Archive for the ‘Christmas’ Category

BUNNIES FOR CHRISTMAS

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

I learned how to make these cute bunnies from Annie Smith’s video workshop.  I made 24 of them and gave them all away but one.

CHRISTMAS 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

I made my little guys sleeping bags for Christmas this year, and a pretty little quilt for my pretty little Annie.

Kathy’s Hands of Love

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

My friend, Kathy, asked me to help her make a quilt for her sister, Ann, who is going through some hard Chemo for Big Bad Breast Cancer. Kathy’s kids and grandkids put their handprints on blocks with acrylic paint. I cried as I put together the quilt.  The sweetness of it is so touching. Ann is truly going to be wrapped in Hands of Love.

Kathy's Hands of Love.

Kathy's Hands of Love.

Christmas 2008

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

It’s Christmas Eve but Christmas is over for me.  We celebrated last Friday night before Brian and Liz took off for California. All of the kids are going their separate ways for Christmas Day.  Fortunately Steve and I are invited to go with Brandon and Sharon to her Dad’s house so we aren’t left out.

 

Our party friday night was so much fun.  All 6 of my little grandsons were here and each one delights me in their own special way. I made each of them a quilt with a story book to go along with. I spent a week early in december in Gooding Idaho at my sister’s house where I sequestered myself and sewed like a crazy woman to get all 6 quilts done.

My sister's psycho cat, Prissaroo, helping me test out the Star Wars quilt.

My sister's psycho cat, Prissaroo, helping me test out the Star Wars quilt.

Logan is the oldest, 6 years old and in first grade.  I found Star Wars books on a first grade reading level so his quilt is Star Wars.

Logan's Star Wars Quilt. Logan in his first grade Christmas program. Brandon being silly.

Logan's Star Wars Quilt. Logan in his first grade Christmas program. Brandon being silly.

Karson’s quilt is made from a Curious George panel that was to be made into a book.  I cut the pictures apart, did a little twist and turn, and it is darling.

Karson's Curious George quilt.

Karson's Curious George quilt.

Aidan is my little Tater-Tot.  This is the only quilt I made from a pattern, Quilt Soup’s Smooth Sailing.  The duck faces reminded me so much of Aidan that it had to be his quilt.

Aidan's duck quilt.

Aidan's duck quilt.

Conner got a quilt that I started making a long time ago and it was supposed to be a Noah’s Ark quilt.  I didn’t like how it was going so I changed all the rules, cut the kit fabric into squares for the background setting, and now I love it.  All of the animals have a touch of 3D texture to them.

Conner's animal quilt.

Conner's animal quilt.

Kyler was Clifford the Big Red Dog for Halloween so I thought he would like a Clifford quilt.  As it turns out, this one is my favorite. I love the colors.

Kyler's Clifford quilt.

Kyler's Clifford quilt.

Guinness loves baseball and monkeys so I designed a quilt with both.

Guinness's baseball monkey quilt.

Guinness's baseball monkey quilt.

Much to the chagrin of Sam, our huge resident cat, I got myself a Christmas present yesterday.  Her name is Christmas Joy.

Christmas Joy. Joy for short.

Christmas Joy. Joy for short.

Now I’m no longer the only female in the house.