Nanette's colors were blue, Liz' were the brown/red, and mine (at the time) was purple.

I hand quilted it and it hung on my wall for years until recently.

Thanks for sharing the excitement with me, that I wrote in my journal :)

My Quilting Journal #2

Here's my second entry.

My first quilt project, a long table runner that I hand quilted.

The journal entry brings back lots of memories.

I pasted fabric swatches on the page.

My Quilting Journal

When I first began quilting, my mother bought me this journal.

It's a great way to record all of my quilting projects.

This is my first entry.

Lindsay made me the most beautiful table runner.

The colors match my decor, and the little squares inside the star 

are 1/2", so little!

I treasure it, because Lindsay made it for me with a lot of love.

Out to Sea

I'm sorry that this little outfit is so wrinkly!

It's a button on suit that I made for my son Sean when he was 

18 months old, 20 years ago.

It's picture smocking, and the smocking plate is called 

"Out to Sea".

I made piping from the fabric that the knickers are made of.  

There are six buttons that go around the waist and keep the pants attached to the shirt which buttons down the back.

I really love the pleats on the shirt, underneath the smocking.

This pattern is called Chery Williams button on suit.

Basic Square Yoke Dress

I made this dress for my daughter Vanessa when she was 10 years old, which was 14 years ago.

I have a plastic storage container full of dresses and buttons on suits that I've made for my children over the years.

As you can see, the insert of the dress is smocked on black fabric.

I picture smocked little cats with sunflowers and butterflies to match the fabric.

This smocking pattern was in an issue of Sew Beautiful magazine.

Notice the black piping trim on the sleeve band.

The smocked cats are exactly the same colors as the cats on the fabric.

I embroidered little bullion roses to match the smocking, on the piped collar.

I'm not a cat lover, but I couldn't resist these cute little cats :)

I sewed gold buttons on the back.

There is a big sash that ties in the back.

The pattern is Chery Williams Basic Square Yoke Dress.