my quilting corner

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I HOPE TO SOON CATALOG ALL OF THE QUILTS I HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS. FOR NOW THOUGH ITS A BUMBLING MESS OF RANDOM ONES. PERUSE AT YOUR OWN RISK 


here are some of my favorite creations followed by a link to lots of other things! 

sewing, quilting, creating, crafting--- one of my very favorite things to do. 

enjoy & perhaps you will be inspired! 


This is a post of a 'walk through' on one of my quilts. Check it out! 

MeMa is 80! 

This is a quilt I made for my Mema's 80th birthday!

There are 80 squares- each representing a different year of her life! 

Each child has a special square with their name stitched in. There is a "wedding" square the year she was married. A square for each grandchild. And a few fun squares in between. 

It was very fun- and turned out awesome! 

My mema loved it too.

(the deets: each square cut to 5x5, sewn with 1/4inch seam. border is 1.5in and then 3in. backing is a solid piece of fabric with a binding hand sewn on/ didn't quilt together but instead used meaningful buttons throughout)


mama's heirloom throw quilt

A few years back my mom found some old :read 1920's: fabric in her GRANDMOTHER's attic. Her grandmother's house had been abandoned for years and years and she ventured in one day and came out with bags of fabric. She gave it all to me and said- make me something!
I cheerfully accepted but put it off.

For Christmas 2011, I pulled it out and threw something together.

I picked my favorite fabrics- and the ones that were still together- and made this throw quilt for my mom. The binding was ALREADY cut out by my GREAT grandmother- and even has some writing on it. The fabrics were quite random- but I loved that about it. 

(sadly- there are no details about this quilt. I literally just started cutting and made something happen)

After I gave it to my mom... she found this picture. 

of her. as a kid. in a dress made by her grandma--- the same material that's in the quilt. 

yeah. this might be the coolest quilt i've made. 

it was really neat thinking about how old the fabric was- 

how my great grandmother thought so hard, put so much effort and time in using the fabric. 

I really connected to my great grandma- and felt like I knew her. I never got to meet her, but I think we would have gotten along really well :) 

the big one!
Lillie-bug's quilt

(and my first BIG quilt)
my best friend in the whole wide world had her first baby.
what else would i make this special little girl than a quilt.
i wanted one that would last her forever...
(even though i still have & use the pink flowery/bunny rabbit quilt my grandma made me)
anyway.  without further ado...
the biggest- most time consuming- quilt to date. ((june 2012))
but i loved EVERY moment of sewing and praying and daydreaming about sweet lillie :)

first I cut out about a million 5x5 squares...
and then lay them out how i wanted...
at first i thought 'crosses' but i didn't like it.
so.. i went with diagonal stripes.
i totally made this up as i went.

 

after laying the squares out--- i sewed 'em together. 

beauty!

 next up i quilted it to my backing... a giant sheet!
*this works out because lillie can have a matching fitted sheet to her quilt when she gets older :)

and then.... lillie came and completed the quilt!!

I am happy to report that Lillie has grown a little and is STILL loving her quilt.

my first nephew!

of course when the news came in 2012 that i was going to be an auntie--- it was time to bust out the fabric for a quilt! after lots of discussion the mama to be wanted something nautical, but something that would grow with our sweet boy forever... so introducing my favorite fabrics ever...

i somehow don't have  can't find my pictures while i was making this quilt. 

here is the final product. 

lots of patterns. fabrics. colors. 

it was realllly fun. 

i loveeee the final product. 

and i think baby llewellyn loves it too :) 

a really cute, easy quilt i made for a dear friend from duke turned out great. 
its perfect for bundling up on the couch on a cold winter night :) 
i took brown fabric and sewed a pink heart onto it. 
i stitched her initials & her hubbie's onto the heart. 
then quilted the brown too look like a tree. 
i loveeeed this quilt. 
and so did natalie :)